All-Party Parliamentary Group for Ethnicity Transplantation and Transfusion Announce Parliamentary Inquiry into Diversity, Donation and Delivery I Love You, Blue Kangaroo! is one of Chichester Clark’s most successful books and was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway medal in 1998. It is the first of her Blue Kangaroo series, which use Lily’s relationship with her blue kangaroo to describe the everyday ups and downs of being a small child. Hospitality Industry set to support ‘Pinkspiration Week’ in July, as part of Team Margot Atlantic Rowers #WeRowYouRegister campaign Team Margot call to action: if you’re mixed race, we urgently need your help – you could be a match for Lara & others like her

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Discuss what sharing is and why it is nice to share things with other people. What do you have to share with your family / friends? The Finnish Stem Cell Registry supports the International Stem Cell and Bone Marrow Awareness Day. We hope that through this initiative many more will decide to give leukemia patients a chance for cure.” A simple and sweet story of environmentalism and friendship, I LOVE YOU, BLUE is a poignant and evocative picture book that will work well for toddlers on up. Team Margot is Secretariat for the All-Party Parliamentary Group: Ethnicity Transplantation and Transfusion Sweet, delightful book about the seriousness of plastics in the ocean. A young child goes out alone on his boat when a sudden storm appears. Yelling "May Day," the child is rescued by a large whale, named by the child, Blue. (Blue Whale....) A friendship, especially on the part of the child, develops, but he worries when he cannot find Blue.

Think of words to describe your favourite toy. What does it look like? Where did it come from? How does it make you feel? Age 3-5 Lily loves Blue Kangaroo but when she’s given new toy animals for her birthday, he feels neglected and forgotten. When Kangaroo finds a new friend in Lily’s baby brother, Lily realises just how much Blue Kangaroo means to her. I love you Blue Kangaroo! is a story of a child and her favourite toy which makes connections to all kinds of childhood relationships, (with parents, siblings and friends) as Lily experiences feelings of affection, jealousy and sibling rivalry. Een boek met een boodschap. Om walvissen en alle andere zeedieren te beschermen zal de zee opgeruimd moeten worden en schoon moeten blijven. Door Jonas’ actie wordt getoond dat het helpt om plastic op te ruimen. In werkelijkheid kunnen we niet zo eenvoudig plastic uit de dieren halen, maar we kunnen wel helpen door plastic van de stranden of andere plaatsen op te ruimen. If necessary you could introduce the idea by using the orange/green/red spy glass to look for orange/green/red things in the room/in a storybook etc. This would also be a way to include younger or less able children in a mixed learning group.

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Team Margot’s International Stem Cell and Bone Marrow Awareness Day will bust myths, raise awareness and bring hope to those desperately waiting to find a donor.” Team Margot & NHS Blood and Transplant launch new primary school education programme: ‘Giving to help others’ Find out more Seemore books by Emma Chichester Clark here Titles include: Come to School too, Blue Kangaroo! I Never Saw a Purple Cow And Other Nonsense Rhymes Amazing Mr. Zooty! No More Kissing! Melrose and Croc: Friends for Life Plum and Rabbit and Me

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Have the ‘heart to heart’ conversations with your loved ones during Organ Donation Week and #LeaveThemCertain Christa Justus from Gabrielle’s Angel Foundation for Cancer Research said: “Margot Martini’s legacy is beautifully secured through the vital work of Team Margot. Gabrielle’s Angel Foundation for Cancer Research proudly supports their efforts to help other angels like Margot live long, healthy, cancer-free lives.” gabriellesangels.org The book offers many opportunities for children to think and talk about their own favourite toys and how they feel about them. There’s also an opportunity to talk about presents, why we give them and the presents you can’t buy. What dochildren think of the ending? Tell the story

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Time running out to save Alfie – please help by registering & sharing, especially if you have Chinese or mixed heritageAnn O’Leary, Head of Register Development at the blood cancer charity Anthony Nolan, said: “Saving the lives of people with blood cancer is a truly global effort, as countries all over the world work together to find stem cell matches for people in need of a transplant. Blauw, ik hou van jou’ is inmiddels in vele talen uitgegeven. De Nederlandse vertaling uit het Engels is van Irene Kunst. Een tekst die kinderen goed kunnen begrijpen en bij herhaaldelijk voorlezen zelf zullen herhalen.