What is empathy; why is it important; and how can books help? #ReadForEmpathy
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by Along Came Poppy
3y ago
Today is Empathy Day; a day founded by EmpathyLab to focus on the importance of building real life empathy skills in children and young people through literature. But what is empathy; why is it such an important skill for children to develop; and how can books help? What is empathy? Often confused with sympathy, empathy is the ability to understand and accept someone's thoughts, feelings and emotions. Whereas sympathy is to commiserate or perhaps feel bad about someone else's loss or misfortune, empathy goes further than this; it is to take another perspective as if stepping into their shoe ..read more
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A New Baby' Discussing those "Tricky Topics" with BookTrust #TimeToRead
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by Along Came Poppy
3y ago
As most of our regular readers are aware, this year has been a particularly challenging one in the Along Came Poppy household. The Mini Reviewers, now 4, 5 and 8, have had to deal with some huge changes and as a result there have been lots of big emotions flying around. The children have all experienced disturbed sleep, outbursts of anger as well as increased crying. These three things, according to the parents of 4-11 year olds recently surveyed by BookTrust, the UK's largest children's reading charity, are the most common signs of young children being worried or anxious.  I am a fir ..read more
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Kipper's Big Blue Balloon Blog Tour!
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by Along Came Poppy
3y ago
Kipper the dog is turning 30 and to celebrate Hodder Children's Books have released a special anniversary edition of Mick Inkpen's classic picture book The Blue Balloon. This is the story in which Kipper made his debut appearance and the lovable pup has been entertaining children ever since. It is a book that I have fond childhood memories of and one that I now enjoy sharing with my Mini Reviewers so today we are delighted to be taking part in Kipper's Big Blue Balloon Blog Tour! With its exciting fold out pages, The Blue Balloon is a story to be pored over and explored together. Creativit ..read more
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Touring Picture Book: In the Swamp by the Light of the Moon
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by Along Came Poppy
3y ago
Hello and welcome back to Along Came Poppy! The last few weeks really seem to have flown by here and, as we are already well into March, it is time for another Touring Picture Book choice. For those of you new to the blog, every month the Touring Picture Book team, comprising of Acorn Books, BookBairn, Mamma Filz and ourselves, choose a new picture book together with activities inspired by the story to share with you. This month our choice is the enchanting In the Swamp by the Light of the Moon written and illustrated by Frann Preston-Gannon and published by Templar Books.&nb ..read more
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Blog Tour: The Dinosaur Department Store
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by Along Came Poppy
3y ago
Today it is our stop on The Dinosaur Department Store Blog Tour and we are delighted to be sharing our thoughts on this fantastic new picture book with you. Written by Lily Murray and vibrantly illustrated by Richard Merritt, we are sure this read aloud romp of a story will get you and your little bookworms giggling! This book is particularly appropriate for the Mini Reviewers at the moment as not a day goes by without us having a discussion about acquiring a pet. Poppy in particular would love a cat, a dog or even a unicorn. Having read The Dinosaur Department Store, I now consider myself ..read more
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Touring Picture Book: All Are Welcome
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by Along Came Poppy
3y ago
Hello and welcome back to Along Came Poppy after our little blogging break. Today as part of the Touring Picture Book team, we are delighted to be sharing the wonderfully colourful All Are Welcome written by Alexandra Penfold, illustrated by Suzanne Kaufman and published in the UK earlier this year by Bloomsbury. This is the first Touring Picture Book of 2019 and as always we are collaborating with fellow picture book enthusiasts and bloggers Bookbairn, Mamma Filz and Acorn Books. We have all shared a different activity inspired by the same book so please do take a look at where All Ar ..read more
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New Year, New Challenge?
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by Along Came Poppy
3y ago
As the new year approaches, are you like so many others looking for a new challenge? Then why not run your own book business and become a Scholastic Book Champion?  Scholastic provide an amazing range of children's books with often up to 70% off the RRP. We love perusing their online shop and, with fresh offers every 6-8 weeks, there are always new bargains to be had. Here are a few of our current favourite best buys from Scholastic: Women in Science for just £5.99 Stick Man with a free mini copy of Zog for an amazing £2.99  Murder Most Unladylike Set for £19.99 ..read more
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Christmas Traditions for Book Lovers
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by Along Came Poppy
3y ago
I recently read about an Icelandic Christmas Tradition which is part of Jólabókaflóð roughly translated as "the book flood of Christmas” when most publishing houses release a “flood” of new books just in time for Christmas. The tradition involves the exchanging of books on Christmas Eve and then settling down for a cosy evening of reading and eating chocolate. As a book lover and self-confessed chocoholic, this sounds like the perfect way to to celebrate Christmas and a lovely tradition to adopt as a family. Over the last few years there seems to have been a dramatic increase in popularity of ..read more
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Chapter Book of the Month: Isadora Moon Makes Winter Magic
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by Along Came Poppy
3y ago
For those of you that are regular readers, you will know that Mini Reviewer, Izzie, now 7, has a favourite series of books about a little half vampire, half fairy called Isadora Moon.  We have previously reviewed several of the Isadora Moon books and we wrote about celebrating last Halloween with her creator, Harriet Muncaster, at Waterstones. When we chose our favourite books of 2017, Izzie quickly decided on all the Isadora Moon stories she had read that year - there really was no contest! So it is no surprise that as soon as the eighth book, Isadora Moon Makes Winter Magic ..read more
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Books of the Month: October
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by Along Came Poppy
3y ago
With December just around the corner, October feels like a rather distant memory, however as both October and November are incredibly busy months in our house full of birthdays and lots of excitement, we hadn't quite got round to sharing our favourite reads of last month until now so here goes... Picture Book of the Month First up is our picture book choice, Shark in the Park! by the wonderful Nick Sharratt. This is by no means a new book, it was first published in 2000, but it is new to us and it just had to be our picture book choice for October - there really was no contest! During the ..read more
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