Fraser Smith: Hooking Children Into Reading
Many of our country's magnificent writers also have different day jobs, and chief among them are the teachers – or in this case, the principal. Fraser Smith, principal of Oturu School and author of Awatea's Treasure (and forthcoming Awatea and the Kawa Gang), provides his take on getting our tamariki reading. I can remember the two people who hooked me into the language of storytelling. One was my father reading to us at night, the other was a teacher. They were both passiona