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Check out this fascinating experiment in digital fiction launched by Penguin. Six digital stories in six weeks written by well-known authors and inspired by classics. Charles Cumming tells his story ‘The 21 Steps’ (Yes, you guessed it, John Buchan’s 39 Steps) through Google Maps! ‘Fairy Tales’ (Hans Christian Anderson) involves the reader in choosing who/what goes into the story. The final story is due on 22nd April.

What do you think?

We want to know what you think……………
about Sherry Ashworth’s book Paralysed
about the workshop
about what you REALLY like reading – not connected to school
about your favourite reads

In fact about absolutely anything to do with reading for others to share. Please post a comment below.

Have a look at George Beedham’s ‘infinite canvas’ comic. Instead of being arranged in pages, the story itself dictates the shape that the images follow which in turn affects how it is read by the audience. There are also a few bits of sound and animation thrown in for good measure.

For Scott McCleod’s explanation of the ‘Infinite Canvas’ click here.

Read anything and everything, anywhere and everywhere. Run activities that celebrate reading and highlight a sense of challenge. Use newspapers or journalism as a tie-in.

• Encourage boys and men to write newspaper-style reviews of sport games, e.g. a football match.
• Conduct a competition within school to find the best, and offer rewards
• Conduct a reading survey throughout school and look at what is being read
• Compare early and current newspapers – this activity could be cross-curricular with research into past events

Click here for more ideas for April from Warrington Grid for Learning. Please share your ideas here.

I loved reading the series of 9 books by Alexander McCall Smith and was thrilled to bits to watch the dramatisation of the first book, ‘The Number 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency’, on BBC1 recently . The characters were just as I had imagined them and the Botswana setting was stunning. Highly recommend you read them all!