This school wrote a book to raise money

<h2><i>Baboons on Balloons<&sol;i> was written by Pt Chevalier student Elodie Gibbs&comma; 8&comma; and illustrated by all 671 students&period;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Pt Chevalier Primary School principal Stephen Lethbridge says students have become illustrators&comma; designers&comma; marketers&comma; sales people&comma; presenters and press release writers all flowing out of this unique learning endeavour&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It’s a great book made with great minds&period; Reading this book will really brighten up your day&period; The students have put their heart and soul into it&comma;” Mr Lethbridge says&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>The school is launching it at a public event at the school on October 23 at 6pm&period; All proceeds from book sales will go towards the school&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><i>Balloons on Baboons<&sol;i> is a heart-warming tale about resilience&comma; starting with a bunny who is stung by a bee’s teasing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This is a very special story not just because it has vibrant collage illustrations and has rhythm and rhyme to engage even the most reluctant of readers&comma; but because it gently encourages a very important message of resilience&comma;” says Mr Lethbridge&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<h3><i>Balloons on Baboons<&sol;i> book launch<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>The book launch is open to the public&comma; with a whole-school art exhibition on the night displaying artwork inspired by the book&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Media welcome to attend or preview&period; Pt Chevalier School Auditorium&comma; Te Ra Road<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>6pm&comma; Tuesday 23rd October 2018&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;getbob&period;co&period;nz" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Find out more about the book launch here&period;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;