Here at Basket HQ we were a bit concerned that we’ll get too lonely just before Christmas so… we’re off on a book tour. We’ll be staying fairly local for the end of this year but plan to move further afield in the New Year as news of The Feelings Basket spreads. If you know […]
We’d like to send a big thank you to Sandhurst Library and all of the children who came along to the reading of Starting School – Confident Leads the Way on Monday. We hope all those who started school this week had a brilliant first day. Thank you for doing some lovely drawings too, you […]
We’re looking forward to our visit to Sandhurst Library on Monday 1st September for a book reading and activity. If any of our Feelings Basket friends are free, come and join us, we’d love to see you. The reading of Starting School – Confident Leads the Way will start at 9.30 am at Sandhurst Library […]
Thank you to Birch Hill Primary School in Bracknell who invited us to visit them last week. We visited two year 2 classes to do a book reading of The Magic Basket and carry out feelings activity. We had a lovely time, the children were brilliant at listening to the story and they all did […]
NLP4Kids boss Gemma Bailey has kindly written about us in their latest newsletter. You can read what she has to say and find out more about NLP4kids here: NLP4Kids July Newsletter
Thank you to Luschka and Aviya for the lovely review of The Magic Basket and Starting School – Confidence Leads the Way. Luschka wrote, “My daughter has made reference to these books a few times in the days following us reading them, and has placed things that have frustrated or confused her in terms that […]
A great article published today by the Society of Authors as to why it is important for authors to visit schools. The survey found: 99.4% (all those who had organised an author visit) considered author visits to be an invaluable enrichment that encouraged reading for pleasure, wider reading and creative writing. Visits are described as […]
Followers of the feelings basket will be pleased to hear that we’ve had another lovely review. A big “Thank you!” to Morgana and Noo of “But Why Mummy Why?” who wrote “I love the imagination packed into the books, the overall concept and the fact that they are beautifully written.” Visit “But Why Mummy Why?” […]
It appears that there are some curious schools out there – we’re very pleased to have been asked by a couple of schools to do a book reading and feelings workshop. We’ll update you on the progress of those after half term. We’re really looking forward to meeting some new friends! If you’re interested in […]
We’re proud announce that we’ve had another lovely blog review. Thank you to Annie and Kitty for taking the time to read the first 2 books, The Magic Basket and Starting School – Confidence Leads the Way. They wrote “We like the imaginative aspect to the book, and how by representing the feelings with little […]
