Roald Dahl Day

Schools and libraries celebrate Roald Dahl Day on 13th September (Dahl's birthday) every year.

Here you have some of his books:

Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl is one of the most beloved children's author.

Read some fantastic facts about him and explore his writing hut:

This was Dahl's private place to write and nobody was allowed in.

Happy birthday J. K. Rowling

 J.K.Rowling, author of the Harry Potter books, was born on 31 July 1965. If you want to explore Harry Potter series, click on the picture at Scholastic site:

See J.K. Rowling read Peter Pan at the Opening Ceremony of the London Olympics:

Beatrix Potter

Beatrix Potter was born on the 28 July, 1866. Discover the life of this extraordinary woman:

Beatrix was best known for her books. Meet her characters and have fun with games and colouring pages:

Enjoy this video:

 

Happy birthday Peter Rabbit!

2012 marks the very special 110th  anniversary of The tale of Peter Rabbit, one of the world's most loved children's stories of all time. 
Read and listen to the story by Beatrix Potter at Mightybooks site:

Meet Peter Rabbit and his friends and have fun playing games:

Celebrating Shakespeare's birthday

William Shakespeare was born around the 23rd April and baptised on 26th  April  1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon. He was the greatest  writer in the English language.

You can follow the journey of William Shakespeare's life in this series of 13 video:

Here you have different activities:

Shakespeare was a poet and a playwright.Visit The Globe Theatre and learn about Shakespeare's time:

Help Romeo find his way through Shakespeare Country to rescue Juliet from the balcony! Collect all the roses and watch out for those critters.
Instructions: Use the left and right arrow keys to move and the up arrow key to jump.

Dr Seuss' The Lorax

Send a card at Lorax Letter Factory:



The Lorax project:

Here you have different activities:


Learn to draw the Lorax at Activity village site:



You can watch “Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax,” in the cinema. It's a 3D-CG adaptation of the classic tale and follows the journey of 12-year-old Ted (Zac Efron) as he searches for a real Truffula Tree, the one thing that will enable him to win the affection of Audrey (Taylor Swift), the girl of his dreams.

Watch a trailer for The Lorax film:

Dr. Seuss

"The more that you read
The more things you will know.
The more that you learn
The more places you'll go!"
Dr Seuss





The Cat in the Hat is a children's book by Dr. Seuss.



Dr Seuss birthday, the date of March 2 is observed all across America as the National Read Across America Day.

Celebrating Dickens' anniversary

London is preparing for Dickens' 200th Birth Anniversary