Kate Leake | Playing by the book

14 Jun 2012

Using football fever to get young kids excited about books

by Zoe | posted in: A.G. Ford, Alan Durant, Kate Leake, Mina Javaherbin, Sarah Garland | 9

I’ll come straight out with it: I’m not a football fan. But… I am a fan of using whatever I can to get kids excited about books and reading. So this week at school, in our story+activity enrichment session on … Continued

15 Dec 2010

Stories in Tune – The Nutcracker – Part 1

by Zoe | posted in: E.T.A. Hoffman, Eric Puybaret, Janet Schulman, John Cech, Julie Paschkis, Kate Leake, Renee Graef, Susan Chandler | 3

Just in time for Christmas, today I bring you a series of reviews of picture book versions of The Nutcracker as part of my series Stories in Tune. The Nutcracker ballet, with music written by Tchaikovsky and a libretto adapted … Continued