I'm frequently asked for testimonials for my school events, but I never have them handy. NOW I DO! Take a look at the smattering below. And if you're in cruel mood, you can read the previous blogpost which covers an amusing collection of comments from students as opposed to teachers, librarians and festival directors!
"Curtis was one of the most
popular authors at the 2012 Manchester Children’s Book Festival and has, to our
delight, agreed to join us again this year to help launch our Festival Reading
and Writing Relay with an event at Central Library. His talks are always both
inspiring and entertaining and, even more importantly, he is a joy to work
with."
Kaye Tew
Festival Manager,
Manchester Children's Book Festival
*****
"Curtis was a huge hit when he visited our school. He spoke to
nearly 400 students in the Main Hall and successfully kept them all entertained
and engaged for a whole hour and a half – no mean feat! His talk was delivered
in a humorous but appropriate manner. He spoke with such enthusiasm and
conviction about not wasting your creative talents that students couldn’t help
but be inspired.
Curtis started by talking about his experience of working in the
animation business and impressed the boys with his art work, before moving on
to his writing career. The finale of the event, “Hairy Man or Wolfman” was a
brilliant interactive quiz that the boys just loved.
Teaching staff and students alike really enjoyed the talk, so much so
that they were still talking about it days after the
event. In fact he was so good we got him back again!"
Janet
Clarke
Librarian,
Altrincham Grammar School for Boys, 21st March 2014
*****
"A visit
from Curtis is always one of the most entertaining author events I've ever been
to. Not only is he a brilliant author and illustrator but the combination of
the two elements in his talks has the whole audience, adults and children
alike, totally enthralled from start to finish. His wit and humour and
interaction with his audience guarantee no session is exactly the same. As well
as all this he is a great bloke, no prima donna author, making a day with him
more than easy for any school or library, I would heartedly recommend him."
Debra Conroy
Children's Library Services,
Manchester City Council
*****
"Curtis
has visited us on a couple of occasions and his workshops are always memorable
and exciting! Last time he took us on a whirlwind tour of his experiences as an
illustrator and as an author – all of which served to inspire and motivate the
children – they loved it so much they were talking about the workshop and his
books for weeks afterwards!
Most
importantly for us, as teachers, Curtis’s messages to the children, regarding
reading and writing, fully supports our teaching and has inspired the children
to apply the skills they’ve learnt, from his workshop, to their own work."
Mary
Peters
Deputy
Head, Westbrook Old Hall Primary School, Warrington
*****
“Curtis has
now visited our school twice. We were so enthralled by his first visit that we
had to invite him back again this year as part of our World Book Day
celebrations. Students (and staff) were captivated hearing
him talk about his work as an Author and Illustrator and about his love of
Animation. His wealth of experience and ease of manner has made him very
popular with our students. We found his talks hugely entertaining and many
students returned at lunchtime to chat with him and have their books signed.
I have
organised several Author visits to our school but none have engaged the
students in the same way that Curtis has. So much so, there was real excitement
from the previous year’s cohort when they knew he was visiting us again.“
Helen Bayliffe
Library
Resource Manager, Sir Graham Balfour High School, Stafford
1 comment:
Disturbing to say the least !!
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