Blog - Archive for ‘Educational’ Category

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21Mar'16

Herok’s top 6 books for six year olds (that we love too)

Herok have selected our top 6 books for six year olds which have stood the test of time. We all used to love them as kids and it’s a joy to read them again to our youngsters today. We hope you like them as much as we do!

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04Mar'16

Our top five favourite £1 World Book Day books for 2016

Ten new £1 books have been written specially for World Book Day 2016. Children will be able to swap the book token they get from their school for one of them. Here are Herok’s favourite five.

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18Feb'16

Two World Book Day costumes that are easy to make

World Book Day comes around each year and costumes will need to be rustled up. These two costumes are easy and quick to make, and won’t break the bank either.

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09Feb'16

Read for My School 2016 – why not join in?

Read for My School challenges children in Years 3-8 attending primary and secondary schools in England to read as many books as they can across the spring term. Why not have a go?

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20Jan'16

Adult colouring books, a new trend emerges in 2015

With our increasingly stressful lives, colouring is coming to the fore as an inexpensive way to de-stress and find some inner calm with art-therapy.

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11Jan'16

Join the Bookstart Bear Club for free

Herok are big fans of Bookstart and they have a great book club you can join absolutely FREE – it’s called the Bookstart Bear Club.

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09Dec'15

The Importance of reading

Research shows that reading with your child is the single most important thing you can do to help your child’s education.

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10Nov'15

Herok’s top 5 pop-up books for children

Here are Herok’s top five favourite pop-up books for children that you can find in bookshops, libraries and online today.

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20Oct'15

Shared reading groups improve wellbeing for young and old

Herok have been finding out about ‘The Reader Organisation’ and how they are pioneering the idea of shared reading as a practical way of improving wellbeing.

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05Oct'15

Blue Peter Book Awards

The enormously popular and influential Blue Peter Book Awards have been recognising and celebrating the best authors, the most creative illustrators and the greatest reads for children since 2000.

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03Sep'15

Herok focus on Picture Book Illustrators

What would a picture book be without the wonderful illustrations which bring them alive? Today we focus on some of the unsung heroes who do just that.

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04Aug'15

Storyline Online – Have a book read for you

Nothing gives a more cosy warm feeling than having a book read to you at bedtime…
especially if the person reading it happens to be Kevin Costner! Let us tell you more about Storyline Online.