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     Each day this week I will be posting up some videos of favourite authors reading an extract from one of their books.  It's kind of like a 'free audio book sample' - see if any take your interest, and you could maybe add them to your reading list for half term! Free audiobook sample 13 - David Baddiel "Future Friends" Free audiobook sample 14 - Greg James and Chris Smith "Kid Normal"

Something to keep you busy during half term!  A selection of crosswords and word searches, perfect if the weather is bad too!

   Each day this week I will be posting up some videos of favourite authors reading an extract from one of their books.  It's kind of like a 'free audio book sample' - see if any take your interest, and you could maybe add them to your reading list for half term! Free audiobook sample 10 - Rick Riordan "The House of Hades" Free audiobook sample 11 - Liz Pichon "Tom Gates: Top of the Class (Nearly)" Free audiobook sample 12 - David Walliams "The Midnight Gang"

 

   Each day this week I will be posting up some videos of favourite authors reading an extract from one of their books.  It's kind of like a 'free audio book sample' - see if any take your interest, and you could maybe add them to your reading list for half term! Free audiobook sample 7 - Eoin Colfer "The Fowl Twins" Free audiobook sample 8 - Jeff Kinney "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" Free audiobook sample 9 - Malorie Blackman "Boys Don't Cry"

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   Each day this week at 2pm I will be posting up some videos of favourite authors reading an extract from one of their books.  It's kind of like a 'free audio book sample' - see if any take your interest, and you could maybe add them to your reading list for half term! Free audiobook sample 4 - JK Rowling "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" (read by Eddie Redmayne) Free audiobook sample 5 - Francesca Simon "Horrid Henry Rocks" Free audiobook sample 6 - David Walliams "Awful Auntie"

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 Each day this week I will be posting up some videos of favourite authors reading an extract from one of their books.  It's kind of like a 'free audio book sample' - see if any take your interest, and you could maybe add them to your reading list for half term! Free audiobook sample 1 - David Walliams "The World's Worst Parents" Free audiobook sample 2 - Jacqueline Wilson "My Mum Tracey Beaker" Free audiobook sample 3 - Anthony Horowitz "Nightshade"

Do you have a particular genre of books you love to read?  Want to expand your reading and find new books in your favourite genre?  Maybe these will help, all available now.

  Has your form tutor been reading these out each day in form?  Interesting facts here about reading and books, along with quotes from famous faces! 

 

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 Have a go at this crossword, featuring elements you would find in typical story telling!

Has your form tutor been reading these out each day in form?  Interesting facts here about reading and books, along with quotes from famous faces! 

 

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  Play against a group of friends - how many can you get before the end of the Summer Term?

Has your form tutor been reading these out each day in form?  Interesting facts here about reading and books, along with quotes from famous faces! 

Malorie Blackman: 'I wouldn’t be here without libraries' https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07k4byn

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