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Can you imagine a world with no screens? Don't miss the hilarious new 'what-if' adventure from bestselling author, comedian, and presenter Danny Wallace. Hello Yellow - 80 Books to Help Children Nurture Good Mental Health and Support With Anxiety and Wellbeing -

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I taught my friend the English word "unputdownable." Nolopoderdejardible was the translation I found in thr English-Spanish forum on Wordreference. Love that new Spanish word. But the story is about so much more, it’s an adventure that brings a family closer together and a realization that we used to do so much more when we didn’t use screens so much. It’s about discovering the joy of swinging in the park, visiting a library, and having fun with games like marbles and other activities long forgotten from our younger days.

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He kept shouting, ‘Alexa! What time is it?’ and ‘Alexa! What’s going on?’ and ‘Alexa! What did I do? Why aren’t you talking to me?!’ And Mum and Dad sit on the sofa and make all those sounds like OOOH and AAAAH that grown-ups make when they sit down and want to tell you they’re totally relaxing.

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Stella is already a little bit of an unusual protagonist - a list-maker, a worrier ("I award myself a certain amount of screen time each week, as recommended by the World Health Organization"), a precise and careful person. Stella is going to visit her Grandma but this isn’t any ordinary holiday, it’s an adventure into the unknown. After all her parents can’t do anything without technology, they don’t actually realise how much they depend on it. How will Stella and her brother cope in the car without a gadget to distract them? That’s not normal behaviour, but then it’s not really normal for every screen to stop working and go blank now, is it?As much as The day the screens went blank will have you in stitches of laughter, it will also remind us how we should all be more present, and for this reason adults and children alike will both enjoy reading this book. Buy from our bookstore and 25% of the cover price will be given to a school of your choice to buy more books. *15% of eBooks. Home >

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When ten-year-old Stella wakes up to discover a world full of BLANK screens, her family, town, and in fact the whole world seems to have been thrown into chaos. And what about poor Grandma who is stranded at the other end of the country? It’s screen time Sunday for Stella and her family where everybody gets on the couch and puts on their favourite (age-appropriate) movie on their own devices. They’re all sitting there, doing their separate things “like a family” 😆 when all the screens stop working. So, just like every other Sunday, we’re all sitting there, doing our separate things like a family, when suddenly it happens. So on one level, it's a cheery, optimistic tale of how families and communities can actually reconnect without the pull of Wi-Fi/social media/internet etc, but as an adult reading it, I think I was more scared than watching 'The walking dead' or other of my favourite zombie apocalypse shows!!!! It’s no secret that 2021 sees many of us reliant on our screens, whether that’s a phone, laptop, tablet or television there is no denying that we are more plugged in than not most days. As much as technology is amazingly helpful in our lives, it’s also a somber thought to think of the effect it has on us to be permanently connected…even more so when we take into account the effect this has on our family life.Armistice Day: A Collection of Remembrance - Spark Interest and Educate Children about Historical Moments The winners of The Farshore Reading for Pleasure Teacher Awards 2023, highlighting the work schools are doing to encourage a love of reading, have... When 10-year-old Stella wakes up to discover a world full of blank screens, her family, town and in fact the whole world seems to have been thrown into chaos. And what about poor Grandma who is stranded at the other end of the country? Tracy Beaker is now a mum, and this marvellous tale, narrated by her daughter Jess, introduces the spirited character to a new generation of readers.Serious issues are explored with sensitivity and humour, creating a funny, moving and uplifting tale. It's great. A little proselytising aside, I found this very funny. Loved seeing what adventures and scrapes the family found themselves in on their trip to Grandma's House through the 'woods'.

The Day the Screens Went Blank | Book by Danny Wallace, Gemma

Can you imagine a world with no screens? Don't miss the hilarious new 'what-if' adventure from best-selling author, comedian and presenter Danny Wallace. Can you imagine a world with no screens? Don't miss the hilarious new 'what-if' adventure from bestselling author, comedian, and presenter Danny Wallace, with illustrations throughout from Gemma Correll. Story: The story begins with Family Film Night, where mom, dad, brother and sister find comfy places to sit and proceed to turn on the TV and tablets to watch their own separate movies. Then one evening, the screens went blank. The electricity still worked, but anything with a screen simply stopped functioning. Stella is 10, and "already the most organized girl in Mousehole." Her family seems fairly typical - a younger brother glued to Youtube videos, parents who both rely on phones for work.... even a family film night sees all four of them sat together but watching their own films on their own screens. It's not hard to work out what Wallace is saying here, what his point of view may be, though he isn't overly obvious about it. At 22, he became a BBC producer. He was part of the production team behind British Comedy Award-winning Dead Ringers, the original producer of the critically acclaimed cult hit The Mighty Boosh, and the creator and producer of Ross Noble Goes Global. As a journalist, Wallace has worked for The Scotsman, The Guardian, The Independent, Elle, Cosmo, The Times and other publications.

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If all screens in the world went blank for a day I would probably do some drawings to not get bored. This is a fiction book about a day when all the screens went blank. This is a really funny book and I would love to read it again. Wallace has written yet another entertaining tale that imagines what if people had to do without technology to deal with life and how much misadventure could happen? The absurd situations make it a joy to read. It’s funny and the continuing calamity surrounding the car journey will make kids giggle. Anyway, because of all the shouting, I go downstairs and immediately I can tell something is not right, right?

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