(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.
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An author’s first published book.
A book which deals with fresh starts or new beginnings.
A book about a king--real or fictional (6 January is Epiphany or Three Kings Day).
A book with the word ‘one’ in the title.
A book which addresses the Holocaust or the impact of anti-Semitism (27 January is Holocaust Memorial Day).
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A novel which is set in more than one time period (Janus, the Roman god January is named after, is always portrayed looking both forward and backwards).
A book set in the Arctic or Antarctic (this month is the 100th anniversary of the death of Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton).
A book with a wolf on the cover (January’s full moon is known as the wolf moon).
A book about gangs or organised crime (to mark the 75th anniversary of the death of Al Capone).
Read a book or poetry collection by A.A Milne, who turns 140 this month.
The first book in a series.
A book featuring a goat (Capricorn, the sign of the goat, ends in January).
One of the Alice in Wonderland books by Lewis Carroll, who would have been 190 on 27 January.
A book written by someone whose name includes the letters ‘JAN’ (this could include Jane, Janet, Arjan etc).
A book about archaeologists or Ancient Egypt (to mark 97 years since the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb).
