Category: Reading and Literacy

  • Real artists don’t doodle!

    I spotted a tweet this week, that praised the Illustrator, Chris Mould, for his performance at the Bath Literary Festival. The tweeter said he had been “talking about his new version of Animal Farm – accompanied with live doodling.” I would normally roll my eyes and move on, but I decided to comment that Chris…

  • How the Leopard Got His Spots – Rudyard Kipling – Just So Stories – Read Along

    The leopard is happy to be sandy-yellow and greyish-brow all over. But when he goes to the speckly-spiclkly forest, he begins to wonder if spots would be better… A fresh, new retelling of the classic Just So Story. The author, Rudyard Kipling, also wrote the Jungle Book over a hundred years ago. How the Leopard…

  • The Cat That Walked By Himself – Rudyard Kipling – Just So Stories – Read Along

    The Cat is the wildest Animal in the Wild Wet Woods. But when he sees the Man and Woman living in a warm, dry cave, he starts thinking about how he can join them… A fresh, new retelling of the classic Just So Story. The author, Rudyard Kipling, also wrote the Jungle Book over a…