Chatterbooks reading clubs help children build a lifelong reading habit. We estimate that almost 9,000 children belong to Chatterbooks groups, which can be run by anyone with a passion for reading. Find out more about Chatterbooks here.
The Summer Reading Challenge helps get three quarters of a million children into libraries every year to keep up their reading skills and confidence. Find out much more about how to participate, and about the 2019 theme Space Chase, here.
The 500 Words competition launched on Tuesday 29 January, on BBC Radio 2. It is one of the most successful story-writing competitions for kids in the world, and helps to get children excited about reading and writing.
We're over the moon to announce the release of the book collection for the Summer Reading Challenge 2019, Space Chase. Inspired by the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, Space Chase will take young readers on an out-of-this-world adventure
Find out all you need to know about how to run the Summer Reading Challenge.
Find out how schools can get involved and benefit from the Summer Reading Challenge.
Your donations will go a long way to helping us improve children's literacy. Find out how to give here.
Reading for pleasure is more important to children’s successes than education or social class. The Summer Reading Challenge gets three quarters of a million children into libraries to keep up their reading skills and confidence during the long holidays while Chatterbooks reading groups help build a lifelong reading habit. Because everything changes when we read.
