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Mia’s Cheetah by Ameila Bothe turns a boring road trip into an adventure bursting with imagination! What a beautiful book for Reception and Year One classes to share and then be inspired to create their own cheetahs! It would be a delight at bedtime too.
#picturebookfriday
What a perfect book for October half-term! Your Name Here by #SophyHenn is packed full of thought-provoking writing prompts that will get kids thinking creatively.
@newmodernbooks
The Young Queens by @Sally_Nicholls is a captivating work of meticulously researched historical fiction uncovering the wives of Henry VIII as real women. Written for a YA audience, readers won't be able to put it down. @AndersenPress
Coming March 2027
https://t.co/oEklAhBz2N
Coverage of the 60th anniversary of the Aberfan disaster has made me think of this beautiful story that sensitively deals with some of the aftermath in Wales. If you haven’t read it, it is a must.
@FireflyPress@Eloisejwilliams
https://t.co/k5TM2AeZiV
Primary English In Action seeks to answer many of the big questions of teaching this complex, layered phase. Research supported by practical classroom ideas make it all much more manageable.
Whole class or guided reading lessons for next half-term. Supplement your Year 5/6 planning with these perfect November texts: an extract from Letters from the Lighthouse and the poem In Flanders Fields.
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Happy publication day to Queen’s Witch by Skye McKenna - the final book in the Hedgewitch series celebrating magic, fantasy and the beauty of nature. Slip into the world of Faerie and face up to the Erl King with Cassie Morgan in this story of friendship and courage.
The Happy Hills gang are back in their fifth fantastic adventure with Zombie Gummy Bears are Go!
Unforgettable characters, delightfully silly plots and tons of laughs are all wrapped up in a bright, hugely engaging graphic novel.
Out now from @simonkids_UK & #SophyHenn
@AisLPhillips@AndersenPress@Sally_Nicholls This is very different form Six - it highlights brief moments of their lives before they met the king. It gives insight into how they grew up and who they were first.
The Young Queens by @Sally_Nicholls is a captivating work of meticulously researched historical fiction uncovering the wives of Henry VIII as real women. Written for a YA audience, readers won't be able to put it down. @AndersenPress
Coming March 2027
https://t.co/oEklAhBz2N
Something in the Darkness by @WriterPoetJohn & @mattschu is a wonderful addition to your spooky season collection. Suspense grows with each rhyming page until a surprise ending makes readers jump! This book is full of opportunities to explore language and make predictions.
I’m thrilled to receive a copy of the paperback edition of Robin by Sarah Ann Juckes after loving the hardback last year!
Coming 27th October, this is the perfect empathy-filled book for winter.
@simonkids_UK
Read my original review here:
https://t.co/w0zhKJukd1
Welcome to Wychbury Village is the ideal book for Hallowe’en week! This delightful place introduces children to all the usual spooky season characters: witches, vampires, werewolves, ghosts and so many more!
@TinyTreeBooks Rebecca Swan and Helen Morgan
Alastair Humphreys writes the most exciting yet realistic wildlife adventure stories for children. Readers will love following in the footsteps of Lewis and Clark on this North American canoe trip. History and geography collide in the most thrilling way!
@EyeBooks_
The Dragon Mountain is a delightful story of adventure. With a timeless feel and gorgeous illustrations, readers will be completely caught up in the magic of two little witches, a boy and his duck, and their incredible journey to return a stolen dragon egg.
@postwave_books
Primary English In Action seeks to answer many of the big questions of teaching this complex, layered phase. Research supported by practical classroom ideas make it all much more manageable.