Little Crackers

Nursery Children Captivated By The Grandad Stories

Children at Little Crackers Nursery were delighted to meet children's author John Carter when he visited the school on Tuesday 3 March. John visited the nursery to talk about his books, The Grandad Stories, a series of lovely rhyming picture books that are particularly suitable for young children. The nursery children were all fascinated to find out that the stories were inspired by John’s very own relationship with his own grandchildren.

The Grandad Stories are all beautifully illustrated and John brought along some of the original paintings used for the illustrations in his books to show the children how the drawings help the stories come alive. So far John has written three Grandad stories, Grandad’s Wheelbarrow, Grandad’s Fish-pond and Grandad’s Red Van but he promised there were more to come.

It was fantastic to have John visit the nursery to talk to the children. His new stories are delightful and really engaged the imagination of the nursery children.

Nursery Teacher, Lisa O’Carroll-Bailey, said, “John’s stories were magical, you could see the children hanging on to his every word; you could have heard a pin drop. It was just wonderful to have him visit!”

More information on John’s books can be found on his website at https://thegrandadstories.co.uk.

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It is wonderful to see the sun today and the nursery children have certainly made the most of the beginnings of Spring!

This week we have had a book focus for World Book Week and enjoyed meeting the children’s author John Carter (www.thegrandadstories.co.uk) on Tuesday. He came to read us his ‘Grandad Stories’ and talked about the process of writing the books and his friend who illustrates them. It was great to meet the ‘real’ grandad and the children have enjoyed remembering favourite parts of the books throughout the week. We still have copies in Nursery if anyone wants to buy them.

We look forward to seeing visitors and friends at the Crackley Hall and Little Crackers Nursery Open Day this Saturday, don’t forget to pop in and say hello between 10.30 and 12.30.  

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