WELCOME TO DAY 2 OF ST ANTHONY’S READING CHALLENGE! WE LOVED READING AND SEEING YOUR BOOK PRESCRIPTIONS! THANK YOU SO MUCH CHILDREN AND PARENTS FOR ENCOURAGING OTHERS TO READ! PLEASE KEEP THEM COMING!
Nothing beats snuggling with a book. Today we would like you to make a cosy reading den and get settled down with a book.
Here are some of our teachers snuggling down at home reading with their own children. Mrs Stanners is reading to Hamish and friends too!
MRS WILSON READING WITH FLORENCE
So sorry that the book was sideways. However, hearing Mrs Wilson read so enthusiastically, makes it not matter at all.:-)
NOW GET COSY WITH MRS DOGHUDGE AND EBONY
This is Joshua and Logan in their reading den. Mrs Llaza is their grantie and I am missing reading to them so much! Joshua thought he would let me see him reading to his little brother even though he is just in primary one! When I asked him how was he able to read so well, he told me he practises his reading every day for 20 minutes. Look how well his little brother is listening. Logan seems so ready to start school in August. They are doing so well because practise makes perfect readers!
JOSHUA READS TO HIS LITTLE BROTHER IN THEIR READING DEN
MRS STANNERS READS TO TONY, HECTOR, HAMISH AND ZEUS
HERE ARE SOME GREAT IDEAS FOR INSIDE AND OUTSIDE READING DENS! I BET YOU CAN BE EVEN MORE CREATIVE! REMEMBER TO POST YOUR PHOTOS OF YOUR DEN ON TWITTER!
PLEASE POST SOME VIDEOS OR PHOTOS OF YOU IN YOUR READING DEN ON TWITTER.
Here are some links to authors live. It is great to hear what inspires writers to write a book and it is also great to hear a bit about the kind of people they are too! Here I have something for all ages and there are a variety of genres too.
https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/authors-live-on-demand/chae-strathie
Here is a book being read by a famous actress. Ask your parents if they know who she is?
https://www.storylineonline.net/books/harry-the-dirty-dog/
https://www.storylineonline.net/books/arnie-the-doughnut/
https://www.storylineonline.net/books/when-a-dragon-moves-in/
https://www.storylineonline.net/books/the-coal-thief/
https://www.storylineonline.net/books/the-elves-and-the-shoemaker/
https://www.storylineonline.net/books/library-lion/
https://www.storylineonline.net/books/how-i-learned-geography/
Genre: Fantasy
age group 6-8 9-11
https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/authors-live-on-demand/cressida-cowell
If you like humour:
https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/authors-live-on-demand/danny-wallace
If you like thrillers:
https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/authors-live-on-demand/anthony-horowitz .
If you like scary zombie stuff:
https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/authors-live-on-demand/charlie-higson
FOR OLDER READERS WHO LIKE TO GET SOME SOME GOTHIC TALES. SETTLE INTO YOUR READING DEN, SWITCH OFF THE LIGHTS AND SETTLE DOWN TO HEAR THE CLASSIC -‘THE RAVEN’ BY EDGAR ALLAN POE.
FOR READERS WHO LIKE NON -FICTION
https://youtu.be/tbB_uMUsXg0
https://youtu.be/OgOpTWSjw8k
I hope you have all enjoyed a fantastic day of reading in your den. Maybe you have loved hearing about authors and how they write their books? Or perhaps you got the chills from the work of a classic author like Edgar Allan Poe? Did you giggle and wriggle at some funny stories cosied down like Florence and Ebony? I hope you listened as intently as Logan and giggled at how well famous actors can read stories. Maybe you filled your brain with facts about sharks and dinosaurs?
THERE IS ONE THING ABOUT DEVELOPING A LOVE FOR READING…. 
ON WEDNESDAY I GUARANTEE YOU IT WILL BE A DAY FULL OF LAUGHS…. I WONDER WHAT WRITER MAKES US DO THAT? COME BACK TOMORROW AND SEE!
(P.S- I AM SORRY YOU DIDN’T GET TO SEE THE REAL LIFE KATIE MORAG TODAY…… SHE’S COMING SOON! )
