by: Deborah
Pace Rowley
On the third
day of the Writer’s Workshop, my oldest daughter Melissa M’Lin Rowley came to
talk to the kids about her books. She had the first book in the Knights of
Right series published when she was just 16 years old. (See the side bar for
more information on these amazing books.) During her senior year of high
school, she was able to travel around the country visiting different elementary
schools, talking about writing and making positive choices. It was fun for the
students in the Workshop to meet a real “author” and to learn that you don’t
need to be old like ME to publish books. It was especially fun because several
of the students at the workshop were serious fans of Knights of Right!
During her
elementary school presentations Melissa would hand out paper dolls of knights
and challenge the students to complete different activities to earn the armor
for their knights to wear. In the books, the main characters earn armor for
completing quests like being honest and saying ‘No’ to drugs. The elementary
school students were challenged to complete their homework and thank their
teachers. They were asked to help a friend and stand up for someone being
bullied. For each task on the list that they would complete, they would earn a
new piece of armor for their knight.
I thought it
would be fun to share the knights and their armor with you for your own summer
Knights of Right Challenge. Your kids can color the knights and hang them on
the fridge or the wall. The armor page is purposefully left blank so that you
can write your own challenge beside each piece of armor. Would you like
your child to read more this summer or to do more outdoor activities? Write
these things down next to a piece of armor. Would you like your child clean up
his room or do the dishes? These would make great armor challenges. Maybe you
would like to award a piece of armor for each time your son is kind to his
sister or each time your daughter helps her little brother. Personalize the
armor for your own family and let the Knights of Right tournament begin!
Note: These
Knights and Armor were drawn by Melissa’s illustrator: Michael Walton!
I promised my son I'd try to find out when book 5 is coming out. Are 5 & 6 still in the works?
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