Last week inspired by @mazst who had enthused about The Nowhere Emporium and how great the start was.
I posted my favourite book opening along with the hashtag #bestbookopening.
It was fab that so many shared their favourite opening and really lit up quite a dull Tuesday. (It was raining and cold where I live). There are now a load more books I want to go and explore. Both children’s and adult’s books were shared I have however focussed on the children’ s books first
So this isn’t really a blogpost. It is instead just a place to share #bestbookopening pdf I have currently done the first 50 openings. They are A4 pages and look a bit like this…
So here is a PDF version,
and here is a word version if you want to edit or add your own.
I will add more over the next few days…
Here are another 20.
More to follow…
Hope people find them useful…I’m putting a set up around school.
Being Brave! a first time headteachers blog. 
Another great Philip Reeve opening sentence is from one of the prequels to Mortal Engines called ‘A Web of Air’: Something was upsetting the angels. It really leaves everything open, the possibilities are endless!
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What a great resource – thank you! I had to teach a lesson on fronted adverbials for an interview a few years ago, so I used opening lines from famous books that started with fronted adverbials to make it a bit more meaningful.
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Fabulous resource! Thank you!
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