Monthly Archives: January 2017

It is that time of the year again for us to climb to the highest point of Badger Towers and to shout out about our very new, and very exciting series. We teach children and young adults to never judge a book by its cover. BUT, for this blog only you can throw that rule away and treat your eyes to these visual delights…

Now The League of Enchanted Heroes can captivate your pupils even more as they can read aloud and become their favourite character in Risky Rescue!

Risky Rescue has been rewritten into a play by specialist author Tim Collins and has 7 different speaking parts with varying amounts of lines and reading levels so everyone can be included. With a reading age of 7-8 and an interest age of 8-12, this play will entertain your reluctant readers and capture the imagination of both boys and girls.

This exciting play features famous fairytale characters Hansel and Gretel, Rapunzel, Red Riding Hood, Jack (of beanstalk fame) and Tom Thumb, as they carry out a daring rescue of a handsome prince held captive in a high tower.

The clear and easy to follow layout allows your pupils to readily identify their lines and follow the developing plot with confidence. Each page features a full page colour illustration by James Lawrence and the question page at the back of the book is a great

We are all well aware of the multiple benefits that reading brings to our health and happiness. The advantages appear endless; reducing the symptoms of depression, staving off Alzheimer’s and Dementia, improving memory, focus and concentration, widening vocabulary, advancing analytical skills, the list goes on. But what if, despite all these beneficial reasons to read, your pupils are refusing to jump on the reading for pleasure bandwagon? One major point to take into consideration is your offering of books. Are they dated? Are they tatty? And most importantly, have you chosen them for your pupil, or have they chosen the book themselves?

Let your pupils become the imaginatively named characters in comic author, Tommy Donbavand's, exciting and witty play, Hot Hot Hot!

Watch the smiles appear on your pupils' faces as they are immersed into the humorous and entertaining play.

Cole Day was an ordinary school boy until, one day....COSSSSHHH! A stray snowball hit Cole on the back of his head!

But it wasn't just any snowball, it was a radioactive snowball. Now every time Cole eats a raw carrot he becomes Snow-Man – the world's chilliest superhero!

Your class will be enthralled as they act out the adventures of Snow-Man and his sidekicks, Thin Ice and Frostbite, as they try to get to the bottom of a heat wave in the middle of December. Could this be the work of Ray Burn and his giant sunglasses?

The whole play consists of 1,000 words and has 7 speaking parts with varying numbers of lines and reading level so that everyone can be included. The book features bright colourful illustrations by

Our first series of YA Reads is now available!

Treat your students and yourself to this riveting series written by successful, skilled authors including Tim Collins, Ann Evans, Daniel Blythe, Iain McLaughlin, Catherine Bruton, Echo Freer and Cliff McNish.

All eight titles have been specifically written to appeal to 14-18 year olds and have mature themes including sexuality, identity, dystopia, mortality, peer pressure and more. With a word count of between 5,000 and 6,000, these gripping novels have a reading age of 8-9 and will capture the attention of their reader.

S/HE by Catherine Bruton
Follow Raven's journey as the new person at school. Refusing to be defined as a boy or a girl, Raven is 'gender fluid', everyone is curious to start with but that curiosity soon turns to hostility.

Kill Order by Daniel Blythe
Caleb Grayden is a killer for hire, a special kind of shape shifter. His latest job is easy – but what happens next is not quite what