Charles Dickens Resources
7th February 2012 will be the 200th birthday of Charles Dickens, and we decided it was a good excuse to create and pull together some resources on this prolific and beloved English author.
Charles Dickens Colouring Pages

A simple Charles Dickens colouring page for younger kids
Charles Dickens Colouring Page

A portrait colouring page of Charles Dickens, for older children
Charles Dickens Colouring Page 2
Charles Dickens Printables

Decorate the classroom with this Charles Dickens poster, or use it as the front page for a Dickens project, perhaps.
Charles Dickens poster

Just for fun, learn how to draw Charles Dickens with our step by step tutorial!
Learn to draw Charles Dickens
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Write about Charles Dickens with this printable sheet.
Charles Dickens writing page - colour
Charles Dickens writing page - black and white

Print and fold this little booklet, ready to fill with the results of your Dickens research. You may need our origami booklet instructions for folding it.
Charles Dickens booklet - blank
Charles Dickens booklet - lined

Record your work on Charles Dickens on one of our notebooking pages.
Charles Dickens notebooking page 1
Charles Dickens notebooking page 2
Charles Dickens Worksheets

Find out some facts about Charles Dickens, and think about what you would talk about if you were able to meet...
Charles Dickens worksheet - colour
Charles Dickens worksheet - black and white
Charles Dickens Story Starters
Just for fun, have a go at writing the beginnings of a story using some of Charles Dickens' most famous opening lines.

Try this Charles Dickens story starter, borrowing the opening lines from A Christmas Carol.
"Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no double whatever about that...."
Charles Dickens story starter - A Christmas Carol

Here's a worksheet which asks children to continue writing with the opening lines from David Copperfield - quick tricky!
"Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show."
Charles Dickens story starter - David Copperfield

And of course here's one of the most famous story starter opening lines of all, from A Tale of Two Cities!
"It was the best of times; it was the worst of times..."
Charles Dickens story starter - A Tale of Two Cities
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