Lockdown Looms: Reggie's Birthday Party (One)

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Children may not want to talk much about how they are feeling but books like this can offer so much guidance and show that they are not alone with how they are feeling which is really important. He says everyone can do amazing things, but it is just that people don’t lean into that side as much as they should. I felt that it was not just a thank you to me, but it was a thank you to the whole teaching profession,” Alexander says. It will still follow Reggie’s story, but it will discuss what it means for there to be a new ruler for the country and what that will look like for kids around the nation. Published by Grosvenor House in London, ‘Lockdown Looms: Reggie’s Birthday Party’, is written by author (and primary school teacher), Banji Alexander.

This book was like therapy to me because some of the themes in the story are hope, determination, adapting to change, kindness, and these were skills and qualities that I wanted my pupils to gain, but they were also qualities I had to remind myself that I was capable of tuning into during that very difficult time for myself and my family. With his eighth birthday just around the corner, the very thought of having to celebrate his special day during lockdown, sends poor Reggie into a meltdown. A beautiful book and a fantastic conversation starter between parents and children as well as a chance to reflect on the pandemic and all the challenges we have overcome. whilst we now had a first-hand account of what it was like to celebrate a milestone in lockdown it was still difficult for the children to understand. I am really looking forward to reading the rest of the Lockdown Looms series and I think every primary library/classroom needs a copy of this book to support young children with the after-effects of the COVID-19 lockdowns.Children were one of the more heavily impacted groups when looking at the effects of the pandemic on day-to-day life. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. With the book tour he is on, he gets to share the positive messages from his book with over 2,000 people every week. Lockdown Looms: Reggie's Birthday Party', is written by author (and primary school teacher), Banji Alexander. As the lockdown measures were introduced in March 2020, social media was awash with all the things that we were missing out on.

We like that one of the main messages in the book is kindness, something we have been struggling to teach our two little ones with. The group falls in line with Alexander’s love of music and his former aspiration to be a musician himself.Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. Graduate of Appalachian State University with a major in Communication, Journalism BS with a minor in Sociology. I think ultimately that is what I want my legacy to be for a child in 10, 20 years to say, ‘Hey, Banji Alexander inspired me to do what I'm doing now. Thrown into this mix was all the parts of our lives that we desperately didn’t want to lose within the pandemic, such as celebrating birthdays.