07 October 2021
Adult October Booklist: Perfect Poetry
Celebrate National Poetry Day on 7 October 2021 – and every day! – with this fantastic selection of poetry collections, anthologies and song lyrics.
07 October 2021
Canelo Crime digital promotional materials
This pack contains digital materials for libraries and other organisations to promote titles in Canelo Crime’s collection, including: Bunting template Social media assets for Twitter, Facebook and Instagram Pre-written social media copy and handles
06 October 2021
Children and Young People's October Booklist: Perfect Poetry
Celebrate National Poetry Day on 7 October 2021 – and every day! – with this fantastic selection of poetry collections, anthologies and verse novels for all ages.
06 October 2021
Ten Minutes to Bedtime series - activity pack
No.1 bestselling Ten Minutes to Bed series has been written specifically to help little ones settle down for bedtime. This bestselling bedtime series has sold one million copies worldwide! Follow the loveable characters as they go on adventures and have lots...
04 October 2021
Everyone Sang: A Poem for Every Feeling from Walker Books - downloadable postcard
It is National Poetry Day is on 7 October and Walker Books have an incredible poetry anthology publishing on exactly the 7 of October! Everyone Sang: A Poem for Every Feeling is an exquisite gift-book containing over a hundred poems, chosen...
04 October 2021
The Wall by Jessie James and Catalina Echeverri - Teaching Notes
Tom is a little boy who LOVES to explore. But, one day, he hears the grown-ups talking about the monsters that live in the big, wide world and he is too scared to explore anymore. Soon, they build a giant...
04 October 2021
The Wild Before by Piers Torday - digital pack
Can one hare alone change the world? The captivating animal adventure destined to be loved by readers of all ages. One stormy, snowy night, a pure silver calf is born on an ordinary muddy farm by the light of the moon....
02 October 2021
Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler - digital pack
Happy Birthday, Room on the Broom! We’re celebrating 20 years since the publication of the wonderful Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. The witch and her cat fly happily over forests, rivers and mountains on their broomstick until...
01 October 2021
Warm Welcome Toolkit
Older people told Ageing Better in Camden that a Warm Welcome is essential when encouraging people to take part in activities and remain connected in their communities, especially if they have faced loneliness or social isolation. They gathered ideas, resources...
30 September 2021
Rules for Vampires by Alex Foulkes and Sara Ogilvie - digital pack
Straighten your cape and sharpen your claws… being a vampire is harder than it looks! There are highs and lows to being a vampire. On one claw, you get cool powers like beastly strength and hypnotism and the ability to Grimwalk. On...
30 September 2021
Shadowghast by Thomas Taylor - Discussion Guide
A creepy magician with a shadowy act. A legend that goes back to the dawn of time. Eerie-on-Sea just got stranger. And darker… On the eve of Ghastly Night, a hypnotic stage magician, Caliastra, checks in to Eerie-on-Sea’s Grand Nautilus Hotel....
28 September 2021
Celebrate Halloween with Oxford Children’s Books - digital packs
Oxford Children’s Books have a spectacularly spooky pack on offer this Halloween featuring young superhero, Kitty – a girl with feline super powers, children’s favourites Winnie the Witch and her pet cat Wilbur and Isadora Moon and her naughty half...
28 September 2021
Happy Here: 10 Stories from Black British Authors & Illustrators - social media assets
Celebrate Black History Month with Knights Of! Black History Month is an annual event intended to recognise the contribution and achievements of those with African or Caribbean heritage. In recent years it’s become part of the school curriculum and is also...
27 September 2021
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath - Reading Guide
Faber have created a reading guide to one of the BBC’s ’100 novels that shaped our world’, and the Guardian called ‘a modern classic’. The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath’s only novel, is partially based on Plath’s own life. It has...
27 September 2021
Celebrate Libraries Week with Walker Books - digital resource
Join in the celebrations for Libraries Week with our special library themed double sided poster featuring illustrations from Moose’s Book Bus, an homage to storytime, libraries and community by Inga Moore, one of the most acclaimed children’s bookmakers working today,...
24 September 2021
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Wild World Heroes Data Share
Download the digital participation data for your library authority for Wild World Heroes, Summer Reading Challenge 2021. Please read the guidance notes (available at the link below) for more information on how to access your data. Please email sophie.field@readingagency.org.uk if you...
24 September 2021
October, October by Katya Balen - digital resources
‘Quite simply one of the most beautiful books I’ve ever read’ Kiran Millwood Hargrave October and her dad live in the woods. They know the trees and the rocks and the lake and stars like best friends. They live in the...
24 September 2021
Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston – digital resources
Amari Peters knows three things. Her big brother Quinton has gone missing. No one will talk about it. His mysterious job holds a clue… So when she’s invited for a trial at the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs, Amari is certain this is her chance...
16 September 2021
100 Poets by John Carey Reading Group Questions
John Carey has compiled a short, uniquely valuable anthology of verse based on a simple principle: select the one hundred greatest poets from across the centuries, and then choose their very best poems. Here are some book club questions to...
15 September 2021
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr Reading Group Questions
Readers questions for the award winning All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. WINNER OF THE 2015 PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR FICTION A beautiful, stunningly ambitious novel about...
14 September 2021
Julia and the Shark by Kiran Millwood Hargrave - Classroom resources
A captivating, powerful and luminous story from a bestselling, award-winning author about a mother, a daughter, and the great Greenland shark. With mesmerising black and yellow illustrations and presented as a deluxe hardback with tracing paper inserts, this is a...
14 September 2021
No Man's Land by Joanna Nadin - reading group digital pack
A heart-warming, heart-breaking story of love, bravery and finding a new way to live, No Man’s Land is the brilliant new novel from Joanna Nadin, the acclaimed author of Joe All Alone. ‘I could feel it coming. War, I mean. Creeping...
14 September 2021
Guidance for Reading Friends Funding Routes
This resource contains information and guidance on different possible funding routes for Reading Friends activities.
09 September 2021
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Reading Friends Editable Tea & Biscuits Portrait Posters
Editable portrait posters which show a selection of tea and biscuits. Please use Adobe Acrobat to edit.
08 September 2021
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Reading Friends Editable Face-to-Face Landscape Posters
Editable landscape posters which show a selection of face-to-face Reading Friends activities. Please use Adobe Acrobat to edit. Please let readingfriends@readingagency.org.uk know if you’re looking for something specific.
08 September 2021
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Reading Friends Editable Face-to-Face Portrait Posters
Editable portrait posters which show a selection of face-to-face Reading Friends activities. Please use Adobe Acrobat to edit. Please let readingfriends@readingagency.org.uk know if you’re looking for something specific.
07 September 2021
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Wild World Heroes Evaluation Guidance Notes
Please read these guidance notes before completing the Summer Reading Challenge evaluation form. This resource contains information on: The 2021 Library Evaluation form The 2021 Family Survey, including suggestions for promoting the survey Instructions for adding the Family Survey to your website Please note: this...
07 September 2021
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Wild World Heroes Library Evaluation Form
Download the Library Evaluation Form for Wild World Heroes, Summer Reading Challenge 2021. All library authorities running the Summer Reading Challenge are required to complete this evaluation form. Please Note: This is the standard library evaluation form. Library authorities taking part...
02 September 2021
You Will Be Okay by Julie Stokes – School Resources
Hachette Children’s Books have created an essential handbook to provide comfort and guidance for children aged 8+ experiencing loss. About the book The death of a parent, sibling or friend is one of the most traumatic experiences for a child and it...
01 September 2021
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Reading Friends Social Media Cards
This resource contains generic and editable template assets for Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Use these social cards to help promote your Reading Friends project on social media channels.
