Take your wee ones (aged 3+) on a wonderful adventure with Hansel and Gretel where you will meet an enchanting witch and her mysterious raven before arriving in a charming gingerbread house filled with sweet treats and toys that come alive.

Dancers from Scottish Ballet and students from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland will feature in this family favourite which is set to the music of Engelbert Humperdinck.

The performance takes place at the Dundee Rep and lasts approximately 50 minutes.

There is lots more information available at https://www.scottishballet.co.uk/event/wee-hansel-gretel, where you can also book your tickets.

Wee Hansel and Gretel Photos courtesy of www.scottishballet.co.uk

Children under the age of 12 years can access a free packed lunch from Ardler, Arthurstone, Central and Kirkton libraries. Numbers are limited and will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.

Local charity ‘Dundee Bairns’ are providing the lunches which are available from 12pm onwards, except Thursdays.

Super Storytime! @ Waterstones

Taking place at Waterstones, 35 Commercial Street, Dundee at 11am on Saturday, 5th October 2019.

Join the staff instore as they read a selection of fabulous picture books.

This event is free.

Story Café @ Central Library

Beginning Monday, 7th October 2019 from 6pm-7.30pm and taking place on the first Monday of each month. This event is for adults.

The first book to discuss will be ‘The Egg and the Adventure,’ by Sherwood Anderson.

We have compiled a list of some of the most widely read children’s authors, both traditional and modern. We hope this will help to inspire our learners to engage in exciting, wider reading.

Our local libraries have lots of exciting titles to choose from and everyone can borrow books free of charge.

We have split these into suggested age groups but understand that some learners may decided to choose across the lists.

Ages 4-7     Authors

• Alan & Janet Ahlberg
• Quentin Blake
• Raymond Briggs
• Nick Butterworth and Mick Inkpen
• Rod Campbell
• Eric Carle
• Lauren Child
• Roald Dahl
• Lynley Dodd
• Julia Donaldson
• Roger Hargreaves
• Mairi Hedderwick
• Sue Hendra
• Eric Hill
• Shirley Hughes
• Oliver Jeffers
• Wendy H. Jones
• Dick King-Smith
• Judith Kerr
• David McKee
• Colin McNaughton
• Daisy Meadows
• A.A. Milne
• Beatrix Potter
• Adrian Reynolds & Ian Whybrow
• David Roberts
• Tony Ross
• Jill Tomlinson

Ages 8-12     Authors

• Nina Bawden
• Marjorie Blackman
• Adam Blade
• Enid Blyton
• Jeff Brown
• Pamela Butchart
• Eoin Colfer
• Frank Cottrell-Boyce
• Cressida Cowell
• Roald Dahl
• Anne Fine
• Diana Hendry
• Charlie Higson
• Anthony Horowitz
• Ted Hughes
• Pete Johnson
• Jeff Kinney
• C.S. Lewis
• Karen McCombie
• Megan McDonald
• Michelle Magorian
• Michael Morpurgo
• Jill Murphy
• R.J. Palacio
• Terry Pratchett
• Philip Pullman
• Michael Rosen
• J.K. Rowling
• Louis Sacher
• Marcus Sedgwick
• Andy Shepherd
• Francesca Simon
• Jeremy Strong
• J.R.R. Tolkien
• David Walliams
• E.B. White
• Jacqueline Wilson

We have designed a very useful guide for parents to our learning to read programme. We use the Read, Write, Inc. approach and materials in helping us to teach reading in school. Please see below a link to this guide:

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We have also received a very helpful guide for parents based on reading with your child.  You may find these activities useful in continuing to develop your child’s skills as a developing reader.

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