An illustrated advent calendar for December 2024 with 25 reading-related activities chosen to inspire a love of reading for pleasure, and also get excited about Christmas! This could be used in classrooms, libraries, or for families to enjoy at home. If printed in A3, you might be able to cover each box with a small post-it note to reveal a new activity each day! Each activity is loosely related to Christmas and focus on making reading fun, crafting and talking about books too. Some of the options include: ‘Draw your favourite book character in a Christmas jumper!’, ‘Read a book with a red or green cover’ and ‘Ask a friend, someone in your family, or your teacher what their favourite Christmas book is!’. Each activity is designed to be low effort in schools or at home and require only a few resources/books. I hope you enjoy this resource. You can find more of my illustrations here: www.instagram.com/verityisdrawing. or on www.verityrobinson.co.uk Please do not remove the credit for this work, thank you. ©Verity Robson 2024

Test your class on their knowledge of books and emojis with these two fun quizzes! These can be used in class or as a fun home learning activity which could link in with World Book Day or other literary school events. Perhaps you could challenge your class to come up with some of their own?! There are two versions - a Picture Book round and a Chapter Book round - so all ages and book lovers can join in the fun! Answers are included. Inspired by Portsmouth Library Service. I hope you enjoy this resource. You can find more of my illustrations here: www.instagram.com/verityrobson ©Verity Robson 2021

An illustrated calendar for February 2021 with 28 acts of kindness and self-care to encourage children (and their families!) to spread a bit of love and look after themselves whilst still in lockdown. This could be used in classrooms and as part of home learning. Children can colour in each day they complete the activity but no pressure to do them all or even in the same order! I hope you enjoy this resource. You can find more of my illustrations here: www.instagram.com/verityrobson ©Verity Robson 2021

An illustrated calendar for March 2021 with 31 reading-related activities chosen to inspire a love of reading for pleasure - can be used as part of World Book Day activities too! This could be used in classrooms and as part of home learning. Children can colour in each day they complete the activity but no pressure to do them all or even in the same order! I hope you enjoy this resource. You can find more of my illustrations here: www.instagram.com/verityrobson Please do not remove the credit for this work, thank you. ©Verity Robson 2021