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Mrs L is a Year 4 teacher of Badgers class.
She shares a Friday poem each week.
Today she discovered “A Special Badger poem”.
Thank you @EarlyTrain. Her class will love it. (She’s now making badges and buying a mug….)
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‘Last night’s conversation still shifts and changes on the hills of my mind.’ @EarlyTrain I’m loving, Six Weeks ❤️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
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@EarlyTrain Six Weeks is the best thing you've ever written, and I think it's going to stay with me for a very, very long time. I never wanted it to end and would've happily stayed for hundreds more pages. (Also an excellent advert for Sheffield, walking & Mam Tor!)
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As the summer holidays draw to a close, #SixWeeks by @EarlyTrain seemed like an appropriate read. It was every bit as emotional & thought-provoking as you’d expect. A beautiful exploration of grief and loss, written in a highly engaging prose format. Illust. by @l#joetoddstanton
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We're showcasing Matt Goodfellow's brilliant books, including Six Weeks, plus The Final Year (winner of Stockton Children's Book of the Year 2025). Pop into Billingham Library, borrow a copy and find your next great read! @EarlyTrain @readingagency @HachetteChildrens
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Another powerful book by @EarlyTrain. Beautifully written and full of emotion.
Also contains some of my favourite walks in the Peak District. It has certainly left it's mark! 10/10
I'm sure my students will love it just as much as The Final Year and The First Year.
#SixWeeks
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@EarlyTrain Absolutely loved Six Weeks, from the emotional trajectory to the formal skill. Your book was on my radar anyway then recommended by a French poetry academic at a conference in Poitiers! Enjoy Wonderland...
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What a turn of events! Annoyingly I am off island on holiday… gutted to miss out on this mate. Hope you’re well! Hope you enjoyed Port Erin and had a coffee at Noa!
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P5/6, P6 & P7 walked to @KnightsridgePr1 for an author visit today. @EarlyTrain was ace! Really resonated with our pupils and his love of words and poetry shone through! #Harrysmuirreads 📚 #Readingschools Thanks so much to Knightsridge for the invite
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Our pupils were delighted today with signed copies of @EarlyTrain books 📚 what an inspiration for pupils, we can’t wait to read some of his poems #Harrysmuirrreads #Readingschools thanks to @KnightsridgePr1 for inviting us
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Six Weeks @EarlyTrain Wow! Hits hard as it should do when exploring grief then hope. Be it a window or a mirror to the reader, it will feed the soul and mend the heart - just a little- as we “keep our heads down through the head bits and eyes to the horizon when it gets easier”
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@EarlyTrain just finished reading “Six Weeks,” it was a beautiful, emotional and very raw story of dealing with loss from a child’s perspective. Loved that it was set in Sheffield and the Peak District too, I imagine there were a lot of very personal touches to Alfie’s story.
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Absolutely loved @EarlyTrain’s new book “Six Weeks”
It’s a truly beautiful story about family, loss, connection and ultimately Hope.
Set during an endless summer. Alfie is dealing with the loss of his mum and ultimately much more. Lovely stuff.
@HachetteBooks
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From the brilliant @mattgoodfellowpoet, the bestselling author of The Final Year comes Six Weeks - a story of love, loss, family, repair and hope. 5 signed copies are up for grabs!
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Oh @EarlyTrain I made it a full 13 pages into this before the tears started 😢 it's going to be another beautiful read, isn't it? In a "tearing out your heart and stomping on it" sort of way?
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Wow @EarlyTrain, I didn’t think you could top ‘The Final Year’ but having just sobbed my way through ‘Six Weeks’, I think you might have done. Going to lend it to a friend but will also be passing along a box of tissues, she’s going to need them 😢
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Another absolute hit @EarlyTrain although was not expecting to cry by page 9 #sixweeks #finalyear #firstyear
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My Year 6 class have loved The Final Year and The First Year by Matt Goodfellow and have recently got stuck into poetry based around the books.
They were keen to share with you and ask if there's a third installment @EarlyTrain ? We can't wait for Six Weeks!
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Cracking day at @hayfestival.
It is ALWAYS worth the 4 o’clock get up to take 47 Pilton students!
@EarlyTrain , @SarahCrossan , and @CurtisJobling were on 🔥
Now for the long journey home to North Devon.
Until next year, Hay! #readingforpleasure #hayfestival
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