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Lovemybooks is for parents, carers, teachers, schools, and early years staff, created by literacy experts. Free and ad free with over 250 activity pages full of creative book-based ideas.
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TOP 10 activity pages visited on Lovemybooks website in 2021

See some of our activity pages for the winter season

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    • the-snowflake
    • snow bear
    • snow_thumb
    • your-snug-with-me

    • poetry things to do-1
    • button 7-11b-1
    • about reading2
    • traditioinal tales-1
    • button classic-1
    • things to makeb-1

    Each year many wonderful picturebooks are published. Here is our selection of some of the best.  We think these are books which you and your child will enjoy sharing again and again. We hope they will prompt interesting conversations and play linked to the stories and creative activities.
    Find out more and see our selection here

    Our focus book is Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam by Tracy Corderoy and Steven Lenton

    Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam are robbers. The trouble is they are not very good at it and keep coming away empty handed. Thinking it might be easier to rob their neighbours than the bank or the zoo, they invite them all to a tea party so they can rob the empty houses. Unfortunately they are spotted and so fail yet again. The two hapless robbers, realising the error of their ways, decide to turn away from their life of crime and find a new career as café owners as their cake making proves such a hit.

    An amusing story with appealing characters and wonderfully detailed illustrations. The rhyming text makes it memorable and easy to join in with.

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    I would encourage any nursery/primary teacher school to take a look at these resources!
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    "The Lovemybooks website is something that I have shared with training teachers here at Brookes & with parents too. It's a HUGE database and worth schools subscribing to the newsletter and passing the site onto parents as well.
    "Mat Tobin Lecturer in Primary English and Children's literature at Oxford Brookes

    “The Lovemybooks website is a brilliant resource of both fun and educational activities”  Sarah, parent

    “This site is gold, such a rich resource for schools and parents, and the bodies behind the scenes are experts in their field”  The Writing Web

    "Lovemybooks is such a brilliant resource for parents and teachers! Thank you Lovemybooks for such brilliant recommendations and such imaginative and inspiring activities to continue the fun further!" Rachel, parent and teacher

    "Caspar loves reading but he gets particularly excited when we can bring books to life for him. Lovemybooks provides some great inspiration for how to achieve this. Thanks Lovemybooks for the great recommendation and fantastic ways for Caspar to immerse himself in the book!"  Ben, parent

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    "As an early years lecturer at Strathclyde University I would like to express how useful your web site has been in delivering training to early years teacher within Scotland . They have notified parents and used the web site to support their own work in nursery. The feedback has been exceptional so I was keen to let you know." Deirdre Grogan Early Years lecturer Scotland

    "I am a child care provider in the US.  I just found your site today by accident while looking for an "Elmer" template.  I am IN LOVE! I have saved your site to my computer and will be back soon and often.  Thank you for this amazing resource."
    Kelly Simpson US

    "What an amazing resource!"Jennie Clarke 

    "What a wonderful website!!"  Helen Bradford Senior Teaching Fellow UCL Institute of Education

    You can search the Lovemybooks website for:

    * Topics and themes…
    Our specially chosen books are arranged in topics and themes that young children love, with ideas for ways to share the books and lots of exciting things to do Read more…

    * Books for different age groups
    Find books for children aged 0-3, 3- 5, 5-7, 7-11 Read more

    * Our Top 10 book lists
    Whether you want to find out about exciting new picture books, alphabet books, folk and fairy tales or story apps you’ll find them here in our Top 10 books sections Read more…