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Meet the illustrator: Catty Flores
What is it like to illustrate fairy tales, children's stories and classics? We chatted with Catty Flores, illustrator of much-loved children's books and readers.Continue Reading -
Celebrate World Poetry Day
"A tough life needs a tough language – and that is what poetry is. That is what literature offers – a language powerful enough to say how it is. It isn’t a hiding place.Continue Reading -
Once upon a time there was a little girl...
Topipittori is a small Italian publishing company, created in 2004 by Giovanna Zoboli and Paolo Canton, whose self-proclaimed aim is 'to produce picture books which can contribute to the intellectualContinue Reading -
Visual Storytelling with Helbling Young Readers
Recently I had an interesting discussion about choosing teaching materials for young learners.Continue Reading -
Black Beauty Lesson Plan
Do you like horses and horse riding? How much do you know about these animals?Continue Reading -
Storytelling activities for adult learners
Do you teach young adult and adult classes?Continue Reading -
Literary Meals Part 2: Cooking up a reading class
Last week we looked at examples of famous meals in four classic novels with some activity tips: A Christmas Carol, Little Women, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Anne of Green Gables - Anne AContinue Reading -
8 Literary Costume Ideas for Halloween
If you are running a Book Club or you simply plan to have some Halloween fun with your classes, organise a fancy dress party in your classes.Continue Reading -
10 bookish things to do in November
November feels like the perfect month to spend more time in the company of books (to be honest, which month doesn't?). So why not give yourself and your classes a bookish to-do list for this month?Continue Reading -
5 Exciting Themes for Young Readers
One of the most magical things about children's stories is that you can tell them, time and time again and your little listeners enjoy them more and more each time.Continue Reading -
Literary Time Travel 2: Back to the early 1800s with Jane Austen's Emma
The novels of Jane Austen let us examine the world of a transitory period in British History.Continue Reading -
Philosophy in the English class
It sounds like the perfect combination: philosophical fiction. Philosophy in your reading class?Continue Reading