SPARK December 2014 | Page 2

Great books to read! The Dinosaur That Pooped a Planet by Tom Fletcher and Dougie Poynter. Illustrated by Garry Parsons. IN SPACE, NO ONE CAN SMELL YOUR POOP... One boy. One space rocket. One very hungry dinosaur. And NO sandwiches. The ingredients for an EXPLOSIVE space adventure... But just how will Danny get home when his dinosaur eats their rocket? An Usborne Flap Book : See Inside Space News ÌÌ The largest ever gingerbread village has been created! Go have a look at it here! ÌÌ Prince Harry has reached the South Pole. Prince Harry went on a journey with Walking With the Wounded to reach the South Pole and they arrived on Friday 13th December! ÌÌ Four very rare White Lion cubs have been born on December 12th in a zoo in Georgia – two girls and two boys! PPUK News We had our BIG Family Weekend in Leamington Spa in October, you can see pictures below. We will be holding our next BIG Family Weekend in Bedford on the 15th and 16th February, we look forward to seeing lots of you there! What’s in space? Where did it come from? And how do we know? From the beginning of time to future space missions, unfold our amazing universe and see inside its secrets. National Geographic Little Kids’ First Big Book About Space These colourful pages will introduce young children to the wonders of space, with colourful illustrations by David Aguilar and simple text that is perfect for beginning readers or for reading aloud. The book will explain basic concepts of space, beginning with what is most familiar to kids and expanding out into the universe. We’re Off to Look For Aliens! by Colin McNaughton Dad’s new book has just arrived and the children are sitting down to read his latest adventure... Blasting off into space, Dad’s on the hunt for aliens. He meets lots of them – cute, hairy, bug-eyed and scary – and, strangest of all, he falls in love. Dad brings his alien girl back to Earth, where they have a family and live happily ever after. When Dad’s book is finished, the family are amused … because it’s an extra-terrestrial, extratrue story – all about them! The Blackest Hole in Space by Penny Little, illustrated by Vincent Vigla Charlie, his dad and Doggo the dog have spent all afternoon making a rocket. It has alien receptors, a black-hole tracker and a time-travel switch. But before Charlie and Doggo can say ‘sizzling satellites’, the rocket takes off! Join Charlie and Doggo on another amazing adventure. Be prepared for plenty of surprises... you never know quite what is going on above your head! 3 | SPARK