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Activities and Inspiration from Our Favourite Authors and Illustrators

Rob Biddulph - Draw with Rob Author/Illustrator of 'Odd Dog Out' (read by Mrs Melhuish for Story Time), 'Show and Tell,' 'Blown Away,' and many more

Kes Gray Stories (You Tube) - Author reading Author Kes Gray reads aloud all of his stories, including Mr O's favourites - the 'Oi Frog' series! As with all Youtube links, beware of popups, adverts and autoplay.

Elmer by 'David McKee' - Downloads Download some printable activities linked to the lovely Elmer book series and learn to sign in Makaton some of the words from two Elmer stories.

Wizarding World Calling Harry Potter fans. Test your Wizarding World knowledge.

Steve Antony - Draw, Write and Do Author of 'Please Mr Panda,' Amazing' and many others, Steve Antony who has visited us at Mendip Green, has created a range of activities and interactive links, linked to the curriculum and his books.

Steven Lenton - Activities Learn all about author/illustrator/animation director Steven Lenton. Watch his Youtube series 'draw-along-a-lenton' to have a go at drawing some of the characters from his books. As with all Youtube links, please beware of adverts, popups and autoplay.

Sarah McIntyre - Activities Author and illustrator Sarah McIntyre, has created a variety of printable activities linked to her books: 'Pugs of the Frozen North,' 'Oliver and the Seawigs,' and many more

The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Downloads Download some printable activities linked to Eric Carle’s books

Roald Dahl - Activities As Mr O mentioned before reading his bedtime story 'The Twits,' this is a fabulous resource. The Roald Dahl website is full of interactive activities, printable resources and videos. Including videos signing some of his stories in British Sign Language.

The Gruffalo - Activities Watch and listen to some of Julia Donaldson’s stories and join in with interactive and printable activities.

Marcus Sedgwick - Author Reading Marcus Sedgwick reads from his book, 'Floodland.' A fantastic text for Year 5 and Year 6.

Liz Pichon's 'Tom Gates' - Activities Click on 'Fun Stuff,' or 'Free Activities' for heaps activities including doodling and quizzes

Jonny Duddle - Doodle with Duddle (Youtube) Draw dinosuars fronm the book and TV Show Gigantosaurus. As with all Youtube links, beware of adverts, popups and autoplay

Ed Vere - Draw with Ed Vere Learn to draw a range of characters, including a grumpy frog and a monkey having an epic tantrum

David Litchfield - Author Reading (Youtube) David shares his wonderful stories starting with 'The Bear and The Piano.' As with all Youtube links, beware of adverts, popups and auto play.

Mo Willems - Lunchtime Doodles (Youtube) Fun daily drawing classes with the illustrator Mo Willems. As with all Youtube links, beware of adverts, popups and autoplay.

Fantastic Bookish Organisations

World Book Day - Activities A variety of printable resources, interactive resources and author videos including mini challenges to get children writing and illustrating

Poetry National Poetry Day Ambassador, Liz Brownlee, has a range of poetry resources and website links. They are also uploading a poem a day to the website.

The British Library- Discovering Children's Books Explore centuries of stories, poems and illustrations with Discovering Children's Books. For children, teachers and book-lovers of all ages

Audilble Instantly stream an incredible collection of stories, that will help kids to continue dreaming, learning, and just being kids. All stories are free to stream on a desktop, laptop, phone or tablet

Straight from the Publishers

DK Books DK Books, publishers of non-fiction children's books, have produced a fantastic range of downloadable content that makes learning fun

Puffin Books Heaps of resources, activities and games from this publishing giant

Puffin Schools A range of activities and videos linked to books and areas of the curriculum.

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