Book Island Translated Children's Fiction Project

Teaching notes by Stephen Connor
How to make a flying bird mobile

How to make a flying bird mobile

  Using cardboard and a few easily sourced bits from around the home, such as string and bright coloured papers, this activity will produce a beautiful weighted bird mobile which will...

How to make a flying bird mobile

  Using cardboard and a few easily sourced bits from around the home, such as string and bright coloured papers, this activity will produce a beautiful weighted bird mobile which will...

Activity sheets
Narration of 'The Golden Cage' by translator Laura Watkinson

Narration of 'The Golden Cage' by translator La...

'The Golden Cage' is a deliciously dark fairytale from Europe, featuring Valentina, the emperor’s daughter who's an obsessive collector of exotic birds. Her servants track down every bird she desires...

Narration of 'The Golden Cage' by translator La...

'The Golden Cage' is a deliciously dark fairytale from Europe, featuring Valentina, the emperor’s daughter who's an obsessive collector of exotic birds. Her servants track down every bird she desires...

Introduction by the publisher
Interview with Chiara Mezzalama

Interview with Chiara Mezzalama

Interview with Régis Lejonc, the illustrator of 'The Garden of Inside-Outside', nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal 2021 Synopsis of the story: In the summer of 1981, Chiara and her...

Interview with Chiara Mezzalama

Interview with Régis Lejonc, the illustrator of 'The Garden of Inside-Outside', nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal 2021 Synopsis of the story: In the summer of 1981, Chiara and her...