Bookstart Bear
Read about the Bookstart bear's travels around the country.
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Beachy reading
Posted Monday June 22nd 2009
by Bookstart Bear
I've been a naughty bear recently. Instead of maintaining this blog, I've been getting myself ready for my summer holiday instead. I went down to Devon and stayed in a caravan in a village called Beer. It was very high up at the top of a hill that led down into another village called Branscombe. I had a wonderful time eating ice cream on the beach and sitting in a deck chair with lots of cream teas and sandwiches. It's been very hot recently and so there was nothing better to do than sit on the beach and read.
It was very relaxing, so relaxing in fact that I didn't come online for a whole week! I went for walks in the hills and along the beach, I went to visit my friends at the Donkey Sanctuary, and I played cards in the caravan.
I must say, after asking you all where your favourite places to read are, much as I do love reading everywhere, this beach is my favourite place in the world. Feeling the sea breeze on my paws, the sun streaming down on me and a good book in my lap. It's heaven. I've been reading two…
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Bookstart Bear's lazy day in the park
Posted Tuesday May 5th 2009
by Bookstart Bear
I spent this May Day weekend doing my favourite thing in the whole world. It was a glorious sunny day and the birds were chirping and the tree outside my bedroom window was in blossom. It was a clear blue sky. So I packed up a lovely picnic and some books and headed to Richmond Park, near the rugby pitches, to read and eat in the sun - which is my favourite thing in the world to do.
While I drank tea from my special Goldilocks and the Three Bears Thermos, I read a book of nursery rhymes to myself. Before I knew what was happening, I was surrounded by parents and children, all sitting next to my picnic blanket, smiling and listening. I had been reading the nursery rhymes out aloud and I hadn't even realised! I asked the children what their favourite nursery rhymes were and one by one, we all sang them together. My favourite was definitely Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. Oh, and Baa Baa Black Sleep. Wait, I forgot Incy Wincy Spider. Oh I just can't choose what my favourite nursery rhyme is! I love them all. What are your favourites? Do let me know. Maybe…
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Welcome to the new site!
Posted Friday April 3rd 2009
by Bookstart Bear
People ask me everyday, 'Bookstart Bear, where is the best place to read?' and everytime I answer, I think of hundreds of different places. So I decided the best way to decide is to travel around the country, visit lots of different libraries and sites, talk to different people and find out where is the best place to read in Britain.
I'll be travelling around the country so be sure to look out for me at your local library. Look for the postcards I'll be sending in with all my findings. I look forward to meeting you all soon. In the meantime, leave us a comment and tell us your favourite thing about the website, and be sure to vote in our poll of the best place to read!
