An uplifting, reassuring and interactive workshop, offering young children a fun way to think about things WE CAN all do!
Alex (the author of WE CAN) will share some top tips, which are wonderful “magic tricks” for kids (and grown-ups) to help improve feelings of happiness, positivity and confidence. Steve (the illustrator of WE CAN) will use visuals to encourage children to consider how we can all make the world around us an even better place, by adding colour, imagination and turning frowns upside down. Together, both creators will read the book to the audience.
About the book
Join 15 children as they plan and deliver an amazing We Can! festival – a joyous, peaceful call to action, with green activities, mural-making, mindfulness and kindness along the way, beautifully depicted in words and pictures by the bestselling creators of You Can! We Can! was created with real children, who sent messages of hope and practical suggestions for helping to make our world the best it can be.
About the author
Alex Strick devotes her time to writing and consulting on great books that include all children. She is coauthor of Max the Champion (with Sean Stockdale and Ros Asquith), You Can! with Steve Anthony, and co-founder of Outside In World (supporting children’s books in translation) and consultant to BookTrust. And as co-founder of Inclusive Minds, she’s particularly proud to have set up a network of Inclusion Ambassadors – young people with lived experience who share their knowledge with book creators. Alex lives in Surrey, England.
About the illustrator
Steve Antony is an award-winning writer and illustrator of picture books, having sold over one million books world-wide. He is Swindon Libraries Patron to Children’s Reading Services, an ambassador for the National Literacy Trust and a committee member of The Society of Authors Children’s Writers and Illustrators Group. Steve lives in Swindon, Wiltshire