High time for tea

THERE were raised pinkies, polite chatter and a touch of class at Hillcrest Christian College when the school hosted children’s author Jacqueline Harvey recently.
The school organised a high tea for the author’s visit at which those in attendance indulged in ribbon sandwiches, cupcakes, pink lemonade and hot chocolate.
The college ran a competition in which 12 of Harvey’s most ardent student fans were chosen to attend the high tea with the author and her popular characters.
Homemade chandeliers, grandma’s best crockery, sparkling crystal glasses and newly polished silver cutlery greeted the author who wrote the popular children series Alice Miranda and Clementine Rose.
“It was beautiful with crystal glasses, china cups and saucers, cakes stands and a beautiful display of Alice-Miranda characters,” Ms Harvey said.
“I was completely overwhelmed.”
After the high tea, Ms Harvey went on to speak with more than 100 year three and four students about her journey as a writer and the inspiration behind her series.
Ms Harvey’s Alice Miranda series has been sold in Australia since 2010 and has now been published in the UK, the US, Turkey and Indonesia.
Her Clementine Rose series was launched in Australia in 2012 and will soon be sold in the UK.