Our ‘Book of the Month’ for March is ‘An Alphabet of Stories’ by Oliver Jeffers. It is another beautifully illustrated book but, this time it is full of short stories with a humorous twist – like the astronaut who is afraid of heights, or the carrot who thinks he is a parsnip!

Can you design your own font and use it to write out the alphabet? You could even try and spell out a word like the author Oliver Jeffers has done on the back of his book. No larger than A4 please – other than that, we can’t wait to see where your imagination takes you!

Calling all illustrators and artists! We challenge you to have a go at drawing a picture in the style of Oliver Jeffers. It can be a picture of anything – maybe you could draw your family or your favourite animal? Or why not try drawing characters from your favourite book but in the black ink/splash of colour style that Oliver Jeffers uses? We can’t wait to see what you make!

Are you an inspiring author? Can you tell a story in six lines or less? Then this challenge might be for you! The short story can be about anything you choose (the funnier the better!) Why not try illustrating your story too? (No larger than A4 please as we would like to collate and bind them all together at the end to make our very own SPJS ‘Alphabet of Stories’.)

We hope you have fun with these challenges and, as before, there will be certificates for all those who have a go! And there may even be a secret Easter project coming up too…!