✨ About the Book

Can you imagine what ten cats and a few cans of paint can do?
The result… a wonderfully messy and hilarious adventure!

In this playful story, ten curious cats discover three cans of paint—and soon, blotches, splodges, and splats are everywhere!

10 Cats is a fun and engaging exploration of colour, brought to life through simple text and delightful illustrations. Perfect for reading aloud, this picture book will keep young readers entertained while they learn.

📖 Book Information

• Author & Illustrator: Emily Gravett
• Publisher: Pan Macmillan (August 2022)
• Category: Picture book
• Themes: Animals
• Target: Young learners

🎯 Learning Opportunities

Children can learn:

• Counting from 1 to 10
• Basic maths concepts: plus, minus, before and after
• Primary colours and what happens when they are mixed
• Vocabulary related to patterns and shapes (e.g. stripes, patches)

🛒 Get the Book

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💬 Contact

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✨ About the Book

Some like dogs more than others…

What’s your favourite type of dog?
Is it big or small? Soft? Spotty? Stripy?

In this playful and engaging story, readers are introduced to a variety of dogs with distinctive personalities. But there’s a twist—the narrator turns out to be a cat, adding a humorous and unexpected perspective!

The rhyming text is simple yet effective, enhanced by a light, humorous tone. Combined with beautiful illustrations, this book is sure to capture the attention of even the youngest readers.

📖 Book Information

• Publisher: Macmillan
• Recommended age: 5+
• Pages: 32
• Reading level: Beginning Reader
• Genre: Fiction

🎯 Learning Opportunities

Children can learn about:

• Different types of dogs
• Adjectives and opposites
• Numbers (revision)
• Parts of the body
• Actions related to dogs

💬 Ideas for Discussion

Children can think and talk about:

• What dogs need and like
• How dogs feel
• The relationship between dogs and cats

Dogs activity Emily Gravett

Dogs T’s notes

✨ About the Story

Can a squirrel with superpowers bring happiness to a hopeless girl?

Flora and Ulysses is a charming and humorous story about an unlikely friendship between a cynical young girl and a squirrel with extraordinary abilities. Together, they embark on an adventure that explores hope, friendship, and the power of believing in something more.

📖 Book & Film Information

• Book by: Kate DiCamillo
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (2013)
• Pages: 256
• Recommended age (book): 10–12
• Reading level: Elementary+
• Film adaptation: Disney (2021)

🎯 Lesson Plan Overview (Based on the Film)

This lesson plan has been designed to work with the film adaptation, rather than the book.

• Suggested age: 8–11

🧠 Learning Focus

Vocabulary

• Learn about squirrels
• Parts of the body
• What they eat and do

Writing Skills

• Create a comic strip
• Describe friends (physical appearance and personality)
• Design a poster
• Create and describe a character

Speaking Activities

• Teacher-led discussion about “superpowers” (can be introduced in L1)

📎 Resources

Flora and Ulysses – Film Lesson Plan
Flora and Ulysses film LP

🌐 Learn More

• About the author: Kate DiCamillo

✨ About the Book

Being an immigrant myself, I often wonder: Where is “home”?
Is home something we carry in our hearts? Is it tied to the people we left behind?
Can we truly define what “home” means?

Home is a heartwarming tale that invites readers to reflect, explore emotions, and better understand their own feelings.

Follow Bear’s journey far from home and back again, and discover the true meaning of home. Written in rhyme and supported by beautiful illustrations, this is a story readers will want to return to again and again.

📖 Book Information

• Author: Smriti Halls
• Illustrated by: Alice Courtley (Klaus Flugge Prize shortlisted)
• Publisher: Andersen Press (June 2023)
• Category: Picture book
• Recommended age: 5+
• Pages: 32
• Genre: Family, stories about families and friends
• Skills: Reading, speaking, writing, drawing

🎯 Learning Aim

This story may help children:

• Talk about the importance of home and family
• Reflect on belonging and identity

💡 Ideas to Explore the Story

• Explore the difference between “house” and “home”
• Discuss what home means to different people
• Talk about refugees and their experiences of home
• Reflect on the challenges of moving to a new place
• Draw and describe your own home

🌐 More About the Author

• Learn more: https://www.smriti.co.uk/

📝 About the Inspiration

When asked about the inspiration behind this beautiful rhyming story, Smriti Halls shared that her idea of home has been shaped by living in many different places—from South India to the UK and beyond.

She reflects on the challenges of starting over, making new friends, and trying to belong. Through these experiences, she came to understand that home is not just a place, but something we carry within us.

In a world where many people are forced to leave their homes, this story reminds us that:

• Home is something we can share with others
• We can create a sense of belonging for someone else
• We can help others feel welcome and at home

🏆 About the Author

Smriti Halls has been shortlisted for the Oscar’s Book Prize and the British Book Awards, among others.

Author & Illustrator: Daniela Sosa

📖 Book Information

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster (2024)
• ISBN: 9781665911498
• Recommended age: 5+
• Pages: 40
• Category: Children’s books, Family

✨ About the Book

What would you think if you discovered your grandparents are more interesting than you believed?

“A heartwarming story about how the people in our lives can be far more fascinating than we ever imagined.”

A young boy believes that spending the summer holidays at his grandparents’ house is boring—nothing ever happens, and there’s nothing interesting about them. But everything changes when he discovers a suitcase in the attic filled with mysterious objects.

The photographs and mementos reveal the story of two incredible people who lived exciting adventures, wore fascinating outfits, and explored faraway places.
But… who are these people? Perhaps his grandparents have the answer.

💡 Ideas to Enjoy the Story

• Talk about the cover and endpapers (the pages glued to the inside of a hardcover book)
• Discuss how to manage boredom
• Reflect on relationships with adults
• Play a memory game and a guessing game

📎 Resources (free download)

The Suitcase PD2024 activities – Daniela Sosa
The Suitcase PD2024 activities Daniela Sosa

🌐 More About the Author

• Contact: Daniela Sosa

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🎤 Coming Soon

Would you like to learn more about the making of the book?
Coming soon… an interview with Daniela Sosa!

📖 Thank you and happy reading for pleasure!