In 2018, Scottish Friendly is celebrating 20 years of the Scottish Friendly Children’s Book Tour with the Scottish Book Trust. From 1998-2018 the tour has taken over 100 authors and illustrators to meet 100,000 children across Scotland, England and Northern Ireland. This May, Scottish Book Trust are taking the award-winning author, zoologist and TV presenter Nicola Davies back on the road. Nicola first toured with…
“Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.” How often over your life have you seen or heard this mantra? Probably more than you’d care to remember. And the reason, perhaps, we don’t like to be reminded is that it makes us wince to think of the number of times we have done the opposite and put things off. One of the things…
Guest blogger, teacher Katrina Lucas of Comely Park Primary School, Falkirk, reflects on the Scottish Friendly Children’s Book Tour over the years If you ever get the opportunity to become involved with the Scottish Friendly Children’s Book Tour grab it with both hands and don’t let go! This collaboration with the Scottish Book Trust is, to paraphrase the Muppets, not only sensational but also inspirational…
Cast your minds back to last year and you may remember #TobleroneGate. The chocolate brand, owned by Mondelez International, announced it was reducing one of its bars from 170g to 150g. Another was resized from 400g to 360g. Cue uproar on social media. Well, we hate to be the bearer of bad news for lovers of all food sweet and savoury, but there’s a lot…
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