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LOCAL SCHOOL VISIT
I recently visited a local Preschool at Circus Day Nursery with my book, Speak Scruffy! Have a Go. The children loved the book and presented Scruffy with treats and sang French songs.
CELEBRATED WORLD BOOK DAY AT HOLY APOSTLES’ PRE-SCHOOL
I was invited at Holy Apostles’ Pre-School where I had a reading session of my book, Speak Scruffy! Have a Go!. Kids had fun participating in learning activities. Find out more here.
CHELTENHAM LITERATURE FESTIVAL 2021
“Speak Scruffy! Have a Go!” Book Event Thank you to Cheltenham Literature Festival for inviting me to chat about my children’s picture storybook “Speak Scruffy! Have a Go!” We talked about story power ........
CHELTENHAM WRITES! KATY UNSWORTH AT CHELTENHAM LITERATURE FESTIVAL 2021
I’ve been invited to chat about my children’s picture storybook “Speak Scruffy! Have a Go!” in the Costa Coffee venue at the festival.
SPEAK SCRUFFY! HAVE A GO! CHILDREN’S LIT FEST
Thank you to all those who came to our little book festival in Charlton Kings, Cheltenham. We were so lucky with the weather and Sixways Wine bar and Secret Garden provided a beautiful setting and yum ........
LITERATURE EVENT FOR YOUNG KIDS AT THE SECRET GARDEN, SIXWAYS WINE BAR
I’m happy to announce that I set up a literature event for young kids at The Secret Garden, Sixways Wine Bar, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham.Attendance was free for everyone attending, and refreshments we ........
REVIEW BY LLOYD REES WRITER, TEACHER, LECTURER AUTHOR
Just read a lovely book. ‘Speak Scruffy! Have a Go! Learn French With Scruffy’ by Katy Unsworth.It’s a kids’ book – it’s targeted at 3-8 year olds – and it sets out to introduce some basic French phra ........
GOT FEATURED IN ANOTHER MAGAZINE, THIS TIME IT’S PRIMARY TIMES
Primary Times is a magazine that is distributed free of cost to primary school children all over the UK. This time, due to COVID, the magazine goes digital. You can find the feature of my book on page ........
I WAS INVITED TO HOST MY FIRST ZOOM PRIMARY SCHOOL ASSEMBLY.
It was a fun session with the children. We talked about how I wrote the book. I also tried to answer as much of their questions as time allowed. Scruffy also joined us, and the children were really am ........
GLOUCESTERSHIRE ECHO FEATURED MY BOOK
What a pleasure to appear in a paper other than the online space! Gloucestershire Echo published an article about my book titled ‘Bonjour! Meet Scruffy the dog who’s inspiring children to learn French ........
LEARNING FRENCH AND UNDERSTANDING THE WORLD WITH SCRUFFY AT PRE-SCHOOL
We spoke French with the book and a cuddly Scruffy. We also used SPEAK SCRUFFY! HAVE A GO! to explore the concepts of travel, languages and different cultures. We used a globe alongside the book and t ........
A VERY CATCHY ARTICLE ABOUT MY BOOK PUBLISHED BY GLOUCESTERSHIRELIVE
‘Meet the Cheltenham dog inspiring children to learn French,’ is the title of a small feature article about my book. The article wrote; “An adorable little ball of fluff in Cheltenham has been helping ........
READING SESSION AT HOLY APOSTLES PRIMARY SCHOOL
Good afternoon,Today my book was read by a French teacher via zoom to teach a French lesson to class 3 at Holy Apostles Primary School. They also used it to learn the names of animals. The teacher lov ........
HOLY APOSTLES’ OFFICIAL SITE COVERS A FRENCH LEARNING SESSION WITH MY NEW BOOK
Children can learn French better with my book and at Holy Apostles’ pre-school, this is being taken advantage of. I held a French teaching session with the help of my book.Read more here!
HOLY APOSTLES’ CELEBRATE MY BOOK ON THEIR OFFICIAL SITE
So encouraging to see my book being acknowledged in my workplace. Holy Apostles’ website published a detailed note on my work and on how important it is.Read more here