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Reading Inspiration from Read For Good including links to ebooks and audiobooks 

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Coronavirus is creating uncertainty and anxiety for all of us. At Read for Good, we are all parents with our own worries about our children, their schooling, about our wider families and about how this will impact our charity.

At this moment in our society, reading for pleasure, sharing stories, being able to escape our four walls through the pages of a book could be more important than ever. Reading can help with our mental health and well-being: reading for just 6 minutes has been shown to reduce stress levels by 68%. But more than that, taking time to share stories, losing ourselves in a book, travelling the high seas or the Milky Way from the comfort of a sofa might just be the tonic we all need.

Here's a list of suggestions for parents and teachers, ideas and links that we hope will provide some inspiration for reading for fun at home (please note - we do our best to check all the content and links, but please make sure the content is suitable for your child):

Free e-books, audio books and more!

Treat yourself to a Michael Rosen masterclass! His You Tube channel is packed full of fabulous lessons, readings and top tips. It's a wonderful rabbit hole of inspiration - we may be some time...

BBC Bitesize is now available on TV, and increased their resources including book clubs for Primary and Secondary children making great quality resources widely available.

Step into a world of creativity with the Reading is Magic Festival - they've extended the availability of lots of fab author events, now all availble free of charge using code
FREEMAGICFORALL (normally £5 for full access)

Join Julia Donaldson in the deep dark wood for this special performance of The Gruffalo!

Reading top tips and resources

Toppsta is a top kids' book review site. If your child isn't used to choosing what to read, or they're looking for new inspiration, let them loose on Toppsta!

Lots of kids love Manga comic strip books and you'll find sites like WebToons and NovelFull that let you read them online free of charge.

Get creative with your reading - whether it's a recipe, or a board game, song lyrics or a treasure hunt around the house or garden - reading for fun comes in all sorts of ways.

Oxford Owl has free ebooks online, especially good for younger children. Why not see what your child would choose to read?

BookTrust have some great online resources, including younger age books you can read online. Get your child to read to a younger sibling, your pet or even to grandparents over the phone!

Reading activities

There are some great books being televised from Malorie Blackman's Noughts and Crosses to Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials. Catch up on a box set and compare it to the books!

We'd love to hear any ideas or top tips you have - email lucy@readforgood.org.

Update 06.01.2020: You may be concerned about the current situation and how this may affect your ability to register and run Readathon. We would like to reassure you that at present there are currently no disruptions to our kit deliveries, with kits reaching you 3-5 working days after ordering. Readathon can still take place at home, and can be part of your 'Home Learning Pack', and friends and family can make their sponsorship donations online.

If you have any further questions, please email reading@readforgood.org or call us on 01453 839005.

Please note, we are not responsible for the suitability and content of any external website.

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Top tips and ideas for reading for fun at home should schools close

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Coronavirus is creating uncertainty and anxiety for all of us. At Read for Good, we are all parents with our own worries about our children, their schooling, about our wider families and about how this will impact our charity.

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Liverpool Children's Festival of Reading: Cultural Programme

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Liverpool Children's Festival of Reading: Cultural Programme

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Liverpool Children's Festival of Reading: Online was a series of digital author events for children learning in school or at home. It was hosted by Liverpool Learning Partnership and has allowed children across the city to virtually attend a range of sessions with authors and poets. We are now working with Liverpool Cultural Education Partnership and The Bookworm Players to bring schools/families a range of cultural workshops (in video form) inspired by some of the themes introduced during the festival.

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Liverpool's 2021 Year of Writing is a celebration of writing in all its forms designed to discover new voices and publish new writing through a partnership of arts and cultural organisations, writers, artists, educators and businesses as part of an inclusive drive to improve literacy in the city.

Creative writing plays a key part in inspiring and engaging young people particularly, but across all ages too, in writing, helping to improve their engagement in education, their reading and their imagination, as well as their literacy.

#Liverpoolwrites will be active and inspirational, inclusive and diverse, on the streets, in schools and libraries, on the page, the stage, digital, on screen, on your phone. It will be a year full of high-quality and fun events workshops, panels, courses, festivals and activities for all ages.

Liverpool's writers are world renowned: Garrett, Hanley, Lowry, Lennon, McCartney, Woodbine, McGough, Henri, Bainbridge, Grant, Russell, Bleasedale, McGovern, Cottrell-Boyce, Deane, Tafari, Amoo's, Hooton, Farley, Coe and Cox - the list grows by the day.

There are new generations in the city too, born and bred or bringing their talents from worlds afar, and new voices, in schools and in houses across the city, who will be inspired to find their voice by taking part in the #LiverpoolWrites year, which will include:

Write Here Write Now: A city-wide launch with a writing activity involving the whole population

Schools: writing competitions; Letters to Liverpool; Sharing/Caring words; Writing for online games; Coding and Make-fests; blogging and book reviews; Zine making workshops and the creation of new Zines by children and young people.

The Writer's Bloc:pop up writing centres in local highstreets and libraries.

High profile Liverpool Writers in Residence throughout the year

A writer's marketplace and a Writer's Boot Camp

Competitions: Playwriting, novel writing, flash fiction and short stories, with a series of themes including the environment and recovering after the Lockdown/pandemic.

Write Here Write Now: A city-wide launch with a writing activity involving the whole population

Schools: writing competitions; Letters to Liverpool; Sharing/Caring words; Writing for online games; Coding and Make-fests; blogging and book reviews; Zine making workshops and the creation of new Zines by children and young people.

The Writer's Bloc:pop up writing centres in local highstreets and libraries.

High profile Liverpool Writers in Residence throughout the year

A writer's marketplace and a Writer's Boot Camp

Competitions: Playwriting, novel writing, flash fiction and short stories, with a series of themes including the environment and recovering after the Lockdown/pandemic.

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Year of Writing 2021 - Liverpool's inspirational writing programme

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Liverpool's 2021 Year of Writing is a celebration of writing in all its forms designed to discover new voices and publish new writing through a partnership of arts and cultural organisations, writers, artists, educators and businesses as part of an inclusive drive to improve literacy in the city.

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Virtual School Library: Oak National Academy

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Virtual School Library: Oak National Academy

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Virtual School Library, brought you by Oak National Academy in partnership with the National Literacy Trust. Every week a popular children's author or illustrator will provide you with free books, exclusive videos and their top three recommended reads.

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Egmont Books and East Cliff Creatives are providing a series of home-schooling author events to help aid parents, schools and teachers currently delivering home learning to children across the UK.

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A creative writing competition for children between 5-13 living in the Liverpool City Region.

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Imagine That is a creative writing competition for 5 to 13 year olds, that's encouraging children and young people to write for the pleasure of writing.

We want children to have fun and let their imaginations run wild by writing a short story or poem that's no more than 500 words long, or a lot less, on any subject that makes a good story. We're not bothered by spelling or grammar, it's all about imagination, so we hope you're child will join in even if they've never done anything like this before!

The competition has an under 6's, 7-8 year olds 9-10 year olds and 11+ sections, all with chances to win a £25 Bookshop voucher. And all the winners will be acted out by the fabulous Bookworm Players, so you'll be able to see your story or poem on youtube. You can watch our 2020 winning stories and poems here.

All children who take part will be sent a Story Box at Home pack to say thank you for taking the time to get involved in Imagine That!

The little details:
- Our competition closes on 12 Noon, Friday 26 February
- This competition is only open to children and young people living in Liverpool City Region (Halton; Knowsley; Liverpool; Sefton; St Helens; Wirral)
- Children must be aged between 5-13 years old, though with some exceptions. Contact us for details
- Siblings can enter a joint story or poem
- Winners will be announced on Tuesday 9 March
- By submitting your child's work you consent to us publishing it online with their first name, age and the area they live in
- There will be a relaxed editorial approach to submission; we'll work with you and your child every step of the way on this
- If your child would like to submit a short story or poem it should be 500 words or less on any subject, please submit it on the form below.

And finally, our judging panel are:
Rachael O'Byrne- Founder of Creative Spaces Co. a social business that reimagines spaces across Liverpool City Region for arts, culture and creative happenings
Natalie Denny, Founder of Skywriters, a community organisation that delivers education, personal development and cohesion opportunities that enhance lives Jess Buxton- Artistic Director of The Bookworm Players, a local children's theatre Company
Abbie Kelly - New Business and Support Services Manager at M&Y Maintenance

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Imagine That is a creative writing competition for 5 to 13 year olds, that's encouraging children and young people to write for the pleasure of writing. We want children to have fun and let their imaginations run wild by writing a short story or poem that's no more than 500 words long, or a lot less, on any subject that makes a good story.

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Stories read by Jude Lennon of Little Lamb Tales

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A place to view Little Lamb Tales aka Jude Lennon Author share stories, tales and adventures.

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Videos of Cressida Cowell reading the How To Train Your Dragon series

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Hello! I'm Cressida Cowell, the Waterstones Children's Laureate and the author and illustrator of How to Train Your Dragon and The Wizards of Once. On my channel, you will find readings, creativity tips, book recommendations and story writing ideas. #ReadingisMagic and magic is for everyone!

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LLP Diversity in Children's Lit Collection

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LLP Diversity in Children's Lit Collection

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A padlet curated by Liverpool Learning Partnership to support schools in developing diverse collections of literature.

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A padlet curated by Liverpool Learning Partnership to support teachers in developing an ethos of reading for pleasure

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World Book Day Social is a website with reading ideas and activities for young adults and teens.

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Avril at Mitchy Titch Yoga regularly shares stories on her Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/MitchyTitchYoga

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Open University: Supporting Reading at Home

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Open University: Supporting Reading at Home

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Part of the OU's Research Rich Pedagogies site giving information and ideas for supporting reading for pleasure at home

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Reading Together in families counts!

Children need support to develop the habit and love of reading. Three core strategies support readers, as our OU research indicates:

*Reading aloud *Time to read as a family *Book chat

So 'just relax and read'. Time and space to hear stories and to read and talk informally about what you're reading makes a difference to children's pleasure in reading.

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Children need support to develop the habit and love of reading. Three core strategies support readers, as our OU research indicates: *Reading aloud *Time to read as a family *Book chat So 'just relax and read'. Time and space to hear stories and to read and talk informally about what you're reading makes a difference to children's pleasure in reading.

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Reading discussion prompts that you can share at home and in school. Discuss these or use them as the basis for a piece of writing or artwork.

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This is a collection of resources to encourage families to reflect upon their reading behaviours. They can be the basis for discussion or you could encourage people to respond in creative ways- photos, illustration, written answers. We’ll be releasing one a day on our social media channels but you…

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A website from Scott Evans featuring recommendations and reviews for children's books

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My name's Scott and I'm a primary school teacher from South Wales who loves to read. I'm most often seen with a children's book (or ten!) in hand, searching out the next new addition to read and recommend to my class.

Every child should experience the self-discovery and joy of reading, which means finding the right book for the right child at the right time.

As a child myself, I didn't read much fiction and I favoured non-fiction instead. However, I think this can be explained because of the lack of choice, variety, promotion, representation and awareness of children's literature out there compared to how it vastly improved today - fifteen years later.

We are currently living in a golden age of children's literature. However with all this choice comes greater responsibility in ensuring that the choice is the correct one. This is my website to help you as children, parents, schools and teachers to get to know the books that will help your children to discover a love of reading.

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Extracts and information about books for children

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The Best Children's Box Sets - Great Gift Ideas for Young Readers this Christmas

Knowing how challenging it can be to encourage some children to read, we know the deep joy that comes with them finding a character or a story that really speaks to them, that they grow to love, and they want more, more, more of.

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Buy a Book. Support a School. Make a Difference | LoveReading4Kids UK

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LoveReading4Kids exists because reading matters, and books change lives. Support local schools through the LoveReading4Kids bookshop. 10% off RRPs, and 25% of the cover price will be given to a school of your choice. Sharing book love with children's book reviews and book recommendations right across the ages, from toddlers to teens.

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A fun and educational Key Stage 2 schools pack to accompany the novel, Knights and Bikes. Download
Get Creative!
Follow this link to seven fun creative writing exercises I created for Tees Valley Museums, complete with How To videos.. They are all based around objects, either historical, or random objects found in your house.
Worksheets
These sheets link to the talks and workshops I deliver in schools. They're designed to get kids writing creatively in a variety of ways.

Silly Sandwiches
Alfie's dad makes the strangest sandwiches. With this worksheet you can write a recipe for your very own crazy sandwich!

Mixed Up Beasts
To name the town of Hexbridge, I mashed together the names of two existing towns, Hexham and Corbridge. I also like to invent mixed up beasts. What sort of strange beastie will you create?

Read all about it!
Ever wanted to be a reporter? Grab your pencil and notebook and write your own fun newspaper article.

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A fun and educational Key Stage 2 schools pack to accompany the novel, Knights and Bikes. Download Get Creative! Follow this link to seven fun creative writing exercises I created for Tees Valley Museums, complete with How To videos.. They are all based around objects, either historical, or random objects found in your house.

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Articles and news videos from Newsround

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The home of news and fun facts for kids. Find out what is going on, with stories, pictures and videos. Try a quiz or one of our free games.

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Drawing videos by Ed Vere

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Pencils at the ready! Join NYT bestselling picture book author and illustrator, Ed Vere, as he teaches you 'how to draw'. New videos every Wednesday and Friday morning at 10am GMT. Happy Drawing!

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Draw alongs and readings from Moon Lane.

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Welcome to Moon Lane TV, the children's book channel of Moon Lane Group - winner of the British Book Awards Children's Bookseller of the Year 2020. Moon Lane was founded by Tamara Macfarlane in 2003. In 2017 Tamara joined forces with business partner Paul Chin, together they are focused on increasing the reach of Moon Lane to engage in an ever wider community of readers.

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Videos from illustrator and author David Litchfield

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This is David Litchfield the illustrator and author. If I comment on your video about Fortnite, it's probably from my son.

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Videos about her picture books and creative activities

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Videos about picture books and creativity, from award-winning author and illustrator Jane Porter.

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If you have children at home and they are stuck for things to do I have made a PDF download of bits and pieces from this book:

It's ideal for ages 7-11 but will work with slightly younger and older ages too. I hope you find it useful - I'll be posting other bits and pieces here too. Click here to download: Anti-Boredom fun

And here is some Outdoor anti-boredom fun from this book:

I've chosen some things which can be done indoors too in case you don't have a garden. Download the PDF of activities, jokes, things to make and games here: Outdoor anti-boredom fun

If your kids like wordplay, here is a short collection of jokes, tongue-twisters, funny poems, word games, riddles and puzzles from this book:

Download the PDF here: Wacky word fun for kids

The books have hundreds more things to do and can be ordered from your local bookshop. There are also links to buy them from online sellers (preferably not Amazon please) here:
Anti-Boredom Book Outdoor Things to Do Weird and Wacky Words Have fun!

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If you have children at home and they are stuck for things to do I have made a PDF download of bits and pieces from this book: It's ideal for ages 7-11 but will work with slightly younger and older ages too. I hope you find it useful - I'll be...

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Here is a treasure-trove of activities and resources related to books written by Chitra Soundar.

From word activities to book trailers, there are loads of stuff here to enjoy!

Check out more information about the illustrators of Chitra's books, find out more about Chitra and get solving some puzzles.

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Here is a treasure-trove of activities and resources related to books written by Chitra Soundar. From word activities to book trailers, there are loads of stuff here to enjoy! Check out more information about the illustrators of Chitra's books, find out more about Chitra and get solving some puzzles.

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Activities for 3-5 year olds

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Our first book!

What we do

In the face of adversity comes extraordinary things. We hope EYFSHome will be one of them for the many young children and their families home-educating over the next few weeks.

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We offer a simple, organised programme of activities, advice and support and a much needed community for all those looking after
3-5 year-olds and their siblings.

Explore the rest of the site

Curriculum

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Our first book! What we do In the face of adversity comes extraordinary things. We hope EYFSHome will be one of them for the many young children and their families home-educating over the next few weeks. ​ We offer a simple, organised programme of activities, advice and support and a much needed community for all those looking after 3-5 year-olds and their siblings.

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Drawing tips from Lydia Monks

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Drawing tips from the illustrator of What the Ladybird Heard

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QR codes leading to online stories curated by BooksForTopics

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With access to libraries, classrooms and bookshops limited for many, we’ve been busy finding some of the best online storytimes for children to access freely at home. The QR codes and links lead to videos of children’s books read aloud by authors and illustrators.

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A free writing kit from Roy of the Rovers and Tom Palmer

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We're thrilled and proud to launch our Roy of the Rovers Writing Kit, the writing activity book for football-loving families created by the one and only award-winning author Tom Palmer (with a little help from Roy and Rocky of course!).

From designing the players, and drawing the stadium, to learning how to write football action sequences, this packed guide has everything a football-mad child will love, and it's perfect for those reluctant readers and writers to have a go at to get their brains buzzing!

We'll be adding a new chapter each week over the next two months! And don't worry, they'll be completely free for you to download and print off - the more fun you can have the better! Download now from the list below:
CHAPTER 1: Create Your Own Football Team CHAPTER 2: Design Your Own Football Club!
CHAPTER 3: Ups and Downs!

CHAPTER 4: Make Your Characters Argue!
CHAPTER 6: Starting your story! CHAPTER 7: Keeping the reader's interest! Chapter 8: Out June 18th! FOLLOW US ON TWITTER AND FACEBOOK TO KNOW WHEN THE NEXT CHAPTER IS AVAILABLE!
Not read any Roy of the Rovers yet? Fear not, after a busy month and over 20,000 downloads, we've decided to extend the free giveaway of our first two books Scouted and Kick-Off until the end of May to help get you started! We've also dropped all books in Season 1 by 25%, in case you fancy completing the set!

We hope you have a lot of fun with these guides, and please do come and share what you've been getting up to over on our Twitter and Facebook pages, we'd love to see and share everything!

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We're thrilled and proud to launch our Roy of the Rovers Writing Kit , the writing activity book for football-loving families created by the one and only award-winning author Tom Palmer (with a little help from Roy and Rocky of course!).

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Matt Goodfellow- Poetry Reading and Writing Challenges

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Poetry readings and 'poetreat' writing ideas/challenges

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Learn to draw with Shoo Rayner

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Shoo Rayner believes that everyone can draw - yes, even you! Improve your skills, learn new stuff, get drawing ideas, meet interesting artists and get your drawing questions answered. Shoo is the award winning author and illustrator of over 200 children's books published worldwide by major publishers.

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The activities below are available for free download, and are to be used in educational and/or private settings. They may not be used elsewhere or for other purposes (such as for profit) unless explicit permission is granted.
Below will find: Blank Comic Book Pages, Special Activities, "Finish This Story!" Story Starters, "How to Draw..." Instructions, "Finish This Comic!" Comics, and Drawing/Writing Prompts.
More activities are being added to this page regularly, so make sure to check back for more. And if you like the activities below, don't miss my activity books, GIVE THIS BOOK A TITLE and GIVE THIS BOOK A COVER, available wherever books are sold!
Click on the numbers below to find a variety of different blank comic book pages. Each number corresponds to a different arrangement of panels on the page. Print out a few of each, or a bunch of one kind, and make your own comic!

Special Activities

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"Finish This Story!" Story Starters

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"How to Draw..." Instructions

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"Finish This Comic!" Comics

Below you will find a collection of comics that are incomplete. Look closely at the pictures, then figure out what you need to add to complete the comic!

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Drawing/Writing Prompts

Below you will find some drawing prompt activity sheets. Completed drawings can also be used as creative writing prompts.

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Here's an archive of our downloadable activities so far- feel free to download and print off any of these to use yourself or with your club / group / scouts troop / evil supervillain society... 1: Stick Stories! Telling condensed versions of classic stories using stick figures!

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How To Think When You Draw- The Etherington Brothers

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How To Think When You Draw- The Etherington Brothers

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Drawing sessions with Maddie Frost

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Draw along sessions with Pippa Pixley

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While your children are at home, let's all get creative together and learn something new! Click on the links below for videos, activities, stories, and resources - I'll be posting new stuff throughout lockdown...

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While your children are at home, let's all get creative together and learn something new! Click on the links below for videos, activities, stories, and resources - I'll be posting new stuff throughout lockdown... Activity Sheets Squirrel Draw-a-Long Scribbly Nest Workshop Twiggy Draw-a-Long Hedgehog Draw-a-Long Scribbly Dog Workshop Chicken Draw-a-Long Scribbly Mouse Workshop MiniBugs...

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Drawing videos with Sarah McIntyre

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An audiobook read by Amy Sutton.

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Reeve & McIntyre present THATCH THE MOON!

This story's a bit different than our usual... for starters, it's completely free! You can listen to the whole story in five videos. Second, it doesn't have any pictures! Well, Sarah McIntyre made an animation to open the story, with music created specially by Philip's wife, Sarah Reeve. But it's mostly an audio book, read by brilliant actor Amy Sutton. So we are hoping you might listen to Amy tell the story and draw some of your own pictures while you listen! Perhaps you could draw one or more of the characters: for example, Lily and her dog, Ponty, Lady FrouFrou with her wild fashion statements, or Bill Thatcher and Lily at work. Or you could draw a scene from the story, or imagine your own scenario: what would your house or block of flats look like with over-the-top ridiculously fancy thatching? What would YOU look like thatched??

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Reeve & McIntyre present THATCH THE MOON! This story's a bit different than our usual... for starters, it's completely free! You can listen to the whole story in five videos. Second, it doesn't have any pictures! Well, Sarah McIntyre made an animation to open the story, with music created specially by Philip's wife, Sarah Reeve.

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Click on each cover for FREE downloadable activity sheets!

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Step by step drawing tutorials with Steven Lenton

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Videos of Oliver Jeffers reading his stories

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Stay at Home Story Time - Oliver Jeffers

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Abi Elphinstone talking about her book Jungledrop

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Jungledrop by Abi Elphinstone The second standalone eco-adventure in The Unmapped Chronicles series, perfect for middle grade readers. Jungledrop is out 1/10...

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A writing masterclass from author Elle McNicoll for those 9+

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Elle McNicoll Lockdown Writing Class: Introduction

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Learn to draw with Jim Field

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DRAW QUICK QUACK QUENTIN

QU CK! Learn to draw Quentin the duck from the picture book 'Quick Quack Quentin' written by Kes Gray and illustrated by me.
Please share your QUENTIN drawings with me using #drawwithjimfield Filmed and Edited by Sandy Foucherand Music by Jim Field

Oi! Learn to draw the AARDVARK

Oi! Learn to draw the Aardvark from the forthcoming picture book 'Oi Aardvark!' (publishing in September 2020) written by Kes Gray and illustrated by me.
Please share your AARDVARKS with me using #drawwithjimfield Filmed and Edited by Sandy Foucherand Music by Jim Field

LEARN TO DRAW CYRIL from 'THE SQUIRRELS WHO SQUABBLED'

In this video I'll show you how to draw Cyril the squirrel from the picture book 'The Squirrels Who Squabbled' written by Rachel Bright.
Please share your squirrel drawings with me using #drawwithjimfield Filmed and Edited by Sandy Foucherand Music by Jim Field

LEARN TO DRAW DOG FROM THE 'OI!' SERIES

Oi! Draw along with me in this simple step by step video. In this video I'll show you how to draw Dog from the 'Oi!' series written by Kes Gray and illustrated by me.
Please share your DOGS with me using #drawwithjimfield Filmed and Edited by Sandy Foucherand Music by Jim Field

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QU CK! Learn to draw Quentin the duck from the picture book 'Quick Quack Quentin' written by Kes Gray and illustrated by me. Please share your QUENTIN drawings with me using #drawwithjimfield Filmed and Edited by Sandy Foucherand Music by Jim Field Oi! Learn to draw the Aardvark from the forthcoming picture book 'Oi Aardvark!'

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Stories and activities to share

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By launching #14stories14days, we want to make a whole host of free resources available to parents, teachers, librarians, booksellers and anyone who wants to keep bringing stories to children. After all, we're all in this together.

Starting Wednesday 25th March 2020, we'll be making new content available every day, including videos and activity sheets. Each day focuses on a different book bundle with one title for little readers and one for older readers. Click on a day to join in!

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By launching #14stories14days, we want to make a whole host of free resources available to parents, teachers, librarians, booksellers and anyone who wants to keep bringing stories to children. After all, we're all in this together. Starting Wednesday 25th March 2020, we'll be making new content available every day, including videos and activity sheets.

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Our Corona Diary hopes to document the experience through the eyes of young diarists and inspire a creative response to the crisis. Our hope is to collect an online archive of children's diary entries from this time, however long it continues.

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1. Keep a diary: Write it, draw it, sketch it, paint it, knit it, model it, film it, record it, sing it - whatever, however, just date it and save it.

2. Plunder the creative ideas authors & illustrators have shared with us - find the right age group up top.

3. Get inspired by our weekly themes:

1. Joining us on Instagram @ourcoronadiarygram where we'll post the weekly themes and prompts. Children can't share with us from private accounts but adults can on their behalf by tagging us #ourcoronadiary.

2. Following us on Twitter @OurCoronaDiary

3. Submitting young people's diaries for the online archive when we send the invitations out.

4. Signing up to our mailing list to receive important updates.

To help our young diarists, we have recruited authors and illustrators from all over, to provide prompts, ideas, resources and inspiration. You will find these resources on the three sections of the website devoted to each age group:

Teachers, parents and carers will be crucial to the success of the project! You can:

Provide children with the materials to keep a diary.

Keep a diary yourself. There is nothing more inspiring (and sometimes competitive) than seeing a parent or carer join in

Share, tweet, encourage and inspire - we can't make this happen without you.

It is important to acknowledge that this is not just a fun opportunity to keep your child busy. These are very difficult times and whilst the diary might be a good outlet for pent up frustrations, it is important to be vigilant and mindful of our young diarists' mental health. We have asked Dr. Alexandra Blackman to explore how we can support our young writers and have

For your child's safety, we will never communicate with young participants directly or by private messaging, or collect their emails. Please safeguard your child by making sure they never share their email addresses with us. If your child would like to contact us, they can do so via the public comments on Instagram. If your child wants to share something on Instagram with the hashtag of the week or #OurCoronaDiary please do it from your own account as private accounts are not visible to other people and, obviously, do not share private details of the child. We suggest using initials and age, such as AF14. If you, their parent or carer, would like to be in touch, you can contact us via the form on our contact page.

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Keep a diary: Write it, draw it, sketch it, paint it, knit it, model it, film it, record it, sing it - whatever, however, just date it and save it. Plunder the creative ideas authors & illustrators have shared with us - find the right age group up top.

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The Schools' Hub

Teachers, librarians, kids' club leaders - gather round! Here you'll find educational resources that sit alongside our brilliant books and align with the Key Stage 2 and 3 curriculums.

With content created by teachers and librarians that have a passion for reading, our PDF downloads of chapter-by-chapter guides, schemes of work, videos and useful links to external resources are here to help with class or book club planning.

Our resource library is growing, but if there are any titles that you'd like to request resources for, please get in touch!

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Teachers, librarians, kids' club leaders - gather round! Here you'll find educational resources that sit alongside our brilliant books and align with the Key Stage 2 and 3 curriculums. With content created by teachers and librarians that have a passion for reading, our PDF downloads of chapter-by-chapter guides, schemes of work, videos and useful links to external resources are here to help with class or book club planning.

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Starting 12th Jan, the sessions will run each Tuesday and Thursday morning at 10am- 10.30am  (So we don’t  clash with The Body Coach!) on Instagram Live. They are totally FREE and open to all primary and secondary school students- and staff!

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While so many of us around the world are currently at home and staying inside with young children, we want to help - so we've put together lots of activities, resources, free Nosy Crow books and other content which we hope will help keep your families happy. If you have any questions about any of the resources on this page, please don't hesitate to get in touch - we'd love to hear from you on Twitter, Instagram, or by email.

Activity sheets

You can find free, downloadable teacher resources, lesson plans, and fun games and activity sheets for lots of our books and characters, and for all ages, here.

Nosy Crow Book At Bedtime

You can listen to a new, free chapter of our Book of the Week audiobook - updated every day of the week, and with a new audiobook available every week - with our #NosyCrowBookAtBedtime, here.

Nosy Crow Stories Aloud

You can read a new, free Nosy Crow picture book every day, accompanied with our unique Stories Aloud audio here - and follow #NosyCrowStoriesAloud on social media for daily updates.

Nosy Crow Poem A Day

Over on our Twitter and Instagram channels, we're currently sharing a #NosyCrowPoemADay, with poetry and artwork from I Am The Seed: A Nature Poem For Every Day of the Year, our ground-breaking and award-winning poetry collection. Find us on Twitter here and Instagram here to discover a daily poem.

Nosy Crow Discover

We're also sharing new material every day on Twitter and Instagram from some of our incredible non-fiction books: learn all about extraordinary and inspiring people and animals every day, with content from HerStory: 50 Women and Girls Who Shook the World, WildLives: 50 Extraordinary Animals that Made History, and Youthquake : 50 Children and Young People Who Shook The World. Along with a new person or animal to discover every day, we'll also be sharing activities and creative prompts related to that day's inspiring figure. Keep an eye on the #NosyCrowDiscover hashtag on Twitter and Instagram to find more.

Videos

On our YouTube channel, we have playlists of author readings, character illustrations and lots of author and illustrator Q&As - find out about space and learn how to be an astronaut with Dr Sheila Kanani, discover the laws of physics - including entropy, black holes, and mobius strips - with The Infinite Lives of Maisie Day, sing along to lots of nursery rhymes with our Sing Along With Me series, and learn to make origami with our British Museum and National Trust origami instruction videos.

We'll be updating this page with more resources and activities as we create them - if you'd like to find out more, bookmark this page, and keep an eye on our Twitter and Instagram feeds for more information.

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Scroll down for FREE powerpoints and photocopiable resources for all my books to support schools and libraries in class and home work and encourage reading and writing for pleasure. (And use them to maximise the benefits before and after an author visit!)
"The stuff available from the your website is fantastic!" Walden School

I have worked with over 3,000 UK and international schools. I am a consultant for the National Literacy Trust and the Reading Agency. I promote Reader Development for the British Council in Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Russia, Australia, Egypt and S Korea
"Guerilla reading motivation at its finest" Jim, National Literacy Trust

Holocaust Memorial Day 27 January 2021

FREE school and family-friendly activities. MORE here.

Newsletter

for my termly here newsletter for teachers and librarians with exclusive extracts from forthcoming books, new resources, etc. Or use my contact form here. Please refer to my Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions for further information.

Poster Pack

here a free poster pack with signed personalised materials for your school or library.

Download online exclusive high resolution poster PDFs to print out for your school or library from here.

NEW : After the War

Cover prediction worksheet here

Paper dolls here

Poetry Blackout challenge here

Films of the settings about research and writing After the War to come

Powerpoint

A quick introduction to me and my books. Download here.

Free Reads

First chapters, classroom reads and extra stories to download from here.

Certificates

I have certificates I can sign for you to present to pupils reading all my Football Academy, Foul Play, The Squad, Wings, Defenders or Rugby Academy series.

or tell me here the names of your pupils for me to add onto signed certificates.

First World War - Armistice Runner Resources

The Armistice Runner Challenge - a running and memory activity for schools Guidelines & certificate
Literacy & Dementia Literacy & Sport

Literacy & History Colouring
Draw a landscape to colour in for the Armistice Runner characters here: Lily (running today) and Ernest (a trench runner in the First World War) here.

Cover Prediction Worksheets including:

Who, where, what, when, why etc ?

Predictions and why

Download here

Posters, Videos, First Chapter, A Short Story, Quiz, Playscripts and Classroom Discussion Guides and support your classwork together with a Signed Certificate here.

More First World War Literacy Resources are gathered here.

D-Day 75th Anniversary Resources :
D-Day Dog cover prediction worksheets
Download here
D-Day Dog Blackout Poem Challenge
Introduction and how to guide to create your own Blackout Poems, including suggested texts, examples and a certificate.

Download here
10 Questions about War for class discussions
Download here
Colouring
What view do you think Jack and his new puppy are looking at?

Can you draw the plane Emile and his dog Glenn are parachuting out or where they might be landing?

Download here

Colouring Sheets

Colouring sheet of the great RAF planes featured in my children's series Wings - the Sopwith Camel, Spitfire and Typhoon - to mark this year's centenary of the RAF. Download here.

Iron Age / Roman / Anglo Saxons / Vikings colouring sheet to accompany my Defenders series. Download here .

Secret FC colouring Download here

Football Acad emy colouring Download here

Gus the Famous Football Cat colouring sheet download here

Draw a landscape to colour in for the Armistice Runner characters here:

Lily (running today) download here.

Ernest (a trench runner in the First World War) download here.

A picture of Roy of the Rovers for you to colour in and design a new football kit for Melchester Rovers here.

History Quizzes

Anglo Saxon/Viking history quiz based on Defenders: Killing Ground here

Roman Britain history quiz based on Defenders: Dark Arena here

Iron Age history quiz based on Defenders: Pitch Invasion here

Accelerated Reader

Many of my books are quizzed on the Accelerated Reader programme. Books range from an AR level 2.4 (The Penalty) to AR4.9 (Black Op). See here for more.

Web Quest

A simple way for pupils to learn more about my books and writing by navigating around my website and taking this accessible quiz with teacher's answers. Photocopiable.

Reading Quizzes for my books

short passages

six reading comprehension quiz questions

video links with author reading

certificates

More info and download from here.

Men's Rugby World Cup - Sept to Nov 2019

Use my NEW Rugby Academy free accompanying resources to promote reading for pleasure during the forthcoming Rugby World Cup. Posters, literacy pack, etc.

More rugby resources here.

Football Readers Pack to accompany the Football Academy series.

Includes six posters with new ideas to encourage reluctant readers to read for pleasure, featuring real reading boys from across Britain, Ireland and Australia.

Flyboy Pack - Guided Reading for the classroom, library or at home.

Introductory Reading Quiz

Small Group Guided Reading

Small Group Guided Reading

Reading Group Questions

Reading At Home - Questions for parents to ask whilst reading with your child

Download your pack here

Ghost Stadium pack t o accompany Ghost Stadium

poster

reading comprehension

class writing activity

wordsearch & answers

an author interview with Tom Palmer

printable first chapter of Ghost Stadium

Devised for the Blue Bottles Reading Group, Glasgow Academy Dairsie by Mrs Ali MacLeod (P3) May 2015. Thank you very much for sharing it with us here.

More Football Academy literacy resources here.

The Squad : Spy Pack a writing pack to accompany t he Squad Series. Includes:

MISSION 1 : SET UP YOUR SPY RING ( forming a writing group for those who don't want to be in one)

MISSION 2 : CREATING A SPY COVER STORY

MISSION 3 : BUGGING (or, writing interesting dialogue in fiction)

MISSION 4 : MIND READING FOR SPIES ( how to describe characters to help tell a story)

MISSION 5 : GARBOLOGY (creating an effective setting by listing the contents of your teacher's bin)

MISSION 6 : INTERPRETING SURVEILLANCE PHOTOS (how to piece together an interesting narrative structure)

FINAL MISSION : THE SPY CHALLENGE; Four real spying missions undertaken by Tom Palmer; Spy phrases you need to know

Reading & Writing Pack to accompany The Squad

Tom Palmer interview

Poland : The setting for Black Op

Norway : The setting for White Fear

School And Library Football Reading ACTIVITIES

Top Ten Tips for Families to use Sport to encourage reading at home

Reading Comprehensions

School and library DISPLAY IDEAS

Football shaped Book Review

Characters

Discussion Topics

Write Your Own Squad story

Design Your Own Squad Book Cover

"Danny Harte is the Football Detective" a Reading for Pleasure pack to accompany the Foul Play series.

Anton Holt Interviews Tom Palmer

Foul Play Discussion Topics

Foul Play stories

My Own Foul Play Story

My Foul Play drawing

Book Reviews

Foul Play 2 : Dead Ball resource

SPAG worksheet here with powerpoint here
based on Dead Ball - my Russian children's thriller (useful for linking to the 2018 men's football World Cup).

An insight into how writers write with discussion topics and a writing project.

Research

Creating Characters

Themes

Writing

Blurb and Film Trailers

Certificates

" The Own Goal resource is fabulous. Thank you very much for that. We are reading Own Goal as a class reader and the boys love it." University College School

Setting a story in Leeds to accompany Foul Play series

Download here a handy guide to the real places that inspired scenes in Foul Play with ideas for class discussions.

More Foul Play literacy resources here.
Football Academy & Foul Play Series Reading Challenge

Certificates

Email me for more information or to order your pupils' signed certificates here.

Football Activity Pack

About Tom

Prediction game

Premier League wordsearch

Fun quiz

My Own Foul Play story

Draw Danny Harte

Foul Play and Football Academy discussion topics

Book Reviews

Further reading

The Mystery of the Stolen FA Cup Medal

Commissioned by the British Council and Reading Agency's 'Chatterbooks' project. With classroom resources.

Read and listen to the story here.

The Wor ld Cup activities and story that I developed for the National Literacy Trust were a great success, with thousands of schools using the materials. Thank you! So, we have developed a new pack of stories & activities to be used at any time in the school year.

The Scout

Read here a Year 3-4 short story about how Ronan and Connor from the Football Academy series came to join Premier League United.

Find out more about the National Literacy Trust.

The Character Strikes Back

A five-part Foul Play short story for Years 4, 5 and 6.

"We are reading 'The Character Strikes Back' this week, and SO enjoying it! They love the cliffhangers each day and beg me to read on..."

Maybe Football is Exciting - Charlotte's Diary

Read here a Year 6,7 and 8 short Foul Play story written for the National

Literacy Trust.

Call of Duty

Read my short story Call of Duty about a famous footballer today having to go to war here. (This was written to accompany Over the Line - about a footballer volunteering to fight in the First World War. )

Tour de France Literacy Pack and read aloud Tour De France Story.

Email me here for more information or use my contact form here.

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Kids Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

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Michael Rosen's YouTube channel full of poems and stories

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Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen

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Draw along with Nick Sharratt.

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Piers Torday ill be reading The Dark Wild* at 2.30pm every weekday from Weds 6th Jan, a chapter a day, live here on Instagram, or catch up later on YouTube.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CJo7nxYAwU8/?igshid=b2gb8l0vx9y2

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Join the Walker Picture Book Party! Visit us for the inside story, free activity sheets and prizes. For the best children's books, look for the bear.

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Art and drawing activities from Clara Vulliamy

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Author-Illustrator Clara Vulliamy shares drawing tips using characters from her books - Dotty Detective, Marshmallow Pie, Mango and Bambang and much more.

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Illustrator Rob Biddulph has created a range of how to draw videos.

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When the coronavirus pandemic quarantine period began in Spring/Summer 2020, I realised that lots of people were going to find themselves at home with their children for several weeks/months looking for things to do. So I decided to post a draw-along video every Tuesday and Thursday that parents could watch with their kids and, hopefully, make some nice pictures. They have proved very popular, garnering millions of views across the world. On 21 May 2020 we broke the Guinness World Record for the largest online art lesson when 45,611 households drew a whale with me. From September 2020 lockdown gradually began to ease and kids started going back to school, so I decided to move the #DrawWithRob video slot to Saturdays at 10am BST/GMT so that kids can join in with my Saturday Art Club. And then in August 2021 as life returned to (something like) normal, the videos began to be released slightly more sporadically. But I'm still going! Keep an eye on my social feeds or sign up to my newsletter here to find out when the next video will be released.

Here are all of the videos (scroll down the page). Feel free to watch and share them with anybody and everybody. I'd love to see the results, so please send me your pictures on social media using the hashtag #DrawWithRob. I am @RobBiddulph on Twitter, @rbiddulph on Instagram and robbiddulphauthor on Facebook.
Oh, and please subscribe to my YouTube channel too.

I'm delighted to say that DRAW WITH ROB is now an incredible activity book series (every page features perforated edges so you can easily tear out and display your art). The first book is a Sunday Times number one bestseller, the winner of the Sainsbury's Children's Book Award 2020 and was shortlisted for Children's Illustrated/Non-fiction Book of The Year at the British Book Awards 2021. The second book, Draw With Rob at Christmas, is also a bestseller and was the WHSmith Book of the Month for November 2020. The third book, Draw With Rob: Build A Story, the fourth book, Draw With Rob: Monster Madness, the fifth book, Draw With Rob: Amazing Animals, and the sixth book, Draw With Rob at Halloween, are (guess what) bestsellers too! They are all available to order here.

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In light of the current situation we thought it might be handy to pull together all of the free resources that we offer all year round. From reading guides to colouring in sheets, our Young Editors Scheme to author videos, there's something for every age of reader and hopefully we can help you all to power through this uncertain time. We'll also be sharing and supporting the #UnitedByBooks campaign on social media, where you'll be able to check out even more teach from home help.

The Young Editors Scheme

Our Young Editors site allows schools, carers or book-groups the opportunity to sign-up and download manuscripts of our upcoming titles before publication. Hundreds of young readers already take part, offering valuable insight on our new books and helping to shape what and how we publish. There's a selection of Teen Fiction and 8-12 Fiction manuscripts available to anyone who wants to get involved, and over the next couple of weeks we'll be adding some extra manuscripts to help see our readers through school closures and a lot of time at home.

Click here to find out more and sign-up for the Young Editors scheme.

Discussion Guides

We provide class discussion guides for a lot of our books, including titles like the Blue Peter Book Award shortlisted Owen and the Soldier. If your readers have enjoyed one of our books and you'd like to keep their comprehension skills growing, why not try working through the provided questions and exercises. Here are some of our favourites:

And you can find lots more to choose from by clicking here.

Reading War

Studying the First World War? We've got a host of handy videos and resources from the brilliant Tom Palmer and Linda Newbery on our Reading War page. Click here to listen to them chat about Over the Line, Tilly's Promise and the inspiration behind each title.

Creative activities

Looking for something a little more creative? We've got plenty of activity sheets with lots of fun options for keeping readers engaged and entertained! They could build their own globe theatre, imagine their own monster, dragon, hot-air balloon or beautiful dress. Or how about helping grandpa and his rocket through a maze or testing their knowledge with a history quiz? Plus there's oodles of wordsearches and colouring in fun to while away the hours.

Click here to download all of this and more!

Resources from the rest of the web

Of course we're not the only place to offer up plenty of free and fun resources to help you tackle life in self-isolation. Lots of our book friends, the brilliant companies we work with and our own authors have great resources to offer on their websites too. Click on the links below and check out #UnitedByBooks over on social media for loads more teaching from home inspiration:

Authorfy: Free author videos and writing resources

BookTrust Home Time: Free online picture books, activities, competitions and lots of video content

CLPE: Free literacy and teaching resources, plus lots of author and illustrator videos over on their YouTube channel

LoveReading Kids Zone: Free activities, competitions and videos

National Literacy Trust Family Zone: Guided activities to develop reading and writing while learning at home

Reading Zone: Book reviews, news, competitions and activities for all ages

The Reading Realm: Free app with creative writing exercises, author interviews and other resources

Tom Palmer's Website: Lots of free resources - videos, creative writing tips, book quizzes ...

Toppsta: Sign-up to review and recommend books and enter giveaways

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Free Resources from Barrington Stoke - Barrington Stoke Blog

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Book reviews by and for children

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Free eBooks from Oxford Owl

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Our free eBook library has been created to help children aged 3-11 to develop their reading skills at home.

All our eBooks are free to use, but you will need to register or sign in at the link below to read your book.

Please note, our eBooks are not optimised for mobile phones and are best viewed on a computer, laptop, or tablet .

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Free eBook library - practise reading with phonics eBooks - Oxford Owl

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Free audiobooks, ebooks and other library materials for anyone who works, studies or lives in Liverpool from Liverpool Libraries

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Free stories from Audible for children of all ages.

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You can watch Hay Festival author sessions from the 2020 online festival on HayPlayer.

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The 2024 Programme for Schools will take place on 23 May for primary schools (KS2) and 24 May for secondary schools (KS3&4). These specially curated schools days blend performance, workshops and storytelling.

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Specially curated free events for schools, blending performance, workshops and storytelling for key stages 2, 3 & 4

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Stories and activities curated by BookTrust

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Here you can find lots of lovely interactive books to read online or watch with signing.

There are classic children's stories that we think you and your family will love, including Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy by Lynley Dodd to Owl Babies by Martin Waddell and Patrick Benson, along with newer favourites such as Chris Haughton's Oh No, George! and Everybunny Dance! by Ellie Sandall.
Our storybooks and games are free to use, however some older devices aren't able to support them. You can also watch our Storytime playlist on YouTube read by the likes of Ore Oduba, Adam Buxton, Fearne Cotton and many more.
We also have lots of free online games for children to enjoy. Whether you're after number games, puzzle games, colouring or interactive storybooks, there are lots of fun activities to try!

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Stories for kids online and fun games to play

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Here you can find lots of lovely interactive books to read online or watch with signing.

There are classic children's stories that we think you and your family will love, including Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy by Lynley Dodd to Owl Babies by Martin Waddell and Patrick Benson, along with newer favourites such as Chris Haughton's Oh No, George! and Everybunny Dance! by Ellie Sandall.
Our storybooks and games are free to use, however some older devices aren't able to support them. You can also watch our Storytime playlist on YouTube read by the likes of Ore Oduba, Adam Buxton, Fearne Cotton and many more.
We also have lots of free online games for children to enjoy. Whether you're after number games, puzzle games, colouring or interactive storybooks, there are lots of fun activities to try!

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Stories for kids online and fun games to play

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Find kids' books to read online for free, including classic children's stories like Hairy Maclary and Owl Babies, and play our fun online games - from number games to colouring.

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Videos and live streams created by picture book authors and illustrators.

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Log into Facebook to start sharing and connecting with your friends, family, and people you know.

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Free stories from Audible for children of all ages.

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British Library: Discovering Children's Books

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British Library: Discovering Children's Books

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Lots of information and activities about children's books

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A range of stories to watch and share together curated by World Book Day.

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Video books & activities to enjoy together

It's never too early to read stories with your child and spending just ten minutes every day enjoying books together can make a BIG difference to their development. Sharing stories boosts creativity and imagination, improves wellbeing, is a positive experience for parents, carers, guardians, grandparents - everyone! - and is great fun!
Download our Sharing Stories Together PDF for tips on how to enjoy books together
You can also buy all the books here on our Bookshop.org page.

Share a Story Corner: Brown Bear Wood: Grand Old Oak and the Birthday Ball

Written by: Rachel Piercey

Illustrated by: Freya Hartas

Published by: Magic Cat Publishing

With its gnarled trunk, giant branches and glossy leaves, Grand Old Oak is Bear's favourite tree in the woodland. So when Bear learns that Oak is five hundred years old, he decides to plan an extra-special birthday ball.

In this first storybook of poetry, join Bear and his friends through the seasons as they prepare a magical birthday party, with lots of things to spot along the way.

Share a Story Corner: Brown Bear Wood: If You Go Down to the Woods Today

Written by: Rachel Piercey

Illustrated by: Freya Hartas

Published by: Magic Cat Publishing

Journey through a magical woodland, with poems to read and things to find.
My woodland's full of animals,
of every different kind.
So shall we stay here for a while
and see what we can find?

Experience the everyday wonder of nature in this first book of poetry, exploring a magical woodland year. With poems by acclaimed writer Rachel Piercey, join Bear on his journey from spring to winter with lots of friends to meet, places to explore, and things to spot along the way.

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Our video books and activities bring books to life for toddlers and preschoolers. Find a story for the whole family to enjoy together.

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The World Book Day website has a range of book based activities.

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We promote reading for pleasure, offering every child and young person the opportunity to have a book of their own. Our Impact 2023 reveals the effect World Book Day can have on the lives of children across the UK.

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Created by a team of literacy specialists, Lovemybooks combines carefully chosen books with activities and resources designed to help parents and young children enjoy sharing books together.

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Every week a popular children's author or illustrator will provide you with free books, exclusive videos and their top three recommended reads.

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National Literacy Trust Virtual School Library

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Visit our Virtual School Library for free book and author content every week.

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Words for Life (NLT) provides parents, children and young people with activities and support to improve their language, literacy and communication skills from home.

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Words for Life | National Literacy Trust

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Activities and support for parents, children and young people to improve language, literacy and communication skills from home.

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Free access to author masterclasses and challenges. Lots of great resources to use in school and at home

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I'm on the website! How quick & easy was that? So many exciting resources, I don't know where to start... - Miss Cleveland, Cannon Park Primary School, Coventry

Cannon Park Primary School

Just signed up to Authorfy and it's just fabulous! Stuffed full of inspiring authors and well thought-out lessons. It's a must for every school. - Jo Clarke, School Librarian

Whitchurch CofE Primary School

Publishing Partners

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Live Twitter chat on Tuesdays from 2-3pm, answering questions about my books, & chatting about reading, writing & books in general. PARENTS & TEACHERS: please tweet questions from your kids! Use the hashtag #whatSFSaid

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To replace school visits during lockdown, I'll be doing a live Twitter chat on Tuesdays from 2-3pm, answering questions about my books, & chatting about reading, writing & books in general. PARENTS & TEACHERS: please tweet me questions from your kids! Use the hashtag #whatSFSaid