Reading Aloud to Children

 Why we should all be reading aloud to children even when they can already "read on their own"? Here is Rebecca Bellingham with the clues. Let's listen to her.

Marta's favourite book

 Marta's recommendation is Jeff Kinney's "Diary of a Wimpy Kid".

Paula's favourite book

 Paula's favourite book is "Memorias dun Neno Labrego", written by the Galician author Xosé Neira Vilas. It is a historical and social novel that narrates the childhood memories of a poor country boy.

Elena's favourite book

 Elena's recommendation is "The Ickabog", J K Rowling's last novel. As all her novels, this fairy tale has grown into a worldwide best-seller, available in 26 languages. In this book, you can find adventure, kindness and hope.

Ale's favourite book

 Alejandra recommends us "Holidays in Paradise". It is the fourth volume of a series of books called "La Diversión de Martina", whose author is a famous youtuber: Martina D'Antiochia.

Sara's favourite book

  Sara recommends us David Walliam's "The World's Worst Teachers", illustrated by Tony Ross. After three volumes of "The World's Worst Children", Walliams writes the kids' revenge with these ten tales. The book tells the stories of the world's most sinister teachers ever.

Sofía's favourite book

Sofía's favourite book series is "El Mundo de Clodett", written and illustrated by Clodett. She recommends us the first book which is entitled "Superlío de Gemelas".

Reading Recommendation

This week we are reading "Coco's Adventures" during the Reading Time. The tale was written by Angélica Fernández Bullón, @havefunwithcoco, a teacher from Valencia that is part of the PPVV Programme in the USA. Nowadays, she is teaching Spanish at MacArthur School in Chicago, Illinois.

Reading Comprehension: Personal Information

 

Saúl's favourite book

Saúl's favourite book is "Retoñito" written by María Menéndez-Ponte. It is a fantastic story that talks about the importance of responsibility.

Elena's favourite book

It seems that most of our pupils like Harry Potter Book Series. Elena has chosen "Harry Potter and the  Chamber of Secrets", which is the second book of the saga written by J. K. Rowling. 

Carolina's Favourite Book

Carolina talks about "Os Soños na Gaiola" a compilation of poems written by the Galician author Manuel María in 1968. Later on, in 1978, the Galician musician, Suso Vaamonde musicalizes the poems in an album with the same title that ends up being by the Spanish Ministry of Culture as "Children's Album of the Year". The CD book was released in 2016 as the "Día das Letras Galegas" was dedicated to the author.

Paula's Favourite Book

Paula's favourite book is "Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls", which is part of a series of two books written by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo in 2016. Both books were funded through a crowdfunding the broke the site records for fundraising for literature publication.

Roque's favourite book

Roque likes the The Famous Five, a series of children's adventure novels. Enid Blyton wrote the first book of the series, "Five on a Treasure Island", in 1942. The novels talk about the adventures lived by a group of young children, Julian, Dick, Anne and Georgina and his dog, Timmy. It's funny that I used to read these books when I was a kid.

Sara's Favourite Book

Sara's favourite book is "Los Pequeños Líderes", written by Félix Torán, edited in 2018.

Mónica's favourite book

Mónica likes "A Carreta do Diaño" written and illustrated by Fernando Llorente. It is a comic that won the X Premio Castelao de Banda Deseñada 2015.

Uxía's favourite book

Uxía is reading "Junie B Jones is a Beauty Shop Guy", written by Barbara Park and illustrated by Denise Brunkus. It belongs to a series of children's books whose main character is Junie B Jones.

Raquel's Favourite Book

Raquel recommends "Zoé en la tierra de las estrellas" which is the last title of La Banda de Zoé series written by Ana García-Siñeriz and illustrated by Jordi Labanda.

Mateo's favourite book

Mateo loves David Walliams' books. He recommends us "Grandpa's Great Escape" (2015), a wonderful story that deals with Alzeimer disease from a child's view.

Lúa's favourite book

Lúa loves Harry Potter Series. Harry Potter Book Series were written by the British author J. K. Rowling. The first Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, was finished in 1995. It is funny though that, before being the best-selling book series in history, it was rejected to be published by twelve different publisher houses. Fortunately, the editor Barry Cunningham from Bloomsbury, a publishing house in London, decided to publish the first novel after, Alice Newton, the 8 year-old daughter of Bloomsbury's chairman had read the first chapter and immediately demanded the next one.