1. The amazing things you can do
with just a handful of books for children!
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2. How do you choose your books?
What do you choose?
How can you exploit the stories you have selected… with minimal preparation?

3. What is YOUR all-time favourite story to share with a class and why?
How do you choose a good story? It is very personal…
A good investment: how can you use a story/book over and over again?

4. SO WHAT DO YOU CHOOSE?
If you are going to buy only a handful of books, I recommend you make it these!
A story translated from English
A traditional story or fairy tale
A fun story which you and the children will want to revisit
A book of poetry
A children’s novel – to use extracts from

5. A story translated from English: “Les amis d’Elmer”, David McKee
A traditional story or fairy tale: “Le Petit Chaperon Rouge”, Charles Perrault
A fun story which the children will want to revisit: “Le loup qui voulait changer de couleur”, Orianne Lallemand & Eléonore Thuillier
A book of poetry: “Comptines en chocolat”, Corrine Albaut
A children’s novel – to use extracts from: “La 2CV la nuit”, François Place

6. A story translated from English: “De la cabeza a los pies”, Eric Carle
A traditional story or fairy tale: “La ratita presumida”
A fun story which the children will want to revisit: “La siesta perfecta”, Pato Mena
A book of poetry: “La tabla de multiplicar en verso”, Gloria Fuertes
A children’s novel – to use extracts from: “Cuentos de la selva”, Horacio Quiroga

7. A story translated from English: “Wir gehen auf Bärenjagd”, Michael Rosen & Helen Oxenbury
A traditional story or fairy tale: “Hänsel und Gretel”, Brüder Grimm
A fun story which the children will want to revisit: “Vom kleinen Maulwurf, der wissen wollte, wer ihm auf den Kopf gemacht hat“, Wermer Holtzwarth & Wolf Erlbruch
A book of poetry: “Zauberwort: Die schönsten Gedichte für Kinder“, Rota Hrenski & Christine Brand
(with thanks to Angela McMachlan )
A children’s novel – to use extracts from: “Emil und die Detektive”, Erich Kästner

8. A story translated from English: “Walter Canis Inflatus”, William Kotzwinkle & Glenn Murray (bilingual)
A traditional story or fairy tale: “Fairy Tales in Latin: Fabulae Mirabiles”, Victor Barocas & Brad Rhodes
Fun stories which the children will want to revisit: “Minimus mini books”, Barbara Bell &Helen Forte
A book of poetry: Virgil
A children’s novel: “Winnie Ille Pu”, A.A. Milne

9. NOW I HAVE A BOOK… BUT WHAT CAN I DO WITH MY SELECTED STORY… with minimal preparation?
Different approaches to start with
What aspect of the story do you want to target? What do you want from it?
Decide your focus
Choose the activities, bearing in mind it will always help develop more than one skill at a time…
BASED ON AN EXAMPLE, “POUX!” by Stephanie Blake
NOW YOUR TURN…
As a group, please select one of the books on the table.
How could you use it?
Please write down all the ideas you come up with as I will collate and share them!

10. HAVE FUN choosing stories.
GIVE IT A GO and share a new story with a class.
Remember that PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT.
ASK IF YOU NEED ANY HELP!

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