tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-122135452024-03-13T22:39:02.003-07:00Nim's IslandA site for readers of the book Nim's Island, by Wendy OrrWendy Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16701556188885050883noreply@blogger.comBlogger145125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12213545.post-68259494322524406472012-06-16T00:09:00.001-07:002012-06-16T00:09:49.466-07:00Nim at Sea: The book to film journey continues<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"></span><br />
<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font: normal normal normal 30px/normal Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; position: relative;">
Book to Film: the journey continues with Nim at Sea</h3>
<div class="post-header" style="color: #997755; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<div class="post-header-line-1">
</div>
</div>
<div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-5057259664144132122" itemprop="articleBody" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 938px;">
<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br /><br /><br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.496094) 1px 1px 5px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.496094) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; float: right; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 1em; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; position: relative; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UXDgKjMt5uk/T9vUDGQmF9I/AAAAAAAAAzg/Pch9RZuaSlM/s1600/N@S+USA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; color: #cc3300; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UXDgKjMt5uk/T9vUDGQmF9I/AAAAAAAAAzg/Pch9RZuaSlM/s320/N@S+USA.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0976563) 0px 0px 0px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0976563) 0px 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative;" width="232" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">US edition</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<a href="http://web.me.com/wendyorr1/wendyorr.com/Nim_at_Sea.html" style="color: #cc3300; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Nim at Sea,</a> the sequel to Nim's Island, was published exactly five years ago. I dedicated it to Paula Mazur – not because she was the producer of the Nim's island film, or even because of the strong friendship that had grown during the four years since she first contacted me about the film rights for Nim's Island, but because of her belief in Nim. From our first conversations, back in July 2003, I knew that she understood and cared about Nim just as deeply as I did.<br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.496094) 1px 1px 5px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.496094) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; float: left; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-right: 1em; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; position: relative; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7b_KdCt1rSY/T9vUEXqYeXI/AAAAAAAAAzo/pLO2lpQGOTs/s1600/Nim@S++A&U.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; color: #cc3300; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7b_KdCt1rSY/T9vUEXqYeXI/AAAAAAAAAzo/pLO2lpQGOTs/s320/Nim@S++A&U.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0976563) 0px 0px 0px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0976563) 0px 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative;" width="230" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Australian edition</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />With wonderful serendipity, the Nim's Island film went into preproduction, at the Warner Roadshow Studios on the Gold Coast, just as Nim at Sea was published, and Paula and I were both very excited that she was going to be able to launch it for me, at Riverbend Books in Brisbane. (In the end she was stuck out at sea on the evening of the launch, but that's <a href="http://nimsisland.blogspot.com.au/2007/07/nim-at-sea-launch.html" style="color: #cc3300; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">another story</a>.)<br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.496094) 1px 1px 5px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.496094) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; float: right; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 1em; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; position: relative; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-k4pG_qOMqM0/T9vTVmQMnAI/AAAAAAAAAzU/k9Z2vQ1Yy8c/s1600/P8090041.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; color: #cc3300; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-k4pG_qOMqM0/T9vTVmQMnAI/AAAAAAAAAzU/k9Z2vQ1Yy8c/s320/P8090041.JPG" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0976563) 0px 0px 0px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0976563) 0px 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative;" width="239" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">on location in the rain forest, for Nim's Island </td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />A couple of months later, we were on location watching Nim (Abigail Breslin) run down a mountain with her lizard Fred on her shoulder. Over and over, as Fred kept crawling around her neck to her left shoulder - which was in the sun - and the camera needed him to be on the right shoulder so Abbie could speak to him.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.496094) 1px 1px 5px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.496094) 1px 1px 5px; clear: left; color: #333333; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MxSSHHU4cvc/T9vTHlyF4LI/AAAAAAAAAzM/0rTfPVzWcAk/s1600/IMG_8347.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #cc3300; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MxSSHHU4cvc/T9vTHlyF4LI/AAAAAAAAAzM/0rTfPVzWcAk/s320/IMG_8347.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0976563) 0px 0px 0px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0976563) 0px 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative;" width="213" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Rainforest for Nim's Island</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />Even the imperfect takes were wonderful: they were all so essentially Nim. Paula and I looked at each other and could not stop grinning. All those years of planning – and now it was real. "Now we've got to start planning Nim at Sea!" Paula said.<br /><br />And this week, the production office opened. The film based on Nim at Sea is in official preproduction, with Bindi Irwin to star as Nim. The film will be called Nim's Island II: Return of the Pirates.<br /><br />The adventure continues... and not just for Nim!<br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.496094) 1px 1px 5px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.496094) 1px 1px 5px; color: #333333; float: right; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 1em; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; position: relative; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vPMLJ-Mddws/T9vUGZooucI/AAAAAAAAAzw/ok0gIaglTe0/s1600/Nim@Sea+UK.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; color: #cc3300; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vPMLJ-Mddws/T9vUGZooucI/AAAAAAAAAzw/ok0gIaglTe0/s320/Nim@Sea+UK.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0976563) 0px 0px 0px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0976563) 0px 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative;" width="221" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">UK edition<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br /><br /><br /><br /></div>
<div style="clear: both;">
</div>
</div>
<div class="post-footer" style="border-top-color: rgb(119, 119, 119); border-top-style: dashed; border-top-width: 1px; color: #997755; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px;">
</div>
</div>Wendy Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16701556188885050883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12213545.post-35016077519168965202011-12-08T23:06:00.000-08:002011-12-08T23:06:56.105-08:00Nim's Island by Wendy Orr Content Rating and Review | The Literate Mother<a href="http://www.theliteratemother.org/nims-island-by-wendy-orr">Nim's Island by Wendy Orr Content Rating and Review | The Literate Mother</a><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4080" title="Nim's-Island" src="http://www.theliteratemother.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Nims-Island.jpg" alt="" width="184" height="274" />Wendy Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16701556188885050883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12213545.post-88230476043794672022011-09-26T00:13:00.000-07:002011-09-26T00:15:04.665-07:00How to Be Like Nim from Nim's Island - wikiHow<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Be-Like-Nim-from-Nim's-Island">How to Be Like Nim from Nim's Island - wikiHow</a><br />
<div><br />
</div><div>Some good advice here from wikiHow! </div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><br />
<ol class="steps_list_2" style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li class="steps_li final_li" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(191, 191, 191); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 80px; padding-right: 20px; padding-top: 20px;"></li>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #414141; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">
<li style="border-bottom-color: rgb(191, 191, 191); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; clear: both; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 80px; padding-right: 20px; padding-top: 20px;"><b class="whb" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Wear comfortable clothes</b>. As long as your comfy and able to move around, you don't need anything else for clothes.<div class="clearall" style="clear: both; height: 0px; line-height: 0; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div></li>
<li style="border-bottom-color: rgb(191, 191, 191); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; clear: both; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 80px; padding-right: 20px; padding-top: 20px;">(I like that: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: small; line-height: normal;">And though the article comments on her being pretty, I'm glad it wasn't part of the advice. I don't think Nim fusses much at all about her looks.)</span></li>
<li style="border-bottom-color: rgb(191, 191, 191); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; clear: both; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 80px; padding-right: 20px; padding-top: 20px;"><div class="step_num" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://pad1.whstatic.com/skins/WikiHow/images/header.png); background-origin: initial; background-position: -220px -80px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; clear: right; color: white; float: left; font-size: 1.45em; height: 31px; line-height: 31px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: -50px; margin-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; width: 31px;">2</div><b class="whb" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Have a telescope</b>. If you don't have one, or can't get one, then it's ok.</li>
<li style="border-bottom-color: rgb(191, 191, 191); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; clear: both; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 80px; padding-right: 20px; padding-top: 20px;"><div class="step_num" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://pad1.whstatic.com/skins/WikiHow/images/header.png); background-origin: initial; background-position: -220px -80px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; clear: right; color: white; float: left; font-size: 1.45em; height: 31px; line-height: 31px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: -50px; margin-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; width: 31px;">3</div><b class="whb" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Climb trees to get a better look at things</b>. If you're afraid of heights, then be a bit sneaky too.<div class="clearall" style="clear: both; height: 0px; line-height: 0; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div></li>
<li style="border-bottom-color: rgb(191, 191, 191); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; clear: both; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 80px; padding-right: 20px; padding-top: 20px;"><div class="step_num" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://pad1.whstatic.com/skins/WikiHow/images/header.png); background-origin: initial; background-position: -220px -80px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; clear: right; color: white; float: left; font-size: 1.45em; height: 31px; line-height: 31px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: -50px; margin-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; width: 31px;">4</div><b class="whb" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Don't be afraid to go outside bare-foot</b>. The world is open to you, and if you get a thorn in your foot, don't panic, it's just a thorn.<div class="clearall" style="clear: both; height: 0px; line-height: 0; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div></li>
<li style="border-bottom-color: rgb(191, 191, 191); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; clear: both; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 80px; padding-right: 20px; padding-top: 20px;"><div class="step_num" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://pad1.whstatic.com/skins/WikiHow/images/header.png); background-origin: initial; background-position: -220px -80px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; clear: right; color: white; float: left; font-size: 1.45em; height: 31px; line-height: 31px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: -50px; margin-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; width: 31px;">5</div><b class="whb" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Be daring</b>. If you're told to go to do something, don't get scared and say,"NO!" Try it, if it's too hard, then you can stop.<div class="clearall" style="clear: both; height: 0px; line-height: 0; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div></li>
<li style="border-bottom-color: rgb(191, 191, 191); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; clear: both; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 80px; padding-right: 20px; padding-top: 20px;"><div class="step_num" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://pad1.whstatic.com/skins/WikiHow/images/header.png); background-origin: initial; background-position: -220px -80px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; clear: right; color: white; float: left; font-size: 1.45em; height: 31px; line-height: 31px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: -50px; margin-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; width: 31px;">6</div><b class="whb" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Let your back/front yard be your island</b>. Take care of it and nurture it.<div class="clearall" style="clear: both; height: 0px; line-height: 0; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div></li>
<li class="steps_li final_li" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(191, 191, 191); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; line-height: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 80px; padding-right: 20px; padding-top: 20px;"><div class="step_num" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://pad1.whstatic.com/skins/WikiHow/images/header.png); background-origin: initial; background-position: -220px -80px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; clear: right; color: white; float: left; font-size: 1.45em; height: 31px; line-height: 31px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: -50px; margin-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; width: 31px;">7</div><b class="whb" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Don't be what others want you to be</b>. Be yourself.<div class="clearall" style="clear: both; height: 0px; line-height: 0; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div class="wh_ad" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div class="wh_ad_inner" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div class="adunit adunitp1" style="color: #414141; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 1px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div id="adunit1" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 3px;"></div></div></div></div></li>
</span></ol></div>Wendy Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16701556188885050883noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12213545.post-33678279003196053472011-09-11T01:17:00.000-07:002011-09-11T02:06:16.297-07:00Great Nim's Island projects<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://mhpmunchkins.blogspot.com/2011/09/nims-island.html#comment-form">Munchkins: Nim's Island</a><br />
<div><br />
</div><div>Great project with wonderful letters and drawings: </div><div><br />
</div><div>.... <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3bb35b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 22px;">We also imagined that we were Nim's Dad, who is shipwrecked, and wrote a letter from him to her.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3bb35b; line-height: 22px;"></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda'; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3bb35b; line-height: 22px;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DB5c_XE193A/TmgVcE2qwQI/AAAAAAAAAK8/4ucusGU-Sjk/s1600/P1010854.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="color: #ff494c; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: underline;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DB5c_XE193A/TmgVcE2qwQI/AAAAAAAAAK8/4ucusGU-Sjk/s640/P1010854.JPG" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; position: relative;" width="480" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda'; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3bb35b; line-height: 22px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda'; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3bb35b; line-height: 22px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda'; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3bb35b; line-height: 22px;">to see the whole project and more drawings, go to http://mhpmunchkins.blogspot.com/2011/09/nims-island</span></div></div>Wendy Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16701556188885050883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12213545.post-32974750052032873632011-08-22T20:14:00.000-07:002011-08-22T20:14:22.818-07:00Princess and Her Panther Review<a href="http://unioncitylibrary.wordpress.com/2010/11/22/monday-children%E2%80%99s-book-reviews-for-november-22/">Monday Children’s Book Reviews for November 22 | Union City Library Blog</a><div>
<br /></div><div>Just spotted, this nice little review: </div><div><p style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; "><strong><a href="http://encore.aclibrary.org/iii/encore/record/C%7CRb1892817%7CSprincess+and+her+panther%7COrightresult%7CX5?lang=eng&suite=def" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft" src="http://images.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=EBSCO4&Password=ALAMEDA&Return=1&Type=L&Value=9781416997801&erroroverride=1" alt="" width="155" height="163" />The Princess and Her Panther</a></strong> by Wendy Orr</p><p style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; ">“Imagination is at the heart of this book as two sisters set out to camp in their backyard. Their red tent becomes a royal shelter, the wading pool a lake, and the sandbox is the desert they toil across. The princess is stalwart, but her little sister, the panther, is unnerved when night falls. After one too many scares by neighborhood animals, the girls do not predictably retreat into the safety of the house but, instead, stand up to the night and are brave—both of them. The final spread shows that all is well in the tent, with a bright moon shining and the sisters contentedly asleep.” </p></div>Wendy Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16701556188885050883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12213545.post-64133948086991763022011-08-20T18:25:00.000-07:002011-08-20T18:25:32.303-07:00Nims Island set build timelapse on Vimeo<a href="http://vimeo.com/26995247">Nims Island set build timelapse on Vimeo</a><div>
<br /></div><div>I'm going to stick to writing books. Creating Nim's island and home in words was much easier than this! But fascinating to see this timelapse of the set being built.</div>Wendy Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16701556188885050883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12213545.post-39039482717812356022011-08-20T00:44:00.000-07:002011-08-20T00:44:27.634-07:00Nim's Island Animal Jukebox<a href="http://kids.aol.com/games/nims-island-animal-jukebox/">Nim's Island Animal Jukebox</a><div>
<br /></div><div>This is quite fun - you can play or record a piece of music using different sounds from animals from Nim's Island. </div><div>
<br /></div><div>(And I'm ignoring the fact that the caption writer didn't know that Nim is a girl.) </div>Wendy Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16701556188885050883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12213545.post-51448637506528272542011-08-16T22:47:00.000-07:002011-08-16T22:47:40.697-07:00Star Readers Review Nim's Island<a href="http://www.penrithstar.com.au/news/local/news/general/star-readers-from-glenmore-park-public-school/2255951.aspx">Star Readers from Glenmore Park Public School - Local News - News - General - Penrith Star</a>:<div>
<br /></div><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 17px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 21px; ">I love reading what kids have to say about my books. Here's a very well written review from Georgia in Yr 6:<div>
<br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica; font-size: 13px; ">"Nim’s Island is a fresh change from the usual children stories.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica; font-size: 13px; ">
<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica; font-size: 13px; ">After her mother dies, Nim and her Father Jack sail around the world twice and discover a small deserted island. They make their home under a dormant volcano and Nim’s best friends on the island are a seal lion name Selkie, a marine iguana called Fred and a turtle named Chica."</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica; font-size: 13px; ">
<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica; font-size: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">She ends the very informative review with words to make any author smile:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica; font-size: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">
<br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica; font-size: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "></span></span>
<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica; font-size: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">"From the moment I picked it up I didn’t want to put it down. Anyone from 10 to 100 with a sense of adventure would love this book. I highly recommend it.
<br />10/10 from me. Keep an eye out for NIM AY SEA if you loved this story"</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica; font-size: 13px; ">
<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica; font-size: 13px; ">For the whole review: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: normal; font-size: 16px; "><a href="http://www.penrithstar.com.au/news/local/news/general/star-readers-from-glenmore-park-public-school/2255951.aspx">ar Readers from Glenmore Park Public School - Local News - News - General - Penrith Star</a>:</span></div></span></div>Wendy Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16701556188885050883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12213545.post-67628300630207004002011-07-14T18:17:00.001-07:002012-02-20T19:21:13.661-08:00Nim's Island Quiz from PeopleQiz<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: arial;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: arial;"><iframe frameborder="1" height="1885" scrolling="no" src="http://peoplequiz.com/framedquiz-3787.html" width="90%"></iframe></span></div>Wendy Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16701556188885050883noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12213545.post-92070133755576164682011-06-24T22:08:00.000-07:002011-06-24T22:08:47.398-07:00Tristan Bancks | Australian Children's Author | Children's Books: Wendy Orr, Children's Author: The Writer's Studio<a href="http://www.tristanbancks.com/2011/06/wendy-orr-childrens-author-writers.html">Tristan Bancks | Australian Children's Author | Children's Books: Wendy Orr, Children's Author: The Writer's Studio</a><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div> I'm in awe of Tristan's blog and thrilled to be on it! Keep an eye open for his next interview (and more importantly, his next book.) </div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 18px; ">Wendy Orr is a fascinating character. She lived in many parts of the world as a child and survived a life-changing accident as an adult. She writes books about 'the resilience of the human spirit; finding the courage we need to face adversity'. Wendy is the legendary author of Nim's Island, turned into a feature film starring Jodie Foster, and the new book Raven's Mountain. Here, Wendy invites us into her writing space, giving an intimate portrait of her writing environment and process.<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); "><b>Where did you write your latest book?</b></span><br />Mostly at this desk, but also at my parents’ house on an island near Vancouver, hotel rooms in New York and Boston and waiting at the hairdressers.<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); "><b>How important to you is the space that you write in? </b></span><br />Having my office the way I want it is important to me – but the actual writing I can do anywhere, as long as it’s quiet and I can sit in some comfort.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; position: relative; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: transparent; border-right-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: transparent; border-left-color: transparent; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center; "><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jW8UbWn8S14/Tf3REEnMhdI/AAAAAAAAAuA/0NhLGi0mtlE/s1600/WendyOrrIMG_1222.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(82, 180, 225); margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; "><img border="0" height="225" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jW8UbWn8S14/Tf3REEnMhdI/AAAAAAAAAuA/0NhLGi0mtlE/s400/WendyOrrIMG_1222.jpeg" width="400" style="border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; position: relative; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; -webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0976562) 0px 0px 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; " /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 11px; text-align: center; ">Wendy Orr's Writing Space<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "><br /></span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); "><b>Do you transform your space in any way for each book? </b></span><b><br /></b>I put pictures and small objects etc. up on my windowsill and the desk, maps and larger pictures on the door and collect photos for a screensaver. So for <i>Raven’s Mountain</i>, I had pictures of mountains, waterfalls, bears etc.<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); "><b>Do you 'get into character' at all?</b></span><b> </b><br />Mostly in an inner way, going inside myself to find what the character is feeling, but I also work out some things physically – like actually climbing in the kitchen window. It’s surprisingly awkward to get in and out of the sink!<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; position: relative; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: transparent; border-right-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: transparent; border-left-color: transparent; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center; "><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yYU5nW0ODnY/Tf3RBSQfjJI/AAAAAAAAAt8/1acQfBlSSWU/s1600/WendyOrr_0700.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(82, 180, 225); margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; "><img border="0" height="225" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yYU5nW0ODnY/Tf3RBSQfjJI/AAAAAAAAAt8/1acQfBlSSWU/s400/WendyOrr_0700.jpeg" width="400" style="border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; position: relative; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; -webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0976562) 0px 0px 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; " /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 11px; text-align: center; ">Wendy Orr's memorabilia from life as a children's author.</td></tr></tbody></table><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); ">How has the place that you write evolved or changed since you first began writing novels?</span></b><br />This is our fourth home since I started writing – so I started on an old laminex table that the previous owners of our farm had left behind, on a built-in verandah. Our next farmhouse had a strange, skinny office, where I had an IKEA desk and faced a brick wall, which I completely covered with pictures to set the scene for each book. So when we built this house, I put a lot of care into designing the office. And as I’ve now been writing for over 20 years, the office is now crammed with book and film souvenirs, awards, book covers etc – all things that make me happy.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center; "><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h2uyyw4nNMU/Tf3Q9_MbOnI/AAAAAAAAAt4/7-c2rPI56SE/s1600/Wendy+Orr_0701.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(82, 180, 225); margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; "><img border="0" height="225" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h2uyyw4nNMU/Tf3Q9_MbOnI/AAAAAAAAAt4/7-c2rPI56SE/s400/Wendy+Orr_0701.jpeg" width="400" style="border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; position: relative; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-color: transparent; border-right-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: transparent; border-left-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; " /></a></div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); ">Do you keep regular writing hours? What are they? If not, when do you write? </span></b><br />I read my emails before breakfast and answer the urgent overseas ones immediately, so I can catch people before they leave work for the day. Then I walk the dog and start work after that – I’ve got into the habit of checking twitter and facebook as well as emails before I actually start writing, but try to then switch those all off while I’m working. I try to make sure I stand up and stretch (or hang up washing etc) every half hour, and then walk the dog again around 4:00, then work through till about 6:00. In theory that’s when I do emails, but often I continue writing. On the weekends I try to catch up on emails and readers’ letters.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center; "><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KwbU3I1fXgk/Tf3TWjs-cRI/AAAAAAAAAuI/bgvz9b4Hhrg/s1600/RavensMountain.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(82, 180, 225); margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; "><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KwbU3I1fXgk/Tf3TWjs-cRI/AAAAAAAAAuI/bgvz9b4Hhrg/s400/RavensMountain.jpg" width="257" style="border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; position: relative; padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-color: transparent; border-right-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: transparent; border-left-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; " /></a></div>For more on Wendy, check out the her FAQ with lots of readers' questions at <a href="http://www.wendyorr.com/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(82, 180, 225); ">www.wendyorr.com</a> or swing by Wendy's blog <a href="http://wendyorrjournal.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(82, 180, 225); ">http://wendyorrjournal.blogspot.com</a>. Another author in The Writer's Studio next Wednesday.</span></div>Wendy Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16701556188885050883noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12213545.post-84534394077715687542011-06-18T18:47:00.000-07:002011-06-18T18:47:29.349-07:00Nims Island Games | eHow.com<a href="http://www.ehow.com/info_8383268_nims-island-games.html">Nims Island Games | eHow.com</a><br /><br />I particularly like the scavenger hunt idea for games to play from Nim's Island!Wendy Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16701556188885050883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12213545.post-34664884912818659092011-02-14T19:23:00.001-08:002011-02-14T19:23:55.119-08:00Nim's Island book group questions<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"></span><br />
<h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="font: normal normal normal 30px/normal Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; position: relative;">Nim's Island book group questions</h3><div class="post-header" style="color: #997755; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; position: relative; width: 638px;"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">This post is for Megan from Singapore, who wrote to me last week about doing Nim's Island in her book club. My email to her has bounced back, so just in case she checks here:<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TRhDHr0jUi4/TVnuuiyC0sI/AAAAAAAAAhA/0HsqXwvZ374/s1600/main-1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; color: #cc3300; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="229" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TRhDHr0jUi4/TVnuuiyC0sI/AAAAAAAAAhA/0HsqXwvZ374/s320/main-1.jpeg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.496094) 1px 1px 5px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica;">Thanks very much for our letter. I'm very glad you enjoyed Nim's Island, and that you're enjoying your book club! And since it's Valentine's Day in the northern hemisphere, I've added a Nim's Island Valentine's Day card.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #00409f; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;">Why did you write the book Nim's Island?</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #00409f; font-family: Helvetica;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GjWIQd_--3Q/TVnvK2E_YRI/AAAAAAAAAhE/5U4l37gnxcA/s1600/Nim%2527s+Island+MTI+A%2526U.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #cc3300; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GjWIQd_--3Q/TVnvK2E_YRI/AAAAAAAAAhE/5U4l37gnxcA/s320/Nim%2527s+Island+MTI+A%2526U.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.496094) 1px 1px 5px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; position: relative;" width="229" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">Nim’s Island was inspired partly by two letters from girls asking me to write a book about them. I said that I couldn’t do that, but I started playing the writer’s game of “What if?” (two very important words in finding stories). “What if a girl wrote to an author and said “Could you please write a book about me?” and the author said, “No, because I’m a very famous writer who writes very exciting books, and since you’re just a little girl your life would be much too boring.” But what if the girl’s life was more exciting than the author’s? </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7pBg2iszvSM/TVnunSVxb1I/AAAAAAAAAg4/O8NEQJ85oss/s1600/image%255B8%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; color: #cc3300; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7pBg2iszvSM/TVnunSVxb1I/AAAAAAAAAg4/O8NEQJ85oss/s320/image%255B8%255D.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.496094) 1px 1px 5px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; position: relative;" width="215" /></a><span lang="EN-US">I then decided that the girl’s life was more exciting because she lived on an island, and write the book all in letters between the girl and the author – which was very boring. Finally I remembered a story I’d written when I was 9, about a little girl running away from an orphanage to life alone on an island – and finally Nim’s Island came to life.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US">So the inspiration was partly those letters, but the deeper inspiration was seeing a tiny little island when I was 9 and thinking that I’d like to live on it, because that’s why I wrote that first story.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #00409f; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;">What inspires you for your writing?</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #00409f; font-family: Helvetica;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica;">I just love stories, and sometimes I see something, hear something, or just think of something that makes me start thinking - I wonder what else might happen, or what if something was just a little bit different....</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #00409f; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;">Where did you get your Ideas?</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #00409f; font-family: Helvetica;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica;">From everything I see, hear, do and think!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #00409f; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;">I live in Singapore but do you think that I can get my Ideas the same way you do?</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #00409f; font-family: Helvetica;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica;">Of course. Where we live doesn't make any difference to how we get the ideas; we'll just see different things to start us thinking. (And even when two people see exactly the same thing, it will probably give them both slightly different ideas.)</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #00409f; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;">Why did you make the story the way you did?</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #00409f; font-family: Helvetica;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica;">That's how it seemed logical to me. I always try a few ways in my head before I start writing to figure out the best way to tell the story; often I have to completely rewrite it because the first way I thought doesn't work after all. Eventually I find the way that I think the story needs to be. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;">Do you have any connections to this story? </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;">Do you mean is it true at all? Not really; the connection to me is that I love islands, and stories...</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;">In the ending of the book Nim's Island, does Alexandra Rover move to Nim's Island? </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;">Yes.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gkDKHoe3IRQ/TVnwFeCKqbI/AAAAAAAAAhI/M09JIQt-gZY/s1600/Nim+-+Brazil.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #cc3300; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gkDKHoe3IRQ/TVnwFeCKqbI/AAAAAAAAAhI/M09JIQt-gZY/s320/Nim+-+Brazil.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.496094) 1px 1px 5px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; position: relative;" width="233" /></a></div><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;">Do Alexandra and Jack get married,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;">I think so. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;"> or does Nim find the whale that her mom got eaten/trapped in and find her?</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;">No; her mom really is dead and can't come back, so finding the whale wouldn't really solve anything. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ed2wyDIibT0/TVnwdvI1w5I/AAAAAAAAAhM/gkccSfoy7jA/s1600/nim%2527sisland+china.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #cc3300; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ed2wyDIibT0/TVnwdvI1w5I/AAAAAAAAAhM/gkccSfoy7jA/s320/nim%2527sisland+china.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.496094) 1px 1px 5px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; position: relative;" width="251" /></a></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;"> Did you ever think about any of the questions that I just asked about the book? </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;">Some of them but not all! They were good questions. </span></div> <br />
<br />
</div><div style="clear: both;"></div></div><div class="post-footer" style="border-top-color: rgb(119, 119, 119); border-top-style: dashed; border-top-width: 1px; color: #997755; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px;"></div></div>Wendy Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16701556188885050883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12213545.post-19712710283279972912010-12-03T18:05:00.000-08:002010-12-03T18:05:55.530-08:00Liberty Hill House: Nim's Island Unit - Chapters 7&8Some more Nim's Island study suggestions - these home schooling moms are awesome!<br />
<br />
Using these notes with kids who've watched the movie, it could also be useful to look at the difference between Galileo in the book and the movie. Find out the differences between frigate birds and pelicans, and discuss why the movie had to change it.<br />
<br />
(Answer: Because pelicans are trainable - and Sea World, which supplied the animals for the movie, had three well trained birds who shared the role of Galileo - especially Lea, who was not only well trained, but had an engaging personality. This is her, with a toy in her beak, on the Red Carpet with Jodie Foster)<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mZZnyp_xrhs/TPmhcoYv92I/AAAAAAAAAc4/tlgOIoveuFc/s1600/Nims+Island+Prem+04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mZZnyp_xrhs/TPmhcoYv92I/AAAAAAAAAc4/tlgOIoveuFc/s320/Nims+Island+Prem+04.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<a href="http://libertyhillhouse.blogspot.com/2009/08/nims-island-unit-chapters-7.html">Liberty Hill House: Nim's Island Unit - Chapters 7&8</a>Wendy Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16701556188885050883noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12213545.post-71280236924978436192010-11-08T23:27:00.000-08:002010-11-08T23:27:49.605-08:00Book Review: Nim's Island by Wendy Orr - Associated Content - associatedcontent.com<a href="http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/5962096/book_review_nims_island_by_wendy_orr.html?cat=38">Book Review: Nim's Island by Wendy Orr - Associated Content - associatedcontent.com</a><br /><br />What a lovely and thoughtful review by Shannan Siegwart Small! <br /><br />On a solitary island far removed from modern society lives a man and his daughter... thus begins the tale of Nim's Island the exciting and ironic novel written by Canadian-born Australian author Wendy Orr. The tale that<br /> Orr weaves describes a life more exhilarative than any we could imagine in our gas-guzzling, bottom-line driven lives. Nim lives a simple life with her father Jack - studying the flora and fauna of the island, scheduling and conducting scientific experiments that are detrimental to their lifestyle, growing crops to feed them, weaving blankets to warm them, building a hut or stocking a cave to shelter them. Nim can handle most any task thrown at her - so when Jack leaves the island for a few days' excursion to study plankton, he is assured that she will be responsible and sound on her own. The journey for Jack takes longer than estimated and Nim is forced to fend for herself - with a marine iguana named Fred and a sea lion named Selkie. Most ironically, while Nim is facing the loneliest days she has ever known - being just a child herself - she befriends an author miles away in the city via email. Alex Rover, an adventure writer, lives out her days alone in her apartment and finds Nim's life a welcome distraction. When push comes to shove, Alex must come to Nim's rescue - across the miles - to become the hero she dreams of.<br /><br />This book was a wonderful read and even more exciting than the movie. The details of the scientific experiments and the idea that the modern devices like email and cameras and satellite could be usable even in a self-sustaining setup like this is wonderful. Nim is a delightful character with spunk and imagination. Orr tells a beautiful tale of family and adventure in this story. I, for one, can't wait to read Nim at Sea to see what happens next!Wendy Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16701556188885050883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12213545.post-38744804866234846452010-06-27T02:17:00.000-07:002010-06-27T02:17:58.185-07:00Tuesday, July 13 at 6:30 pm: Wendy Orr and Lauren Stringer | Wild Rumpus<a href="http://www.wildrumpusbooks.com/event/orrstrhttp://www.wildrumpusbooks.com/files/wildrumpus/laurenstringer.jpginger">Tuesday, July 13 at 6:30 pm: Wendy Orr and Lauren Stringer | Wild Rumpus</a><br />A lovely invitation to the Princesss & Panther party at the Wild Rumpus bookstore in Minneapolis<br /><br />Wendy Orr and Lauren Stringer...this pair tops our list of dynamic author/illustrator duos. You probably know Wendy Orr from her amazing book Nim's Island, or her many other delightful reads. And Lauren Stringer's pictures seem to have some magical powers, because they've been enchanting us for years. There are a lot of pictures of animals on thoeir site - looks like my kind of bookstore!Wendy Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16701556188885050883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12213545.post-43246061252102067872010-06-24T21:03:00.000-07:002010-06-24T21:03:49.287-07:00“Lights Out!” (Wendy Orr) � Soup BlogI just had a lot of fun answering the Alphabet Soup magazine's questions about reading after "Lights out!"<br /><br /><a href="http://soupblog.wordpress.com/2010/06/25/lights-out-wendy-orr/#comment-374">“Lights Out!” (Wendy Orr) � Soup Blog</a>Wendy Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16701556188885050883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12213545.post-43945406936493356182010-06-09T23:22:00.000-07:002010-06-09T23:23:20.440-07:00Behind the scenes on the movieA great article on the making of Nim's Island, drawn from interviews with the producer Paula Mazur, Jodie Foster, Abigail Breslin, Gerard Butler, and directors Mark Levin & Jennifer Flackett.<br /><br /> <a href="http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/nims-island.htm/printable">Howstuffworks "Inside "Nim's Island""</a>Wendy Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16701556188885050883noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12213545.post-77345665418604464002010-02-18T01:24:00.000-08:002010-02-18T01:24:35.243-08:00Nim's Island Unit Study, Lesson Plans, and ActivitiesThanks very much to wolftyrs, a home schooling mom, who's compiled this great list of Nim's Island Unit Study, Lesson Plans and Activities. I'm always meaning to do this and get sidetracked by writing books! <br /><br /><a href="http://www.squidoo.com/nims-island-unit-studies-lesson-plans">Nim's Island Unit Study, Lesson Plans, and Activities</a>Wendy Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16701556188885050883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12213545.post-52183763134112589382010-02-14T02:06:00.000-08:002010-02-14T02:06:08.698-08:00Pumpkin Patch: F.F.W.W.: Nim's Island AgainTidying up my inbox I came across a link to this home-schooling blog on Nim's Island activities: <br /><br />..." on top of watching our Prof H videos that go with the Nim classes we'll be:<br /><br />Open a coconut (with a hammer instead of Jack's Machette), and after eating the meat use the shell for a bowl<br />Scour the seaside for shells, and check for messages in a bottle (you might have to read the book to understand that one!) -- I may put a message in a bottle in their workboxes<br />Record the coming and going of the tide<br />Check their weather stations daily...<br /><br />To read the rest go to:<br />(and by the way, I have no idea what the Prof H videos are)<br /><br /><a href="http://blog.aussiepumpkinpatch.com/2009/09/ffww-nims-island-again.html">Pumpkin Patch: F.F.W.W.: Nim's Island Again</a>Wendy Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16701556188885050883noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12213545.post-27261257516026191112010-02-04T23:15:00.001-08:002010-02-04T23:18:29.700-08:00This always makes me smile - love the song, and of course it always takes me straight back to sitting in that beautiful Graumanns Hollywood Chinese Theater and seeing my name roll out from the big blue wave in the credits. I'd already seen it at the Sea World cinema in Australia, but I was so overwhelmed with seeing the movie for the first time that I barely took it in! <br /><br /><br /><object width="400" height="265"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9146230&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9146230&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="265"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/9146230">Nim's Island: Title Sequence</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user2998775">Isaac Woodby</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>Wendy Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16701556188885050883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12213545.post-89177014854933396712010-01-14T23:34:00.000-08:002010-01-14T23:34:31.481-08:00SUMMER FUN: Teaching kids to tell stories - Education - News | Mornington Peninsula LeaderIf you've got kids aged 8 to 11 who are interested in writing (and you live somewhere around the Mornington Peninsula), I'll be giving a writing workshop: <br /><br />CHILDREN are invited to brush up on their drawing and story writing skills at creative summer activities in Rosebud.<br /><br />The Southern Peninsula Arts Centre and Mornington Peninsula Library have joined to present four workshops for children and teens.<br /><br />Workshops start on January 21 with children’s book illustrator Myke Mollard.<br /><br />In this practical workshop, children will get a closer look at Myke’s style, colour and life and draw their own pictures.<br /><br />Myke’s workshop starts at Southern Peninsula Arts Centre (SPAC) at Rosebud Secondary College, Eastbourne Rd, at 10am.<br /><br />...<br /><br />Author Wendy Orr will be at SPAC working with children aged 8-11 on January 22 at 10am. The author of Nim’s Island will help children with turning ideas into stories. <br />To read the rest of the article <br /><br /><a href="http://mornington-peninsula-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/teaching-kids-to-tell-stories/">SUMMER FUN: Teaching kids to tell stories - Education - News | Mornington Peninsula Leader</a>Wendy Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16701556188885050883noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12213545.post-90961384793420656482010-01-01T21:14:00.000-08:002010-01-01T21:14:57.603-08:00Nim's Island Pictures - Nim's Island Stills. Movie Set Photos. Movie Posters. Red Carpet Photos<a href="http://www.fanpix.net/picture-gallery/0658610/nims-island-pictures.html">Nim's Island Pictures - Nim's Island Stills. Movie Set Photos. Movie Posters. Red Carpet Photos</a><br /><br />A gallery of Nim's Island pictures - mostly movie stills & posters, but also quite a few red carpet shots and even a few book covers...Wendy Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16701556188885050883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12213545.post-87572024774700265042009-08-04T00:24:00.000-07:002009-08-04T00:24:30.991-07:00Blog, She Wrote: Nim's Island Salt Dough MapsSome great pictures of a home school program making salt dough maps of Nim's Island! Funnily enough, I made a salt dough mountain recently for the book I'm working on now (Raven's Peak) even though I didn't do it for Nim. <br /><br /><a href="http://blogshewrote.blogspot.com/2009/07/nims-island-salt-dough-maps.html">Blog, She Wrote: Nim's Island Salt Dough Maps</a>Wendy Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16701556188885050883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12213545.post-68043108751559704192009-06-28T00:33:00.000-07:002009-06-28T00:33:08.964-07:00movieswithbiology: Nim's IslandI'm always interested in hearing about ways that people are incorporating Nim's Island into school work (whether it's from the book or the movie.) eg: <br /><br />I love Nim's Island, there are 2 parts that I think would be quick and easy to integrate into lecture.<br /><br />Bioluminescence - scene with Jack/Dad discovering Protozoa nim<br />Protists - view into microscope talk of nanoprotists, even mentions the amount of protists/L of water. <br /><br /><a href="http://biologymovies.blogspot.com/2009/06/nims-island.html">movieswithbiology: Nim's Island</a>Wendy Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16701556188885050883noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12213545.post-80771744786120122142009-03-21T23:25:00.001-07:002009-03-21T23:26:06.222-07:00Reading Challenge!"The All-Delta Reading Link Challenge was held at George Mackie Library on Thursday, March 12.<br /><br />Squaring off for the right to represent Delta in the Fraser Valley Regional Library's (FVRL) Grand Challenge were Heath Elementary's Majestic Bookworms, South Park’s Book Demons and Delta Manor’s Purple-spotted Ducks.<br /><br />The winner of the competition was South Park’s Book Demons.<br /><br />This year’s selection of books included Looking for Bapu by Anjali Banerjee, Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher by Bruce Coville, Escaping the Giant Wave by Peg Kehret, Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan, Nim’s Island by Wendy Orr, and Run by Eric Walters."<br /><br />Congratulations to all these fabulous readers! <br /><br />to read the rest of the article: <br /><a href="http://www.bclocalnews.com/surrey_area/surreyleader/community/41582572.html?success&disqus_reply=7410527#comment-7410527">Surrey Leader - Book Demons win Delta reading challenge</a>:Wendy Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16701556188885050883noreply@blogger.com0