Alex will reply to all email personally.
Date: Sun, 01 Dec 1996 08:47:45 +1000Subject: Koala Trouble
Hi Max:
My name is Nell (and my dad, Ian, is typing for me).
I'm 4 and I liked Koala Trouble. I have an idea for a story - Max and his mother go tree climbing and they see a peacock on the very top branch.
NELL
Date: Sat, 30 Nov 1996 12:18:20 -0800Subject: Max the Koala stories.
Dear Alex,
My name is Cameron Alexander.
I would like you to come over to my house someday. I live in Aromas, California, south of Santa Cruz, Calif. We liked your stories alot and it was alot of fun playing with them and reading them. I am five years old and one younger sister and a baby.
Please write to us if you ever want us to come there by plane. Our address is Cameron Alexander Pickerill-Trinitapoli, 498 Carpenteria Rd, Aromas, CA 95004.
Date: Sun, 01 Dec 1996 08:47:45 +1000Subject: Koala Trouble
Hi Max:
My name is Nell (and my dad, Ian, is typing for me).
I'm 4 and I liked Koala Trouble.
I have an idea for a story - Max and his mother go tree climbing and they see a peacock on the very top branch.
NELL
Date: Sun, 01 Dec 1996 13:20:45 -0800Subject: koala
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it was a good book. I liked the baby koala.
--- Sean Maclean (3 years old)
Rick MacLean e-mail: MACLEAN@upanet.uleth.ca
Public Access Internet
The University of Lethbridge
Date: Sun, 01 Dec 1996 18:22:24 -0800Subject: great web page!
Just wanted to say I enjoyed visiting your web page!
Max, you stories are wonderful!--Barb in Michigan.
Date: Sat, 30 Nov 1996 22:50:30 +1000Subject: Alex Balson - stories
Dear Alex
I had the pleasure of finding your site tonight. My son (6yrs old) is on his first Joey Scout Camp tonight so I can't wait until he comes home tomorrow to see him and tell him about your stories.
He loves drawing as well. What a wonderful idea. We have a support a Koala Programme here in Queensland and it costs $2,000 to help support a koala. We are lucky to have a koala sanctuary near us.
Keep up the good work. I look forward to reading more stories with my son.
Hope Christmas is special for you and your family.
Best wishes,
Amanda Doran
Date: Sat, 30 Nov 1996 23:01:42 +1000Subject: Story Ideas for Alex (& helpers)
Dear Balson Family
I have just looked through some of the people's responses to your stories. How wonderful that it is reaching people from all over the world (I am new to the Net and am still bowled over by it! - I mean mobile phones and faxes intrigue me!)
Anyway, with all this exposure I thought it would be a wonderful opportunity to raise awareness of the many other Australian animals that are endangered. We have so many unique animals, and other parts of the world are starved of wildlife. We are so fortunate to be able to enjoy the beauty of nature in our own backyard.
There could also be stories of 'How it was on the first day of school', 'How do we feel when someone or something we love dies'. The list is endless. Children are beautifully honest and have a way of coping with many things that adult don't give them credit for dealing with.
What about some songs?
Thank you for the opportunity of writing to you.
Have a safe Christmas. Best wishes,
Amanda Doran :0 :) :+ )
Date: Mon, 02 Dec 1996 21:46:35 -0800Subject: flood story
Dear Alex
I think you have real potential as a writer.
I used to be a firs t(6 year olds) grade teacher, before I had my daughter, and I always looked for kids with your type of creativity. I found your web site because a friend of mine works for Yahoo, and she liked your web site, so my husband and I thought we'd take a look.
Your stories have all the components of good stories - good characters, setting, a problem and a solution.
Keep up the good work. If you want to write back, you'll have to use my husband's email address.
Fondly,
Janice
ps I decorated our Christmas tree tonight. Do you have a Christmas tree?
pps My husband suggested a story possibility for Max: "Max goes to the moon."
Date: Tue, 03 Dec 1996 10:12:07 -0500Subject: Howdy from Texas again!
Alex,
We like your stories and pictures. We are going to have to write our own stories using hyperstudio on our Macintoshes. You gave us some great ideas.
Tyler wants to know how many times you've been to the huge theatre in Sydney? He has seen pictures of it in a book of famous places.
Amber wants to know if you have been to the dam you wrote about?
Kellen asked if you get any money for writing your stories?
Sincerely,
Mr. Dossett's Third Grade Class
Seminole, Texas
Date: Tue, 03 Dec 1996 10:49:07 -0500Subject: What is a goanna?
Dear Alex,
We have been reading your stories. We like them very much! We are going to write our own stories after Christmas.
We are wondering what a goanna is? Our class has guessed a cat, a lizart, a girl, a chicken, a wild dog, and a grown up kangaroo.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Carson's 3rd Grade Class
Seminole Primary School]
Seminole, Texas
A goanna is like a large scaly lizard - Dad.
Date: Tue, 03 Dec 1996 15:50:39 -0500Subject: We love your stories
Dear Alex,
Our class loves your stories. We read them outloud using a microphone.
We liked your pictures. After Christmas we will write our own stories also. We may write about Max. Was it fun when you won the award?
We are in Mrs. Robert's 2nd grade class at Seminole Primary School in Seminole, Texas.
We hope you have a Merry Christmas.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Robert's 2nd grade class
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 1996 18:51:05 -0600Alex
I have A Koala in my bedroom, so I see Max.
Date: Sun, 08 Dec 96 11:57:36 -0800Subject: the race
I am ninety five and my daughter is seventy five, we both enjoyed your story.
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 18:32:21 +1100Subject: Max the Koala
Hi Alex
I am really enjoying Max's adventures, and I'm looking forward to the next story.
I live on a small farm just outside Gunnedah in North West NSW, and we almost always have Koalas in our trees near the house ( we call them "Teds").
Our Rotary Club (The Rotary Club of Gunnedah West) have planted lots of Koala trees in our area for "corridors" so the Koalas gan get from place to place safely.
Did you know that Gunnedah has the largest and healthiest Koala population in inland NSW?
We love our "Teds" and I love Max. (My daughter, Becky, has a dog called Max).
I won't say how old I am, but I was born in 1943!
Keep up the good work Alex.
Cheers
Simon
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 20:28:39 +1100Subject: Max and me
my name Barbara.
I am 9 years old. This is my 1st mail on the net. I enjoyed Max very much. You can mail me at my dad's address. Later my school at Holmwood Public is on net. I will see if I can log on from there. I will read more Max stories.
Will I hear from you soon
Goodby
Love
Barabara.
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