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Book Club: The Reading Edit
To celebrate the National Year of Reading, we have created A FREE monthly digital magazine, perfect for sharing with parents and fellow teachers to support reading for pleasure in school and at home.
Each month, our reading experts highlight standout books from your Book Club and bring them to life with ready-to-use activities, author videos, extracts and School Lives events – perfect for engaging pupils and supporting reading for pleasure in the classroom and at home. And to make planning even easier, it’s all been collated into a free, interactive digital magazine, ready for you to browse and use whenever you need it.
Download your copy below:
Free downloadable resource
Reading Habit Tracker
Nothing sets pupils up for success like reading regularly, and book trackers are a great way to record reading progress. That’s why we’ve put a reading habit tracker, to help track reading in each month of thel year. Your pupils will develop reading skills and confidence — plus, a sense of pride in their accomplishments.
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Holocaust Memorial Day: Children’s Reading List
This Holocaust Memorial Day, we’re sharing a thoughtful selection of children’s books that introduce young readers to the Holocaust with sensitivity, helping to foster empathy, understanding, and remembrance.
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Books to Read this Remembrance Day
Discover our brilliant, thought-provoking list of books hand-picked to get children reading for Remembrance Day.
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Top Picks For Halloween: YA Edition
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Our Top Picks for Black History Month
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Our Favourite Picture Books for Autumn
As the summer draws to a close, explore our top picks for the upcoming autumn, including some great Halloween reads!
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Real Reviews from Real Kids
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Books to Help Cope With Grief
To mark National Grief Awareness Day (30th August), we’ve put together a list of children’s books that help young readers explore loss, grief and remembrance.