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 their favourite winter activity and your school will be... Continue Reading →
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 latest edition in the series,... Continue Reading →
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 spell on the young Truth Pixie,... Continue Reading →
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 Talk. Booktalk and Reading Buddy The link between children choosing to read for pleasure in their own time and a... Continue Reading →
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 joy! Then, this week also celebrated the 1 year anniversary of The Lost Words by Rob... Continue Reading →
Books to me are not finite objects to think of alone. Much like the 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon, books link us to others, to other books, to ideas and questions. So I love it when two books come along that are just meant to be next to each other on the bookshelf! Let's fly... Continue Reading →
What better way to get over the reasons we need to use less plastic, to encourage our pupils to care and to be more responsible in the future than a great story. So meet Stanley. Stanley is no ordinary jellyfish. Of course he is actually a plastic bag. We follow him on a journey, meeting... Continue Reading →
CURIOSITY The Story of a Mars Rover Markus Motum This book is an absolute wonder. I am not an avid follower of science, so I was afraid that this book just wouldn’t be for me. How wrong I was! This is the story, so far, of Curiosity, the latest Mars rover -a piece of amazing... Continue Reading →
The Company of Eight Author: Harriet Whitehorn llustrator: Maria Surducan To start with, the cover of this book is gorgeous! I find selecting a book so tricky; a cover like this was an instant head turner. Maria Surducan has illustrated it to perfection. The end papers are printed onto the book cover and depict a... Continue Reading →
As I sat with my morning brew, watching my regular visitors, the starlings, feed in my garden, I thought today was a good day to share this pair of lovely books. Each page has a sturdy lift-the-flap feature, giving an interactiveness to the reading experience for early readers. My 5 year old loved discovering the... Continue Reading →
