We are so incredibly lucky to have author, Jacqueline Harvey visiting us on Friday, March 23rd on her book tour for “Alice-Miranda in New York”… Hornsby & Upper North Shore Advocate Alice-Miranda in New York is the fifth book in this very popular series. At just 7 and 1/4, Alice -Miranda is wise beyond her years. [...]
Entries Tagged as 'book_characters'
Charlie and Lola
July 17, 2011 · 28 Comments · Uncategorized
The Charlie and Lola books written and illustrated by Lauren Child are some of the most borrowed books in our LRC. Charlie and Lola also have their own TV show… My favourite Charlie and Lola story is I love reading this story to the new Preps when they are learning about borrowing at our LRC. [...]
Tags: book_characters·Picture_Books
Pottermore
July 2, 2011 · 6 Comments · Uncategorized
On June 23rd, J.K. Rowling announced her new website called Pottermore that will open to the public in October. “Pottermore will be the place where fans of any age can share, participate in, and rediscover the stories. It will also be the exclusive place to purchase digital audiobooks and, for the first time, e-books of [...]
How to draw Old Tom
June 3, 2010 · 11 Comments · Uncategorized
The Grade Ones have been enjoying reading the Old Tom books written and illustrated by Leigh Hobbs. We have read Old Tom, Old Tom’s Holiday, Old Tom – Man of Mystery and Old Tom’s Big Book of Beauty. We watched this video of How to draw Old Tom with Leigh Hobbs. We watched the video [...]
Tags: book_characters·Drawing·Old_Tom
Read…
May 5, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
At the beginning of the year we designed our front covers for our LRC workbooks. We used the Google Doodle idea with the word READ to create covers that would inspire us to read! These are some of our covers… Read Covers_1 on PhotoPeach Read Covers_2 on PhotoPeach
Tags: book_characters·Reading
