Have you heard of Keeping up With the Kaimanawas? It's a TV show that charts the progress of the three Wilson sisters who took on the challenge of trying to tame wild stallions caught up in the annual muster of Kaimanawa horses.
One of the sisters, Kelly, wrote a book about it, and Big Girl was very excited to hear that Kelly was going to be doing a book signing at a local venue.
Well being very British and used to queueing I thought we should arrive fifteen minutes before the start, to get ahead in the queue. I don't think there was any need....
Even after six years here in NZ I still can't get used to the lack of crowds anywhere. We were second in line to go in!
There was an Adopt a Book section where there were lots of lovely second hand books donated by libraries etc, and they were free to help yourself! Big Girl picked a few, and I found a great one called 'The Little Yellow Digger' for Little Boy.
There were several authors available for book signings at various times during the day, but we were lucky enough to see Kelly wandering around when we first came in, so asked if she could sign Big Girl's book then.
She's a lovely lady and very pretty. This is photo session number two as Big Girl looked at the first lot and decided her hair looked a mess so could we do it again? Luckily Kelly was very amenable and didn't mind at all.
A little later on Kelly did a talk about the story behind her book, and we were lucky enough to get front row seats....
We also met Terry Fitzgibbon, a New Zealand author and illustrator....
He was doing a mural and asked Big Girl if she'd like to help colour it in....
There were book characters to meet, including Clifford....
Peter Rabbit....
And Spot!...
Where's Wally? Can you seem him? ;-)
I forget the name of the book or it's author (sorry lady!) but someone had made a lovely wall hanging about the truck in the story. It was very tactile and you were actively encouraged to interact and touch the different parts. Isn't it great, very detailed.
Xxxx
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