• The Bear Hunt's gone GLOBAL! All around the world, people are putting bears in their windows for families to spot on their daily walks.  Walker have put together reading recommendation assets.  These are the first set in bi-weekly recommendation assets which will range in theme, age group, and school subject. There are also two activity sheets for children to make their very own bear and bear ears to print off and cut out available at jointhebearhunt.com https://www.jointhebearhunt.com/ which has been updated with the latest books and news.

• Chris Haughton, author-illustrator of such favourites as - Oh No, George!, Shh! We Have a Plan, Goodnight Everyone, A Bit Lost, and the soon to be in paperback Don't Worry, Little Crab - is keeping kids across the world busy with his read-alongs, live art tutorials, and activities. You can see more here: https://www.picturebookparty.co.uk/

• Stay-At-Home with Nicola Davies

Award winning Nicola Davies has written a wonderful blog for us about DNA to celebrate the publication of Grow, illustrated by Emily Sutton which you can read on Picture Book Party here https://www.picturebookparty.co.uk/.  There are teachers notes for the book here:  http://www.walker.co.uk/UserFiles/file/Grow_Teachers'%20Notes.pdf

• Stay-at-Home Adventures with Anna McNuff

Look out for Anna McNuff’s instagram stories takeover on @WalkerBooksUK as she talks about her new book, 100 Adventures to Have Before You Grow Up. by Anna McNuff, illustrated by Clair Rossiter, it is packed with adventure ideas you can do right now in your home and garden & those big bucket list adventures that you can start planning now! You can see Anna talking about her book here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?

• Stay-at-home with the Walker Bear

Our 'Stay home with the Walker Bear' playlist features all the best and brightest videos from our Walker Books authors and illustrators. The perfect place to find readings, activities and more to keep your little ones entertained. https://www.youtube.com/user/WalkerBooksUK?blend=8&ob=5

• A Monster Calls – the movie adaptation was shown on BBC and is now available on iPlayer.

• Football School Friday which starts at 10am with Alex Bellos and Ben Lyttleton on the Football School YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/footballschoolfacts!

Thanks to Karen Partington from the Huntspill Federation for sharing this new book on Coronavirus for children published free from Nosy Crow.

https://nosycrow.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Coronavirus_INSwith-cover.pdf

Everyone contributed their time for free - it gives facts and expert medical advice tailored to be appropriate for children.

Alex Scheffler has also been working on a series of drawings showing Julia Donaldson’s favourite characters following the Coronavirus guidelines: they have created the panels as a "light-hearted" way of spreading the message. They feature The Gruffalo, Stickman and The Smeds and The Smoos - all keeping a safe distance from one another. The characters are also seen helping the vulnerable with their shopping.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-52149055