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Join the Puffin Festival of Big Dreams from 8-14 June: dream big and celebrate Puffin's 80th Birthday!

Starting Monday, the Puffin Festival of Big Dreams will be a seven-day online festival for families from 8 - 14 June  to celebrate Puffin's 80th birthday and the power of imagination. The event is aimed at children aged 7 and up.

There will be two new videos each weekday between June 8 and 12 and a live ‘extravaganza’ the weekend of June 13 and 14.

Each event will be themed around dreams and the festival will be hosted by former Blue Peter presenter Radzi Chinyanganya.

Schedule (all times are BST)

Monday, 8 June 2020

10:30 - Creative Writing Challenge with Yassmin Abdel-Magied

15:30 - Mix-Up a Fairy Tale with Nick Sharratt and Pippa Goodhart 

Tuesday, 9 June 2020

10:30 - Animal Quiz with Sam Copeland

15:30 - The Great Illustrators Draw Off with Nadia Shireen and Ed Vere

Wednesday, 10 June 2020

10:30 - Build an Adventure Workshop with Jamie Littler

15:30 - The Very Hungry Caterpillar Craft-Along & Storytime

Thursday, 11 June 2020

10:30 - Puppet Theatre Workshop with Hana Tooke

15:30 - Magic Pony Draw-Along with Stuart Heritage & Nicola Slater

Friday, 12 June 2020

10:30 - Storytime with Jacqueline Wilson

15:30 - Amazing Alphabets with Rashmi Sirdeshpande

Saturday, 13 June 2020

11:00 - Detective School with Robin Stevens

11:00 - Meet the Corquet Island Puffins with the RSPB

11:00 - Diary of a Wimpy Kid Studio Tour with Jeff Kinney

Sunday, 14 June 2020

11:00 - Stargazing with Lucy Hawking

11:00 - Carrie Hope Fletcher Q&A

11:00 - Storytime & Rocket Draw-along with Nathan Bryon & Dapo Adeola

You can watch on Puffin Facebook and YouTube channel

For more information and to sign up for the Puffin Festival of Big Dreams event kit, see the Puffin website.

#PuffinDreamer

Puffin, the world’s largest children’s book publisher, has announced it's celebrating its 80th birthday by launching a week-long children’s book festival next month. The Puffin Festival of Big Dreams, in partnership with Waterstones, will run from June 8 to 14 and will bring together celebrated authors and illustrators like Jacqueline Wilson, Robin Stevens, Nick Sharratt and Dapo Adeola.

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age 7-11, age 11-14, ks2, ks3, english, re, reading, free resources