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READING
14 May 2020
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/home/reading-site/find-a-book/library-page
https://readingzone.com/
https://stories.audible.com/start-listen
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b00jdlm2/cbeebies-bedtime-stories
https://www.getepic.com/
https://www.storylineonline.net/
https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/elevenses/
https://stories.audible.com/discovery
https://www.booktrust.org.uk/
https://www.storyberries.com/
https://www.youtube.com/user/puffinbooks1/playlists
https://www.walthamforest.gov.uk/content/join-free-library-service-now
https://theconversation.com/coronavirus-five-books-to-keep-young-people-happy-during-lockdown-childrens-author-134260
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Check out the amazing Tales from the Shed team here at Chickenshed, each episode will include something different. Tune in for a story, a song, learn a dance or some sign language or maybe just watch Blurgh and his friends do something silly.
https://www.chickenshed.org.uk/Event/tales-tv
Based on the book The Paper Dolls by Julia Donaldson. Time to get creative! Explore the family pack from some super tangly tongue twisters to memory exercises, there’s plenty to explore around The Paper Dolls.
https://polkatheatre.com/polka-online/paperdolls/
Atinuke wrote the story Anna Hibiscus and Anna Hibiscus' song. Check out Atinuke's website below for more information about her, her book and storytelling career. Please click on the pictures below to view Monkey and Shark and Anna Hibiscus' Song Storybook.
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Story Baskets
Make reading more interesting by making a story basket. Story baskets are a great way to extend an interest in a book. Choose a book, grab a basket and fill it with items to support literacy, imagination and play. Please see below for examples of story baskets that have been created. Alternatively, grab a few objects around your house to create your very own story basket and your very own story! I would love to hear where your imagination takes you...........
Reading Challenge
Check out Nick Sharratt’s illustrated story dice, a great way for children to start making up their own stories! Click on the link below to find out more...
https://www.beanstalkcharity.org.uk/make-your-own-story-dice-illustrated-by-nick-sharratt
Click on the picture below to watch a Story Dice Video.
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READING LIST FOR THE SUMMER!
Check out this new story: While We Can't Hug. now publishing on the 25th of June, from the creators of the internationally adored The Hug, Eoin McLaughlin and Polly Dunbar. Hedgehog and Tortoise want to give each other a great big hug, but they're not allowed to touch! Click on the picture below to view the story.
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Please click here to view/print the Summer Reading Challenge. How many can you cross off?
Please click here to view/print a copy of the book review template. You may want to these ideas to create your very own template!
Ade Adepitan is an international Paralympian wheelchair basketball hero, TV presenter and author of the Cyborg Cat series. You can watch a video of Ade talk about his book series, listen to the free audio book of Cyborg Cat and the Night Spider, and take part in some of the activities too by clicking on the picture below.
Walker Books has released Rain Before Rainbows by Smriti Halls and illustrated by David Litchfield as a free eBook to raise awareness for Save the Children’s Save with Stories campaign which is helping children most affected by the coronavirus pandemic. The rainbow has become an incredible symbol of hope and optimism during this time and we hope that this uplifting story can be a source of comfort and light to children and families, and that it inspires anyone who is able to do so. Click on the picture below to access the eBook and more information.
What is the Summer Reading Challenge?
The Summer Reading Challenge, presented by The Reading Agency and funded by Arts Council England, encourages children aged 4 to 11 to set themselves a reading challenge to help prevent the summer reading ‘dip’.
Each year the Challenge, delivered with the support of public libraries, motivates over 700,000 children to keep reading to build their skills and confidence.
This year, Silly Squad, the Summer Reading Challenge 2020, will celebrate funny books, happiness and laughter. Children taking part in the Challenge will join the Silly Squad, an adventurous team of animals who love to have a laugh and get stuck in to all different kinds of funny books!
The 2020 Challenge will feature bespoke artwork from award-winning children’s author and illustrator Laura Ellen Anderson (Amelia Fang; Evil Emperor Penguin; I Don’t Want Curly Hair).
With school life disrupted and many children missing the company of their friends, this year’s fun-filled Summer Reading Challenge will be all the more vital as a way of helping parents and carers find fun, family-friendly activities, maintain literacy levels and create a safe space for children to connect with their peers.
Click here for information for parents about how your child can take part in the Summer Reading Challenge
Click on the picture below to find out more or to subscribe to the Summer Reading challenge 2020.
Paul Morton has been illustrating and designing and running Hot Frog Graphics studio for over 25 years. Paul also illustrates children's boxed games and has a deep passion for children's books. He has illustrated a number of them, such as, The birthday that went with a bang and Owen and Mzee. Paul is the author and illustrator of the Bug Belly book series, his most recent book, Bug Belly Babysitting Trouble. He has created lots of downloads, videos, crafts, and even an edible frogspawn recipe around his new book, Bug Belly Babysitting. Click the picture below to access these resources.
Click on the picture below to listen to this inspiring story...
