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An amazing Book for Empathy Day – 12th June
FROM THE DEEP OF THE SEA.: BEING THE DIARY OF THE LATE CHARLES EDWARD SMITH M.R.C.S., Surgeon of the Whale-ship Diana, of Hull. It was Empathy Day on Tuesday, 12th June. Empathy Day promotes the idea that reading – and reading whole books in particular – builds empathy in the reader. Empathy day is the…
My Viking Storytelling Trip To Shetland
I had a great couple of days in Shetland Just before Christmas. Where’s Shetland? Here’s a google map code: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Shetland+Islands/@58.1488894,-6.6414739,6z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x489c14686803c3cf:0xd3639a2515cb557f!8m2!3d60.5296507!4d-1.2659408 I had a wonderful time telling stories in schools and in the museum, mostly about Vikings – they are mad about vikings in Shetland and also space stuff too. Many thanks to Margie from Shetland…
A Storytelling Trip to Shetland
I’ve spent the last few days in Shetland, telling stories and showing how to draw Vikings and Space stuff as part of Bookweek Scotland organised by the wonderful Scottish Book Trust and Shetland Libraries. I had a great time in a beautiful place thanks to Margie, whoo looked after me so well, ferrying me from schools to the…