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Welcome to my second Summer round up of free activity sheets from authors and illustrators – whether the rain is continuing to pour where you are, or you just need to keep the kids happy for half an hour whilst you get on with something else, hopefully there’s something for you here today.Click on the relevant image or coloured link to be taken to activity sheets you can download.
Ethan Long has colouring in, word searches and mazes to go with his very funny books, great for emerging readers, fabulous for all the family to have a giggle over.
Over at Jez Alborough’s website you can find the Hug Club, packed with drawing games, quizzes, colouring in and more.
Leigh Hodgkinson has some wonderfully inventive activities for you to download (you’ll need to click on the button, and then on “Crafty Bits”). I particularly like the cut out Colin in a box…
If your kids are fans of the books by Andrew Norriss, including Aquila and The Portal, you shouldn’t miss this page packed full of activities relating to the books. There are crosswords, word searches and quizzes.
Publishers Maverick Books have over 20 different activity sheets to download, going with all of their different books. There’s a Mrs MacCready to colour in, a How to draw your own Beastie tutorial, Dog Detective quiz sheets and more.
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This was such a great podcast to listen to. I think one of the challenges of current day teachers, especially in lower grades, is finding a book that is educational as well as funny. A book like this, which seems to have a goofy main character and space for a lot of audience interaction could be great before a lesson to get the kids energized and things like that. I’ve really enjoyed looking around your website, and can’t wait to listen to more podcasts!
Gee, Bryan. Thanks for taking the time to leave such a nice comment and to share your opinions.
I’m glad you enjoyed the podcast and I hope your students love Dudley as much as we do!
What a great website! I have always enjoyed children’s books, but as a new grad student majoring in elementary education, I am just beginning to see them from a critical perspective. It is impossible for teachers to know every children’s book available, but your website offers a wide range of books to explore, and offers possible topics of discussion. What a great resource!
I am glad I listened to this specific podcast on Cuddly Dudley, because I think it is key to choose books that open up discussion regarding a topic students can relate to. I’m sure that all students can relate to wanting to be alone, especially when it comes to family members, and this book would give students the opportunity to discuss their own experiences and perspectives regarding this topic.