With the Hull City Tigers activity book
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A Hull City activity book, designed to help children develop their literacy skills, has been published by the Children's University. This is the second edition of the book. The first, published when the football team last made it to the Premier League in 2009, outsold both Dan Brown and JK Rowling in the Hull branch of Waterstones that Christmas.
John Buttrick, director of the Children's University, said: "Some of the answers to the questions in the book will involve family members, those who have followed the
Hull Tigers over the past 50 years.
"This will, hopefully, bring families together and develop children's literary skills. It's a book for four-year-olds to 94- year-olds."
The Children's University, based on the edge of the University of Hull's Cottingham Road campus, aims to raise young people's aspirations through education.
It counts Hull City owner Assem Allam as a long-time supporter and, now, Mr Allam has given the book his official backing.
He said: "I'm proud to be associated with the Children's University's
Hull Tigers activity book.
"The quizzes, puzzles and reading activities provide a great opportunity for families to get together and share their knowledge and skills, related to the club.
"I think it's a great way for young people to improve their reading skills, with help from all the family."
The book is part of a wider Children's University project to improve the literacy of Hull's young people.
Mr Buttrick said: "Children learn to read quicker if they are interested in the content, because they start to decipher words in the context of a sentence.
"I looked at the content of Sats papers for Key Stage Two and some of the topic areas were just completely alien to the children I teach and represent in schools.
"It's a changing age through new technology.
"We as teachers need to be prepared for the generation who are growing up in the world of iPads and iPhones and we need to make sure the way we are teaching is just as engaging."
Mr Buttrick is a big fan of Hull City and this is one of the reasons he is committed to the project.
He said: "I'm a S****horpe lad, but I've spent 40 years in Hull and it's my club, I've been a season ticket holder for years. I can't watch them every week now, but I'm a big, big fan.
"I met with Mr Allam yesterday and I said, 'If this is another success, we will continue to move it out'.
"I think I may also put a version online, so anyone who wants to buy it from anywhere in the world can.
"It will help spread Hull support around the world and also raise money for the Children's University."
There are 3,000 copies of the book available from retailers across Hull, including the Hull Daily Mail offices on Blundell's Corner.
It costs £4.99 and raises money for the Children's University.
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