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Penguin Young Readers Live Chat

Below is the most recent chat from the Penguin Young Readers Author Program. To become a member of the program, sign up here.

 Live Chat with Piers Torday, THE LAST WILD(05/21/2014) 
4:38
Nora - EarlyWord: 
We will begin our live online chat with Piers Torday, author of THE LAST WILD in about 15 minutes.
Wednesday May 21, 2014 4:38 Nora - EarlyWord
4:39
Nora - EarlyWord: 
Meanwhile, here’s the cover of the book…
Wednesday May 21, 2014 4:39 Nora - EarlyWord
4:39
 Nora - EarlyWord
THE LAST WILD, Cover
Wednesday May 21, 2014 4:39 
4:42
Nora - EarlyWord: 
It's received many admiring reviews. Booklist gives a good summary -- "In a world where there are no more animals (only a few rogue varmints ), Kester Jaynes finds himself in an unusual position: a cockroach is asking him for help. Kester, who hasn't spoken since his mother died, answers the entreaty of the cockroach (and some persuasive pigeons) and escapes to the forbidden wild, where a few animals have been hiding ... an enchanted adventure with a message of empowerment and hope that ought to sweep readers along to the planned second volume."
Wednesday May 21, 2014 4:42 Nora - EarlyWord
4:56
Nora - EarlyWord: 
It’s great to see our chat participants gathering. You can send your questions through at any time. They'll go into a queue, and Lisa will submit as many of them as we can to Piers before the end of the chat. Don’t worry about typos – and please forgive any that we commit!
Wednesday May 21, 2014 4:56 Nora - EarlyWord
5:02
lisa von drasek: 
tech difficulties!!! here I am!
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:02 lisa von drasek
5:04
Nora - EarlyWord: 
Hurrah! Welcome Lisa!
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:04 Nora - EarlyWord
5:04
Nora - EarlyWord: 
The clock has struck the magic hour. I see that Piers is here from the U.K. -- say hi to everyone, Piers!
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:04 Nora - EarlyWord
5:04
Piers Torday: 
Hi everybody! Great to be here
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:04 Piers Torday
5:04
lisa von drasek: 
Hello Piers!
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:04 lisa von drasek
5:04
Piers Torday: 
Hi Lisa!
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:04 Piers Torday
5:05
Nora - EarlyWord: 
I see some others out there -- say hi to Piers!
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:05 Nora - EarlyWord
5:06
Piers Torday: 
Please feel free to ask me anything
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:06 Piers Torday
5:06
[Comment From MD LibrarianMD Librarian: ] 
Looking forward to getting WILD, today, Piers!
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:06 MD Librarian
5:06
[Comment From sdnsdn: ] 
::waves:: Hi, all three of you.
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:06 sdn
5:06
lisa von drasek: 
Piers, can you say a few words about the response that middle graders have been having to The Last Wild?
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:06 lisa von drasek
5:06
Piers Torday: 
Great MD Librarian - hope you enjoy - and hi sdn!
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:06 Piers Torday
5:07
lisa von drasek: 
sdn- would that be Sharyn November Piers' editor?
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:07 lisa von drasek
5:07
Piers Torday: 
Lisa I've had the most phenomenal response from middle graders - beyond what I expected. I think I had forgotten how powerful animal stories can be for younger children
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:07 Piers Torday
5:08
lisa von drasek: 
... what do kids like best about the book?
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:08 lisa von drasek
5:08
[Comment From Michy FishMichy Fish: ] 
Greetings from the wilds of Michigan!
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:08 Michy Fish
5:09
lisa von drasek: 

Although this book is dystopian, there is an undercurrent of humor.... especially the Wild...I love the white pigeon and the wolf pup
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:09 lisa von drasek
5:09
Piers Torday: 
I think they find the beginning - which we find quite bleak as adults - very exciting and then are thrilled when some humble cockroaches and pigeons break our hero out of his horrible prison. And they really respond to the humour in the characterisation of the animals, absolutely
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:09 Piers Torday
5:09
[Comment From PDLibFanPDLibFan: ] 
Not surprising that this was a big hit at the Texas Library Association convention last month!
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:09 PDLibFan
5:09
Piers Torday: 
Hello Michigan and thanks PDLIbfan, that's great to hear!
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:09 Piers Torday
5:09
[Comment From sdnsdn: ] 
(It would indeed be Sharyn November, Piers's editor!)
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:09 sdn
5:09
lisa von drasek: 
We got this advance question from one of the program members:

How did you choose the animal that would save the little boy?
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:09 lisa von drasek
5:10
Piers Torday: 
The one and only SDN!
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:10 Piers Torday
5:10
Piers Torday: 
Great question Lisa. I chose animals that I felt were neglected and taken for granted by us - the cockroach and the pigeon. Because I wanted animals that any child who has felt that way could identify with and also make a point about biodiversity.

In the 19th century the passenger pigeon was the most prolific bird in the US. Their flocks went up to 3.5 billion in size and when they flew the sky went black. But following the commercialization of pigeon meat and massive deforestation, by 1914 there was only one left alive and she died in captivity.

Not many of us like cockroaches but they are nature’s garbage collectors and recyclers – the world wouldn’t function without them.

So I guess I'm saying - you can't take things for granted!
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:10 Piers Torday
5:11
lisa von drasek: 
Sharyn, I noticed in my reading that you and Piers left "British" English alone. can you comment on that?
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:11 lisa von drasek
5:13
[Comment From sdnsdn: ] 
Sure! Whenever possible, I prefer to keep the original flavor of a book when it comes to language usage and spelling -- it makes for full-story immersion, if you will.
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:13 sdn
5:13
Piers Torday: 
As Sharyn has said, she had no desire to Americanise more than necessary, which I really appreciated - but this wasn’t just her choice, it was borne out by all the responses from her test readers.

And as a result I think if anything the story is how many English words young American readers weren’t troubled by. I was allowed to keep ‘torches’ rather than change to ‘flashlights’ , ‘rubbish’ rather than ‘garbage’ or ‘trash’, and so on.

Not only that, there were a number of words that some young English readers might not get which their US counterparts had no problem with -like ‘bally’ - meaning ‘bloody' and ‘chuffed’ - meaning ‘delighted’.

Of course, I did have to make some changes. As Sharyn says, ‘Trackies’ (sweatpants) and ‘Trainers’ (sneakers) just make no sense at all over in the States, so they had to go.

A few others:

We ‘click’ our fingers to make a point, American readers ‘snap’ theirs, so I changed that.
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:13 Piers Torday
5:14
lisa von drasek: 
what is the difference between a rabbit and a hare?
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:14 lisa von drasek
5:14
Piers Torday: 
Lisa the difference between a rabbit and a hare is chiefly in the ears. The hare has longer ears and longer legs, which mean they can run much faster. The hare sleeps above ground, unlike rabbits in their burrows. Rabbits tend to breed like, well, rabbits – which hares don’t.

A hare being pursued or “harried” by a dog (hence their name) can make an awful cry which sounds like a baby in distress, which rabbits can’t do.

Hares can make tremendous pets, being very happy on duvets and armchairs, rather like cats.

And… they box, which rabbits don't!
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:14 Piers Torday
5:15
lisa von drasek: 
You're pulling my leg! Like a Kangaroo?
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:15 lisa von drasek
5:15
Piers Torday: 
Absolutely - do you want to see a photo?
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:15 Piers Torday
5:15
lisa von drasek: 
yes, please!
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:15 lisa von drasek
5:16
 Piers Torday
Boxing hares
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:16 
5:16
lisa von drasek: 
wow!

Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:16 lisa von drasek
5:16
Piers Torday: 
They do this every March... Hence the rather prickly “March Hare" in Alice in Wonderland
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:16 Piers Torday
5:17
lisa von drasek: 
I read that Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is one of your favorite books to recommend. Did I hear that you met Roald Dahl?
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:17 lisa von drasek
5:17
Piers Torday: 
I did meet the great man, Lisa. When I was growing up my mother ran a children's bookshop, and she invited Roald Dahl to speak at a book week event...
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:17 Piers Torday
5:18
Piers Torday: 
...And a few days later a mysterious brown envelope arrived addressed to me and my mum. Do you want to see what was inside?
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:18 Piers Torday
5:18
lisa von drasek: 
yes, please.
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:18 lisa von drasek
5:19
[Comment From Michy FishMichy Fish: ] 
Wonder why rabbits don't do that?
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:19 Michy Fish
5:19
[Comment From Boston Lib.Boston Lib.: ] 
Piers -- did you draw your avatar?
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:19 Boston Lib.
5:19
Piers Torday: 
Michy Fish - I don't know - think they're happy to let the hares go for it!
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:19 Piers Torday
5:19
 Piers Torday
Miranda Mary Piker
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:19 
5:20
Piers Torday: 
This is the note I got from Roald Dahl when I was little - an Oompa Loompa Song he cut from the first draft of Charlie - about the character Miranda Mary Piker, also cut, because his daughter didnt like her
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:20 Piers Torday
5:20
lisa von drasek: 
OMG! you really know your way to a curator's heart
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:20 lisa von drasek
5:20
Piers Torday: 
I keep it as a reminder that even the very greatest writers make big mistakes
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:20 Piers Torday
5:20
[Comment From sdnsdn: ] 
I have never seen that in color, I don't think. WOW.
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:20 sdn
5:21
Piers Torday: 
Hi Boston Lib - yes, I did!
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:21 Piers Torday
5:21
lisa von drasek: 
Do you save all your drafts? Do you show them to kids?
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:21 lisa von drasek
5:21
lisa von drasek: 
when you were writing did you have pictures of all the animals at your desk?
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:21 lisa von drasek
5:21
[Comment From HCLibrarianHCLibrarian: ] 
I wondered if Roald Dahl was an influence. I was reminded of Dahl quite a bit when I read The Last Wild--in very good ways.
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:21 HCLibrarian
5:22
Piers Torday: 
Lisa I save all my drafts - I don't show them to kids but when I do talk to kids I really try and get them to enjoy the process of writing and not worry too much about getting perfect end results straightaway
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:22 Piers Torday
5:22
lisa von drasek: 
do you have a day job or are you a full time writer
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:22 lisa von drasek
 
Piers Torday: 
Lisa - I used to work in TV as a producer but now I divide my time between writing full time and speaking to children in schools and libraries.
  Piers Torday
5:22
Piers Torday: 
HCLibrarian - thank you, he was a massive influence hopefully not too much!
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:22 Piers Torday
5:23
lisa von drasek: 
-- Can you talk about your writing process? Do you get up at 4:00 am to write?
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:23 lisa von drasek
 
Piers Torday: 
cant write till after breakfast - about 9am, and I think and write till about 1pm, and then try and tidy up what I've done after lunch. It's quite haphazard. as long as I get my 750 words a day, I'm happy. But no work after 7pm!
  Piers Torday
5:23
Piers Torday: 
Hi Lisa Lisa no I didn't keep photos of the animals on my desk because I wanted to keep the characters in my head and not get too waylaid by the actual everyday animal.

But I did do a lot of library research to make sure that – other than talking – none of the animals did anything they wouldn’t or couldn’t do in real life. And I stored a lot of photos to make sure physical details were correct.

And…I did got to meet a real wolf. Want to see a picture of that?
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:23 Piers Torday
5:24
lisa von drasek: 
yes , please
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:24 lisa von drasek
5:24
[Comment From Boston Lib.Boston Lib.: ] 
I'm fascinated by you're not wanting to be overly influenced by the actual animal -- can you elaborate on that?
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:24 Boston Lib.
5:25
 Piers Torday
Tala the 18-month wolf cub who inspired the one in the book
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:25 
5:26
lisa von drasek: 
wow. that cub is really big. I imagined it to be the size of a golden retriever puppy all bouncy and loose.
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:26 lisa von drasek
5:27
Piers Torday: 
Boston Lib - what I mean is that although I want them to look and feel like real animals, there is a danger that when you look too much at photos of "real" animals there is nothing behind the eyes, and so when you are trying to use them in ways which draw on their symbolic, poetic, mythological - or simply comic - potential, too much reality can deaden it for me. I really care about them from an eco point of view in the real world, but in the study I need to see them more figuratively
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:27 Piers Torday
5:27
Piers Torday: 
Lisa - maybe this is the size Kester's wolf cub grows into!
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:27 Piers Torday
5:27
lisa von drasek: 
-- I read that you were friends with Eva Ibbotson. Had you read Secret of Platform 13 before Harry Potter came out?
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:27 lisa von drasek
5:27
[Comment From Boston Lib.Boston Lib.: ] 
Thanks for that -- makes sense.
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:27 Boston Lib.
5:28
Piers Torday: 
Eva was my mum's greatest friend and she'd just started writing books when my mum opened her shop. She used to record them on cassette (remember those?) and send them to us for our thoughts. So yes we had read Platform 13 and were, ahem, as surprised as anyone when HP came out..
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:28 Piers Torday
5:28
[Comment From MG LibrarianMG Librarian: ] 
Sorry; I'm not familiar with Secret of Platform 13 -- is it like HP?
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:28 MG Librarian
5:30
Piers Torday: 
MG - the big deal is the secret hidden platform at Kings Cross station in London in both books
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:30 Piers Torday
5:30
Piers Torday: 
But hey - I clearly borrow from lots of other writers.. I think these things are overplayed and so did Eva
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:30 Piers Torday
5:30
lisa von drasek: 
To me they were alike in that they were both really fabulous fantasies with a lot of humor, really bad guys and adventure and magic from authors that I wasn't familiar with. I read both of them aloud to 4th graders
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:30 lisa von drasek
5:30
Piers Torday: 
Exactly Lisa!
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:30 Piers Torday
5:30
lisa von drasek: 
When I was book talking the Last Wild, I had trouble coming up with comparable titles. Sharyn...what did you tell the sales reps?
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:30 lisa von drasek
5:31
[Comment From sdnsdn: ] 
I told them exactly what my first US reader -- Alice, who was 11 at the time -- said: "It's like sci-fi Roald Dahl!"
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:31 sdn
5:31
Piers Torday: 
Still my favourite blurb ever, sdn
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:31 Piers Torday
5:31
lisa von drasek: 
I love that! Can I use it?
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:31 lisa von drasek
5:32
[Comment From sdnsdn: ] 
Oh, feel free! It's on the jacket.
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:32 sdn
5:32
lisa von drasek: 
oh now you all know that I don't read book jackets!
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:32 lisa von drasek
5:32
Piers Torday: 
It's a great book - the secret of platform 13... and everything Lisa said about is true
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:32 Piers Torday
5:33
lisa von drasek: 
Piers, speaking of villains -- I really really really hated Captain Skuldiss. I wanted to kill him with my own bare hands.
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:33 lisa von drasek
5:33
Piers Torday: 
Lisa, sorry but thank you! Now he is inspired by The Child Catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, only as an animal catcher
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:33 Piers Torday
5:34
lisa von drasek: 
Piers, I read that you had a pet monkey. picture please
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:34 lisa von drasek
5:34
Piers Torday: 
You mean Basil? Hang on, I just need to try and get him to sit still for a moment...
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:34 Piers Torday
5:34
 Piers Torday
Basil, my pet monkey
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:34 
5:34
lisa von drasek: 
thank you.
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:34 lisa von drasek
5:35
lisa von drasek: 
I loved Kester's scarf. Do you have a favorite piece of clothing that is also an object of comfort?
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:35 lisa von drasek
5:37
Piers Torday: 
I'm not sure as much as him, but I was sent some great fan art of his scarf
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:37 Piers Torday
5:37
lisa von drasek: 
can I see it?
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:37 lisa von drasek
5:37
[Comment From sdnsdn: ] 
(I want someone to knit you that scarf.)
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:37 sdn
5:38
lisa von drasek: 
Sharon, I will. are you okay with wool? Piers, I will need some measurements.
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:38 lisa von drasek
5:39
[Comment From sdnsdn: ] 
I love you, Lisa Von Drasek.
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:39 sdn
5:39
Piers Torday: 
Boston Lib - Monkeys are not only difficult pets, they are a nightmare and forever throwing coconuts at my neighbours head, not recommended
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:39 Piers Torday
5:39
lisa von drasek: 
Where in the world would you like to travel?
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:39 lisa von drasek
5:39
 Piers Torday
The scarf I would like SDN to get me knitted
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:39 
5:40
Piers Torday: 
Lisa I would like to travel to the Antarctic before it disappears
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:40 Piers Torday
5:42
lisa von drasek: 
Do you have plans to visit the united states?
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:42 lisa von drasek
5:43
Piers Torday: 
I would love to come. I have so many friends over there from my time at school in USC, working in LA and New York, and now lots of new friends from the books, so perhaps once The Last Wild is out in soft cover and the Dark Wild is out in hard cover I can come and meet some of them!
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:43 Piers Torday
5:44
Piers Torday: 
Lisa - you also asked about my working process, what time I get up and so on. I cant write till after breakfast - about 9am, and I think and write till about 1pm, and then try and tidy up what I've done after lunch. It's quite haphazard. as long as I get my 750 words a day, I'm happy. But no work after 7pm!
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:44 Piers Torday
5:44
lisa von drasek: 
What are you reading now?
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:44 lisa von drasek
5:45
Piers Torday: 
I am currently reading a million books - a book on the sea, a book on making my handwriting better, a book on extinction, a novel from the 1970's by Anita Brookner, a fabulous MG adventure called Ironheart and some very old Balzac tales. Oh and I just started a book called Grasshopper Jungle today as well.
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:45 Piers Torday
5:45
lisa von drasek: 
I am dying to read the sequel The Dark Wild. When can I get my hands on it?
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:45 lisa von drasek
5:45
[Comment From sdnsdn: ] 
(Viking will be publishing THE DARK WILD in Winter 2015 -- the season one year from now.)
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:45 sdn
5:46
Piers Torday: 
Can't wait!
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:46 Piers Torday
5:46
 Nora - EarlyWord
The U.K. cover of THE DARK WILD, the sequel to THE LAST WILD. To be published in the U.S., Winter, 2015
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:46 
5:47
lisa von drasek: 
Have you had any surprising reactions to your book?
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:47 lisa von drasek
5:47
Piers Torday: 
A mysterious white dog, a needy rat and a bossy starling...
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:47 Piers Torday
5:47
lisa von drasek: 
no that is just mean...teasing us like that!
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:47 lisa von drasek
5:47
Piers Torday: 
Lisa I’ve mainly had the most lovely reactions – so many emails and letters from children who it has really touched, and you can’t ask for better than that.

Some parents have said they were animal lovers and appalled by the fact it is about some animals dying...which is a little ironic as really it is about animals surviving and encouraging us to look after our fellow creatures a little better!
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:47 Piers Torday
5:48
Piers Torday: 
Ok... and some mean foxes too!
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:48 Piers Torday
5:49
lisa von drasek: 
Do you have more than one story going at once?
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:49 lisa von drasek
5:49
Piers Torday: 
Lisa I have more than one story going in my head, sure, but not on the page. I’ve learned that focus really pays dividends. I do write around in a book though, I’m not always strictly chronological.
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:49 Piers Torday
5:51
lisa von drasek: 
What did you eat for breakfast? Sharyn?
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:51 lisa von drasek
5:52
Piers Torday: 
Today it was porridge which means tomorrow it will be boiled eggs!
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:52 Piers Torday
5:52
lisa von drasek: 
what is porridge made of?
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:52 lisa von drasek
5:52
Piers Torday: 
Rolled oats and water stirred over a gentle heat + milk/honey/fruit/whatever takes your fancy. Scottish!
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:52 Piers Torday
5:53
lisa von drasek: 
Any last questions for Piers? I have one- do you ever Skype an author's visit?
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:53 lisa von drasek
5:53
[Comment From Boston LibrarianBoston Librarian: ] 
Was just browsing your site -- very nice by the way -- and I see THE DARK WILD is already out in the UK! http://www.pierstorday.co.uk
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:53 Boston Librarian
5:53
Piers Torday: 
Hi Lisa - I have never Skyped an author's visit before but totally up for that
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:53 Piers Torday
5:53
lisa von drasek: 
Boston Librarian, Are you going to wait for the US edition or get a UK bootleg?
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:53 lisa von drasek
5:54
lisa von drasek: 
tempting isn't it?
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:54 lisa von drasek
5:54
Piers Torday: 
Boston Lib - thank you! Yes it is and I've had some lovely feedback, mainly -- Hurry up and finish the 3rd!
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:54 Piers Torday
5:54
[Comment From sdnsdn: ] 
Hey, Lisa! NOT FAIR. ::grins::
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:54 sdn
5:55
lisa von drasek: 
oh right. please forgive me. sigh. Can you at least simultaneously publish number 3?
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:55 lisa von drasek
5:55
[Comment From Boston LibrarianBoston Librarian: ] 
I would try to get a bootleg edition, but don't know how!
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:55 Boston Librarian
5:55
[Comment From sdnsdn: ] 
No, wait for the US version. Signed, US publisher and editor
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:55 sdn
5:56
[Comment From Boston LibrarianBoston Librarian: ] 
THANKS for that, Lisa!
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:56 Boston Librarian
5:56
Piers Torday: 
Gladly Lisa if you can not only get me a scarf knitted but invent a time machine so I can finish it quicker!
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:56 Piers Torday
5:56
Piers Torday: 
Boston Lib - I promise you will be the first to get the US signed TDW, right sdn?!
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:56 Piers Torday
5:57
lisa von drasek: 
I will knit you AND Sharon scarves. just tell me the colors that you want.
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:57 lisa von drasek
5:58
lisa von drasek: 
Thank you everyone for joining us.
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:58 lisa von drasek
5:58
Piers Torday: 
Red and blue as in the book please!
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:58 Piers Torday
5:58
Nora - EarlyWord: 
Thanks to you and Piers, Lisa -- this was really fun.
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:58 Nora - EarlyWord
5:58
Piers Torday: 
Thanks for having me everybody and for all your support, this has been great
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:58 Piers Torday
5:58
Nora - EarlyWord: 
And thanks to those of you who joined us today.
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:58 Nora - EarlyWord
5:59
Nora - EarlyWord: 
I want you to know that, offline, Lisa is finding out what kind of wool Piers peters!
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:59 Nora - EarlyWord
5:59
Piers Torday: 
I'm not revaling the answer!
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:59 Piers Torday
5:59
Nora - EarlyWord: 
This chat is now archived on the Penguin Young Readers page on EarlyWord -- http://penguinyrauthors.earlyword.com/last-wild-live-chat/
Wednesday May 21, 2014 5:59 Nora - EarlyWord
6:00
Nora - EarlyWord: 
The next book in our program is THE FORBIDDEN LIBRARY. If you are not already a member of the Penguin Young Readers program, you can sign up here:

http://penguinyrauthors.ear...
Wednesday May 21, 2014 6:00 Nora - EarlyWord
6:00
Nora - EarlyWord: 
Goodbye, Piers, Lisa and the Penguin Young Readers Program members!
Wednesday May 21, 2014 6:00 Nora - EarlyWord
 
 

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