2008 National Year of Reading
This month’s theme is Word of Mouth, so it’s a great time to investigate our engaging new Storyteller series. Aimed at developing speaking and listening skills, these anthologies with accompanying teaching materials are just the thing to get children speaking up and sharing stories.
Hot off the press…
Children’s Laureate Michael Rosen has generously created and donated, for the National Year of Reading (and for children everywhere), this spectacular poem. Why not create your own verses celebrating the kinds of words you like most?
Wow! 366 Speedy Stories
Wow! 366 is a collection of short stories – so short that each is only 366 words long! These snappy stories are ideal for less confident readers – and a great way of introducing any child to new authors.
Coming soon
Scholastic Storytime Notes – they’re on their way!
Children’s Book Club
Our new online Book Club for children is great for the reluctant or enthusiastic reader. Go to mybooks.co.uk to find
- fab games
- great giveaways
- cool quizzes
- ratings and reviews from the people that really count – children!
- the latest insider author info and
- the famous book wizard conjuring up the best reads.
39 Clues: The Maze of Bones
The Maze of Bones is the first in an amazing new series that takes reading to a whole new level.
Read the books, collect the clue cards, go online to play the game… and try to solve the mystery behind the powerful Cahill family. The 39 Clues series is the first of its kind – and it’s going to be a global phenomenon.
Junior Education PLUS
It’s time to engage those brains as this month’s Junior Education PLUS looks at how to develop children’s thinking skills and creativity of thought.
The sky isn’t the limit when you get children involved in our exciting and thought-provoking Apollo 13 inspired activity, while other FREE content includes a beautiful thinking skills poster with accompanying teacher’s notes.
As ever, there are a huge range of resources and features for subscribers, plus we have a fantastic opportunity to pick the brains of a Topic Day specialist in our Topic Day Competition.
Win, win, win!
There’s still time to enter our two Roald Dahl Day competitions. Children have the chance to see their work published on this website by entering our writing competition, while teachers can pick up a fantastic FREE Twits teaching resource in our Read and Respond Interactive giveaway.
