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Bring Your Toy to School Day (12 October) - digital pack

Hachette Children’s Group have created an exciting resource pack to help you celebrate Bring Your Toy to School Day on 12 October.

The downloadable digital pack includes:

- Bring Your Toy to School Day instruction sheet for teachers
- Downloadable poster to advertise Bring Your Toy to School Day
- Downloadable activity sheets
- Downloadable The Christmas Pig bookmarks

The Christmas Pig by J.K. Rowling

Jack loves his childhood toy, Dur Pig. DP has always been there for him, through good and bad. Until one Christmas Eve, something terrible happens – DP is lost. But Christmas Eve is a night for miracles and lost causes, a night when all things can come to life… even toys. And Jack’s newest toy – the Christmas Pig (DP’s annoying replacement) – has a daring plan: Together they’ll embark on a magical journey to seek something lost, and to save the best friend Jack has ever known…

A heartwarming, page-turning adventure about one child’s love for his most treasured thing, and how far he will go to find it. A tale for the whole family to fall in love with, from one of the world’s greatest storytellers. Featuring nine black and white spreads and decorative inside art from renowned illustrator, Jim Field.

Find out more about Bring Your Toy to School Day and The Christmas Pig here.

We would love to see you enjoying the resources on social media using #TheChristmasPig and tagging HachetteKids and readingagency.

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