Find your local library
With tomorrow being National Library Day 2015 here is a link to a web page where you can find your local library – all you need to do is put… Continue reading
Category: News & Commentary
We Love Local Bookshops
Litrasaurus & LitraQuest just love local bookshops ! Local bookshops, particularly the small independent ones, are an essential part of the reading experience for us all, particularly children. Just like libraries,… Continue reading
Litrasaurus at the Richmond Literature Festival
Today Litrasaurus is going to the Richmond Literature Festival as part of their Children & Young People’s Programme. We will be seeing the famous children’s author Dame Jacqueline Wilson –… Continue reading
Elderly have a story to tell says Cribbins – Age UK
Bernard Cribbins is supporting an initiative called Life Histories which is encouraging children to take an interest in the life stories of the elderly. ““Everybody has a story to tell,… Continue reading
Without Curiosity We Could Be Extinct – Sir Andrew Motion in the Daily Telegraph
Sir Andrew Motion, the former poet laureate, says that “If we lose our child-like capacity for imagination and fascination then we have stopped being human”. He added it was not… Continue reading
Only A Quarter of Children Read for Pleasure – Daily Telegraph
A National Literacy Trust study has found that only one quarter of children read for pleasure. Also large numbers of parents are failing to motivate their children to read, with… Continue reading
Internet is destroying creativity says author – Daily Telegraph
Irvine Welsh says that the internet and e-readers are “destroying” creativity. The author of, amongst others, Trainspotting explained that the digital world had “stalled” the digital process. He made the… Continue reading
Litrasaurus Quest is Live !
Litrasaurus Quest (aka LitraQuest) is now LIVE ! Our first site WWW.Litrasaurus.com is the site for reading, writing and sharing stories aimed at the young and young at heart. Whereas… Continue reading
