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Welcome to “I’m looking for a book about….”, the topic-themed monthly carnival of children’s literature.
Every month I’ll be encouraging anyone who likes to review books for children (of any age) to leave links to their reviews of books that match the given month’s theme. The idea is that over time, this carnival will become a resource for parents, teachers, carers, librarians looking for books by subject.
Old reviews, new reviews, and reviews for any age are welcome. You may also submit multiple reviews, as long as they are all relevant to this month’s theme.
This month’s theme is…
**Disability**
I say theme, but actually I’m hoping that we’ll create a resource of books which are about all sorts of things, which just happen to feature characters with some disability, rather than disability being the sole focus of the books in question. I’m hoping that with the close yesterday of the 2012 Paralympics, lots of children will have seen many more people with varying disabilities and that it will have been both a topic of conversation and also something “normal”, part of everyday life.
Let’s kick off this round up with a review from Sandie at Picturebooks in ELT of Susan Laughs by Jeanne Willis, illustrated by Tony Ross. As the blurb on the book cover says “Without being condescending or preachy, the words, pictures and design of this very simple picturebook show that a physically disabled child is ‘just like me, just like you’”
Denise, writing at the Nerdy Book Club, has a whole shelf-ful of books to recommend featuring characters with disabilities ranging from speech difficulties to Downs Syndrome. The list, mostly of picture books, was inspired after a reading of Wonder by R.J. Palacio.
Over on the Nosy Crow blog there is a wonderful list of books and other lists of books featuring characters with hearing and or sight loss. Do check out the comments for even more useful ideas about (reading and writing) books which include characters with a disability.
Looking forward to discovering more books as you link to your reviews (new or old) of children’s books which include a character with a disability. Please add them by clicking on the blue “Add your link” button below, or by leaving them in the comments.
Welcome to “I’m looking for a book about….”, the topic-themed monthly carnival of children’s literature.
Every month I’ll be encouraging anyone who likes to review books for children (of any age) to leave links to their reviews of books that match the given month’s theme. The idea is that over time, this carnival will become a resource for parents, teachers, carers, librarians looking for books by subject.
Old reviews, new reviews, and reviews for any age are welcome. You may also submit multiple reviews, as long as they are all relevant to this month’s theme.
This month’s theme is…
**(Starting) School**
Image: UGArdener
Below you’ll find links to reviews of books for all ages of kids with a (starting) school theme. If, however, you are looking for school themed activities to go with the books below you should check out this month’s brilliant round up hosted by Maggy in her latest Red Ted Art Get Crafty post. Thank you Maggy for working together with me on this again!
To kick things off, I can’ resist sharing one of our very favourite books about starting (a new year at) school: Once Upon An Ordinary School Day by Colin McNaughton, illustrated by Satoshi Kitamura, in which a teacher takes a very imaginative route to getting to know his new pupils better!
And do come back tomorrow when you’ll be able to get your hands on the next installment of the story-inspiration-series that author/illustrator Clara Vulliamy and I are creating together – two more mini books for you and the kids in your life to print off and get creative with.
I’m looking forward to reading all your SCHOOL book reviews! Add away with the linky below or by leaving a comment 
5 Comments on I’m looking for a book about… (starting) school, last added: 8/13/2012
How wonderful it is to be welcoming back author/illustrator Clara Vulliamy with this month’s mini-books to inspire children (young and old) to create their own stories!
This month’s theme, to go with yesterday’s book review round up, is the seaside. Clara and I hope that, armed with top book tips, crafts and our mini books, you and your kids will be inspired to get storytelling and playing together – do let us know how you get on!
Click here to download Clara’s Seaside themed book full of storytelling prompts!
Once you’ve downloaded the book, you’ll need to fold it using the instructions in this video:
With your imagination sparking you’ll need a book to fill with your words and pictures. Click here for a blank mini book to fill with seaside stories!
Just in case you missed the first books in this delightful series by Clara, you can find the Fairy/elf story prompts here, and the blank book waiting for your magical stories here.
Clara and I wish you very happy story telling! Here’s hoping you find treasure at the beach
I’m so excited! The wonderfully talented, super generous author and illustrator Clara Vulliamy is kicking off a new series here on Playing by the book today.
Every month (where possible), she is going share some ideas to encourage children to tell stories of their own, using the monthly theme from the “I’m looking for a book about…” carnival. She and I will be turning her prompts into a library of mini books you can print off and give to the kids in your life (and yourself!), along with a blank mini-book ready and waiting for stories and illustrations to fill its pages.
These mini books are unique little treats, and Clara and I hope that with her prompts, and a great list of books to read/share from the monthly carnival, we’ll be firing up imaginations and encouraging kids, young and old, to create tales of their own.
As Clara says…
Maybe it’s an older child who would like to write their story down, or a younger one who would be happy telling theirs by drawing pictures…
or, my own personal favourite, making up a story together while chatting at bedtime after lights-out…
I’ll suggest a starting point, a few nudges along the way to keep the story flowing along and an inspiring object or two (I always find an actual THING helps me when I’m writing a story) –
Whose bed could this be?
- and the rest is up to them!
Now to the first mini-books from our library-to be…
Two books especially for you from Clara and me
The Small book of Big Story IDEAS by Clara Vulliamy
A blank book waiting to be filled with stories!
For each book you’ll need to download a pdf file (see below), print it off, and then use the method shown in this video to fold/cut the paper to create the actual book:
To download Clara’s Small Book of Big Story Ideas (No. 1), on the theme of elves and fairies, please
4 Comments on A World Exclusive! A mini illustrated book for inspiring young story tellers, by Clara Vulliamy, last added: 5/14/2012
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I’ve not actually read the book, but I recently saw a review of ‘Just Because’ by Rebecca Elliot, which looks fantastic.
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I’ll be posting later this month about some PB titles as well as featuring an interview with author Jacqueline Houtman as her middle grade novel is released in paperback. The Reinvention of Edison Thomas is a terrific story of Eddy, whose patterns suggest he is on the autism spectrum, but this is never overtly stated. The character, situations, and story are all highly recognizable and yet unique and memorable.
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Zoe, I recently wrote an article about books to teach children under 10 years about respecting diversity, for an online women’s magazine, womensweb. I would like to link up to that article- the first two books featured there deal with disability. Tulika books’ “Why Are You Afraid to Hold My Hand” and Pratham books’ “Chuskit Goes to School.”
http://www.womensweb.in/articles/teaching-children-about-diversity/
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