IGS’ very own author, Year 7 student Gabriela O, spent her lunchtime this Thursday reading her book, The Forgetful, the Silly and the Brave, to some very lucky Year 2 students. Originally written for her little brother, the stories evolved into a fully formed collection, accompanied by her own illustrations, that has now been independently published.
We have never seen a group of Year 2 students so enraptured as Gabi read The Pig Who Ruined Halloween and Ninja Chicken, accompanied by squeals of delight and shrieks of injustice.
After the storytelling came a flurry of questions from the children, asking Gabi how to get their own books published, followed by a final plea for more stories!
Not only a talented author, Gabriela is clearly a natural-born storyteller and teacher, and we loved having her give her author talk in our Bibliothèque.
