20 March 2020
Top Tips for Living in Self-Isolation
Think Positive, Be Healthy and Keep Busy with our top tips for living in self-isolation
18 March 2020
Reading Well Wales: Adaptable PowerPoint presentation
An adaptable PowerPoint presentation for advocacy of Reading Well Books on Prescription in local health and social care settings. Contains key information about the scheme, including the how it works in libraries, the development process, and evaluation findings.
14 March 2020
Reading Friends Don't Judge a Book by its Cover: Resources Pack
This pack provides further materials to use alongside the session idea Don’t Judge a Book by its Cover.
13 March 2020
Reading Friends Don't Judge a Book by its Cover: Session Idea
A plan for a book jacket themed Reading Friends session including things to look at and talk about.
13 March 2020
Quick Reads Evaluation flyers
Please download these printable flyers and display them by your Quick Reads or on your issue desk. We want to hear from as many readers as possible. If you have read a Quick Read this year, or previously, please fill out...
13 March 2020
Quick Reads Evaluation poster
Please download this poster and and display it by your Quick Reads. We want to hear from as many readers as possible. If you have read a Quick Read this year, or previously, please fill out our survey and let us...
12 March 2020
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Reading Friends Spring: Resource Pack
This pack provides further materials to use alongside the session idea Spring.
11 March 2020
Would You Like a Banana? - Activity Sheet
Award-winning illustrator Yasmeen Ismail’s delightfully funny picture book featuring a very stubborn gorilla will have the whole family laughing! Gorilla is hungry but there is absolutely no way he’s going to eat a banana. Not even a teeny taste. Not with...
11 March 2020
The Threads of Magic - Teachers' Notes
An atmospheric and riveting fantasy adventure, perfect for fans of Frances Hardinge and Cornelia Funke. Pip lives on his wits in the city of Clarel. When he pickpockets the wrong man, he finds himself in possession of a strange object –...
11 March 2020
Not an Alphabet Book: The Case of the Missing Cake - Activity Sheets
A graphic, bright, imaginative alphabet book, with a smart and laugh-out-loud whodunit twist. This was meant to be a simple alphabet book but something has happened. Something horrible. The most terrible crime! The world’s most completely delicious, tongue-jinglingly, chocolaty cake has...
11 March 2020
Reading Friends Spring: Session Idea
A plan for a spring-themed Reading Friends session including things to read, look at and talk about.
10 March 2020
Alex Rider 20th Anniversary - Activity Sheets
CELEBRATE THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING SERIES! Encourage pupils to become READING SPIES and to take their writing to the next level with the Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz – suitable for children ages 9+. The pack is...
10 March 2020
Bunnies on the Bus by Philip Ardagh and Ben Mantle - Activity Pack
Watch out! Move out of the way! Hold onto your tails! There are … BUNNIES ON THE BUS! And they aren’t stopping for ANYONE! The bunnies have taken over the bus and they’re on a wild ride across the streets of...
10 March 2020
Bunnies on the Bus by Philip Ardagh and Ben Mantle - Storytelling Kit
Watch out! Move out of the way! Hold onto your tails! There are … BUNNIES ON THE BUS! And they aren’t stopping for ANYONE! The bunnies have taken over the bus and they’re on a wild ride across the streets of...
10 March 2020
Michael Rosen introduces The Missing - Author Video and Teachers' Notes
A personal, powerful and resonant account of the Holocaust by one of this country’s best-loved children’s authors. By turns charming, shocking and heart-breaking, this is the true story of Michael Rosen’s search for his relatives who “went missing” during the Second...
10 March 2020
Reading Friends Foraging Resource
This pack provides facts about what foraging is and plants that are commonly found in the UK.
08 March 2020
February 2018 children's and young people booklist - Wonder Women *reshare*
February 2018 marks the 100th anniversary of the Representation of the People Act 1918 and to celebrate this we have created a list of some of our favourite books about inspirational women. The Representation of the People Act of 1918...
05 March 2020
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Quick Reads: A Fresh Start Reading Guide for Reading Friends
A reading guide for Quick Reads short story collection ‘A Fresh Start’ with questions suited to Reading Friends groups.
05 March 2020
Reading Well Wales: book jacket composites
A ZIP file containing book jacket composites to promote Reading Well Books on Prescription for dementia and mental health on social media and websites.
05 March 2020
Reading Well Wales: Health sector engagement letter
A template letter library staff can send to health/social care professionals to establish local partnerships for delivering Reading Well Books on Prescription in Wales.
05 March 2020
Reading Well Wales: evaluation infographic 2018-19
An infographic showing the key findings of the first year evaluation of Reading Well in Wales (dementia scheme only).
04 March 2020
March 2020 Children's and young people booklist - STREAM (British Science Week)
British Science Week takes place between 6-15 March 2020 – and to celebrate this we have created a themed booklist based on STREAM (Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) topics. To help children learn more about STREAM topics, our...
03 March 2020
The Good Hawk by Joseph Elliott - discussion guide and author video
If everything was taken from you, what would you do to get it back? Agatha patrols the sea wall with pride, despite those in her clan who question her right to be there, because of the condition she was born with. Jaime...
24 February 2020
Reading Ahead evaluation report 2018-19
Please use and share our evaluation report to demonstrate the impact of the programme.
21 February 2020
Climate Change booklist
This month we’re travelling to alternative worlds, and worlds that don’t seem too different from our own with our climate change booklist. Full of fiction and non-fiction, this list will get you thinking about how you can make a positive...
17 February 2020
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Reading Friends Share a Story: Resource Pack
This pack provides resources and further materials to use alongside the Share a Story session idea.
17 February 2020
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Reading Friends Share a Story: Session Idea
A plan for a storytelling themed Reading Friends session, including discussion starters, storytelling tips and activity ideas.
15 February 2020
February 2020 Children's and young people booklist - Climate Change
The theme for our booklist this month are books based on climate change. To help children get a deeper understanding of the effects of climate change and this list has picture books, suggestions for children in Key Stage 2...
14 February 2020
Reading Guide for Jane Austen's Emma
Jane Austen’s beloved comedy about finding your equal and earning your happy ending is reimagined in this delicious new film adaptation of EMMA. Handsome, clever and rich, Emma Woodhouse is a restless “queen bee” without rivals in her sleepy little...
14 February 2020
The Maker of Monsters by Lorraine Gregory - activity pack
Brat has always lived in the isolated castle on the island, taking care of the vicious creatures that his master creates, waiting in terror for the moment when they are ready to be put to use. But then the unthinkable...
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