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Velda the Awesomest Viking with David MacPhail

Posted on 5 July 202116 November 2021
  • 1st level
  • 2nd level
  • Festival
  • Funny
  • History

Fighting Food Poverty… and Bank Robbers! with Onjali Q Raúf

Posted on 5 July 202116 November 2021
  • 1st level
  • 2nd level
  • Celebrating Difference
  • Festival

A Kid’s Life in the Aztec Age with Chae Strathie

Posted on 5 July 202116 November 2021
  • 1st level
  • 2nd level
  • Festival
  • Funny
  • History
  • Non-fiction

Maisie Chan Does Not Do Maths (but she does write awesome books!)

Posted on 5 July 202116 November 2021
  • 2nd level
  • Celebrating Difference
  • drawing
  • Festival
  • Fiction

Discover a World of Wildlife with Neal Layton

Posted on 5 July 202116 November 2021
  • 1st level
  • Early level
  • Environment
  • Festival
  • Non-fiction

Magical Adventures with Abi Elphinstone

Posted on 5 July 202116 November 2021
  • 1st level
  • 2nd level
  • Environment
  • Festival
  • Fiction

Yapping about Poetry with Joshua Siegal

Posted on 5 July 202116 November 2021
  • 1st level
  • Early level
  • Festival
  • Funny
  • Poetry

Meet the Tindims of Rubbish Island with Sally Gardner

Posted on 5 July 202116 November 2021
  • 1st level
  • Early level
  • Environment
  • Festival
  • Fiction

DrawAlong with… your Favourite Illustrators in your Classroom!

Posted on 11 March 2021
  • 1st level
  • 2nd level
  • DrawAlong
  • Festival
  • Illustration
  • Key stage 1
  • Key stage 2
  • Picture books

Formidable Females with Lari Don and Eilidh Muldoon

Posted on 7 October 202013 October 2020
Formidable Females with Lari Don and Eilidh Muldoon
  • 1st level
  • 2nd level
  • Celebrating Difference
  • Creative writing
  • Feminism
  • Festival
  • Gender
  • Illustration
  • Key stage 1
  • Key stage 2
  • Sexism
  • Storytelling

Writing Resistance with Nikita Gill and Nic Stone

Posted on 19 August 202017 September 2020
Fight against social injustice with SLAM! and Dear Justyce
  • 3rd / 4th level
  • Celebrating Difference
  • Creative writing
  • Festival
  • Key stage 3
  • Key stage 4
  • Senior phase

Retelling Tales with Joseph Coelho, Juno Dawson and Kiran Millwood Hargrave

Posted on 19 August 202017 September 2020
Subvert classic stories with The Girl Who Became a Tree, Wonderland and The Deathless Girls
  • Creative writing
  • Festival
  • Key stage 4
  • Key stage 5
  • Senior phase
  • Storytelling

Delving Into Dark Themes with Liz Hyder

Posted on 19 August 202017 September 2020
Explore life in the mines with Bearmouth
  • 3rd / 4th level
  • Creative writing
  • Festival
  • Key stage 3
  • Key stage 4
  • Senior phase

Super Sleuths with Sharna Jackson and Robin Stevens

Posted on 18 August 202017 September 2020
Become a Dynamic Story Detective with the Murder Most Unladylike and High-Rise Mystery series
  • 2nd level
  • Creative writing
  • Festival
  • Key stage 2

Shine On with Dean Atta and George Lester

Posted on 18 August 202017 September 2020
Celebrate self-empowerment with The Black Flamingo and Boy Queen
  • Celebrating Difference
  • Festival
  • Gender
  • Human rights
  • Key stage 4
  • Senior phase

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