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All the Time in the World - Fun and Games: Crossword

 Today, we have another fun activity lined up for you. We're now only a week away from the launch of our new book, All the Time in the World , and we're so excited! In this crossword, all the answers relevant to the book, but we've given you some unrelated clues as you won't know how they fit into the story until next week. Once you've solved the clues, all you have to do is try and fit them into the grid. Enjoy!

Happy World Book Day! - Class Novel 1

Tomorrow (Thursday 1st March) is World Book Day! At school, we are supposed to be dressing up as book characters but we had a snow day today so I'm wondering if school will open tomorrow. To honour, World Book Day, I thought I would write about 2 children's novels (1 today, the other tomorrow) that I have serialised for my Primary 4 class. I will also write a lesson plan for each, which I will post on Friday. The 1st novel I read to them was "First Aid for Fairies and Other Fabled Beasts" by Lari Don. This is a great book for adults and children (I first read this when I was studying at university and loved it!). It is about a girl in Southern Scotland who meets a young centaur and his friends who have done something foolish that could threaten fabled beasts and humans alike. It's a book full of suspense and adventure. Here is the blurb from Goodreads: "Helen has absolutely no interest in becoming a vet like her mother. So she isn't best plea...