Writing for children is fun, exciting, and wonderful. My children wrote their stories in their grade five composition class at Waigani Primary School. Their stories were edited with illustrations by Peter Ella and Thomas Ella, artists famous for the mural walls of the Sir Hubert Murray Stadium. These books bridge the gap between these young children in the Middle Fly schools and the rest of the world. It was a dream to see books written for children end up in their hands. It is as beautiful as the water lilies in the lagoons of Balimo. The children’s books that my children wrote and published are now in the hands of the children of Balimo. At Auwaba primary school I witnessed school children read my book Muruk na Pato and daughter Cheryl’s book Two Sisters and Nokondi’s Head . The children at Miti Primary school read Jupi and the Magic Feather, and Two Brothers and a Wild Dog by Langston Winduo. The children read the books in front of their schools, teache
Chronicles the stories of education, books, writing, and reading in the life of Steven Edmund Winduo, PNG writer extraordinaire, literacy advocate, social literary activist, literary scholar, & teacher. Fern Ridge is a translation of Safla Rama, where home is for SEW.