World Book Day: books to read with the little ones in your life
World Book Day: books to read with the little ones in your life
To help you share a story this World Book Day, the team at Macmillan’s Children’s Books share their favourite books to read with the little ones in their lives.
02/03/2021
5 minutes to read
Reading for pleasure has a transformational effect on young minds, and World Book Day’s Share a Story message aims to encourage and empower as many children as possible to engage with enthralling stories and read for the love of reading.
Oldham Libraries is gifting 1,000 books to families across the borough this Christmas
Leading charity The Reading Agency are working with Costa Coffee to distribute books to local communities – including some of those hardest hit by the pandemic.
Oldham Libraries has been successful in securing 1,000 packs to gift to local families.
As part of the Costa Coffee Gift-A-Book campaign packages will be distributed containing one adult book, one children’s book, a children s activity sheet and a range of Costa Coffee treats.
The books in each care package have been selected from the works of six bestselling authors connected to the Costa Book Awards. They are: Grandpa Bert and the Ghost Snatchers and Ellie and the Cat by Malorie Blackman, Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams, Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman, Kaspar: Prince of Cats by Michael Morpurgo, Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse by Chris Riddell and The Salt Path by Raynor Winn.
i remember the first time i was in berlin when i was 14 years old, and i remember exactly coming here and having this almost physical feeling of freedom. like, i was a goth girl at that time, like i started to only wear black and listened to dark music. and when i came to berlin, i was like, yes, here i can be who i want to be. and it almost felt a little bit magical. anthony: do you think that people who came here from other countries, back in weimar era and now, people are looking for a dark side, do you think? brendan: certainly, the people are looking for things that they couldn t do at home. le pustra: exactly. brendan: they re looking for le pustra: they still come here for the forbidden. brendan: things that, you know and you can tell the people who ve come and gone crazy. le pustra: it s captured people s imaginations, so people come here in search of that divine decadence. and it is here. it definitely is. anthony: during the weimar
freedom. like, i was a goth girl at that time, like i started to only wear black and listened to dark music. and when i came to berlin, i was like, yes, here i can be who i want to be. and it almost felt a little bit magical. anthony: do you think that people who came here from other countries, back in weimar era and now, people are looking for a dark side, do you think? brendan: certainly, the people are looking for things that they couldn t do at home. le pustra: exactly. brendan: they re looking for le pustra: they still come here for the forbidden. brendan: things that, you know and you can tell the people who ve come and gone crazy. le pustra: it s captured people s imaginations, so people come here in search of that divine decadence. and it is here. it definitely is. anthony: during the weimar years and later, just before and after the wall came down, berlin became a refuge for artists, writers and musicians at a crossroads in their lives.