Please catch up on the latest interview with me about writing Angel of Grasmere in my Guest Edited edition of lovereading4kids here
https://www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/blog/tom-palmer-our-guest-editor-of-the-month-6657
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Angel of Grasmere souvenir reader’s pack
To celebrate the forthcoming publication of my latest book, Angel of Grasmere, I am offering a special souvenir reader’s pack.
In Angel of Grasmere, Tarn grapples with the loss of her brother at Dunkirk as she faces the threat of Nazi invasion in the Cumbrian countryside in this gripping wartime tale.
Published by Barrington Stoke
Out 9 May 2024.
9+
Discover more and lots of literacy resources here.
The Souvenir Readers’ Packs contain:
- a sampler with the first chapter
- a signed bookplate – with optional dedication “To …”, if requested below
- a signed postcard
- a signed bookplate
- bookmarks
- a poster
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RESPONSES TO ARCTIC STAR
Here is a little gallery of some of the wonderful class and home work already created by children and teachers in response to “Arctic Star”.
I hope they inspire you!
A Cake from Ibstock Place School
St Columbkille’s Blackout Poetry
Amazing display from Stanley Grove
Winter 1943. Teenagers Frank, Joseph and Stephen are Royal Navy recruits on their first mission at sea during the Second World War, on HMS Belfast part of an Arctic convoy sailing to Russia to deliver supplies to the Soviets. The convoys have to navigate treacherous waters, sailing through a narrow channel between the Arctic ice pack and German bases on the Norwegian coast. Faced with terrifying enemy attacks from both air and sea, as well as life-threatening cold, gales and pack ice, will all three boys make it home again?
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RESPONSES TO OVER THE LINE
Here is a little gallery of some of the wonderful class and home work already created by children and teachers in response to “Over the Line”.
I hope they inspire you!
Children from Stramongate Primary School in Kendal were inspired by ‘Over the Line’ to create a dance to perform at a dance festival. Tom visited the school to share his stories and engaged in a Q&A session before enjoying a performance of the dance.
The children enjoyed reading ‘Over the Line’ as their class text, as part of their World War I unit of work. Alongside the classroom learning, the children worked with dance artist, Rachel Towe, to explore the themes of the book and use them in the creative process to create a dance. The dance was performed at a local dance festival where primary and secondary schools came together to share and celebrate dance work. The children performed to a public audience of nearly 300 people in a local professional venue, The Brewery Arts Centre, in Kendal. Many of the children had never performed in a professional venue or on stage before.
The dance begins when the outbreak of war is all over the newspapers. The footballers are distracted, their heads are still in the game. Eventually, they sign up. Then they become lost in the horrors of the frontline. The dance also included the extraordinary ceasefire on Christmas day; a magical historical moment that brought football back to the soldier’s life for a fleeting moment. The two opposing sides play football in ‘no man’s land’. Finally, the dance depicts the poppy fields, a symbol of the soldiers who died during WWI.
All involved in the project were excited to share the dance with Tom. They wondered if Tom had ever had a dance created that was inspired by one of his books before.
Dance Artist Rachel Towe explained… ‘As soon as I read Tom’s book ‘Over the Line’, I knew it was going to be a great stimulus for a dance with the Year 6 children I was working with. Many of the children had never danced on stage before, let alone perform on a professional stage. I knew they loved the football and war theme and that it would be great to capture the interest and imagination of that group of children in particular. Sharing the dance with Tom, when he visited the school, was really special – It looked like Tom was quite moved by the performance, and it was a memorable experience for all involved!’
Stramongate Primary pupils also produced cakes and other 3D and 2D representations of Over the Line. Amazing!
Photos shared with permission.
Over the Line is powerful historical novel about one footballer’s experience in the First World War. It’s 1914 and Jack is making his debut as a professional footballer. But the match is marred by a demonstration demanding that the players sign up to do their duty in France. It is not long before Jack is bound for the trenches with the Footballers’ Battalion.
“Classic” The Guardian
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Christmas in Fiction : Resist
To accompany 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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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
More of my Christmas in Fiction
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Schools bumper book pack
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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.
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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.
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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.
Fact and Fiction
Discover the real festive menu served on Christmas Day and more archives here www.iwm.org.uk/history/christmas-aboard-hms-belfast
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 :
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
Christmas History Special: WWII Arctic Star 80th Anniversary
Join me in to commemorate & discover the 80th Anniversary of the WWII naval Battle of North Cape this December with Mr Dilly.
Watch here
More about Arctic Star
Book Trailer
For more Arctic Star resources and to find about how Tom researched and wrote it click here
More of my Christmas in Fiction
Buy the Book
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!
Australia: Boomerang
Canada: Amazon Canada
New Zealand: Wheelers
USA : Indigo books
Visit my bookshop or support your local bookshop
Schools bumper book pack
offer
33 books for £200
Saving £73
Over 25% discount
Free Delivery
Please email rosie@rosemaryhillbooks.co.uk
Schools class set offer
15 copies 20%+ discount
30 copies 25%+ discount
100 copies 30% + discount
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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.
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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 : 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.
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