Beyond the Fence – review and recommendation, Jem Borsberry. Beyond the Fence is a thoughtful and touching book about friendship, freedom, and the courage to explore what lies beyond the fence. Meet Piggy. Piggy lives in a big house in Read more…
Hello! I’m Jem, a children’s storyteller based in the North West. My favourite books are anything with bears in, and my favourite stories are ones that have been hidden or lost. I’m joining the team from a background in children’s Read more…
This beautifully illustrated anthology contains 20 ‘lost fairytales’ from around the world all with one thing in common: here you will find no damsels in distress. Instead, we have tales of fearless girls who approach life with humour, wit, cunning Read more…
It was a blazing hot day in July 2018 and 86 teachers were packed into Horn’s Mill Primary School’s hall, giving up their Thursday afternoon to find out about The Literacy Company’s brand-new writing programme – Pathways to Write. At Read more…
This follow up to the popular Little Red Reading Hood is another twist on a classic fairy tale. This time the author has taken the premise of the Three Little Pigs and re-written it to produce a heart-warming tale which Read more…
At the start of this term, schools all around the country leapt into action to go live with their plans for online learning. Although some may have trialled online learning with classes having to close, the sudden change has been Read more…
A heart-warming story about a family who are proud to be different. This book written by Sophie Riches, a year five pupil at Kelsall Primary School, beautifully illustrates that families can be different and that, it might take a little Read more…
When I was asked to write about Kelsall’s long standing relationship with The Literacy Company, I jumped at the chance. I then quickly regretted it (for a brief moment) as I knew that my grammar, punctuation and spelling would be Read more…
Sometimes we all feel a bit blue. Sometimes we know what has triggered it: an argument, bad result or a disappointment maybe. We may feel down for a while and want to retreat from the world until something makes us Read more…
When I was asked to write this blog about supporting mental health in schools as we entered the second wave of the pandemic in the UK, I have to confess it triggered a bit of ‘imposter syndrome’. As a clinical Read more…
