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Thank you Mr. Kobi Yamada for spending your time with us today. It was a very interesting talk and we appreciate your being with us. Your books are truly a gift for us children. An inspiration for all of us to become a little bit braver, a little bit bolder in taking our chances, in seeing problems as opportunities, and turning our ideas into realities. We have learned so much from you today. On behalf of my classmates, we are very grateful and glad we took this chance to meet such an incredible person. It is truly our privilege.

Angelo Tomlin, 6J

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You planted a seed of inspiration in my heart. Thank you for sharing with us your growth in writing. Thank you also for sharing your experiences with the intention to teach us life lessons. I will try to get a copy of your book soon.

Gabriel Chia
From Xavier School
Grade 4-H

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Thank you for giving us your time in order to tell your stories and inspire all of us to become a reader and a writer. Through this meeting, we were able to learn the aspects of a writer. Your stories heavily inspired to never give up when others bring us down. You have also taught us that writing is not something you learn overnight. In fact, no one will ever fully learn how to write because as you said in order to learn how to write, we need to read a lot. Even with a hundred lives, we would never finish all the literary works made.

--Illac Tan, 6J

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Thank you for spending your time with us to tell us about your books. Your books and ideas showed me that many things are possible, even if we are still young. I hope I can be like you someday who inspires a lot of people. I'm grateful to you and to Xavier School for letting me have this memorable experience.

Sincerely yours,
-Kevin Yu, 4B

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Thank you for inspiring me to read and helping me understand the ability to read and make books for kids.
-Rafa Guiterrez

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Thank you very much for the time you have spent with us during the talk . Thank you for also answering our questions and helping us become better writers. Also I hope you stay safe during this time of pandemic. Thank you!

-Gavin Jim 6A CN17

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Thank you for making time to join us for the live interview and answering our questions. We learned many good lessons from you such as we should know our talents, work to improve and never be ashamed in showing our talents to other people.

Hope you enjoyed the session as much as we did. Please stay safe.

Zachary Isberto
Grade 5D
Xavier School

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Thank you for doing this very kind gesture for sharing your time and knowledge to us grades 4-6 Xavier School boys. I'm sure many were inspired and many learned from your words/ advice. Please continue to keep writing and to keep inspiring people! Thank you so much Mr.Yamada!!!

Gabriel Zoilo Pangilinan
Grade 5B
Xavier School

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Dear Mr. Kobi Yamada,

I would like to thank you so much for presenting your precious books and also for giving time to meet with us virtually. Thank you also for giving us life tips given that these things are really important in life and I may use them also as well. Finally, I would like to say one last thank you because I found your tips really interesting.

From,

Gabriel Ratio and his Grade 6I classmates

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Thank you so much for joining us. We really learned a lot about you and your passion. We look forward to you visiting or talking to us again. You taught us how to become better readers and writers. Your speech is unforgettable! You also taught me how to appreciate myself more and how to interact with people. I also want to thank you for reading us one of your books. You really inspired me to read more. I hope that one day, I can also share with you the things that I love to do and talk to you about Xavier School. -Elian Ang, 4E

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Thank you Mr. Yamada for the questions you answered and the story you told! Me and my brother were listening to the book talk and my brother said it was very fun. I hope you can do more book talks like this next time!

From:
Tyler Sing, 4F

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Thank you for giving your time to teach us about reading and about your life. I have learned a lot already, but I want to learn more. Thank you for inspiring me to read more books, I hope you will make another great hit soon!  Thank you for making a lot of kids happy, you are always welcome here in Xavier School. I hope we can have another session or webinar with you! 😀😀😀😀😀

Thank You again Mr. Kobi Yamada.

Sincerely yours,
Jayden Garlitos of 4I

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Thank you for reading your first book “What Do You Do With An Idea” and for answering the questions of my schoolmates.

Thank you for spending your time with us and letting us get to know you better.

I appreciate your books and your attitude towards us.

From,

Matteo Evangelista, 4A

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You have taught us morals and those morals will hopefully help us in times of need. You have taught us to not stop when we’re tired, and only stop when we’re done.

Thank you and Luceat Lux; let your light shine!

-Matthias Atienza, 4J

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Thank you so much for taking some time out of your day to tell us about your career and for teaching us many important values like determination and perseverance. Thanks for also clarifying our questions, and even giving out tips for people who want to be an author just like you. I would also like to thank you for your really inspiring answers. Thank you very much Mr. Yamada, for making our morning, a very enjoyable and inspirational morning. Good luck with your future books and stay safe!

--- Lucas Golez, 6H

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Thank you Mr. Kobi Yamada for spending your time with us. Thank you for teaching us the value of perseverance, and important values that we may apply in everyday situations. Thank you also for clarifying our questions, and even telling us how you were motivated to write these fascinating books! Thank you very much, Mr. Yamada. You are my inspiration.

--- Troy Serapio, 6H

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Thank you for spending your time to tell us about your books. I learned that it takes a lot of time and effort to reach your goals. I can use that lesson when I am answering quizzes and when I am learning something new from different subjects. I wish you well and stay safe in this pandemic.

Sincerely yours,
Elijah Markus Valencia from 4-G

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Thank you so much for spending time with us and I really enjoyed hearing your stories. Thank you for writing books and making children happy. I hope to see you in Seattle soon. Take care!

-David Martinez, 4H

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Thank you for inspiring us to be happy and thank you for creating good books like the "What to do With" series.

-Jacob Gunong, 4C

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Thank you for spending your time to talk with us today. I may not read your books, but just by how devoted you were in answering our questions today, I can tell they would be good. You inspire many people to make and write their own books, and you shared many insightful and inspiring tales earlier today.Thanks! -Joaquin Ang 6E-3

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Thank you for giving us some of your time to talk to us about your books, what inspired you to make your books, and the many other questions. Please do create more of your books because we know that you can be the best in the whole world and not just in Amazon because your books give a positive message to us young readers around the world. Thank you for reading my note. Hopefully we will have another chance to talk again. My name is Amari M. Morales from grade 5 section D. Thank you for reading this, be safe and goodbye.

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I want to thank you for spending your precious time with us by giving us valuable  insights and life lessons.  I am very grateful that we were given this opportunity to meet you and thank you for answering  all our questions. I am not fond of reading, but I was inspired by your talk and I'm going to start reading now.  I hope you will continue writing, so that I can learn more from you.  You are truly an inspiration to me.  Thank you very much and God bless you.  Stay safe always.

Sincerely,

Sean Matthew So
4D

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I would like to thank you because I have learned a lot of things in your talk. You inspired me to do great things with my talents. I'm pretty sure we all learned not to give up and we are all inspired by you and your books. I would like to thank you so much for this experience.

-Reeliah Salvador, 4J

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Dear Mr. Kobi Yamada,

Thank you for taking the time to speak with us and answering our questions for you. I love the “What Do You Do With” series. Through those books, I learned to acknowledge my ideas, to always confront my problems and to take a chance when it comes by. Your books are very inspiring for me and I am sure it inspires many other people as it teaches them valuable life lessons. I hope that you will be safe with your family in the Land of Flying Salmon.

Once again, thank you for giving us your time and answering our questions. You will always feel welcome here at Xavier School!
LUCEAT LUX! LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE!

Sincerely yours,
Joseph Braden Carpio, 4B

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Thank you for talking to us about your popular book and reading it to us. I would like to have a copy of your other popular books so I asked my mom to buy them from Amazon. Thank you for inspiring us and answering all of our questions during the Book Talk. I'm inspired to make more books because I like making books during the pandemic. I have made short stories and illustrated them through comics. I am not that good at making stories as you yet so I want to improve on it. Thank you also for spending your time with us.

God bless you and your family. Take care! :D

From your fan Seth Adam Dalanon

Grade 4C Xavier School, Philippines

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Thank you for spending your time telling us about your stories and having a Q&A with us. It inspired me to be firm on sticking with my thoughts and ideas because I believe in them.

Have a nice day and Luceat Lux.
-Wayne Chan, 4C

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Thank you for giving us Xavier boys the opportunity to learn from you. Thank you for not just sharing tips on writing but sharing life lessons as well. I especially like the part when you said we should always find joy in everything we do and to always have an "I get to do this" mentality. I am excited to read your new book "Trying" - I am sure it will be another fun and amazing book. It was great to virtually meet you. Stay safe, Mr. Yamada! Cheers!

Kian Lim
Grade 5F
Xavier School

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From Liam Silva of 4F

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Dear Mr.Yamada,

I liked it when you read "What Do You Do With An Idea." I like the Illustration of the egg because it looks cute and I noticed that it was behind you while you were talking a while ago. Thank you for showing us your unreleased book. I am now excited to read it. It is rare that inspirational books appeal to me, but I liked your book and it’s rare to meet a well established author like you.Thank you!

-Khalil Castillo Grade 4K

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Dear Mr. Kobi Yamada,

Thank you so much for joining us. We really learned a lot about you and your passion. We look forward to you visiting or talking to us again. You taught us how to become better readers and writers. Your speech is unforgettable! You also taught me how to appreciate myself more and how to interact with people. I also want to thank you for reading us one of your books. You really inspired me to read more. I hope that one day, I can also share with you the things that I love to do and talk to you about Xavier School. -Elian Ang

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Thank you for your presentation, thank you for showing how to be a great writer and thank you for showing us your world. What you said was inspiring, and I feel we could use your advice in the future, you are truly a great author and I hope your next work does well.

Clarence Santos 19 6G

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Dear Mr. Kobi Yamada,

Thank you for spending your time with us because I learned a lot of nice things from you. Your first book, what do you do with an idea, is very nice, and when I read it, many years later, I got an idea! Writing a similar story in the future. You have inspired me a lot. Best wishes to you and your colleagues at Compendium!

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Thank you for sharing with us your experiences, hardships and your stories. When you told us the story “What do you do with an idea” I could see the effort, dedication and love you put into this book. Thank you for giving advice and help to other young authors who wish to also become an author by inspiring them to never give up and always work hard. Thank you for for being so selfless and agreeing to do this for free without asking anything in return just to help inspire young kids like me.

I write this thank you letter on behalf of my class 6G.

-Zach Yap

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Thank you for taking the time to talk to us. I really like that you put all your heart and soul into your books. I promise I will try my best to buy one of your books. You are an inspiration to me and I want to be like you someday.

-4G 10 Gabriel Estrella

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Dear Mr. Kobi Yamada,

Thank you for taking your time to talk to us about your books and answering our questions. We enjoyed your talk especially about your first book. We are happy to learn more things about ideas and the other questions you answered. This allowed us to learn more about several things. We hope you stay safe during this time of pandemic and keep on writing good stories for more people to learn from and enjoy!

-Clyve Liao, 6I-09

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Dear Mr. Yamada,

Thank you for spending your time talking to us. I have been inspired to read more books because of you. I am sure all of us were inspired by the wonderful talk you gave us. Thank you for sharing your knowledge not only to us but to the entire world through your books. I learned to not give up and to have patience because some things take longer than you think. You have taught us many things and virtues that we will live on.

Thank you for having this webinar with us and for answering our questions. We are very happy we were able to talk to you. I hope that you will stay safe in this pandemic and will keep on inspiring other people. Again, thank you for spending your time talking to us despite the time difference in Seattle. Thank you Mr. Kobe Yamada!

Yours truly,

Jacques Ong - Grade 5J

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Thank you Mr. Yamada for sharing one of your stories, “What Do You Do With An Idea?”. Thank you for sharing your opinions on reading, your passion for reading, and inspiration for reading. I will take note of what you said. Good luck in publishing your new book in a few weeks time.

Sincerely,

Julian Fernandez- Grade 5A

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Good day, Mr. Yamada!

Thank you for sharing your time with us to talk about your passion for writing. I truly believe that writing brings out our imagination. It’s as if we are in a completely different world, where everything is almost perfect. I would like to thank you for sharing your insights about reading and writing. I really appreciate the time you spent with us and hope that we’ve all learned something from you. You truly inspired us to write our own stories as well. Thank you!

Sincerely,

Jared Cruz 5J

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Dear Mr. Kobi Yamada,

Thank you for teaching us lessons about life through your books. I like "What Do You Do With An Idea" because it teaches me to pay attention to my ideas even if other people think it's weird or crazy. Thank you for inspiring me!

- Inigo Rondario 4K

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We sincerely thank you for taking the time out of your day to enlighten us with your book talk. Thank you for writing your "What do you do with a..." series because I personally, find it very entertaining and at the same time, it's both educational and sometimes relatable. I recently viewed one of your works, specifically "What do you do with a chance" and I think it is very helpful. It could help us grasp or strengthen our knowledge about seizing the moment, and not missing any opportunities. I also personally think that this could help me, too, because I find myself procrastinating a lot and when there are chances, I don't take them. Instead, I struggle at the last minute. Personally, I thank you for actually helping me realize this and I think this could be useful for me in the future. Again, on behalf of
the class, we sincerely thank you for accepting the invitation to have a book talk with us today and bringing into light some concepts that may be hard for others to grasp, and helping us realize how to deal with these ourselves and what to do with them.

--- Ylias Sicat, 6C

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Thank you for taking the time to speak to us today. I gained a lot of insights from your talk. You have inspired me to read and write more. I love your books especially “What Do You Do With An Idea?” and “Maybe”. These two books serve as a constant reminder to me that anything is possible. Your books inspired me to dream big, believe in myself and in my ideas; no matter how small, crazy, difficult or impossible it may seem at the moment.  It was truly a pleasure and a privilege to meet you today. I will always be grateful for this opportunity to learn so many life lessons from you.
Brayden See (4-D)

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I would like to thank you for sharing your time with us this morning.  You have inspired me, not just to be a reader, but also to appreciate who I am.  You taught me that ideas are gifts to us. I also learned that we should listen to other people's ideas.  You have inspired me to be more positive in facing problems. Through your books, I learned that a problem can be an opportunity. I hope I can be a writer just like you someday.
I will look forward to seeing more books from you. Thank you for inspiring us.

-Andrei Chua, 4I

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Thank for your generosity for sharing your time and knowledge with us. I have been inspired to read and write more because of you. The learning that impact me the most was, to love writing you should also learn to love reading. I was also inspired by the book you read. I learned that we should never give up no matter how hard the task or situation may be. It may take some time for me and others but the important thing is to never give up and try harder. Thank you for these life lessons that I will always remember.

Jorge Xazha Venedicto Aquino
Grade 5G
Xavier School

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Thank you for your wonderful talk. I liked it since you have in-depth explanations and your insights were very true and applies to us. I also liked that you encouraged ideas, and said not to shoot them down. It would be nice if you make more books especially some about virtues that apply to us now. Thank you so much! ヾ(•ω•`)o
- David 6B

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Thank you for all of the books you have given us. The endless creativity and imagination we can grasp from them is astonishing and really makes a difference. I also thank you for the time you spent in the Zoom Meeting with us and for your support to keep dreaming. I sincerely hope you continue to make books like those in the future.
-Gael 6B