Author of 'The Wonky Donkey' Craig Smith encourages kids to play outside.

Craig Smith is the award winning author of the popular children's book The Wonky Donkey. He uses music to engage his audience and encourage children to read. In this video he discussed various forms of learning - oral, visual and kinaesthetic learning styles.

Craig Smith is the author of:
- The Wonky Donkey illustrated by Katz Cowley (Scholastic 2009).
- Willbee the Bumblebee written with Maureen Thomson, illustrated by Katz Cowley (Scholastic 2010).
- and other book titles.

Award winning writer and musician Craig Smith performed at Warners Bay, NSW, Australia drawing crowds to hear his entertaining and humorous music and stories. Watch the video to find out how Craig approaches writing for children. Craig is the author of the popular picture book "The Wonky Donkey" and other children's book titles.

Craig Smith Performs at Children's Book Week - Lake Macquarie City Library http://library.lakemac.com.au)

Craig Smith performed at the Lake Macquarie Performing Arts Centre, Warners Bay as part of 'Children's Book Week' run by Lake Macquarie City Library. Craig presented a musical and storytelling performance which drew crowds fans and school children to hear his talented and entertaining style.
Link to Lake Macquarie City Library - http://library.lakemac.com.au

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About Craig Smith -
Excerpt of Craig Smith's Biography from his website - http://www.craigsmith.co.nz
Craig Smith's profile - Singer songwriter performing original and covered music. Children's Book Author.
Craig Smith was born in 1972 in Central Otago New Zealand
Craig first picked up the guitar when he was 12. Initially wanting to play the tunes he grew up with it wasn't long before he was playing the songs of Neil Young, Bob Dylan and various blues artists. This folk, basic rock and blues background still influences his original music today as well other contemporary music. He loves to sing/play the classics and has committed himself to continue to learn and cover more of them. His passion however, to write and perform his original music, continues to grow. His songs are a real eclectic mixture. Lyrical, thought provoking, from the heart and are sometimes humorous. He plays them in a mixture of styles too. Generally they are played in an easy listening, contemporary, folk, blues or even country style. In 2005 he released a self produced album with 13 originals. Recently, he has started to write and perform music for kids. He saw that a lot of kids were going from nursery rhymes to teenage music as they hit the ages of 6-12 and decided to do something about it. He is excited to see how far he can go with my music and indeed see if he can make a living from doing something that he loves to do.

http://library.lakemac.com.au


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