Daily Reading Challenge

This week is Mental Health Awareness Week and the theme for this year is 'kindness'. For today's challenge read the quote by Roald Dahl then do something kind for someone or for yourself. These are challenging times we are living through and an act of kindness however small can make a huge difference to someone's mood. Read a few pages of a book to a member of your family either in person or across a video link. Or simply tidy away your books: less mess =less stress.

Mental Heath Awareness Week

The theme of this year's Mental Health Awareness Week is 'Kindness'. During this difficult time when we are working under very different circumstances little acts of kindness go a long way to helping people feel better about themselves. Be kind to yourself too. If you need some help or advice the websites listed below may be useful.

Young Minds                                      includes help  if you are struggling during lockdown
Calm Zone                                          de-stress ideas from Child Line
Mental Health Foundation                 more ideas to help you through lockdown
Mood Gym                                        online course to identify and overcome MH issues
Breathing Space Scotland                  support if you are feeling depressed, anxious or low   
The Mix                                             Mental Health information for all ages   
See Me Scotland                                aim to end stigma about Mental Health Issues   

Daily Reading Challenge

For today's challenge try and read something from a genre that you do not usually pick up. If you love fantasy why not try a realistic novel. Or if you normally read horror try a romance. Maybe someone in your family has the opposite taste from you and will let you borrow one of their books. Find a book study the cover, read the blurb and then try the first five pages. It may confirm that you absolutely do not like detective fiction or you might find discover you really would like to read an adventure story.
I am not a big fan of real life stories but the book below belongs to my son and from what I've read on the blurb it might be quite funny. I'll give it a go.

Daily Reading Challenge

If you still haven't found the impetus to read then try today's creative challenge instead. Design a new book cover for your favourite book. No ideas? Do an image search on the internet by the book title and see what you find. Often the book jackets are different for each country the book is published in or for each new edition. You might find some inspiration this way. Try and be unique, choose YOUR favourite scene or character. If, like me, art is not your greatest skill then use a favourite quote from the book and use a fancy font.
The example below is one of my favourite quotes it is from a book by Thomas Mann: "Death in Venice and other stories". Below that is a quote from a Harry Potter book!

Daily Reading Challenge

Monday
Fan of Harry Potter? Then this is the challenge for you. Over the coming weeks Bloomsbury Books are having different celebrities read a chapter from Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. The first chapter is read by Daniel Radcliffe. There are activities to complete after the reading of each chapter. Click on the link:Harry Potter at home