“We think it looks fantastic,” they said. They felt a sense of accomplishment to have helped get the plaque installed. The pupils wrote to Nelson Mail again in a letter dated 13 September 2012, thanking the council for making the “Bide a wee” plaque. They wrote to the editor of the Nelson Mail saying: “We think the plaque should be on the seat so other children reading the book can also go and look for it, sit on the seat and remember the story.” Nelson City Council took notice, and placed a plaque on the seat. The class were looking forward to finding the seat, but were disappointed to find there was no plaque on it. A thrilling childrens classic from the award-winning author of The. explore the motivations, themes, contexts and reception of Gees work, from the fantasy novels Under the Mountain, The World Around the Corner and the O and Salt trilogies, to the five realist and historical novels, including The Fat Man, The Champion and. In it the main character, Caroline, meets Moon Girl at a seat in the Botanics which has a plaque with the words “Bide a wee”, where she hands over a pair of magic glasses. Maurice Gees fiction for younger readers blends exciting stories with serious issues. The class went for a walk around Nelson in May, visiting settings from the story. In September 2012, keen young readers from Tahunanui Primary School’s Room 12 were instrumental in getting a plaque mentioned in a Maurice Gee story placed on a seat at the Botanical Reserve.Įarlier that year they read Gee’s book The World Around the Corner, which is set in Nelson. A PLAQUE ON A SEAT AT THE BOTANICAL RESERVE RECOGNISES MAURICE GEE’S BOOK THE WORLD AROUND THE CORNER
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