Our Read, Our Train, Our Brilliant Day!

I am with my group at the moment, we have spent two sessions reading the book, and everyone wanted to leave comments! We have just watched Jen’s video diary too, and particularly liked seeing the polaroid cameras, and the illustrator’s explanation of the eagle picture / cardboard cut out – creating images the same way as Chingis would have done!
But over to the group
Colleen wants to say that she liked Frank the best! He is all she has talked about!
Steve really liked how Chingis and Nergui became more ‘scouse’ and how the narrator learned a lot about Mongolia – the swapping of the two cultures. He also was fascinated by the images that accompanied the text, and said that he really liked the story, that it made us laugh out loud.
Marion loved how ‘wonder-ful’ as in full of wonder, “it was about perception and how you look at things” – the metal mountains / scrap heap, desert oasis behind the bins -“it makes you realise it’s all about how you look at life”, and the importance of imagination to a child – Chingis brought a creative imagination to his classmates.
Adrian said it was really enjoyable, great descriptions, and though it was funny all the way through it was very sad at the end. The group was glad it didn’t end with the undeveloped polaroid, that contact was made and the brothers were ok and forgiving.
The group loved the fact we were reading it at the same time as groups up and down the country (Colleen especially at the same time as her hero, Frank!), and we felt connected to a wide range of reading groups.
Thanks to all at The Reader for our shared Our Read – and Colleen says could Frank get the train up to Cumbria sometime?!!
Thanks, Ali, Mark, Tracy, Adrian, Shirly, Leslie, Marion, Steve x and staff at COSC, Maryport