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      • About this Resource
      • Lessons
        • Year 1/2 Lessons
        • Sarah McIntyre - The New Neighbours
        • Oliver Jeffers - Here We Are
        • Alex T Smith - Foxy & Egg
        • Mini Grey - The Last Wolf
        • Mini Grey - Toys In Space
        • Mini Grey - Hermelin
        • Year 3/4 Lessons
        • Philip Reeve - Oliver and The Seawigs
        • Philip Reeve - Pugs of The Frozen North
        • Jacqueline Wilson - Lizzie Zipmouth
        • Michael Morpurgo - Pinocchio
        • Michael Morpurgo - The Fox & The Ghost King
        • Michael Morpurgo - The Dancing Bear
        • Year 5/6 Lessons
        • Jamia Wilson - Young, Gifted and Black
        • Philip Reeve - Mortal Engines
        • Anthony Horowitz - Stormbreaker
        • Michael Morpurgo - Arthur High King of Britain
        • Cressida Cowell - How To Train A Dragon
        • Michael Morpurgo - The Wreck of Zanzibar
        • Jacqueline Wilson - The Illustrated Mum
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        • Andy Seed
        • Anthony Horowitz
        • Anthony McGowan
        • Ben Lyttleton
        • Cath Howe
        • Catherine Johnson
        • Cressida Cowell
        • Christoper Edge
        • Dan Freedman
        • Emily Lockhart
        • Fleur Hitchcock
        • Frederick Forsyth
        • Geraldine McCaughrean
        • Gill Lewis
        • Gillian Cross
        • Guy Bass
        • Henry Winkler
        • Holly Bourne
        • Holly Webb
        • Jacqueline Wilson
        • Jamia Wilson
        • Joseph Coelho
        • Julian Clary
        • Karen McCombie
        • Kate Pankhurst
        • Lauren Child
        • Matt Goodfellow
        • Maz Evans
        • Michaela Morgan
        • Michael Morpurgo
        • Mini Grey
        • Nick Butterworth
        • Oliver Jeffers
        • Pete Johnson
        • Philip Reeve
        • Robert Muchamore
        • Roger Stevens
        • Roma Agrawal & Katie Hickey
        • Sally Gardner
        • Sally Nicholls
        • Sarah McIntyre
        • Sarah Rubin
        • Sibéal Pounder
        • Sophie McKenzie
        • Steve Cole
        • Steven Lenton
        • Stewart & Riddell
        • Teri Terry
        • Tony Ross
        • Zaro Weil
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        • Live events co ordinator and author and publisher liaison - Caroline Horn ReadingZone
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        • Literacy resource development - Nadine Williamson Director of Literacy - LEO Academy Trust
        • Literacy resource development - Christopher Perrott Vice Principle (Curriculum) - Cheam Common Junior Academy
        • Literacy resource development - Isabella Adams Cheam Park Farm Primary School
        • Website design and construction - John Laker AdEPT Education
        • Additional project development support - Laura Smith LGfL Learning Resource Consultant
        • Teaching material portal creation - Bradley Dardis LGfL Learning Resource Consultant
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Alastair Chisholm

Alastair Chisholm is a children’s author and puzzle creator. As a puzzle creator he wrote quite a lot of books of Sudoku and other puzzles for kids and grown-ups, and as an author he writes picture books and middle grade fiction. Alastair lives in Edinburgh with his wife (who is lovely), two teenagers (who are lovely but very loud), and a cat named Maudie, who is yowling at him even though there is clearly food in her bowl, look, it’s right there, look. His hobbies include writing and playing games on his phone when he should be writing.

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Alastair Chisholm

Alastair Chisholm is a children’s author and puzzle creator. As a puzzle creator he wrote quite a lot of books of Sudoku and other puzzles for kids and grown-ups, and as an author he writes picture books and middle grade fiction. Alastair lives in Edinburgh with his wife (who is lovely), two teenagers (who are lovely but very loud), and a cat named Maudie, who is yowling at him even though there is clearly food in her bowl, look, it’s right there, look. His hobbies include writing and playing games on his phone when he should be writing.

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