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Mini Monsters: An interview with Caryl Hart
Today is the last day on the Mini Monsters blog tour and we’re thrilled to have Caryl Hart join us in #TheRealm to discuss her new children’s book Mini Monsters:
17/06/2020
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Day 28 Learning at Home with The Reading Realm: Saying Goodbye
An emotional one today, as we look at poems exploring the theme of saying goodbye and also say goodbye to you all, for now anyway, as it’s our last live
16/06/2020
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Stranger Days on Peculiar Hill: An interview with Grimly Darkwood
We are thrilled to welcome the mysterious Grimly Darkwood into The Reading Realm to talk about his brand-new book, Stranger Days on Peculiar Hill, the exciting sequel to The Shop
12/06/2020
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Day 27 Learning at Home with The Reading Realm: Animal-Themed Quiz
Join us today for lots of animal themed poetry and a fun quiz too!
11/06/2020
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Day 26 Learning at Home with The Reading Realm: Empathy Day
Today we explored four poems for Empathy Day from Liz Brownlee, Coral Rumble, Paul Jenkins and Neal Zetter. We then explored a lesson idea called ‘Words Grow on Trees’ from
09/06/2020
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Day 25 Learning at Home with The Reading Realm: Science Quiz
Join us for our science-themed quiz, which also tests your knowledge of collective nouns!
04/06/2020
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Day 24 Learning at Home with The Reading Realm: Diversity in Children’s Publishing
Today we explored CLPE’s ‘Reflecting Realities’ report and the importance of books being ‘mirrors, windows and doors’. We looked at independent publishers, including Knights Of, Book Island, Lantana and Tiny
02/06/2020
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Stuck Inside: A book about the UK Lockdown
Kat and Dan Allman are a married couple from Reading with two children aged 2.5 years and 6 months. Neither of them have ever written a book before – Kat
29/05/2020
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Hideous Beauty: An interview with William Hussey
Hideous Beauty: A YA love story steeped in dark secrets… Dylan is forced to come out after his secret relationship with Ellis is exposed on social media, but to his
28/05/2020
