Themes: Cross-curricular, Diversity, Feelings, Health and life skills, Identity
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book explains Asperger’s syndrome in a gentle and positive way. It contributes to students’ understanding of their own and other people’s lives and may help students who feel different to others developing a positive self-image and a secure identity.
Themes: Fairy tales, Language work
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This is a simple and amusing story in the format of a fairy tale. The book has repetitive language and can be used as a model text for young learners to start writing simple texts. Furthermore, this book serves as an excellent model for literary analysis for older students illustrating all the terms needed in a clear way, like setting, plot, theme, foreshadowing, turning point etc.
Themes: Fairy tale, Intercultural competence
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This Scottish folk tale gives insight into traditions and cultural forms of expression.
Themes: Friendship, Language work, Seasons
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book tells the story of the friendship between a boy and a snowman. Furthermore, this wordless story, which is told through a sequence of beautiful and dreamlike illustrations, will fire young learners’ imagination to create their own stories, both orally and in writing.
Themes: Cross-curricular, Intercultural competence, Music
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This picture book allows for teaching music and English in combination which will help children experience the rhythm of English through different senses. In addition, it brings an iconic song into the classroom and can be used as an introduction to the Beatles and their music.
Themes: Art and crafts, Cross-curricular, Indigenous people
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book offers the possibility for investigating ways of living and traditions in different societies and reflect on identity and cultural belonging. Furthermore, the illustrations are paintings by a renowned artist, George Littlechild; they are colourful, childlike and expressive and can be used as inspiration for painting.
