Our Australian friends and children’s book author Arthur Charles and illustrator Kate Anderson visited Hong Kong recently to share “The Adventures of

Poucher and Big Guy”, travel stories of an Australian boy and his animal friends.

On a sunny Monday morning of May 13, 130 Year One students of Yew Chung International School, aged 5 to 7, had a great fun listening to Arthur (known as the Big Guy) and Kate read and talk about their work. The children were intrigued right away by the Australian animals depicted in the books, and it was just irresistible for them to follow Arthur to mimic the Kookaburra’s laughing sounds! They listened with amazement when Kate explained how she put Poucher and Big Guy’s adventures on paper with waterpaint. Their hearts went with Poucher and Big Guy when Arthur read selected chapters from the books. The children held their breath when Poucher and Big Guy were in trouble, laughed when Larry the Bully learnt his lesson, and clapped and cheered when Big Guy won his horse race! It was just wonderful to see the kids leaving the Book Talk session smiling with great contentment and excitement.

Thank you to our trainer Angie for arranging this wonderful opportunity!