ANOTHER WORLD BOOK WEEK SENSATION!
OCBG is delighted to celebrate a great initiative by Oxford author and Indie Book fair maestra, Sylvia Vetta. Sylvia has brought together OCBG member, St Swithun’s School (Kennington), and the Mumias School in west Kenya to produce a wonderful book of stories called ‘Cosmic Cats’. This exciting project has been endorsed by Michael Rosen and has featured on local BBC news. Come along for a book launch and signing at Kennington Library on March 9th… or order your copy from a local bookshop.
You can read the Oxford Mail article here.
Dates for your diary in 2024
- February 10th: Watlington Library family story and craft event for 5-9 year olds. Jackie Holderness with her story about Oxfordshire’s Anglo-Saxon princess, Frideswide- ‘THE PRINCESS WHO HID IN A TREE’ (Bodleian).
- March 1st: WORLD BOOK WEEK BOOK SWAP at WHEATLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL for KS1 And KS2 pupils.
WORLD BOOK WEEK EVENTS: Four of our member schools will have an AUTHOR VISIT FROM ANGELA KECOJEVIC, author of ‘SCAREGROUND’. KS2 pupils at Kennington Primary and New College school will learn how to write scary stories!
- Monday March 4th: ANGELA KECOJEVIC at KENNINGTON PRIMARY AND NEW COLLEGE SCHOOL.
- Thursday March 7th: ANGELA KECOJEVIC at ST BARNABAS AND EUROPA SCHOOL.
- Thursday March 7th: World Book Day.
- April 5-7: Annual FCBG Conference. Woldingham School.
- May: National Share-a-Story month and Children’s Book Awards. Member schools invited to take part in reviews process.
- June: Book Swap in local school… tbc.
- Saturday June 1st: 2:30-4:00pm: Cartoon workshop for 8-13 year olds with CLIVE GODDARD, illustrator, cartoonist and author of the exciting Fintan Fedora series. FREE event at Abingdon Library but booking is essential, and participating young people must be accompanied by an adult.
- July 7th: 2-4pm: Alice in Wonderland family event around the treacle Well in Binsey (in partnership with Oxford City’s Alice Day, The Story Museum and The Lewis Carroll Society).
- October : Author visit to schools… tbc.
- November 20th: OCBG AGM and Bring n’ Share supper with guest speaker Bella Pearson of Guppy Books.
And for those schools who want an online author visit, contact the Children’s Book Show.
You can download the above flyer in pdf format here.
Watch this space for more details of events happening in Oxfordshire in 2024
Book Swaps:
We hold regular Book Swaps for our school members If your school would like us to help you hold a Book Swap, to get the whole school reading, please let us know!”
School Visits:
Author/illustrator visits to member schools throughout the year, please contact us for details.
