Violetta di Parma
@1cvteach.bsky.social
Primary teacher - loving KS2, after some glorious years in EYFS. MA Ed. Passion for language, stories and music. Lover of books, films and walks in woods.
Views, my own. Name, borrowed from a long-forgotten book.
Views, my own. Name, borrowed from a long-forgotten book.
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#SundayMorningBookChat Have to agree with @hfj0108.bsky.social and nominate the #UtterlyDark trilogy by @philipreeve.bsky.social They are beautifully written and deserve far more attention than they’ve received.
This was my review of final book: vsviewfromthebookshelves.home.blog/2023/09/04/m...
This was my review of final book: vsviewfromthebookshelves.home.blog/2023/09/04/m...
MG Review & Author Q&A: Utterly Dark and the Tides of Time by Philip Reeve, illustrations by Paddy Donnelly
Cover image and inside illustrations by Paddy Donnelly, Publisher David Fickling Books, 7th September 2023 The conclusion of the Utterly Dark trilogy is an adventure woven through with the ancient …
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August 24, 2025 at 2:37 PM
#SundayMorningBookChat Have to agree with @hfj0108.bsky.social and nominate the #UtterlyDark trilogy by @philipreeve.bsky.social They are beautifully written and deserve far more attention than they’ve received.
This was my review of final book: vsviewfromthebookshelves.home.blog/2023/09/04/m...
This was my review of final book: vsviewfromthebookshelves.home.blog/2023/09/04/m...
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#SundayMorningBookChat
Great question as always Tom. My two childhood favourites: #WinnieThePooh & #TheWindInTheWillows then was put off animal stories after reading #WatershipDown as a kid, until reading #Hoot by @carlhiaasen.com as a bedtime story, many years later! #AnimalStories
Great question as always Tom. My two childhood favourites: #WinnieThePooh & #TheWindInTheWillows then was put off animal stories after reading #WatershipDown as a kid, until reading #Hoot by @carlhiaasen.com as a bedtime story, many years later! #AnimalStories
August 17, 2025 at 2:25 PM
#SundayMorningBookChat
Great question as always Tom. My two childhood favourites: #WinnieThePooh & #TheWindInTheWillows then was put off animal stories after reading #WatershipDown as a kid, until reading #Hoot by @carlhiaasen.com as a bedtime story, many years later! #AnimalStories
Great question as always Tom. My two childhood favourites: #WinnieThePooh & #TheWindInTheWillows then was put off animal stories after reading #WatershipDown as a kid, until reading #Hoot by @carlhiaasen.com as a bedtime story, many years later! #AnimalStories
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Always the most popular read-aloud with my Year 5/6 class.
August 17, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Always the most popular read-aloud with my Year 5/6 class.
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And a few more…very excited for the final Podkin in September
August 17, 2025 at 10:37 AM
And a few more…very excited for the final Podkin in September
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Love a good animal story, here are a few standouts…
August 17, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Love a good animal story, here are a few standouts…
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I love Varjak Paw, too. Also loved Wind in the Willows as a kid and again with my own child. But my all-time favourite is Silverwing by Kenneth Oppel, a kind of bat David vs Goliath tale.
August 17, 2025 at 7:51 AM
I love Varjak Paw, too. Also loved Wind in the Willows as a kid and again with my own child. But my all-time favourite is Silverwing by Kenneth Oppel, a kind of bat David vs Goliath tale.
Hannah Gold’s books, especially The Lost Whale. Kieran Larwood’s Podkin were this year’s runaway discoveries for me.
August 4, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Hannah Gold’s books, especially The Lost Whale. Kieran Larwood’s Podkin were this year’s runaway discoveries for me.
Found it utterly absorbing, terrifying and heartbreaking. Really the opposite of dull.
March 20, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Found it utterly absorbing, terrifying and heartbreaking. Really the opposite of dull.