Books that I have been enjoying

June 20, 2010

Over the summer holidays I normally update our texts that teach lists.  These are books that we think support the teaching of literacy.  On my desk I have a pile of new ones passed to me by our fantastic School Library Service so a big thank you to @bogchild for them all.  Here are a [...]


Jumpstart Story Making by Pie Corbett

December 12, 2008

Games and activities for ages 7 – 12 This is one of Pie’s latest books based on his recent work around talk for writing .  The book is packed full of ideas for developing children’s story telling and story making.  The sections based around creative warm-ups and strengthening the imagination are especially valuable for dev [...]


Traction Man Meets Turbo Dog by Mini Grey

December 5, 2008

If you enjoyed Traction Man Is Here then you will also enjoy this latest book from Mini Grey.  Once again Traction Man has a series of adventures only this time Scrubbing Brush goes missing and Traction Man is on a mission to find him. Everyone will remember Traction Man’s all-in-one knitted green romper suit.  Well [...]