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Welcome

On this website you will discover why we use authentic storybooks to teach English.

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The Storybook News

Keep up-to-date with what is happening in the wonderful world of storybooks.

 

- September 2009 : TESOL France

Come to our teacher training workshop organised by TESOL France to find out how we use storybooks in the classroom.

 

- May 2009 : The Hay Literary Festival

Don't forget to check out the events this week at the legendary Hay festival which include workshops by Julia Donaldson and Polly Dunbar.

 

- May 2009 : Young Readers, Birmingham

This year Birmingham Children's book festival has an impressive array of events both off and on-line including programmes for schools and a theatre event.

 

- May 2009 : The Storybook News

Issue 2 of our newsletter will be out soon with an exclusive interview with Gail Ellis, author of 'Tell it again' and director of the Teaching Centre in the British Council, Paris.

 

- April 2009 : Beaugency Children's Literature Festival

The Story Seeds enjoyed a second year at this wonderful book festival introducing English storybooks to local schools and children from all over the Centre region in France. 

 

- March 2009 : IATEFL Cardiff

This year we were invited by the Young Learners and Teenagers Special Interest Group to give a workshop on how to integrate authentic storybooks into the English language classroom. The day was a huge success and it was reassuring to see so many young learner specialists using English storybooks with their young learners. 

 

- January 2009 : The Storybook News

You can now download the first issue of our newsletter as a pdf file. Read an exclusive interview with author, educational consultant and RealbookNews founder, Opal Dunn, an article on using storybooks with young learners, a storybook review and much much more.

 

Sign up here to find out when the next issue will be published.

 

If you would like to contribute an article contact our editor.

info@thestoryseeds.com

 

The Storybook News Discovering English through Storybooks Issue 1

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