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Lifestyle
Storyteller shows diversity
BY DAVID SCOTT
Expositor Staff
He wasn't making any money as
an artist so he became a cook. After
that he was a primary school
teacher and then finally found his
calling as an author of children's
books.
Richard Thompson, author of
more than 20 children's books
including Gurgle, Bubble, Splash;
Have to See This, and Zoe and the
Mysterious X, entertained students
at Seaforth Public School (SPS)
with readings from his books and
other story -telling techniques last
Tuesday.
Thompson was also visiting
schools in Clinton, Exeter, Hensall
as well as London for a 10 -day trip
to southern Ontario. Thompson,
who lives in British Columbian,
will also be back in the area to
participate in the Literacy Festival
being held in Clinton in June.
The author has been published by
Annick Press (which publishes
Robert Munsch), The Caitlin Press
and Orca Book Publishers.
How did he start doing readings
for school children?
"It's something I grew into. I
started working with storytellers
and developed storytelling tech-
niques like `draw -and -tell'," said
Thompson, who now spends up to
16 weeks a year touring the coun-
try. The draw and tell stories are
told by Thompson and characters
are drawn as elements of a larger
picture as he goes along. When the.
story is complete, so is the final
picture which is always related to
the story.
Thompson doesn't like working in
isolation. He likes to see the effects
of his writing. "I get lots of encour-
agement and energy back from the
readings. It feeds my soul."
But it's not just straight reading
and promoting the books he has
written. He wants the children to
take away with them the different
story -telling techniques he presents
and put them into use themselves.
As well as draw -and -tell stories
Thompson also tells sand stories
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GLUB, GLUB, GLUB - Children's author Richard Thompson demonstrated to Seaforth Public School
students how to hold their breath underwater as preparation for the telling of one of his stories. The
author of over 20 books was at the school last Tuesday for readings, storytelling and autographs.
and 'call and response' stories.
These are often stories he hasn't
published.
The sand stories involve using an
overhead projector and drawing
pictures in sand using a glass -bot-
tom box. Thompson told students
how they could make their own box
with a glass bottom at home out of
a pizza box.
Here is how to make one accord-
ing to Thompson:
1) Go to the store.
2) Order a pizza.
3) Eat the pizza.
4) Cut a hole in the bottom of the
box.
5) Then glue or tape a piece of
glass to the bottom of the box.
6) Make a 'pusher stick' to clear
your picture when your done - out
Rash of break & enters
Crime stoppers of Huron County
and the Goderich O.P.P. are seeking
assistance in solving a rash of break
and enters in the Vanastra,
Brucefield and St. Columban areas.
The Vanastra Recreation Crentre
has been broken into twice. Once
prior to Feb. 3, 1994 when thieves
stole a safe after attempting unsuc-
cessfully to open it on site they
took it away. On this occasion the
thieves also stole a black -coloured
general electric Cassette player,
serial # 1063405. The stolen safe
was made by Sargent and Greenleaf
Inc., a black -coloured safe 4' feet
high by 18 inches wide and 18
inches deep. This safe was later
recovered a few miles away where
the perpetrators hacked and
smashed the safe open. On the
second occasion around March 25,
thieves struck the recreation centre
and after managing to chop a way
into the office the rounders then
rolled a large safe into the kitchen
area, managed to break into it and
steal the cash. Not satisfied the
perpetrators then stole chocolate
bars, potato chips and pop from the
booth area and then from the kit-
chen they stole bacon, wieners,
buns, milk, orange juice, cream
cheese and ice.
The Tuckersmith Township office
at Vanastra was broken into on Feb.
8, 1994 and the thieves smashed
and hacked at a large safe to no
avail. The suspects then rummaged
through the office and stole the
money from the pop fund.
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7) Use sand or corn meal to place
on the glass to draw in.
Thompson turned the classic fairy
tale Cinderella into a modern rap
song using his call -and -response
storytelling technique. Children
snapped their fingers to provide the
rhythm for the song. Thompson
goes through the entire piece, then
the children respond after each of
his lines the second time through
with one -word replies.
Before each of his stories,
Thompson asks a member of the
audience to come up and select a
character off of his "story vine"
which is like a living rope with
representatives of characters from
all of his stories attached.
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