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Week 3 Schoolreaders Storytime |
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Schoolreaders Storytime – ‘We’re going on a bear hunt’ by Michael Rosen For brave hunters and bear-lovers! Follow and join in the family's excitement as they wade through the grass, splash through the river and squelch through the mud in search of a bear. What a surprise awaits them in the cave on the other side of the dark forest! |
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Schoolreaders Storytime – ‘Winston the Book Wolf’ by Marni McGee Winston the book wolf likes books - he likes to eat them. But then a girl named Rosie teaches Winston an important lesson: "You do not have to chew on a book to taste the wonderful words inside. Words taste even better when you eat them with your eyes!" Optional activity |
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Schoolreaders Storytime – ‘The Legend of the Kea ’ by Philip Temple Krikta the kea and his friends are always playing practical jokes on the other birds. But one day, some of the birds become greedy and want the forest for themselves. So begins the terrible time of quarrelling that threatens the forest. Ka, the great bird and keeper of the forest, is angry with the birds and punishes them. Krikta, the mischievous kea, finds he has been too cheeky for his own good. Reading Age 10+ |
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Week 2 |
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Schoolreaders Storytime – ‘Baby Brains’ by Simon James |
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Schoolreaders Storytime – ‘Into the Forest’ by Anthony Browne One night a boy is woken by a terrible sound. A storm is breaking, lightning flashing across the sky. In the morning Dad has disappeared and Mum doesn’t seem to know when he’ll be back. Mum asks her son to take a cake to his sick grandma. "Don’t go into the forest," she warns. "Go the long way round." But, for the first time, the boy chooses to take the path into the forest, where he meets a variety of fairy tale characters! Optional activity Reading age 8+ |
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Schoolreaders Storytime – ‘Bringing Down the Moon’ by Jonathan Emmett Meet the little mole who thinks a lot and join him on his quest to bring down the moon. Optional activity |
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Week 1 |
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Schoolreaders Storytime - 'The Ravenous Beast' by Niamh Sharkey The ravenous beast is hungry; he’s hungry, hungry, hungry. But is he the hungriest animal of all? Optional activity Reading age: 5+ |
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Schoolreaders Storytime - 'One is a snail, ten is a crab' by April Pulley Sayre If one is a snail and two is a person, we must be counting by feet! Optional activity Reading age: 3+ |
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Schoolreaders Storytime - 'This is Our House' by Michael Rosen A book about the power of sharing. George says the cardboard house is his and no one else can share it. Optional activity Reading age: 5+ |