St. Agatha's Author Visit
Lauren Briggs - Little Pago
May 24
Lauren Briggs is an illustrator, storytellerand children's picture book maker from Sydney. As a young child, Lauren grew up with a love of animals, nature, reading and storytelling. Her early years were spent climbing trees with her two sisters and using their collective imaginations to create wonderful games to play outside.
Lauren's passion for stories and children's picture books propelled her to create her first published children's picture book, Stories for Simon, written by her friend Lisa Miranda Sarzin. Published by Random House Australia in 2015 and endorsed by Adam Goodes, it has had a significant educational impact in the area of reconciliation.
Lauren's second book, Little Pago, published by Boolarong Press uses visual literacy and an emotive and relevant narrative to highlight the detrimental impact plastic pollution is having on our marine life.
About the Book:
Against a magical background of coral flowers and seaweed gardens, Little Pago and his friends set out on an adventurous journey in search for food. However, not everything floating in the ocean is safe for a baby turtle to eat. Little Pago is an imaginative, compelling and inspiring story about friendship, perseverance and the important role each of us can play in keeping one of our oceans most ancient and endangered sea creatures safe for future generations. It is is a symbol for the welfare of all marine animals. This book highlights one of the critical threats our marine wildlife face, plastic pollution in our ocean. It encourages readers to challenge the way we live, so that collectively we can work towards preventing plastic pollution harming our marine life.
St. Agatha's students have the opportunity to purchase copies of Little Pago books through local independent bookstore, Bright and Early Books. 10% of all sales will go towards a voucher for the school library to spend on new release books!
All books ordered through Bright and Early Books will be delivered to the classrooms.
