Darian ’29 is the sort of kid who always captures his new experiences in a drawing. Last year, when Darian spent Christmas with his family in his home country of Macedonia for the first time, he of course started drawing and writing about everything he saw and did. When his mother couldn’t find any picture books about Christmas traditions in Macedonia, they realized that Darian’s original illustrations and stories could be just that. This year, Lucky Coin became Darian’s first published story. "I like to tell people about Macedonia so they know more about my country," he said. "By making the book, I learned that I needed to think carefully about what I was writing, what words I used, and I needed to rewrite it until it was good."
上海美国学校二年级学生Darian总是喜欢将自己的新体验画下来。去年，当Darian第一次与家人回到他的祖国马其顿过圣诞时，他将自己的见闻和经历画了下来，写了下来。当时，他母亲没找到关于马其顿圣诞传统的任何图画书，于是Darian的原创插画和故事就派上了用场。今年，《Lucky Coin》成为了Darian出版的第一本书。他表示：“我想向人们介绍马其顿，让他们能够更加了解我的祖国。在创作这本书的过程中，我意识到，自己需要对创作的内容仔细斟酌，用好每个词。我需要不断改写以达到最佳效果。”
Lucky Coin is available for purchase this holiday season in our Eagle Shop on the Pudong campus. In the meantime, Darian has moved onto fiction and has written his second book about a parrot named Paco…
《Lucky Coin》在这个节日季入驻了我们浦东校区的“雄鹰商店”。现在，Darian开始创作小说，他的第二本书讲述的是一只叫做Paco的鹦鹉的故事……
AUTHORS. EVERY DAY AT SAS.
作家。就在上海美国学校的每一天。
