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Reading Matters Continuing Professional Development Opportunities
Reading Matters has a new office in Sheffield. Scotia Works is a superb training venue and I hope we’ll tempt some people to pay us a visit and to help boost literacy with these Continuing...
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Volunteering Fair at the Sinai Synagogue in Leeds
A message from Christine Elliott about the Volunteering Fair at the Sinai Synagogue that took place last week: Thank you to all those who made the volunteering Fair at the Sinai Synagogue in Leeds such...
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Learning is lovely: 12 days of Learning Pool gifts
I have just received the fifth gift from the Learning Pools 12 days of gifts. A really nice children’s Christmas Activity Pack. Just right for reading partnerships. Whether it is Christmas or not The...
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Wildlife Trust Wildlife Watch Magazine
My colleague, Diane, passed me her latest copy of Wildlife Watch Magazine, published by the Wildlife Trust. Both the magazine and the website are super and perfect for reading partnerships where a...
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New Baby – Little Parachutes
My start with Reading Matters was two weeks after the birth of my first daughter, Rose, see my very first blog post. Well three years later, a new baby is on the way: It is exciting times, I may not be...
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World Book Night 2012
You may have been involved in World Book Night in 2011, I certainly was and it was great! A rather important due date means I won’t be signing up as giver for 2012, but might want to? If so we could...
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Free to download: How to Choose Children’s Books
I just got a copy of the free to download: How to Choose Children’s Books by Aaron Mead. It is really comprehensive, and just a little over-whelming! It contains Practical tips on picking great books...
View ArticleWolf by Tommy Donbavand
I met Tommy Donbavand at the Doncaster Children’s Book Award last year, he was short-listed for Zombie!, another Barrington Stoke book. He did a brilliant routine involving giant crabs and toilet-roll...
View ArticleBarrington Stoke Solos: Bighead by Vince Cross, Take Two by Jo Cotterill,...
Over Christmas I read four relatively new books in Barrington Stoke’s Solo range. I thought I’d write them up in one go here. Solos are described as ‘short, whole novels that offer an easier...
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Picture This! Illustrating Children’s Books at Gallery Oldham
I have just read about the rather wonderful sounding Picture This! Illustrating Children’s Books show at Gallery Oldham on the equally wonderful blog by Lynne Chapman. It sounds great, with...
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Prime Minister says "Reading Matters"
David Cameron reads with Divine Obijiaku: from Evening Standard Website There is a nice article on the Evening Standard website about the Prime Minister’s visit to a London school. He was checking out...
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Lists and Comics and Graphic Novels
I recently treated myself to 1001 Comic Books: You Must Read Before You Die. I love lists, I think it’s a male thing. It’s given me a long list of books to read, top of that list is Habibi by Craig...
View ArticleVideo: The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
Great book-themed animation, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore.Their descriptions sums it all up better than I could: Inspired, in equal measures, by Hurricane Katrina, Buster Keaton,...
View ArticleBook awards, competitions and festivals
I’ve spotted a few nice book-themed activities recently. Blue Peter Book Awards 2012, they are also trying yo find The Best Children’s Book of the Last 10 Years BBC 500 Words story-writing competition...
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World Book Day 2012
1 week to go before World Book Day 2012, on 1 March. As ever it looks really great; The £1 books look cool; get your tokens ready. The Biggest Show on Earth, online festival, includes some amazing...
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World Read Aloud Day 2012
It is World Read Aloud Day today, 7 March 2012. As the organisers LitWorld say: “Take Action for Global Literacy, Celebrate the Power of Words, Change the World” Check out the Facebook page for more...
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Showcomotion Youth Jury
This afternoon Reading Matters meeting for Reading Mentors and Co-ordinators is kindly being hosted by The Showroom Cinema. We will be there because we have some exciting events lined up as part of...
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Leeds Reading Mentors Training
We have a couple of nice Reading Mentors training courses coming up in Leeds. A workshop for co-ordinations of volunteer reading mentors in schools and other settings. And an accredited training course...
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Reading Matters on Breeze Culture Network
We are really pleased to be featured on the new Breeze Culture Network website: We are running a series of training courses for school and setting staff in Leeds next term, so it is the perfect way to...
View ArticleThe BFG is 30 – let’s have a frobscottle
The BFG cropped up at our recent Volunteer Reading Mentors meeting. One of our smashing Reading Mentors has being using Roald Dahl’s book in her reading sessions. The super use of language is working...
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