Summer Reading Challenge
What is the Summer Reading Challenge? 1 in 4 children cannot read well by the age of 11. This hugely…
Audience: Children
Reading Well for Children
Reading Well for children provides quality-assured information, stories and advice to support children’s mental health and wellbeing. Books have been…
May 2023 booklist – Community and Celebration
We hope that May will be a time of communities coming together in celebration, so we have selected some of…
June 2023 booklist – Sports & Games
The Summer Reading Challenge launches soon and this year we’re teaming up with children’s charity, the Youth Sport Trust, for ‘Ready,…
July 2023 booklist – Turning the Page (historical books)
The Council for British Archaeology run the UK’s biggest celebration of archaeology called the Festival of Archaeology which is held from 15-30…
August 2023 booklist – Escape with a Book
As lots of people head off on their holidays, we selected books that can transport a reader somewhere else even…
September 2023 booklist – STEM
National Coding Week is an annual event that aims to help adults and children with learning digital skills. National Coding…
October 2023 booklist – Poetry
National Poetry Day (5 October) is a day to share, read and even write poetry. To celebrate, we’ve put together…
November 2023 booklist – Debuts
November marks National Novel Writing Month or NaNoWriMo (as it’s more commonly known). We want to celebrate some of our…
The Reading Agency’s Books of the Year!
At The Reading Agency, we have read a lot of brilliant books over the past year; books that have made…
