We’re very happy to report that two Zeno titles are included in this year’s Summer Reading Challenge! Run by The Reading Agency, the challenge ‘encourages children to keep reading during the school summer holidays – and to choose anything they enjoy to read’. This year’s theme is Read to the Beat, which hopes to ‘inspire[…] children to explore the connection between stories and songs, discovering how reading and music both ignite imagination and creativity.’ (The illustration above is by Harry Woodgate.)
Here are the Zeno two titles highlighted by the challenge…
Sian Radford & Gwen Millward’s MY LITTLE DRUMMER, which is published by Farshore…
A joyful rhyming picture book exploring neurodiversity that’s perfect for EVERY young reader.
There’s a drummer in my head.
They are tiny, but they’re there.
And they tap-a-tap-tap and pa-rum-pa-pum-pum
All day without a care…
Sounds distracting? It can be! When this little girl is overwhelmed, her little drummer beats fast and loud. She taps out a rhythm when she’s trying to concentrate… And the little drummer knows just how to make her smile…
Debut children’s author Sian Radford shares her experience of neurodivergence in this playful, imaginative picture book that celebrates imagination, creativity and connection.
🥁Perfect for ALL readers
🥁Bouncy rhyming text
🥁Positive and reassuring
Farrah Riaz & Navya Raju’s THE TWIRLY WIGGLY DANCE, which is published by OUP…
Based on debut author Farrah Riaz’s own childhood experiences comes The Twirly Wiggly Dance, a relatable story about dancing to your own beat set against the celebratory backdrop of a South-Asian Muslim wedding, bursting with colourful illustrations by Navya Raju. Perfect for entertaining young twirlers and wigglers!
Little Intisar has a BIG job at her Auntie Mahira’s wedding: she’s going to dance in the group performance!
As she practises, she realizes there is one dance move that she just can’t do-no matter how hard she twirls and wiggles. Intisar worries she’ll ruin the whole routine, and disappoint Auntie Mahira. Can Intisar’s family of movers and groovers show her that being herself is far more fun than being perfect?
Extra pages at the back of the book with non-fiction information about all the events of a Muslim wedding, make this is a perfect book to read and talk about together.