TEACH READING & WRITING
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Winner
NIBBLESTHE
BOOKMONSTER
( EmmaYarlett,
LittleTigerPress)
Nibbles likes nothingmore than to chomp
and chewhisway through anything from
socks to clocks – but his favourite thing
to chewon is books, which leads tomuch
confusionwhen he escapes fromhis cage
and starts eating into other characters’
story time. EmmaYarlett’s inventive
panoply of illustrations and the 3D
nature of some pages (there are holes,
gaps andflaps a-plenty to be explored)
mean that children are constantly
intrigued, surprised and delighted by
Nibbles’ progress through and to the end
of the book.
Runner up
THERE’SABEAR
ONMYCHAIR
(RossCollins, NosyCrow)
Smart, sassywordplay, classy typography and endearing,
enduring illustrations come together here to create a shared
reading experience that’s pure pleasure for narrator and
audience alike. Internal rhymes keep the story bouncing
along, and the range of options Collins comes upwith for
‘bear/chair’ is impressive; might your pupils be able to pool
their resources and put together a similarly lengthy and
varied list for another creature?What if therewere a cat on
theirmat?Or aflea in their tea?
“My interest has
always been in
recreational reading
– books that will
get children hooked
on reading for
pleasure. Bear on the
Chair was my clear
favourite – wonderful
words and pictures.
I loved it.”
BroughGirling
“This is a charming, fun and beautifully produced book
with delightful illustrations, a wonderful attention to
detail – and, of course, a fabulously cheeky protagonist.”
ClareArgar
GOOD
KNIGHT, BAD
KNIGHT
(TomKnight,
Templar)
With his
permanently tousled hair,
skull-emblazoned tunic, and
inability to do anything that is
asked of him at school without
making a complete hash of
it, Bad Knight is the kind of
hapless ‘hero’ with whom
children can instantly identify;
and TomKnight tells his story
with with, charm and empathy.
I’MAGIRL!
(YasmeenIsmail ,
Bloomsbury)
In this bright,
bubbly
snapshot of
one pre-schooler’s life, Ismail
plays with notions of gender
stereotyping, making a gentle
and reassuring nonsense of
the idea that all girls should
be soft, neat and quiet, wear
certain clothes and colours,
or enjoy particular toys – and
encouraging children to
celebrate being themselves.
WALTER’S
WONDERFULWEB
(TimHopgood,Macmillan)
Web design
goes back
to nature
in this
clever and
engaging board book about
a spider who keeps spinning
new shapes, only to see them
destroyed by the wind; Tim
Hopgood’s artwork is stylish
and appealing, and there’s a
genuinely enjoyable story to be
shared alongside the learning.
GRRRRR!
(RobBiddulph,
HarperCollins)
Fred is a
champion,
but in order
to keep his
place at the top, he has to
train relentlessly – leaving him
no time to have any friends.
It takes the arrival of a new
bear on the scene – and the
mysterious disappearance of
his famous roar – to help our
hero learn that there are more
important things than winning.
EYFS
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