Lockdown Looms: Reggie's Birthday Party (One)

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I am really looking forward to reading the rest of the Lockdown Looms series and I think every primary library/classroom needs a copy of this book to support young children with the after-effects of the COVID-19 lockdowns. Another child had their grandparents pass during the pandemic, so he incorporated that into the narrative too. Lives, as we knew it was turned upside down and new ways of living our day to day lives, were needed to be adjusted to. Published by Grosvenor House in London, ‘Lockdown Looms: Reggie’s Birthday Party’, is written by author (and primary school teacher), Banji Alexander.

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. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). Alexander says, “I think more personally to me for what I've taken away from writing the book is that anything is possible because writing this book has changed my life completely. A fictional tale for children aged 7-12, encapsulating the uncertainty and novelty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. About whether there will be any more birthday celebrations for Reggie, there will not be any more books added to the “Lockdown Looms” series. 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.

My experience mostly comes from my courses and my time spent at the university newspaper, the Appalachian. Banji Alexander, a year three teacher in London, saw his students' challenges and decided to help them cope with those intense emotions in a fictional way with his book, “Lockdown Looms: Reggie’s Birthday Party. Banji Alexander is an exciting new author, bursting onto the scene with his debut book, ‘ Lockdown Looms: Reggie’s Birthday Party‘. 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. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.With the expectation that life in lockdown will be a thing of the past by the time we reached November, however, this was not the case. A tale with the interwoven themes of resilience and kindness, Banji Alexander has written a book which can be enjoyed by all members of the family.

It will still follow Reggie’s story, but it will discuss what it means for there to be a new ruler for the country and what that will look like for kids around the nation. There was also those who were going to celebrate birthday’s anniversaries and milestones whilst we were to be locked away from the world.With his eighth birthday just around the corner, the very thought of having to celebrate his special day during lockdown, sends poor Reggie into a meltdown. 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. Even when he wasn’t in school, he spent much of his free time reading rather than getting in trouble.

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. 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. Children were one of the more heavily impacted groups when looking at the effects of the pandemic on day-to-day life. Banji Alexander is an exciting new author, bursting onto the scene with his debut book, ‘Lockdown Looms: Reggie’s Birthday Party’.By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. He wrote his book “Lockdown Looms: Reggie’s Birthday Party” for the thirty students Alexander was in charge of when lockdown was enacted in 2020.