Luna Loves Library Day • Libraries Week On 5 October, Andersen Press are publishing the first ever picture book authored by the poet Joseph Coelho: Luna Loves Library Day – illustrated by Fiona Lumbers. Download a printable poster or one of three special graphics based on this beautiful new book. There are also some fun activity sheets for children to try. “Luna Loves Library Day is about the magic of libraries, the wonder of ink on paper, but also about their essential role in helping and aiding families, in being a safe space for everyone and anyone to learn and to discover and I truly believe that it is only through such spaces that we can support our children, shore-up our families and heal our communities.” – Joseph Coelho Downloads Activities to try Luna Loves Library Day activity sheets: design a cover Can you design covers for the books in Luna's book bag? Luna Loves Library Day activity sheets: maze Luna loves her visits to the library - but can you help her get there through the maze? Posters to print out
A poe-tree (advent) calendar This is the sight that will greet my children this morning as they come into the kitchen. It doesn’t contain chocolate, but it is filled with fun, laughter, treats and just the odd moment or two of reflection. It is our very own Poe-tree calendar for December. Inside each envelope, one for every day of this month, the kids will find a poem I’ve selected specially for them. Whilst this year has certainly seen me read more poetry than perhaps ever before (helped by inspirational meetings with poets Joseph Coelho, Rachel Rooney and Dom Conlon at different times), selecting the poetry for our calendar was still a not insignificant challenge. With what felt like a scant knowledge of poems, and an even less well developed understanding of what I think makes a good poem, I scoured our shelves and brought together all the poetry books I could find, ordered a couple more, emptied the 821 shelf at our public library and started a few weeks of marvellous reading.
Debbie's Print-Ready Bonus Goodies - Debbie Ridpath Ohi (Twitter: @inkyelbows) by Debbie Ridpath Ohi (last updated December 17, 2017) CATEGORY INDEX: By picture book - Posters - Bookmarks - Picture Book Creators - Young Writers - Young Illustrators - Cartoonists - Reading logs & recommendation sheets (including Donalyn Miller's 40 Book Challenge) - Gift Cards & Certificates - Crafts - Calligraphy *** Looking for the 40 Book Challenge forms that Donalyn Miller has endorsed beside her own? Here they are I'm gradually compiling a list of links to all my print-ready handouts, stationery and other bonus goodies that are currently spread throughout various book-related pages and blog posts. Also see my FOR THE LOVE OF READING resource page for activity sheets, posters and bookmarks focusing on literacy, and my SUMMER READING RESOURCE page with summer-focused reading recommendation sheets and other print-ready material. Clicking on most of the following links will prompt an immediate download. In some cases, you will be given a preview instead.
15 Incredibly Wise Truths We Learned From Winnie The Pooh Since first appearing in 1924, Winnie the Pooh has innocently stumbled through the Hundred Acre Wood, leading friends and readers on curious and memorable adventures. The lovable bear is the brainchild of A.A. Milne, inspired by his son, Christopher Robin, and his toys. While Pooh is often seen as a bit dopey and soft-spoken, his humbleness has lead to incredibly profound wisdom over the years. This is only a fraction of the inspiring words the story left us. Yet, it’s plenty to live by. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Source: “15 Incredibly Wise Truths We Learned From Winnie The Pooh,” from distractify.com To complete the subscription process, please click the link in the email we just sent you.
International Women’s Day Display Materials March is Women’s History Month and Wednesday 8th March is International Women’s Day. To mark the day I have been working on a display and creating rosettes with the colours of the Women’s Sufferage Movement and utilising classic and contemporary slogans. I have created a blank .pdf rosette that students can use to create their own, downloadable here: Download (PDF, 164KB) To go with the display I have been adapting classic photos of Suffragettes but with modern slogans on their banners. These are downloadable here: Thousands of years of visual culture made free through Wellcome Images Illustration of human viscera. (Wellcome Library, EPB F.267a-b) We are delighted to announce that over 100,000 high resolution images including manuscripts, paintings, etchings, early photography and advertisements are now freely available through Wellcome Images. Drawn from our vast historical holdings, the images are being released under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license. This means that they can be used for commercial or personal purposes, with an acknowledgement of the original source (Wellcome Library, London). The images can be downloaded in high-resolution directly from the Wellcome Images website for users to freely copy, distribute, edit, manipulate, and build upon as you wish, for personal or commercial use. Other treasures include a beautiful Persian horoscope for the 15th-century prince Iskandar, sharply sketched satires by Rowlandson, Gillray and Cruikshank, as well as photography from Eadweard Muybridge’s studies of motion.
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