01 December 2023
WELSH Promotional Poster - Winter Mini Challenge 2023
Please note, this is the Welsh-language version of this resource. The English-language version is available on the Resource Bank separately. Shout about the Winter Mini Challenge with this printable poster! Download and use our resources to encourage young readers at home, your...
17 November 2023
Latest opportunities from our publisher partners for schools and libraries
If you have a reading group with children or work in a school or library – we have some fantastic opportunities for you! If you would like some display and activity packs then visit our shop. We also have hundreds...
08 November 2023
Grief Awareness Week 2023: library toolkit
A toolkit to support libraries to get involved in Grief Awareness Week, 2-8 December 2023. The toolkit provides: • Helpful resources • Library display and activity ideas • Template social media copy • Signposting to further support
02 November 2023
Comms Toolkit - Winter Mini Challenge 2023
Use this toolkit as guidance to promoting and supporting the Winter Mini Challenge – the online version of The Reading Agency’s popular flagship programme, the Summer Reading Challenge. Spark a love of reading even in the most reluctant reader with...
02 November 2023
Promotional Poster - Winter Mini Challenge 2023
Shout about the Winter Mini Challenge with this printable poster! Download and use our resources to encourage young readers at home, your library, school, reading group or community organisation to take part. The Winter Mini Challenge is a free online...
30 October 2023
Percy Jackson series - digital activity pack and social media
HALF BOY – HALF GOD – ALL HERO. Now with a new cover look, read the story that launched Percy Jackson into the stratosphere, before the Disney+ series comes out! Look, I never asked to be the son of a Greek god....
11 October 2023
You Can't Let An Elephant Pull Santa's Sleigh
‘Fantastic festive fun from a superbly silly series!’ Caryl Hart, bestselling picture book author An alpaca pulling your cracker? Penguins carol singing? A buffalo under the mistletoe? Oh no . . . that just won’t do! Join in the fun as a...
10 October 2023
Reading Power: Communications Toolkit
Support our fundraising campaign focused on improving adult reading confidence across the UK.
11 September 2023
Celebrate International Dot Day - downloadable resources
International Dot Day, a global celebration of creativity, courage and collaboration, began when teacher Terry Shay introduced his classroom to Peter H. Reynolds’ book The Dot on September 15, 2009. Now around the 15 September, more than 10 million teachers,...
21 August 2023
Blade Breaker by Victoria Aveyard - digital assets
A DIVIDED REALM MUST RALLY, AN UNSTOPPABLE ENEMY MUST BE DEFEATED, AND THE FATE OF THE WORLD RESTS ON A BLADE’S EDGE. Andry, a former squire, fights for hope amid blood and chaos. Dom, a grieving immortal, strives to fulfill a broken...
17 August 2023
Ten-word Tiny Tales - digital pack and book trailers
“Invite me in,” she says, outside my tenth storey window… Is it possible to spin a tale using just ten words? In this unique and magnificent compendium designed to spark the imagination, Joseph Coelho brings us stories of underwater worlds, bears...
14 August 2023
Spear by Nicola Griffith - promotional guide
About the ADCI Literary Prize 2023 Launched in 2022, the ADCI (Authors with Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses) Literary Prize seeks to encourage greater positive representation of disability in literature. Founded by author Penny Batchelor and publisher Clare Christian together with the Society...
06 August 2023
National Reading Group Day - assets
Libraries and other organisations can download these social media assets to promote National Reading Group Day (14 September 2023). Contact readinggroups@readingagency.org.uk with any questions.
04 August 2023
Reader Reviews August 2023 - what readers thought about books this month!
Did you know that we offer free reading group sets of books for groups every month? All we ask for in return are reviews. If you’d like to find out more you can sign up to our newsletters. Every month...
21 July 2023
My Heart was a Tree - digital pack
Discover the beauty and wonder of trees in this stunningly illustrated collection of poetry and stories by national treasure, Sir Michael Morpurgo, illustrated by Yuval Zommer. Inspired by the woods around his home, the mighty forests that support our life on...
21 July 2023
Skellig 25th anniversary - activity pack and animation
The bestselling story of love, loss and hope. This modern classic is now illustrated by Tom de Freston for the first time in a hardback 25th anniversary edition. About the book Michael was looking forward to a new start. But now his...
14 July 2023
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ALBANIAN family information and newsletter: Ready, Set, Read!
Download the customisable Albanian family information sheet which contains information about the Summer Reading Challenge 2023 and a family newsletter template in English with an introduction in Albanian. This download is a zip folder of the 2 separate documents above....
14 July 2023
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UKRAINIAN family information sheet: Ready, Set, Read!
Download this Ukrainian family information sheet which contains generic information about the Summer Reading Challenge 2023. Please note: this is a locked resource for library authorities participating in the Summer Reading Challenge 2023. Libraries should contact their local Summer Reading...
14 July 2023
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UKRAINIAN Invitation: Ready, Set, Read!
Download this printable invitation for the Summer Reading Challenge 2023! Please note: the front and back of the invitation are supplied as separate PDFs within the folder. Please note: this is a locked resource for library authorities participating in the Summer Reading...
05 July 2023
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UKRAINIAN Printable A3 Poster: Ready, Set, Read!
Download and print the A3 poster in Ukrainian and spread the word about Summer Reading Challenge 2023! Illustrations by Loretta Schauer and logo artwork by Lizzie Everard. All by © The Reading Agency 2023.
16 June 2023
Dawnlands by Phillipa Gregory - digital assets
In a divided country, power and loyalty conquer all… Discover the new historical novel from Philippa Gregory, the Number One bestselling author of Tidelands and Dark Tides. A compelling and powerful story of political intrigue and personal ambition, set between the...
15 June 2023
Teachers' Reading Challenge Promotional Assets
School and library staff, as well as our partner organisations, can use these assets to promote the 2023 Teachers’ Reading Challenge on social media and in newsletters.
13 June 2023
The Escape Artist - digital resources
Waterstones Non-Fiction Book of the Month for June 2023 Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2022 A Radio 4 Book of the Week About The Escape Artist Anne Frank. Primo Levi. Oskar Schindler. Rudolf Vrba. In April 1944 nineteen-year-old Rudolf Vrba and fellow...
07 June 2023
Teachers' Reading Challenge 2023 and Summer Reading Challenge 2023 Joint Poster
Promote the Teachers’ Reading Challenge and Summer Reading Challenge in your school with our joint poster. Use the space for students, teachers and other staff to share what they will be reading this summer.
02 June 2023
The Great Read/Write Together
This resource pack will help you to celebrate the Great Read/Write Together, as part of the Great Get Together (23-25 June), an initiative run by the Jo Cox Foundation.
01 June 2023
Loneliness Awareness Week 2023: library toolkit
A toolkit to support libraries to get involved in Loneliness Awareness Week, 12-18 June 2023. The toolkit provides: • key facts on loneliness • resources for promoting Reading Well, Reading Friends, Mood-boosting Books and Reading Groups for Everyone • library display and activity ideas •...
03 May 2023
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Name Tags and Badges: Ready, Set, Read!
Librarians can download these Ready, Set, Read! themed badges to use for the Summer Reading Challenge 2023! This resource contains name tag templates (in colour and in black & white), as well as templates for ‘Ask me about Ready, Set, Read!’...
03 May 2023
Mental Health Awareness Week 2023: library toolkit
A toolkit to support libraries to get involved in Mental Health Awareness Week, 15-21 May 2023. The toolkit provides: • key facts on mental health and wellbeing • resources for promoting Reading Well, Reading Friends and Road to Reading • library display and activity ideas • template social media...
19 April 2023
Road to Reading FAQ
Do you have a question about the Road to Reading? This FAQ has all the answers, and can be printed and displayed on noticeboards to inspire other people to join in.
14 April 2023
I, Spy: a Bletchley Park Mystery - Activity sheets and social media assets
‘A highly original, gripping, thought-provoking read’ – Emma Carroll Twelve-year-old Robyn has grown up in Bletchley Park. But when the war begins and everything at Bletchley changes. While Bletchley is buzzing with people recruited for the war effort and all eyes...
