Lockdown Looms: Reggie's Birthday Party (One)

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Banji's honest and relatable writing style captures the collective struggle of parents and children adapting to distance learning and the challenges that they faced during the pandemic. The group falls in line with Alexander’s love of music and his former aspiration to be a musician himself.

A fictional tale for children aged 7-12, encapsulating the uncertainty and novelty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. As a former teacher within higher education and primary school practitioner, Alexander knows his audience well. whilst we now had a first-hand account of what it was like to celebrate a milestone in lockdown it was still difficult for the children to understand. Published by Grosvenor House in London, ‘Lockdown Looms: Reggie’s Birthday Party’, is written by author (and primary school teacher), Banji Alexander. We like that one of the main messages in the book is kindness, something we have been struggling to teach our two little ones with.One minute I was teaching, the next minute, I was on the biggest news stations here: BBC News, ITV News, Sky News, Guardian Newspaper. It was a way to let students know someone was hearing their problems and letting them know they weren’t the only ones going through challenges.

A beautiful book and a fantastic conversation starter between parents and children as well as a chance to reflect on the pandemic and all the challenges we have overcome.The Lockdown Looms: Reggie’s Birthday Party helps to give tweens insight into life in the pandemic and the thoughts and feelings of someone of a similar age.

My experience mostly comes from my courses and my time spent at the university newspaper, the Appalachian. Lockdown Looms: Reggie’s Birthday Party will support and educate children about what they have been through throughout the pandemic. Lockdown Looms: Reggie’s Birthday Party is the first in the series written by the author (and primary school teacher), Banji Alexander. Whilst we had empathy for these people, there was a small part of us thankful for the children’s birthday’s being later in the year.To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. The first book in a series, Lockdown Looms is emphatic, engaging, and an emotive experience for all. Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. A second lockdown was set in motion for November 5th – Roo’s birthday and would continue through to the beginning of December.

Alexander says, “Children were looking at things online and not being happy with themselves because they're comparing themselves to the sort of forced reality that they're seeing online. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. A former teacher within higher education, and primary school practitioner, Alexander knows his audience well.An International Politics BSc graduate and University College London/Institute of Education trained/qualified teacher, his arrival into the world of literature promises to be one full of adventure, laughter, and linguistic prowess. I think ultimately that is what I want my legacy to be for a child in 10, 20 years to say, ‘Hey, Banji Alexander inspired me to do what I'm doing now. Alexander received praise for his book and the positive impact it had on school children in the United Kingdom. K. School Library Association’s School Librarian Award, said, “Lockdown Looms: Reggie’s Birthday Party will support and educate children about what they have been through throughout the pandemic. This book was like therapy to me because some of the themes in the story are hope, determination, adapting to change, kindness, and these were skills and qualities that I wanted my pupils to gain, but they were also qualities I had to remind myself that I was capable of tuning into during that very difficult time for myself and my family.