12 Dec 2024
10:00am - 10:20am
Online
About the event
Join us for a fun, free online storytelling event with Will Millard, the author of The Beaver Who Saved Christmas.
This event is recommended for children aged 5 to 7 years (KS1, Years 1 and 2).
This event will be hosted on Zoom webinar and streamed to YouTube. If you are unable to attend live, please continue to register using the form below, as you will also receive a link to the recording. Webinars are open to all teachers or home educators based in primary schools, public or community libraries across the UK. If you are a home educator, simply state this when prompted for a school name using the form below.
About the book
In this book based on a true story, Elin and Grandad are decorating their home for Christmas – when their decorations are blown away. When a baby beaver gets trapped in the lights, after a rescue operation, it amazes everyone by building a dam made out of Christmas decorations. Elin’s whole village come together to clean up the damaged Christmas decorations, looking after their and the beavers home.
About the author
Will Millard is a writer, television presenter, and fisherman. His children’s books feature wonderful animals stories and include My First Day Fishing, Animal Words for Little Zoologists, In the Pond, In the Tree, In the Rockpool and In the Garden. His new book, The Beaver Who Saved Christmas, is published by Hodder’s Children’s Books.
Benefits of joining the event
- Engage your pupils in a fun, interactive and immersive event to build a love of reading and stories this December
- Help to develop listening skills
- Hear all about a very special beaver and the dam they create - with a festive twist of twinkling Christmas lights.