| World Book Day Events |
 World Book Day Thursday 5 March 2009
World Book Day is the biggest annual celebration of books and reading.
World Book Day Activities
Discover writers from around the World
Idea Store Canary Wharf 9am - 9pm
Come and take part in our special World Book Day activity
Idea Store Chrisp Street 4.30 - 5.30pm
A great day is planned to celebrate all the weird and wonderful books in the World
Idea Store Whitechapel 10am - 4pm
Free Books
Take your little brother or sister to Watney Market Library. Every young child who joins the library on World Book Day will be given a free copy of 'The Gingerbread Man'
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| World Poetry Day |
 World Poetry Day Saturday 21 March 2009
Poetry web sites
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| Limericks to tickle your funny bone! |
 Limericks are silly poems that are five lines long.Did you know that Limerick poems can be traced back to fourteenth century England.
A Limerick by Edward Lear from his 'Book of Nonsense'
There was an Old Person whose habits,
Induced him to feed upon rabbits;
When he'd eaten eighteen,
He turned perfectly green,
Upon which he relinquished those habits
A Limerick by Spike Milligan
A man who was asked out to dinner
Came back home looking hungry and thinner
He said 'Don't look baffled
The dinner was raffled
And somebody else was the winner
Now it's your turn to write a Limerick. The best ones will appear in this newsletter.
To inspire you check out these books at your local Idea Store or library.
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| Who is your favourite author? |
 Do you have a favourite author?
Here are our favourites:
'My favourite author is Enid Blyton. I loved the St Clare's and Malory Towers books and dreamed of going to boarding school. I still recommend them to the children, who say get the same feelings as me when reading them'
Claire, Watney Market Library.
'Terry Pratchett is my favourite author, his books are funny and clever'
Caroline, Watney Market Library
'Meg Rosoff author of How I Live Now, Just In Case and lots more!
She is my favourite because she writes stories that are so different from anything else I've ever read and she lets the children in her books make decisions like adults. Once I start reading I can't stop!
Maddy, Idea store Whitechapel |
| Brain Food - Tongue Twisters |
 Tongue Twisters
A Tongue Twister is a sentence or rhyme that is difficult to say quickly and correctly, for example Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper.
Poetry RaceHow fast can you and your friends say these tongue twister poems.
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