It's Fun to Read [29/12/70]

It's Fun to Read [29/12/70] (It's Fun to Read)

Animated ITV schools series featuring a 'magic box' designed to encourage young viewers to read.

Designed for children from ages 4 to 6, this ITV schools series features simple and charming animation of a boy, Bill, and a girl, Penelope, in a playground. Each episode follows their adventures as they play and are joined by a cat, a dog and, occasionally, a policeman.
In this episode Bill invents the 'magic box', which displays the words that encourage reading for the young audience. The box looks rather like a television and describes what the characters are doing. Words are underlined for emphasis and the design is basic but effective.

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Get between the covers with some of the brightest literary stars past and present.

In this hyper-digital age, there's something a bit special about the most medium analogue of all. Literary tastes may have changed over the years, but that cool touch of paper, that light swish as each page curves over is as satisfying as ever. But then, the chances are you're reading this in a public library, so you won't need us to tell you about the wonder of books. The videos collected here celebrate the joys of reading and the agonies of writing, and highlight how literary tastes have changed (or not) over the years. You'll find some of the giants of the literary scene discussing their work, their creative process and their influences. You'll find books of all kinds - fiction, non-fiction, for readers young, old and anything in between - explored, examined, discussed and reviewed. So why not, to borrow a phrase, curl up with a good video?

13 videos in this collection

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Douglas Adams

  • 1992
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Jilly Cooper / Jean Rook (Calendar People)

  • Leeds
  • 1975
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Kazuo Ishiguro with Clive Sinclair

  • 1986
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Ben Okri

  • 1991
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Margaret Atwood with Hermione Lee

  • 1985
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Children's Books

  • 1982
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Kathy Acker

  • 1987
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It's Fun to Read [29/12/70]

  • 1970
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The Book Tower [02/01/85]

  • 1985
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Barbara Cartland Book 'Getting Older'

  • Hatfield
  • 1984
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P.D. James with A.S. Byatt

  • 1986
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Jill Craigie / Rosamond Lehmann

  • 1981
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The Dog Gets into Mischief Again

  • 1971
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