The seasonal quarterly UK magazine for children
Its aim is to guide children into the inner world of traditional stories and out into the natural world around them. This beautiful resource encourages both children & adults to use their natural capacity for imagination, creativity and invention through storytelling, painting, number work, drawing, crafting and writing
Each issue of A Year and a Day includes three full stories, fifteen story-based activities and several additional seasonally themed pages, including recipes, posters and quizzes. Each issue has an average of forty pages, printed on high quality, uncoated paper, especially for drawing and writing on.
The Sun is here,
All the earth is bright.
The Sun is here,
The people walk while the place is light,
The earth is light.
(!kabbo of the San People)
It's our summer issue, and we sincerely hope that by the time you receive this magazine, the sun will be shining. But if the sky is looking a little grey, why not open up your magazine and let a little light into your life?
In this issue we include three stories all about the glory and power of the sun. Discover why sunflowers follow the sun, find out what's eating the sun during a solar eclipse and marvel at the sun shining out of an ancient armpit.
As well as enjoying the warm glow you'll get from our stories, by the time you have finished reading this magazine, we hope you'll know:
- How to create a suncatcher
- What exactly happens during a solar eclipse
- How to make a sun dial
- What to do to survive the sun
- How to draw a dragon
... And much more!