Samuel J. Halpin is the author of the wonderfully spooky, dark, exciting and touching new story The Peculiar Peggs of Riddling Woods. Without giving too much away, can you tell
A.F. Harrold is a poet, performer and children’s author. His work for children includes The Song From Somewhere Else, The Imaginary, The Afterwards and Things You Find in a
Neal Zetter is a poet and author and works in schools, delivering fabulously funny workshops! Here he talks about his poetry, inspiring children to read and his love of comics
Lisa Thompson is the author of the children’s books, The Goldfish Boy and The Light Jar. Here she talks about her new book, The Day I was Erased. Without giving too much away, can
As a child, music was a huge part of my primary school experience – I was part of the choir, learnt the keyboard (the teacher eventually let me be her
1) You’ll never guess what I’m reading right now? 2) Tell me what you’re reading now? What’s it about? What made you pick it up? Can you tell me about
In June and July of 2018, my final six whole class reading sessions with my Year 2 class focused on a profoundly moving, exciting picture book called ‘The Antlered Ship’,
How I changed the way I work to ensure I never feel like that again. Read the full article here!
Exploring texts with a small group is time well spent, but how do you make sure the rest of the class isn’t losing out? Read the full article here!
Drama is far more than just hot-seating. With the right activities, we can help children understand texts in more detail than ever before… Read the full article here!
“To read the artist’s picture is to mobilise our memories and our experience of the visible world and to test his image through tentative projections…It is not the ‘innocent eye’,
Simon James Green is the author of ‘Noah Can’t Even’(Scholastic Fiction) and the upcoming ‘Noah Could Never’. Here he talks about what’s in store for Noah and his boyfriend Harry,
