17 Oct 2025
The first of October's #CalendarChaos with #OctoberOctober by Katya Balen
#bookreview #bookblogger #bookshine #bookadvent #October #childrensbooks #middlegrade #family #growingup #nature #wildlife
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2 Jul 2025
What a wonderful day - spent with pupils from across @Cabotfederation celebrating their completion of our Big Read/Write for this year. Pupils loved their books and were delighted to receive certificates from @Jack_Challoner #octoberoctober #edwardtulane
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4 Apr 2025
Y7 pupils take their English lesson outdoors to be inspired by the nature surrounding them. Students used their surroundings to recreate a scene from the novel October October by Katya Balen. #LearningMadeFunAndMemorable #Stig #OctoberOctober #TeamEnglish
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29 Oct 2024
🧟♂️With Halloween just around the corner, remember to stay safe while trick-or-treating! 🍭
#octoberoctober #Halloween #halloween2024
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26 Jan 2024
Year 7 recreate Octobers home in the woods. #HomeMadeHomes! #OctoberOctober #Nature #KatyaBalen #LearningMadeFun #TeamEnglish
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4 Jan 2024
I am extremely late to this party & kicking myself for not reading #OctoberOctober by @katyabalen sooner! It’s firmly in my ‘best books ever read’ category 😊
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18 Jul 2023
Just finished #OctoberOctober by @katyabalen with a school reading group. We all LOVED it! Such an incredibly engaging and immediately identifiable writing style. Do yourself a favour and read some of her work! #BookLovers #BooksWorthReading #booktwt #TeamEnglish @WhatToReadAfter
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18 Jun 2023
My 12 year old Hunger Game fan has recently really enjoyed The Light in Everything by Katya Balen @katyabalen having previously enjoyed OctoberOctober also by her. (Just checking they were aware of the prequel to the Hunger Games trilogy also?)
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28 May 2023
My daughter has designed the cover for the latest book she’s going to write. Ever since she was little her ambition has been to be an author and illustrator. Her inspiration came from Angela Harding’s beautiful cover for @katyabalen #OctoberOctober
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25 Apr 2023
Our creative home-learning Shine projects take stimulus from our brilliant DEAR novels…we have loved the results of one of the tasks, focused on nature and ecology. @TMAT_Earthshot #OctoberOctober #birdbox 💜🌟 🐦
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9 Apr 2023
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2 Apr 2023
Well this was as beautiful as everyone said. @katyabalen words are poetic weave such magic. #OctoberOctober
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8 Mar 2023
Spotlight on #Birdsong by @katyabalen This spellbinding narrative highlights the importance of letting ourselves fail. Balen's prose is pure poetry, and if you loved #OctoberOctober, Annie is waiting for you! #KMSIWD23 #InternationalWomensDay #InternationalWomensDay2023
ALT Book lying face up on a wooden surface. The book is Birdsong by Katya Balen
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30 Jan 2023
Year 7 pupils have a rich discussion about their novel of study in English: October October by Katya Balan. They converse about the connection which the main character October has with her only friend, Stig the owl. #OctoberOctober #ReadingIsBrainFood #Literacy #friendship
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19 Jan 2023
Year7 had a blast in English, they made homemade mud! Students stepped into the shoes of the main character, October from the novel October October. Hidden treasures in their mud will be the inspiration of their creative story. #OctoberOctober #HomeMadeMud #CreativeLessons
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1 Jan 2023
Happy 2023! I love the anticipation of a new page and all the mystery it has in store (depicted by my Christmas gift of a beautiful diary illustrated by @ANGELACHARDING, so I can keep the happy memory of #CKG22 and #OctoberOctober with me throughout the year🦉💕)
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