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National Poetry Day

National Poetry Day in England https://nationalpoetryday.co.uk/  is a good excuse to look at some poetry in other languages! I had a realisation back in 2008 when I taught literacy to a Y7 class and I had them for National Poetry Day; for some reason I decided to take...

Raoul la Terreur

I bought this book at the Salon du Livre et de la Presse Jeunesse in Montreuil, Paris, in 2016. I met its author there, Claire Cantais, whose name I recognised because by then I already owned “Je ne m’appelle pas Bernard”. Look at the lovely cut out...

September 2018 newsletter

Welcome to September’s round up! I hope the new school year has started well for all of you. Can I be honest? I am tired at the end of this week already!! My podcast at the end of August was all about going back to school; you may still want to listen to it here...