History Corner: Thirty Days Has September by Chris Stevens , illustrated by Sarah Horne (review and giveaway)

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Today I have a book perfect for helping you keep the kids learning all Summer, AND use during the school year! 

It's a little jewel I found and I had to get another copy to give to ya'll!

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Synopsis:

This informative guide is full of tips for remembering everything from math and spelling rules to tricky science, history, and geography facts. It's a learning companion to help any student who has ever struggled to remember his multiplication tables, the spelling of the word "Mississippi," or the names of the planets.

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Review:

This is a small handheld hardvcover book, that is perfect for pulling out at random moments and teaching little ways to remember, lots of things!

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Remember this one? Each of your knuckles is a month with 31 days, the in betwen dips have 30, except for February, which is 28 or 29! 

This book is FULL of little rhymes and alliterations, accompanies by adrable illustrations to help them standout in your kids minds. I have to admit, I was taught most of them, some still stick now over 40 years later! Like this one:

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That first line is ALWAYS how I remember which spelling version to use! the homophone section is VERY helpful, even Miss Grace was able to start remembering some of the phrases.

The book covers a wide range of subjects as you can see, and even though is is started for grades 2-6, I know older kids who haven't learned these memory tricks can benefit from them, especially the spelling and form ones. 

We love this book and you, and your kids will too! And it would be a great little gift for the new teacher too!


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Giveaway:

One BTHM reader will win this fun book to help their kids/grandkids learn,
or for themselves!

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About the Author

Christopher Stevens is a television critic, author and journalist. He began working as a journalist in 1983 and currently holds the position of Daily Mail TV critic, writing daily reviews of the previous night's viewing from Monday to Friday. He has written 6 books and is the father of two teenage boys.

About the Illustrator:

Sarah Horne learnt to draw whilst trying to explain her reasoning for an elaborate haircut at the age of nine. An illustrator for over fifteen years, she started her Illustration career working freelance for newspapers such as The Guardian. Her first children's picture book was in 2010. Sarah has since illustrated many funny young fiction titles, including the Fizzlebert Stump series by A.F Harrold (Bloomsbury), Llama United by Scott Allen (Pan Macmillan) and Ask Oscar by Alan MacDonald (Egmont). 

When not at her desk, Sarah loves running, painting, photography, cooking, film, and a good stomp up a hill. Sarah can currently be found giggling under some paper, in her London studio. Check out her website for more info!

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