Donating...

I spoke to the Junior school librarian Ms Ryder, today, telling her about my WISE project and she said she would love to keep a copy in the Junior school library and i will be donating it tomorrow. I think I might have to post my book to the Australian Koala Foundation this is because the next two Saturdays i will be participating in school programs.

Time To Hand In.....

I have recently got my book back from my neighbour, He did a good job printing it and doing it for me. I will be handing my WISE project in tomorrow, and i will be talking to the junior school librarian about donating it there sometime this week. I will also be visiting the Australian Koala Foundation sometime this weekend, this is because their office is in Brisbane and i will have to drive up.

Finished My Book..

I have finished my book, i am really pleased and happy with it. I will be giving it to my neighbour's printing company to bind, laminate the cover and make 2 copies today. He said he should be able to finish printing it in two days. Which gives me enough time to hand it in on the first week.

My Story After Editing...

Title: The Koala Rescue

Author and Illustrator: Anusuya Bose

Dedications: Australian Koala Foundation

Acknowledgments :

Thank you, to the Australian Koala Foundation for letting me use their website for all my research to help me create this book. ‘Australian Koala Foundation,www.savethekoala.com’.

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There once lived four koalas in a tree. One mother, one father and two children.They all lived in their own gum tree in the forest. They were all very happy as they sleep all day and ate gum leaves, until....

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One day while all the koalas were sleeping a group of people came to chop down all the trees. One of the baby koalas tried waking up their mother and father “ Wake up, wake up!” yelled the baby koala, she pushed and shoved the rest of her family to wake them up.

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But it was to late. They started to chop the tree down, finally the rest of the family woke up and they all quickly climbed down from branch to branch off the tree and reached the ground just in time. “ Why are they chopping down our home?” asked the mother.

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All the koalas were sitting on the ground with no home and no place to go. That same afternoon two hikers came hiking through the forest and saw the koalas sitting on the ground. “ What happened?” asked one of the hikers.

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“ I don’t know, should we call the Australian Koala Foundation?” asked the other hiker. Once they thought about what they should do, one of the hikers go on the phone to the Australian koala foundation. During this time the other hiker stood near the koalas to make sure they didn’t go anywhere.

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“ Hello, is this the Australian Koala Foundation? Hi my name is Anna and I went hiking in the forest this morning with my brother and we found a family of four koalas sitting on the ground.” she said into the phone.

“ Thank you, for calling Anna if you could please just stay where you are and we will send some of our workers to the site.” replied one of the members of the Australian Koala Foundation into the phone.

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The hikers stayed with the koalas and after a while two members of the Australian Koala Foundation drove into the forest with a van and collected the koalas. The Australian Koala Foundation took the koalas back to their offices and took good care of the koalas.

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But as much as the Australian Koala Foundation can do they still need the communities help. So people around Australia fostered the family of koalas and also gave a donations to the Australian Koala Foundation.

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The End

So far.....

I have almost finished water colouring my pictures, i am really close to finishing. I am going to send it of to printing over the holidays, and am going to start working on my journey powerpoint and oral. I will also be going up to Brisbane to give the National Koala Foundation my book and meet the manger, i will also be making another copy for the class to see. I feel like my book is going well and i am a little bit behind but will be able to catch up. :)

Picture Drafting :P

Here is my picture draft, i made this so i know what i have to draw :

Wise Picture Drafting

Title Page: Drawing of four koalas sitting in a tree.

Page 1:
With dedications and Acknowledgments: Koala sticker given by Australian Koala Foundation (need to print off).

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With title and Author: Small picture of baby koala.

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Four koalas in a gum tree looking happy and some eating gum leaves.

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Koalas are sleeping baby koala trying to wake the rest up, people standing at the bottom of the tree.

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People chopping down tree, and koalas climbing down

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Koalas sitting on the ground, with hikers walking in

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Two hikers standing in front of the koalas and one talking phone out of pocket.

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One hiker talking on the phone other just standing and watching the koalas

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Hiker gets off the phone and watches koala, Australian Koala Foundation van driving in to help.

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People donating money to the Australian Koala Foundation

My Plan

I have almost finished working on my drawings they are taking longer then i thought they would, but i still feel like i am on track. Once i finish drawing the pictures, am going to go over the pictures in water colour to give it some colour. I should be finished my book in around 3 weeks. After that I am going to give it to my neighbour to print 3 copies.