Goodreads asked M.A. Notaras:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

M.A. Notaras I had the idea for writing "The Art Show That Came To Life At Bundock Primary School" literally from walking around my kids' own school art show a few years ago! Maybe it was the colorful vivacity of young children's art that inspired me to do it, but pretty soon I was having way too much fun imagining what would happen if each artwork was alive ... there were a lot of fish / bird / jungle crafts, and even some chairs painted into themes / characters (like in the book)! As it was a historical building packed with parents and teachers, it was fun to imagine the ensuing surprise and chaos!

The idea for The Art Show That Came To Life also came about because at the same time I was trying to think of a new fundraising idea for our school to run that was easy, fun and educational. Once I imagined the art show coming to life, I immediately thought how exciting it would be for kids if they could read this story set in their very own school! So I wrote The Art Show That Came To Life to be able to be personalized for schools, with their own unique details such as teacher names, school technology, location, bell times, local art galleries etc - and school name on the cover too, of course! Available to run as a healthy fundraiser, for schools to purchase as gifts for students or simply for schools to sell at cost to encourage reading, for more information on how your school can get their own personalized edition of The Art Show That Came To Life At [Your School Name Here], please visit www.myschooladventure.com.

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