The King's Runaway Crown: A coronation caper

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It will publish in April 2023 accompanied by an “extensive” marketing and publicity campaign, including “engaging and fun” activities for use in the classroom and at home.

This is an hilarious imagining of coronation day and a great way to celebrate the coronation. * Louise Ellis-Barrett, Armadillo Children's Books * Alice Eclair Spy Extraordinaire: A Sprinkling of Danger / Montgomery Bonbon: Death at theLighthouse This super-fun picture book has energetic, friendly illustrations full of detail, and Colin the dog is particularly cute...the message that everyone can get nervous is universal. * Booktrust * Over the weekend, Coronation Big Lunches took place in streets and community spaces across the country and the Commonwealth. On Sunday 7 May Windsor Castle hosted the Coronation Concert, with performances from global music icons and contemporary stars including Take That, Katy Perry, Steve Winwood and Andrea Bocelli. On Saturday 6th May, King Charles III was crowned in an ancient ceremony not seen in almost 70 years.This right royal romp with it's wealth of alliteration and its crying out to be joined in with repeat refrain, Catch Colin! Save the crown!, is told with aplomb by Rosalind Spark, and energetically illustrated by Ian Smith whose scenes of the chaos one little dog causes are comic delights. * Jill Bennett, Red Reading Hub * The Coronation celebrations included a weekend of events and an additional Bank Holiday on Monday 8 May. Oxford Children’s Books is publishing a new picture book to celebrate King Charles III’s coronation in 2023.

The King’s Runaway Crown Colouring Sheet: Colour in this picture of colin stealing the king’s crown. And what could be better than storytime with Michael Morpurgo! The Boy Who Would be King is a beautiful full-colour tribute to King Charles III, read here by the author himself.

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This month's Get Creative is getting royally imaginative too, with inventive acrostic poems and story starters to encourage kids to use the coronation to inspire their writing. Across the country families, friends, nurseries, schools and community groups joined together to celebrate the Coronation. The King’s Runaway Crown was developed and written in-house by Rosalind Spark and illustrated by Ian Smith. It follows the escapades of Colin, the King’s dog, who runs off with the crown just hours before the coronation, and little Violet, who heroically saves the day.

We are experiencing delays with deliveries to many countries, but in most cases local services have now resumed. For more details, please consult the latest information provided by Royal Mail's International Incident Bulletin. It’s the morning of the King’s coronation and everyone is getting ready. Suddenly, Colin the dog snatches the crown and races off with it. The butler shakes off his nerves and gives chase, shouting, ‘Catch, Colin, save the crown!’ Colin dashes past the palace guards, the coach driver and the pigeons – and they all join the chase, distracted from their worry as to whether they’ll do a good job at the coronation. ‘Catch Colin, save the crown!’ they all shout. It takes a little girl to point out that everyone gets nervous sometimes, and Colin simply wanted to help the King.

Ongoing Covid restrictions, reduced air and freight capacity, high volumes and winter weather conditions are all impacting transportation and local delivery across the globe. At coronation.gov.ukyou can find templates for bunting, puzzles and colouring, and invitations and recipes. The King’s Runaway Crown Lesson Plan: Use this lesson plan inspired by The King’s Runaway Crown to help your Year 1 pupils develop their English skills.