Children’s Authors join Taronga Zoo to get kids' beaks into reading!

Taronga Zoo has teamed up with popular children’s authors to bring books about animals to life.

Join us via video conferencing to hear a reading from the author, meet real animals and listen to fascinating stories behind the animals in the books.  ‘How to draw’ workshops also available for some sessions.

Book now for Garry Fleming, Jan Latta and Aleesah Darlison. 

Author and Illustrator Garry Fleming

Workshop Topics

A fantastic opportunity to hear from one of Australia’s finest Australian Animal children’s authors and illustrators. Featuring the hugely successful children’s book ‘Bollygum’, this literacy workshop includes ‘how to draw’ Australian animals demonstrations plus live encounters and information on some of your favourites from the Zoo Educator.

Garry Fleming

Stage/Age Targeted

Kindergarten – Year 6

Dates

Book Week: 20th - 23rd August, 2013.

Costs:

Video conference session - $120 (Recommended class size 30)

Bookings

Click here to book through DART Connections. Hint: Select Taronga Zoo Sydney in the 'filter excursions by provider' drop down menu.

 

Literature Live! children's author Aleesah Darlison

Workshop Topics

Aleesah and the Zoo Educators will talk about books and animals. Aleesah will read her books, Puggle’s Problem and Warambi and explain the inspiration behind them. Zoo Educators will introduce some amazing Australian animals. 

Aleesah Darlison

Stage/age targeted

Workshops are aimed at Kindergarten to Year 4 students.

Dates

Wednesday 6th March, 2013

Tuesday 2nd April, 2013

Monday 27th May 2013

Other dates to be advised

Costs

Video conference session - $120 (Recommended class size 30)

Bookings

Click here to book through DART Connections. Hint: Select Literature Live! Aleesah Darlison in the 'filter excursions by provider' drop down menu.

 

Children's author and wildlife photographer Jan Latta 

Workshop Topics

Jan Latta, author and photographer travels to Africa, India, China, Borneo, Uganda and Sri Lanka to photograph and write about endangered animals. She does this to tell the animals’ stories in her True to Life Books. Each animal ‘talks’ to children through words and photographs about how they live in the wild.

 Jan will talk about the importance of reading and especially homework. When she’s close to a dangerous wild animal she needs to know everything about the animal to keep herself safe. And she learns so much from watching – sometimes the animals help her write the book!

Join us for a very exciting video conference from Taronga Zoo, where Jan will show exciting videos and photos from her adventures and discuss her ‘creative non-fiction’ narrative style of writing.  Live Zoo animals and information on how to protect threatened species from the Zoo Educator will inspire students to write their own 'True to Life' style narrative on an animal they choose.

Jan Latta

Stage / age targeted

Stage 2 and 3

Costs

Video conference session - $120 (Recommended class size 30)

Dates

 7th May, 2013

Bookings

Click here to book through DART Connections. Hint: Select Taronga Zoo Sydney in the 'filter excursions by provider' drop down menu.