Today is Empathy Day, led by Empathy Lab, an organisation whose aim is to incubate an empathy, literature and social action programme for 4-11 year old. They aim to make a real different to thousands of children’s lives, story by story. But what is empathy? What is the role of literature …
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Magical Mix-Ups: Birthdays and Bridesmaids
Marnie Edwards (text) & Leigh Hodgkinson (illustrations)(Nosy Crow) Princess Sapphire and Emerald the Witch, who live in Mixtopia, a land where everything is a little bit topsy–turvy. In this first adventure, the two friends are invited to a wedding party in Fairyland. After deciding upon their gladrags, the girls are on their way, it looks …
Lunchtime
Rebecca Cobb (Macmillan Children’s Books) It is lunchtime, but the little girl in the story is far too busy drawing to go and eat. Eventually she sits at the table, reluctantly, but she just will not eat. Then first a crocodile, then a bear, and a finally a wolf appear, and they are all starving. They are …
Dog Loves Drawing
Louise Yates(Jonathan Cape) Dog loves books so much that he opened a bookshop. But his Aunt Dora thinks it is time for something new so she sends him a little something, which turns out to be a sketchbook. This book is not for reading, but for creating your own stories through drawing and writing and as Aunt …
Jack Draws Anything
Jack Henderson(Hodder Children’s Books) This is not a children’s book in the way that it doesn’t tell a story but little Jack ‘s story is very inspirational indeed and deserves a big mention. When Jack’s little brother Noah became a regular in-patient at The Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh, Jack (6) decided to …
Books that encourage boys’ creativity
My boy is quite creative. He loves drawing, likes writing stories. But he also needs a lot of encouragement, as he can be a bit reluctant too. With the summer holidays just starting, I hunted down a few titles which I knew he would really enjoy. Mega Mash-up: Aliens vs Mad Scientists under the OceanNikalas …