Stories from Reading Rocks

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Boom taktak boom taktak boom Shick shak shook Do you know your heart song? Join me, through the vines (gorgeous end pages), to meet Kaya and Pak, as we learn about mindfulness. Kaya, a young, curious girl, watches...

   Can you offer a Reading Gift? Can you help us by gifting a signed copy of one of your books?  We’ll use it as a prize in a Baffle (a book raffle) to help build a library in Mozambique.   WomenEd...

Did you watch Blue Planet 2? It was a massive hit in our house. Fair to say we were mesmerised and captivated. Now with a surfer in our household we are already highly aware of the plastic problem, highlighted by Surfers Against Sewage. So when this problem was raised...

When we share books, we share something of ourselves. Where books are living, books are delicately weaved in and out of real life. Life breathes into our book tastes and our reading into real life. I thought, what better way to start the year than with books that...

Now, I'll admit, I wasn't the biggest fan of dinosaurs until my daughter came along. She is a mini paleontologist. Now, however, I most certainly know my Parasaurolophus from my Pachyrhinosuarus! I'm sure you can all think of a child who loves dinosaurs. They are...

http://www.maverickbooks.co.uk/portfolio/hamster-sitter-wanted/ This is a lovely, funny picture book with some great word play. This would be a great read-aloud in EYFS settings and a nice independent read in KS1. The...

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Aidan Severs shares the essence of his #ReadingRocks_17 workshop. The purpose of reading What is the purpose of reading? Most people would say that we read for enjoyment and to learn. There will be those who think some books are for enjoying, and some are for learning...

Last Friday, September the 15th, I celebrated the one-year-anniversary of the publication of my first book – ‘Grace-Ella: Spells for Beginners’, which published with Wales-based publishers Firefly Press. It is illustrated by Adriana Puglisi.   ‘It all began when...

We love a bit of book post here at RR HQ. But it warms my heart when books arrive that are destined to be friends! I love a good book pairing and when these books arrived, I knew they'd go well together. Let me introduce to you Wilfred and Olbert's Wild Chase and two...

I remember the day clearly, even though it was a few years ago. I was invited to my local primary school by the head. ‘It’s the summer fair and we thought you might like to have a book stall and sign some books,’ she said on the phone. ‘The children would love to see...