Parents, family members, friends of the authors, District Superintendent, Mr. Rothney, Lord Kelvin principal, Mr. Zabudsky, Public Librarian, Mrs. Heaney, and Lord Kelvin Teacher, Mrs. Jordan.   We would like to thank each and every guest for contributing to the success of our authors’ festival!

Comments from guests to the authors:

I was so impressed with the quality of your stories. I thoroughly enjoyed reading all the descriptive words and detailed storylines. I found myself reading faster and faster so I could find out what happened in the end. I also appreciated the time you put into your illustrations. It is an important step in publishing a story. Keep up the hard work!  -  From Mrs. Jordan

Abdenour was very enthusiastic and his pictures were very colorful.  -  From Spencer

Kim’s candy tree idea was very unique.  -  From Spencer

Dear Mrs. Damer and the boys and girls,  Thank you for inviting me to your writer’s workshop. The stories and illustrations were wonderful. Keep up the great work. Have Mrs.Damer call me again to come and visit you!  -  Love Mrs. Smith

All the children from Mrs. Damer’s class that read stories on April 17/01 read beautifully. It was a delightful afternoon. What a joy to hear the creativity coming from Jacob, Mitchell, Shyan, Sebastian and Brenden. Great job boys and girls. Look forward to reading your books in the future!  -  From T. Simmons

Mrs. Damer,  Thank you so much for all your hard work in organizing this very excellent author’s festival! Brenden was ‘beaming’ up there and very proud to have compiled his great stories.  Thanks again,  -  Alvin, Laurelle and Natalie.

I think the kids read their stories very well. They have great imaginations. That’s what I like. I had a great afternoon!

Everyone worked very hard. I enjoyed seeing the colorful pictures and well written stories. Thank you for inviting me!  -  From Reesa

All the authors did a superb job presenting. They all worked very hard writing their stories. All the stories were interesting and some quite funny. It was quite fascinating to see how their stories and illustrations evolved from single ideas. Very impressive!  -  From K. Owtram

Jacob and all the kids did a very good job. The kids all were so imaginative and very creative. I enjoyed all of their reading and look forward to the next reading. I also commend you Mrs. Damer, you are doing very well teaching the kids spelling, nouns, verbs, etc.  -  From Rex

Everybody has good imaginations to write good stories.

Excellent work!

All original ideas are great.

Colorful art work

We really enjoyed reading them and listening to them too!

Thank you for the invitation. We are pleased and proud of the work done by Nebyu and the class in general. The stories were imaginative and funny. We would also like to recognize the effort that is put in by Ms. Damer. Keep up the good work!  -  Aster and Ben Yohannes

Thank you for reading your books. I liked all your stories and your drawings. You all have good ideas!

Dear division 13,  I am so happy to have been able to visit your classroom. Your stories and illustrations are wonderful! You should all be very proud and thank your teacher for helping you to become published authors. I will look forward to seeing some books at the bookstore written by students from division 13 (in the future) Thank you!  -  Ron Bennett

I liked all the stories! They were all great! All of the artwork was excellent!  -  Oksana Kaspi

I was really happy and enjoyed listening to the stories. I liked seeing what the children and their teacher have created in the literature workshop!  -  Margit (from Switzerland)

The children did a good job and the stories were well written.

All the authors did a wonderful job and must have worked hard to write such imaginative stories. They presented them very well. Good job!

Excellent stories, lots of action and colorful descriptive wording. Very good everybody!  -  Phil

Thank you for a most interesting afternoon. Congratulations to all the speakers.  -  Geoffrey E.

I liked Abdenour’s story especially the "Talking Tree" Congratulations! Good work!

I thought that all the students were very imaginative. I am impressed with the range of ideas…from talking trees to desks and stars. I loved them all.  -  Chinu Das

Thank you Mrs. Damer.  I hope I can come next time Bryan has more stories to read. It was so lovely.  -  Granhong

I really, really liked Kim’s "Candy Tree" story. There were a lot of details.

Thank you for coming to see the authors who had fabulous books. They really enjoyed reading them too.

Thank you for inviting me. Thank you for typing all the stories.  -  Jenny’s mom.

I enjoyed listening to the children’s stories. They were all very good.

It was a nice day. Thank you for sharing the stories in the classroom.  -  David’s mom.

It was such a nice day!

Dear writer’s of 2001,  I would like to congratulate you on your creative writing and your excellent illustrations! Keep up the good work and the best of luck in grade three.  -  Sincerely Jacquie Bourget.

All your stories were well thought out. Many of them were very funny. I especially liked all of your artwork. If your stories had no words I would have been able to tell what your stories were about. You all have very creative minds. Keep the imagination flowing and remember to keep writing and drawing. Stories are free and should be heard and read.  -  Brian Ritchie (Geordie’s uncle)