Teachers as readers – the teaching superpower!
As we welcome new ECTs to the profession this September, we want to focus on encouraging and nurturing teachers as readers. As a primary school teacher do you ever find yourself asking any of these questions? “Do I REALLY need to read children’s books?” “I know...
Book Review – Danny Chung Does Not Do Maths by @MaisieWrites – reviewed by Reading Rocks Reviewer @AmieC53
This was a book I was eagerly anticipating arriving, having pre-ordered it due to the reviews I had seen on Twitter. I was beyond excited to receive a proof copy and devoured it straightaway. Danny Chung is eleven years old and loves to draw. He finds maths difficult...
The Tindims and the Ten Green Bottles by @thesallygardner & #LydiaCorry with @_ZephyrBooks – blog tour
We are very excited to take part in this blog tour, celebrating the third book in this series - an adventure series for budding ecologists. 'marries an ecological message with a ripping yarn... a perfectly realised new world that intrepid young minds will want to...
The Power of The Written Word – a #WorldBookDay blog by @JosephACoelho
We are utterly delighted on this World Book Day to host a guest blog post by Joseph Coelho, author of one of this year's £1 WBD books, 'Luna Loves World Book Day'. Over the years I have had the pleasure of visiting schools during World Book Day (WBD). Initially as a...
The Ocean Squid Explorers’ Club by @Alex_Bell86 – Blog Tour – reviewed by Reading Rocker @Boofindlay
We are so excited to have Alex Bell's fourth book in this series on the blog today. I'm sure many of you are fans of the series and can't wait to read this next installment. We were so lucky to interview Alex. Here's what we chatted about: Tell us how you came to be...
The #BoyWhoSangWithDragons by @andyjshepherd illustrated by #SaraOgilvie – blog tour Q&A – @piccadillypress
We are very excited today to be part of this brilliant blog tour. There has been a lot of excitement for Andy Shepherd's 5th book in this cracking series, so we invited our followers to suggest some questions for Andy to answer. I'm sure you're going to love this...
#OiAardvark ! – Alphabetty Blog Tour
R is for Racoons – Racoons will sit on Macaroons! It’s so exciting to be on this epic alphabetty blog tour! So, we are up to R – R is for Reading Rocks and this book is a perfect example of what makes reading rock for children. It is full of giggles, fun and...
The StrangeWorlds Travel Agency – blog tour
I’m delighted to be part of the blog tour launch today for this wonderful book. If we ever needed a book to take us to many places with our imagination, now is the time. The StrangeWorlds Travel Agency is a wonderful adventure through beautifully described worlds,...
How to manage your school library:
Despite all of the advances in technology over the past years, nothing can really compare to children learning reading skills from a physical book. Studies have actually found that the tactile and visual proof of reading with paper can help children with their...
Mo, Lottie and the Junkers by @jenniferkillick , illustrated by @theGarethConway , reviewed by @BooksTales
Opening with a vlog! Fantastic idea and grabs the reader straight away. The two children we meet are Lottie and Mo. They have been thrown together when Mo’s Mum and Lottie’s Dad move in together. Moving to a new house is traumatic for Mo, even though the house is only...
Malamander by @ThomasHTaylor – reviewed by @BooksTales (with teaching resources from @shapes4schools )
It starts with a map - who doesn’t love a book with a map?! There is a short foreword, almost a dare to continue to read on. And read on I did! The scene is set. It is depths of winter, in a sea-side hotel – the Hotel Nautilus. We meet Herbert Lemon. Herbert, who was...
Meet the @VocabularyNinja – Andrew Jennings.
It is a delight to welcome Andrew, AKA The Vocabulary Ninja, to the Blog today, after the publication of his new book last week, available here. The book is jam-packed with classroom-ready resources to help promote vocabulary. It has 3 parts: the first the how and the...
The World Book Day Monster written by @cguillain & @aguillain and illustrated by @adagreybright with @egmontuk
Now we all know that feeling of 'what will I wear?!' Well Anna has just three days to decide. When you love books, there are just too many options! Fortunately, her dad knows just what to do! Cue trip to a beautiful bookshop. [gallery ids="4400,4401"...
#MollysMoonMission blog tour lands at Reading Rocks – @DuncanDraws
It's a real delight to be the final stop on this blog tour for Duncan Beedie's latest master piece, Molly's Moon Mission. If you haven't already, check out the other posts on the tour to find out more about Duncan's favourite books, illustrations, characters; check...
Win an Author Q and A with @raintreepub – enter by 15th February!
What’s your pupils’ favourite activity in winter? Let Raintree know for your chance to win this fantastic prize for your school! From sledding and ice skating to building snowmen and snow fights, winter is a magical time for everyone! Ask your pupils to draw or paint...
#SamWu is NOT afraid of the Dark! BLOG TOUR – written by @kwebberwrites @kevtsang illustrated by @nathanreed_illo published with @egmontuk
I'm delighted to start off this blog tour and I am NOT afraid to be first up, honest!!!! Now, in my own KS2 classroom, Sam Wu books don't stay on the shelf for long. They are quickly snapped up, after a keen recommendation from a giggled-out peer. After reading this...
Published Today – The Truth Pixie by @matthaig1 and @chrismouldink 100% no fibs! ( @canongatebooks ) Reviewed by @McFarlaneLesley
Matt Haig and Chris Mould have created a little corker of a book which contains a couple of big messages! The Truth Pixie lives ‘in a land two thousand miles from here…’ a fantasy land where trolls and goblins, elves and talking rabbits exist. Aunt Julia cast a...
Booktalk and Reading Buddy
Our #RR_North Headline Sponsors are joining us tomorrow for our #RR_Chat at 8:30pm. They've chosen Booktalk as the hot topic of conversation. Here, RR Friend James Clements writes about the importance of Book...
#TheLostWords Challenge Cards
Do you love Autumn? Isn't it a great time of year to get outdoors and experience the wonder of nature? I love October! Earlier this week my Twitter timeline was full of glorious tweets about poetry - what...
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