AN author who saw her book come
to life when an adventure park was built after it has made a motivational visit
to pupils at Epsom Primary School.
Angela Kecojevic, whose book
Hobbledown is the basis for the new Epsom-based adventure park and farm of the
same name, visited the youngsters last Friday (September 21) to talk about her
popular novel.
Hobbledown is a classic tale of
adventure, magic and mayhem and Angela’s trip to Epsom Primary was the first in
her series of Riddles, Rhymes and Mysterical Times creative writing workshops.
During
the session Angela told the children about her life as a writer, how her book
was created and how it links to the magical land of Hobbledown.
The
mum-of-three then got the pupils using their imaginations to create their own
stories.
She
said: “Lots of the children had already heard of Hobbledown and quite a few had
read the book, which was fantastic.
“They
particularly liked seeing the glime, which is a type of goo in the book, and they
were quite intrigued by the rogue Skibbler characters and had lots of questions
such as where you can find them.”
Angela has been described as an
‘exciting new writer’ by Dan Good, the creator of BBC’s Waybuloo who said his
family all thoroughly enjoyed the wonderful and wacky world of Hobbledown that
she has created.
Epsom
Primary School secretary Emma Scott said: “The children really enjoyed the
workshops and there was a big queue at the end for the book signing.”
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If you would like to book Angela Kecojevic to visit your school,
please email her at ajkecojevic@yahoo.com
