Further resources:
Session record sheets
You can use these Chatterbooks session record sheets.pdf to gather and keep information, observations and feedback about your group and its activities.
Questionnaires about children's reading
These two questionnaires can be used to explore children's feelings about their reading when they join a Chatterbooks group, and then to see if there are any changes after they have been in the group for a while.
You could introduce them as a session activity.
Chatterbooks children's reading questionnaire 1.doc
Chatterbooks children's reading questionnaire 2.doc
Chatterbooks Certificate
For celebrating children's attendance and achievements in their Chatterbooks group
Chatterpacks
These are special downloadable packs featuring particular themes or book titles, with activity sheets, book lists and lots of ideas for sessions.
Here are the latest Chatterpacks:
October 2011 Special Karen McCombie Chatterpack featuring her latest book: 'You, Me and Thing'
Karen McCombie Chatterpack 2.pdf
June 2011 - Fabulous new DC Super Heroes Chatterpack from Raintree!
Featuring The Green Lantern and Superman!
Raintree Green Lantern Chatterpack FINAL.pdf
April 2011 - Ali Sparkes 'S.W.I.T.C.H.' Chatterpack from OUP
plus extra activity sheets downloadable here
SWITCH board game.pdf
SWITCH Booklist.doc
SWITCH bug quiz.pdf
SWITCH maze.pdf
SWITCH puzzle.pdf
SWITCH spider true and false.pdf
SWITCH spot the difference.pdf
SWITCH Which character are you.pdf
SWITCH wordsearch.pdf
SWITCH answers.pdf
March 2011
Humphrey the Hamster - from Faber
faber Humphrey Chatterpack.pdf
Funny Fiction - from Simon & Schuster
Funny Fiction Chatterpack FINAL.pdf
Plus all these activity sheets!
Funny Fiction Beastly activities.pdf
Funny Fiction Cat conspiracy activity sheet.pdf
Funny Fiction Dr Proctor activities.pdf
Funny Fiction Dr Proctor activity sheet 2.pdf
Funny fiction Fantastic Frankie activity sheet.pdf
Funny Fiction Milo activity sheet 2.pdf
Funny Fiction Milo activity sheet.pdf
Funny fiction Stunt Bunny activity sheet 1.pdf
Funny fiction Stunt Bunny activity sheet 2.pdf
New packs from Raintree: February 2011
Here are two great packs from Raintree featuring their Graphic Revolve series
There's a 'spooky' themed pack with Dracula and stories from The Library of Doom, and there's a pack based on a graphic novel version of Alice in Wonderland.
Look out for the competition in the 'spooky' pack - closing date April 8th.
Raintree Graphic Revolve 'spooky' pack
Raintree Graphic Revolve Alice in Wonderland
Two Puffin Chatterpacks
Tom Palmer football_chatterpack.pdf
Kane Chronicles Chatterpack.pdf
A new Chatterpack from Puffin to celebrate their 70th birthday!
puffin birthday chatterpack FINAL.pdf
Team DFC !
One of the titles on September's Spotlight list is Vern and Lettuce by Sarah McIntyre, from the Random House DFC Library.
Hopefully you will have heard about the DFC Library by now, a bold new collection of comic stories perfect for children of all ages, including Good Dog, Bad Dog by Dave Shelton, MeZolith by Adam Brockbank and Ben Haggarty and The Spider Moon by Kate Brown.
How would you like a Team DFC visit to your library? Would you like to host an exciting, creative comicbook workshop?
Download this information sheet, meet Team DFC and find out how to book a visit!
Team DFC - comic storybooks.pdf
Kids + Fabulous comics + dynamic creators = a library bursting with young writers, artists and storytellers!
Puffin Handbook
You can download here the new Puffin Handbook.pdf, a handy guide to 70 great books for children, celebrating 70 years of Puffin Books.
Great Links!
Faber's Grubtown website
Drawing on the weird and wonderful characters and settings from all six Grubtown books, www.visitgrubtown.com features six distinct Grubtown locations - including the fan favourites: the Daily Herald newspaper office, the Duckhouse/Museum and Smoky's cinema. From April 29 until June 3, a new location unlocks each week, treating users to a special Grubtown story, delivered in instalments. Readers are encouraged to interact with characters and objects, and can discover exclusive downloads.
Judy Moody Chatterpack from Walker - celebrating ten mega-moody Judy Moody years!
Judy_Moody_Chatterpack.pdf
Judy Moody activity sheets.pdf
Two great Chatterpacks from Scholastic
For you to download - full of ideas and activities:
Joshua Files Chatterpack.pdf
and
You can't eat a princess Chatterpack.pdf
The Big Draw!
Here are some ideas and activity sheets you can use in your Chatterbooks Big Draw sessions