Join our festive
read along with
YOTO Carnegie Medal-winning author, Katya Balen
A live streamed read along for primary schools
YOTO Carnegie Medal-winning UK author
Builds an ethos of reading for pleasure in schools
Free for all UK Primary School students to read along
Join our festive read along with YOTO Carnegie Medal-winning author, Katya Balen
A live streamed read along for primary schools
YOTO Carnegie Medal-winning UK author
Builds an ethos of reading for pleasure in schools
Free for all UK Primary School students to read along
Is your school ready to embark on a Christmas adventure?
Do you want your pupils to be involved in an event that encourages reading for pleasure among primary school students?
Good news!
Introducing our fun, festive and FREE live read along with one of our favourite authors, Katya Balen!
At 9:30am on December 9th, Katya will read from her brand-new 24-part Pickatale Christmas book series, Ruby’s Christmas Adventure and your pupils can read alongside her!
It’s easy to access using Pickatale’s fabulous free reading app! Pupils can follow the entire book series throughout December and join in with Ruby’s adventure!
We can’t wait for you to join us!
About Katya Balen
Katya Balen’s debut children’s novel The Space We’re In was published in 2019 and was selected as the Sunday Times Children’s Book of the Week as well as being Highly Commended for the Branford Boase award.
Katya’s second novel, October, October, scored a double victory in 2022, winning both the YOTO Carnegie Medal and the Shadowers’ Choice Award. Just one week later, October, October was shortlisted for the James Cropper Wainwright Prize in the first ever Children’s Writing on Nature and Conservation category.
Since October, October‘s release, Katya has published
The Light in Everything, which was longlisted for the 2023 UKLA Book Awards. She has also written a novella, Birdsong, published by Barrington Stoke in July 2022.
When Katya is not writing she is taking her ridiculous dogs, Raffi and Mouse, for a walk.
Ruby’s Christmas Adventure is Katya’s magical 24-part holiday story for Pickatale, and we can’t wait for the festive magic!
What is Ruby's Christmas Adventure?
When Ruby Jones sneaks downstairs on Christmas Eve she startles a VERY special visitor.
So much so that he (I think you know who HE is) accidentally sprinkles her with magic soot as he zooms back up the chimney. Suddenly, Ruby finds herself shrinking down, down, down. She’s tiny!
This might be Ruby’s most magical Christmas ever, but how is she going to enjoy it with her family if she’s only two inches tall? Maybe the fairy high up on the top of the Christmas tree can help?
And so, along with a host of festive new friends, Ruby sets off on a very BIG Christmas adventure.
Ruby's Christmas Adventure is exclusively published by Pickatale, and only available on the free Pickatale app.
About Pickatale
Pickatale is a reading app for primary school children, with an ethos of promoting reading for pleasure in schools!
Our expertly curated library empowers children to own their reading journey.
Pickatale has over 1500 children’s books including children’s classics, high profile brands like Disney and Oxford University Press, beloved characters from Spider-man to Sherlock Holmes and much more!
Also available are quizzes, narration experiences and read along fun.
Pickatale is approved and used by schools all around the country. We want your school to be the next!
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