Lucy Rowland - Magpie and the Sparkling Words (KS1 Schools Events)
Award-winning, bestselling author Lucy Rowland (author of picture book favourites Wanda’s Words Got Stuck and Little Red Reading Hood) brings her signature rhyming style and speech-therapy expertise to this enchanting tale. With a lively storytelling session followed by a creative word tree making activity with Lucy, this event is perfect to help small children expand their vocabulary skills and find the fun in words.
Date - Wednesday 20th May
Available times... 9am, 11am or 2pm (times approximate)
KS1 Children - School years Reception, 1, 2 & 3.
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A heartening rhyming picture book that celebrates the natural world with a vocabulary-rich story from award-winning, bestselling author Lucy Rowland and illustrations sparkling with joy from Craig Shuttlewood. In a MYSTICAL wood stood a MAGICAL tree - the home of BRILLIANT Magpie. From her nest, Magpie listens to the wonderful words of her fellow woodland animals.
Words with a sparkle, a shimmer, a shine, entwined in her nest in the tree. She gathered them up and giggled, "They're mine - these sparkling words just for me!"But eventually, the other animals stay quiet so their words aren't being whisked away. Only then does Magpie realise that the silent wood doesn't glitter in the same way as before.
After a storm destroys Magpie's nest, and sends her stash of sparkling words zooming back out into the forest, she finally learns that it is unity, kindness and sharing language that makes the words sparkle. This lyrical story effortlessly weaves exciting vocabulary alongside important themes of sharing, kindness and teamwork, encouraging readers to find the fun in literacy and share sparkling words with each other. This powerful picture book is perfect for story time and children's language development.