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Another World Book Day has just passed. Lots of fancy costumes of book characters, competitions, meetings with authors and reading books together- all these attractions students had a chance to experience on this special day (depending on school). Last year I told you about The World Book Week in my school - it was pretty emotional for me. If you want to find out why, click the link:  World Book Day 2016 .  This year on Thursday teachers read short stories to students. I have them for you today. Click the following links to open the short stories. Notice that first two were written by teenagers!  1.  Ode to a boy musician - pdf 2.  e-COURTROOM - pdf 3.  Death by scrabble - pdf   - My favourite one! Enjoy your reading!  😉

This week all British schools are celebrating the World Book Day Week. Depending on a school students are doing various activities connected with their favourite books: preparing costumes to wear on the 5th of March, decorating classrooms or classrooms' doors or they read together. In secondary school I'm working in, teachers are reading students a book. All week before each lesson students are listening to two chapters of Ian Serraillier's book titled 'The Silver Sword'.  Ian Seraillier was a British novelist and poet. He is best known for writing children's books, 'The Silver Sword' is his most famous novel, published in 1956. The book tells the story of a Polish family during World War II.   I must admitt the book is very good and I'm glad that British teenagers may get to know at least a little bit about the war atrocities that Poles experienced. This  wartime adventure story was adapted for television by the BBC in 1957 and again in 1971. Below