General resources for teachers Ideas For Stress-Free Remote Learning from Engage Education Support For Teachers New To Remote Teaching (and for those who need a bit of a refresher!) from Engage Education Avoiding video conferencing fatigue while working remotely – via UCL School of Management The EA’s journal English: The Editors of English: The Journal of the English Association warmly welcome you…
OUP. ISBN 9780192758842 £6.99 A lovely quirky, humorous story to enjoy reading aloud and reading again. Phillip, a dachshund has a crush on his neighbour Penelope, but she appears to be very tall and he doesn’t think she will be interested in a short, small dog. The story charts the course of this doggy romance…
Hodder ISBN 9781444933864 £12.99 A charming book. The text is lyrical and rhyming. Beautiful drawings of rabbits fill the pages. At the end of a busy day the rabbits don pyjamas, prepare for bed and snuggle. After a gentle joke, bunnies and foxes settle and dream. A perfect bedtime story that is ideal for sharing.…
Hodder ISBN 9781444933451 £6.99 This is a totally silly funny story that has Jane-O and Dwayne-O going to see a volcano! Bold cartoon like brightly coloured illustrations take the reader from spread to spread. The plot follows the two on their madcap journey to the volcano – where every line of text is forced in…
General resources: education and the pandemic First News: a weekly national newspaper for children and young people ABitLit: a library of conversation between researchers, performers, creatives, and makers of all sorts, where we discuss what it means to think about history, culture, and creativity #AccessHEhour on Twitter: virtual coffee mornings / resources on higher education and COVID-19…
Tiny Owl. ISBN 9781910328187 £12.99 A story about five brothers waiting for the arrival of a new baby in their family. The brothers are expecting another brother and are surprised when the new baby turns out to be a girl, leading them to wonder what she will be like, will enjoy doing and will grow…
Hodder ISBN 9781444925104 £12.99 Another fabulous Hugless Douglas book. Douglas is busy with his spring collection when a nest of eggs comes crashing down. Douglas says he will look after them while Swoopy Bird builds a new home. Douglas does his best but it is not an easy task. Bunnies help to hug the eggs.…
Oxford University Press ISBN 9780192746399 £12.99 If you know Mancini’s Moon River it is impossible to read this as a text without drifting off into song yourself but that just makes for a more magical, shared experience. The book comes with a singalong CD so the tuneless amongst us have no excuse not to join…
Orchard Books ISBN 9781408350874 £12.99 The crocodiles have arrived in Dullsville, the world’s most boring town. They did not fit in, and made no attempt to fit in. They ignored the rules and even the mayor was irritated by them. On market day they offered everyone ice cream with strawberry sauce, but the people of…