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Julia is a qualified and experienced Every Child a Reader teacher, who is passionate about bringing families and communities together through shared reading. This website is Julia’s quest for clarity of direction. She is seeking a future where young and old bond through books, where relationships are strengthened through shared reading, where obstacles to literacy are removed, and where reading becomes irresistible.
(Summer, 2003)
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Marking a Milestone at Marjon University, Plymouth
Last week, my husband and I marked our 30th wedding anniversary by retracing our steps back to Plymouth Marjon University, where we met during our 4 years’ training to be teachers, from 1988 to 1992. I was interested to read the new Marjon Student Pledge: …and this ‘world-changers’ poster caught Sean’s attention: If I had…
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‘Talking, thinking; thinking, talking’
At the Library I walked halfway home after my ‘Stories On Saturday’ launch, before I realised I’d left my water bottle and packet of tissues on the mantel piece at Ledbury Library. When I returned to the children’s room, I found an encouraging number of children and parents choosing library books. I spoke to one…
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Read with Julia at Ledbury Library
📍 Ledbury Library, The Master’s House, Bye St, Ledbury HR8 1EA
Read Aloud, Ledbury!
The ✨FREE✨ ‘Read Aloud, Ledbury!‘ group meets at Ledbury Library every Friday from 11:30 am – 12:45 pm (to fit in with the 476 Ledbury-Hereford bus service). Everyone is welcome and there’s no pressure to read aloud.
“Our reading group is a Friday afternoon pleasure.
The diversity of poetry and stories is interesting and mentally stimulating.
You can listen to the reading and relax.”
(A review from a group member)
(Friday 20th June 2025)
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