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Christmas in Fiction : Resist
To accompany my Resist, here is an extra FREE Christmas story “Silent Night”
Audrey Hepburn’s childhood story of resistance in the Second World War against the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands inspired my book Resist.
Silent Night is an extra special short story I have written about Audrey’s secret Christmas mission, free to read below, but here’s a bit of background …
RESIST : One Girl’s Fight Back Against the Nazis
Resist shines a light on the incredible work of the WWll Dutch resistance, in a story inspired by the childhood of Hollywood legend Audrey Hepburn.
As the brutal Second World War stretches on with no end in sight, life for ordinary Dutch people in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands is fraught with peril and hardship. There is very little to eat and the population lives under the constant threat of arrest and enslavement.
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Waterstones and Amazon.
Overseas : FREE Delivery worldwide from The Book Depository.
Special Resist souvenir readers’ packs are available here.
Now read the extra special short story below about Audrey’s secret Christmas mission
Watch me read the story
Print the story here
Find out more about Resist here
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Signed and dedicated copies of all my books are available personalised to order from my local independent children’s bookshop “The Thoughtful Spot” here.
With an extra special Christmas or birthday card from me on request!
Overseas :
Australia: Boomerang
Canada: Amazon Canada
New Zealand: Wheelers
USA : Indigo books
Visit my
bookshop or support your local bookshop HIVE
Schools bumper 33 book pack
offer here
33 books
£194 saving £63 – over 25% discount
FREE DELIVERY & SIGNED BOOKPLATES
Please email rosie@rosemaryhillbooks.co.uk
Schools class set offer here.
15 copies 20%+ discount
30 copies 25%+ discount
100 copies 30% + discount
FREE DELIVERY & SIGNED BOOKPLATES
Please email rosie@rosemaryhillbooks.co.uk for a quote
Email me here for more information or use my contact form here to ask me a question.
Thank you.
Christmas in Fact : Football’s Greatest Moments
Read my 15th out of (in no particular order)100 Football’s Greatest Moments. Lily Parr and Dick, Kerr Ladies football match on Boxing Day 1920 with the flip book below :
(You might also like to read my free chapter from Arctic Star on Christmas Day 1943 here)
Discover the most memorable moments in football history in this new edition to the Ultimate Football Heroes series! Featuring Pele’s World Cup, Maradona’s Hand of God, John Barnes’ Maracana magic, and the Lionesses’ European Championship triumph, this is an endlessly fascinating treasury of stories for fans of all ages.
Will you agree or disagree with what I think are the 100 most important moments in the history of the game?
Find out more here
Order a signed or dedicated copy personalised to order from my local independent children’s bookshop “The Thoughtful Spot” here.
Order from Amazon here
Buy Books
Signed and dedicated copies of all my books are available personalised to order from my local independent children’s bookshop “The Thoughtful Spot” here.
With an extra special Christmas or birthday card from me on request!
Overseas : FREE Delivery worldwide from The Book Depository.
Australia: Boomerang
Canada: Amazon Canada
New Zealand: Wheelers
USA : Indigo books
Visit my bookshop or support your local bookshopHIVE
Schools bumper 35 book pack offer here
35 books
£190 saving £60 – over 20% discount
FREE DELIVERY & SIGNED BOOKPLATES
Please email rosie@rosemaryhillbooks.co.uk.
Schools class set offer here.
15 copies 20%+ discount
30 copies 25%+ discount
100 copies 30% + discount
FREE DELIVERY & SIGNED BOOKPLATES
Please email rosie@rosemaryhillbooks.co.uk for a quote
Email me here for more information or use my contact form here to ask me a question.
Thank you.
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Christmas in fiction : Arctic Star
Use these resources this Christmas time based on Chapter 19 of Arctic Star.
Find out how the young Royal Navy sailors celebrate Christmas Day 1943 aboard HMS Belfast in the Arctic Circle with dinner, carols and listening to the King’s Speech.
Christmas Resources:
Read chapter 19, Christmas Day on the Arctic Ocean, 1943 as a pdf here to share with the young people you work with or use the flip book below :
(You might also like to read my free chapter from Football’s Greatest Moments on Boxing Day 1920 here)
Christmas Blackout Poem Challenge here
Includes a how to guide, suggested extracts featuring the King’s speech on Christmas Day, examples and a signed certificate.
Film of Tom reading Chapter 19 on board HMS Belfast this Christmas
Friday 1 December 2023 11am-Midday
Christmas History Special: WWII Arctic Star 80th Anniversary
Join me in a virtual event to commemorate & discover the 80th Anniversary of the WWII naval Battle of North Cape this December with Mr Dilly.
Launched 11am-Midday Friday 1 December and then available throughout December 2023.
More about Arctic Star
Book now FREE.
Book Trailer
For more Arctic Star resources and to find about how Tom researched and wrote it click here
Buy the Book
Signed and dedicated copies are available to order from my local bookshop here .With an extra special Christmas or birthday card from me on request!
Also available from Waterstones, WHSmith , Amazon or support local bookshops through Bookshop.org.uk. Available worldwide free delivery from Book Depository
Schools bumper 35 book pack offer here
35 books
£190 saving £60 – over 20% discount
FREE DELIVERY & SIGNED BOOKPLATES
Please email rosie@rosemaryhillbooks.co.uk.
Schools class set offer here.
15 copies 20%+ discount
30 copies 25%+ discount
100 copies 30% + discount
FREE DELIVERY & SIGNED BOOKPLATES
Please email rosie@rosemaryhillbooks.co.uk for a quote
Email me here for more information or use my contact form here to ask me a question.
Thank you.
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Football’s Greatest Moments – Read Chapter 1
Find out more about my my first Ultimate Football Heroes book, Football’s Greatest Moments here
Soccer Diaries – Read Chapter 1
Find out more about Soccer Diaries staring Rocky Race, a British footballer looking to make it big in a US soccer school here.
Christmas History Special: WWII Arctic Star 80th Anniversary
Friday 1 December 2023 11am-Midday
Christmas History Special: WWII Arctic Star 80th Anniversary
Join me in a virtual event to commemorate & discover the 80th Anniversary of the WWII naval Battle of North Cape this December with Mr Dilly.
Launched 11am-Midday Friday 1 December and then available throughout December 2023.
More about Arctic Star
Book now FREE.
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Buy Books
Signed and dedicated copies of all my books are available personalised to order from my local independent children’s bookshop “The Thoughtful Spot” here.
With an extra special Christmas or birthday card from me on request!
Overseas : FREE Delivery worldwide from The Book Depository.
Australia: Boomerang
Canada: Amazon Canada
New Zealand: Wheelers
USA : Indigo books
Visit my bookshop or support your local bookshopHIVE
Schools bumper 35 book pack offer here
35 books
£190 saving £60 – over 20% discount
FREE DELIVERY & SIGNED BOOKPLATES
Please email rosie@rosemaryhillbooks.co.uk.
Schools class set offer here.
15 copies 20%+ discount
30 copies 25%+ discount
100 copies 30% + discount
FREE DELIVERY & SIGNED BOOKPLATES
Please email rosie@rosemaryhillbooks.co.uk for a quote
Email me here for more information or use my contact form here to ask me a question.
Thank you.
Christmas Book Giving 2023
For over ten years I have asked teachers, TAs and librarians if they would be kind enough to nominate a child they think would benefit from the gift of a book for Christmas.
My family and I would like to do the same for Christmas 2023.
The Christmas Books
Each book will be personally dedicated, signed, gift-wrapped and will come with a Christmas card from me. The Christmas card will have this year’s exclusive illustration taking inspiration from one of my books by the wonderful Yorkshire artist James Innerdale.
I will send a personal Christmas card to each nominee and a poster pack for each school regardless of whether or not their application is sucessful.
The Children
Our idea is to work with schools and libraries to help us gift books to fifty children. Short applications are invited from teachers, TAs and librarians, nominating children as follows:
- who have had a difficult year at school or home in the hope that a book would be a boost for them
- who do not have any books at home
- who one special book might help engage them with a lifetime of reading for pleasure.
Applying teachers, TAs and librarians are also asked to select which of my books for children they feel is most appropriate.
Their Privacy
All nominations will be kept in confidence and it is up to you exactly how privately you wish to give the books over.
You will be under no obligation to disclose to the child why they are receiving the book or to present it to them publicly.
The nomination process for applying adults
If you’d like to nominate a child, please email the following information as follows to admin@tompalmer.co.uk by Sunday 26th November 2023:
- the child’s name (this will not be published and will be kept in full confidence)
- a short paragraph explaining why you are nominating that child (this will not be published and will be kept in full confidence)
- your choice of book for them from one of my books listed at https://tompalmer.co.uk/about-tom/books-for-children/.
- your name and school address (where I will send the book)
We will respond ASAP to all applications as soon as we can on receipt. My family and I will choose the recipients and notify all applying teachers, TAs and librarians of the outcome by the end of November and we aim to have the books dispatched to schools in the first week of December 2023.
I am sorry, we cannot promise to send a book to every child nominated. We have set an upper limit of 50. But I will send a personal Christmas card to each nominee and a poster pack for each school regardless of whether or not their application is successful.
(For more information about special offer schools book packs, FREE signed bookplates and signed books to purchase as gifts see here. )
Buy Books
Signed and dedicated copies of all my books are available personalised to order from my local independent children’s bookshop “The Thoughtful Spot” here.
Overseas : FREE Delivery worldwide from The Book Depository.
Australia: Boomerang
Canada: Amazon Canada
New Zealand: Wheelers
USA : Indigo books
Visit my bookshop or support your local bookshop HIVE
Schools bumper 35 book pack offer here
35 books
£190 saving £60 – over 20% discount
FREE DELIVERY & SIGNED BOOKPLATES
Please email rosie@rosemaryhillbooks.co.uk.
Schools class set offer here.
15 copies 20%+ discount
30 copies 25%+ discount
100 copies 30% + discount
FREE DELIVERY & SIGNED BOOKPLATES
Please email rosie@rosemaryhillbooks.co.uk for a quote
Remembrance Day 2023
This year’s Remembrance Sunday will be marked on 12th November, with Armistice Day on Saturday 11th November 2023.
To help schools mark the occasion and link it to developing literacy in the classroom, I will be offering FREE resources for schools to use based around my books …
- an assembly message for KS2 and KS3. I will talk about the real First and Second World War soldiers, airmen and women and sailors that have inspired the characters in my books. It is for use in the hall or for schools to stream throughout classrooms.
a signed certificate to present to pupils for any work relating to Remembrance Day Download here
“The Barnbow Lasses” – a FREE 3 part readaloud story with resources. Download here.
And you can read this great blog from Amy McKinlay, P1-3 teacher at Kettins Primary School … How to make Remembrance Day memorable in the classroom – Scottish Book Trust
My books about various sections of the Armed Forces
- Royal Navy (Arctic Star)
- Army (Over the Line, Armistice Runner and The Last Try)
- RAF (Flyboy, Spitfire, Typhoon and Rugby Academy).
- the Reserves and Paratroopers D-Day Dog
Since 2019 the red poppy has paid tribute to civilian victims of war and “acts of terrorism”, alongside the armed forces.
Resist is my latest historical story for children about the impact of being occupied on a homefront civilian occupation in WW2, based on the real Dutch Resistance experiences of Audrey Hepburn.
My books about both World Wars and children of today’s serving members of the Armed Forces :
- First World War – Read Over the Line, Flyboy and Armistice Runner
- Second World War – Read Resist, Spitfire, D-Day Dog, Arctic Star and After the War
- 21st century Armed Forces – Typhoon, D-Day Dog
More WW1 Literacy Resources are available from here: tompalmer.co.uk/first-world-war-literacy-resources/
- First chapters of all my historical fiction books.
- Be a Trench Runner memory challenge game for the school hall.
- Black out poetry sheets with instructions and certificates.
- 10 discussion points about war for Y5 to Y9.
- Book cover prediction sheets with questions encouraging the children to think about what a book might be about.
More WW2 Literacy Resources are available from here: tompalmer.co.uk/second-world-war-literacy-resources/
- Downloadable posters.
- First chapters of all my historical fiction books.
- Videos about the settings of my books, filmed at the Somme and on the D-Day beaches.
My 2022 Remembrance message about the First and Second World War soldiers, airmen and women and sailors – from across the Commonwealth – that have inspired the characters in my books, particularly from India and Canada can be found here.
My 2021 Remembrance message filmed from the Arctic Convoy War Memorial at Liverpool Parish Church can be found here.
My 2020 Remembrance message filmed from my local war memorial about the real soldiers, sailors and airman who inspired my books can be found here.
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Buy Books
Signed and dedicated copies of all my books are available personalised to order from my local independent children’s bookshop “The Thoughtful Spot” here.
Overseas : FREE Delivery worldwide from The Book Depository.
Australia: Boomerang
Canada: Amazon Canada
New Zealand: Wheelers
USA : Indigo books
Visit my bookshop or support your local bookshop HIVE
Schools bumper 33 book pack
offer here
33 books
£194 saving £63 – over 25% discount
FREE DELIVERY & SIGNED BOOKPLATES
Please email rosie@rosemaryhillbooks.co.uk
Schools class set offer here.
15 copies 20%+ discount
30 copies 25%+ discount
100 copies 30% + discount
FREE DELIVERY & SIGNED BOOKPLATES
Please email rosie@rosemaryhillbooks.co.uk for a quote
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