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CROSSWORD

Create a crossword using 15-25 characters’ names, places, themes etc. from the book you are reading or have read recently, and a set of clues. If you are reading a non-fiction book, use the index and contents page to help you decide on the words you will include.

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ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL

Books do not always have a happy ending and sometimes that is a good thing. However, there are times when a book ends in a way we dislike or find disappointing. Here’s your chance to write a new ending for a book that did not end well for you.

Title:_________________________________________________Author:_________________________ A new ending:

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LITERARY WORDSEARCH

Create a wordsearch using the titles and authors of books. You should include at least 20 titles/authors especially any books (and authors of the books) you have read recently.

1. 2. 3.

4. 5. 6.

7. 8. 9.

10. 11. 12.

13. 14. 15.

16. 17. 18.

19. 20.

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WORD POWER

Make as many words as you can from the letters in the boxes below. Your words must be at least 3 letters long and you cannot include proper nouns (names), plurals, rude words or use any letter more than once in any word.

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Cut out the box carefully. Fold back the flaps and glue in place when your designs are complete.

Design a BOOK CUBE featuring your favourite book. You might write a blurb or use some quotes from the book or draw your favourite character(s) or important places or things mentioned in the book.If you choose a non-fiction book, you might like to include your favourite facts from the book.Don’t forget the title and author.

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WORD POWER 2

Make as many words as you can from the letters in the boxes below. Your words must be at least 3 letters long and you cannot include proper nouns (names), plurals, rude words or use any letter more than once in any word.

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ABC of FICTIONAL CHARACTERSStart with the characters you know and then browse the books on the Fiction shelves in the library to find characters beginning with the remaining letters of the alphabet.

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LUNAR LIBRARY

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Which FIVE books would you take with you to start a library on the

Moon and why?

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1. Jeff Kinney was born in___________________________________________________.

2. He dreamed of becoming a _________________________________________________.

3. He began writing ideas for Diary of a Wimpy Kid in ____________________ but the first

book was not published until ________________________.

4. The books are now available in ______________________ languages.

5. The books have won ______________ Children’s Choice Book Awards.

The bookstore owned by Jeff, his wife and two sons is called “An Unlikely Story”. Do you think this is a good name for a bookshop? YES / NO Give your reasons.___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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FACT and OPINION

Read the following information about Jeff Kinney, creator of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, and answer the questions in the spaces below.

Jeff Kinney was born in 1971 in Maryland.

Jeff Kinney did not grow up wanting to be a children’s author. His dream was to become a newspaper cartoonist, but he was not able to get his comic strips syndicated.

In 1998 he started writing down ideas for Diary of a Wimpy Kid, which he hoped to turn into a book. Jeff worked on the book for six years before publishing it online on Funbrain.com in daily instalments. To date, the online version of Diary of a Wimpy Kid has more than 80 million visits, and is typically read by more than 70,000 kids a day.

The first Diary of a Wimpy Kid book was published in 2007 and became an instant bestseller. Just a year later, more than 100,000 copies were in print in the United States alone. There are now more than 200 million copies of the series in print worldwide.

The series has remained on the New York Times bestseller lists since the publication of the first book, for more than 500 weeks total, and more than 350 on the series list. The books are currently available in 70 editions in 59 languages.

Since 2007, the series has gone on to win many regional and national awards around the globe including two Children’s Choice Book Awards and six Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards for Favourite Book. Jeff Kinney was named one of Time magazine’s most influential people in the world.

Jeff lives with his wife and two sons in Massachusetts, where they own a bookstore, An Unlikely Story.

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OPINION

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Dress Blurbie as a character from a book.

Book Title:______________________________________ Character:______________________________

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Free choice of theme or design Design a Dewey Decimal themed bookmark

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BOOK REVIEWS

Write two short reviews for a book of your choice.

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Riotously funny and original.

An utter, unfettered delight.

Readers (of any age) will be giggling from start to

finish.Find out what ‘riotous(ly)’ and ‘unfettered’ mean by looking up the words in the dictionary.

Riotous means:________________________________

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Unfettered means:____________________________

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These three reviews are all about one of the following books. Which one do you think they refer to? Explain why you think this.

a. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling

b. Dog Man Lord of the Fleas by Dav Pilkey

c. Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz

The reviews are for:______________________________________________________

I think this because_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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FIGURATIVELY SPEAKING

Match the following sayings with the correct illustration:Nose in a bookBooks on tapeCurled up with a good bookDive into a good bookWithdrawn bookSink your teeth into a good book

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READING COUNTS

Fill in the blanks in the book titles, complete the sums and write your final answer in the box at the foot of the page.

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BIOGRAPHY

Find out more about an author of your choice. You can, of course, go online to find information but you should also check the writer’s books. Often there is an ABOUT THE AUTHOR section – usually at the back of the book or on the book jacket of a hardback book – and there may even be an interview with the author.

Include facts such as where and when the writer was born, the titles of their published books, if they have won any book awards, where they live now etc.

Try to find other information such as which books they read when they were young, what their hobbies and interests are, and anything else you find interesting.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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BOOKS TAKE YOU EVERYWHERE

Perhaps you’d love to go to Australia or the Antarctic or Disneyland or to see the Northern Lights. Or maybe, you dream of finding your own way into Narnia or of flying to Neverland or taking lessons at Hogwarts.

If you could travel anywhere – real or imagined – where would you go and why? What would you like to do during your visit and what presents would you bring back for your family and friends?

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TRADING PLACES

You have signed up to take part in a new television programme. For one week, you will swap places with a character from a book and live their life whilst they live in your house and take your place at school. Who will you trade places with and why?

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Now write a diary entry for at least one day during that special week. What happens to you? Is the character’s life as you expected or not? Will you be glad or sorry to go back to your own life?

Dear Diary, ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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T-SHIRT BOOK REVIEW

Design a t-shirt to advertise a book you have read and enjoyed. As well as drawing pictures, you could include quotes or facts or descriptions from the book.

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