06 May 2020
Reading Friends executive summary 2018-2019
Read a summary of our evaluation report 2018-2019.
06 May 2020
Reading Friends Impact report 2018-2019
Find out how Reading Friends has been tackling loneliness through the proven power of reading.
06 May 2020
Reading Ahead 2019-20: Organisation Feedback
Please use the link below to access the organisation feedback survey for Reading Ahead. We want to hear from you about your experiences of delivering Reading Ahead, so we can report on the scale and impact of the programme. Please note:...
06 May 2020
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Reading Friends VE Day Resource Pack
Useful links and activity ideas to celebrate VE Day’s 75th anniversary over the bank holiday weekend.
06 May 2020
Reading Ahead 2019-20: Have Your Say
We hope you have enjoyed taking part in Reading Ahead 2019-20. For a chance to win a £25 shopping voucher, please tell us about your Reading Ahead experience by answering the quick and easy questions in the survey below. Thank...
30 April 2020
The Reading Agency Hub
Here you can access The Reading Agency at home. You’ll find ideas, activities and challenges from across our programmes to entertain and educate yourself, your family or those you are teaching remotely. The activities will be refreshed every couple of weeks...
29 April 2020
Penned By A Prisoner Daily Writing Challenge (days 21-30)
Resources for days 21 – 30 of the Penned By A Prisoner daily writing challenge created by HMP Brixton. Tweet #PennedByAPrisoner to share writing. Some of the challenges are in collaboration with PACT, a charity that support prisoners and their families...
17 April 2020
A reading group guide to The Porpoise by Mark Haddon
The new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author – the perfect book to read with your book club or reading group ‘ Just downright brilliant… a transcendent, transporting experience ’ Observer A motherless girl grows up in isolated luxury, hidden from...
17 April 2020
On Chapel Sands - reading group guide
Waterstones Book of the Month for April 2020 A deeply moving story of family and community that is striking and unforgettable, On Chapel Sands is part-true crime narrative, part-investigation into the subjectivity of memory and part-witness to a vanishing provincial way...
17 April 2020
World Book Night 2020 logo - blue text
Download our logo to use on posters, websites and any materials you create to publicise and use at your World Book Night events.
17 April 2020
World Book Night 2020 logo - yellow text
Download our logo to use on posters, websites and any materials you create to publicise and use at your World Book Night events.
17 April 2020
World Book Night 2020 Jacket Collage
A collage of all the books on the World Book Night 2020 booklist.
17 April 2020
World Book Night 2020 Twitter covers without logo
World Book Night booklist without logo suitable for Twitter.
17 April 2020
World Book Night 2020 Facebook covers without logo
World Book Night booklist without logo suitable for Facebook.
17 April 2020
World Book Night 2020 Banner
A title banner for World Book Night 2020.
17 April 2020
World Book Night square blank background
Blank background suitable for Instagram.
17 April 2020
World Book Night rectangle blank background
Blank background suitable for Twitter and Facebook.
17 April 2020
Individual Book Images
Download individual images for each book on the World Book Night 2020 booklist.
15 April 2020
Animal colouring sheets
Get creative with these colouring sheets inspired by three brand new picture books, all published this month: Clem and Crab by Fiona Lumbers, Super Sloth by Robert Starling and A Fox Called Herbert by Margaret Sturton
15 April 2020
Extraordinary - reading notes and activities
A gentle tale about reaching for the stars and being extraordinary . . . but remembering the ordinary too. Extraordinary celebrates the best moments in life: the ones we share with friends and family. They may be simple, they may be...
06 April 2020
Penned By A Prisoner Daily Writing Challenge (days 11-20)
Resources for days 11 – 20 of the Penned By A Prisoner daily writing challenge created by HMP Brixton. Tweet #PennedByAPrisoner to share writing.
06 April 2020
Penned By A Prisoner Drawing Challenge 2
Second drawing challenge for those who struggle with literacy and/ or prefer art created by HMP Brixton. Tweet #PennedByAPrisoner to share art.
03 April 2020
Stay home with the Walker Bear - Walker Books author videos and activities
Walker Books have LOTS of great resources to keep children entertained. Alex Rider Goes Live To celebrate the publication of Nightshade, the explosive new novel in the Alex Rider series, award-winning writer Anthony Horowitz will be hosting a virtual book launch at...
03 April 2020
Chicken House's Schools' Hub
Teachers, librarians, kids’ club leaders – gather round! In Chicken House’s Schools’ Hub you’ll find educational resources that sit alongside their brilliant books and align with the Key Stage 2 and 3 curriculums. With content created by teachers and librarians that...
02 April 2020
April 2020 children's and young people booklist - Around the World
It is World Book Night on 23 April. World Book Night is a national celebration of reading and books for adults and young people that takes place every year. To help children and their families join in with the celebration...
31 March 2020
Brain Games: Free Downloadable Learning Resources
The perfect books and brain games for your Bright Spark or Clever Kid! Compiled by puzzle master and author of hundreds of puzzle books Dr Gareth Moore, the Bright Sparks (for ages 7-9) and Clever Kids (for ages 9-11) series will...
31 March 2020
The Farm - Book Club Kit
The Farm was chosen for the Radio 2 Book Club. Ambitious businesswoman Mae Yu runs Golden Oaks – a luxury retreat transforming the fertility industry – where women get the very best of everything, so long as they play by the...
31 March 2020
The Farm by Joanne Ramos - First Chapter
The Farm was chosen for the Radio 2 Book Club. Ambitious businesswoman Mae Yu runs Golden Oaks – a luxury retreat transforming the fertility industry – where women get the very best of everything, so long as they play by the...
31 March 2020
The Doll Factory by Elizabeth Macneal - First Chapter
The Doll Factory was chosen for the Radio 2 Book Club. London. 1850. The greatest spectacle the city has ever seen is being built in Hyde Park, and among the crowd watching two people meet. For Iris, an aspiring artist, it...
31 March 2020
Adventure on Trains: The Highland Falcon Thief by MG Leonard and Sam Sedgman - Wordsearch
Adventures on Trains is a major mystery series from bestselling authors M.G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman. First stop, The Highland Falcon Thief, a breathless train journey full of deceptions, puzzles and clues to solve. Harrison Beck is reluctantly joining his travel-writer...
