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The Asparagus Bunch Activity Pack

Leon John Crothers is 4779 days old (thirteen years and one month, if you're mathematically challenged). He has been 'moved on' from six different schools and most people think he has an attitude problem. Leon doesn't care for the label, in the same way that he doesn't care for Tim Burton,… read more

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  • Chatterbooks

Hedgewitch by Skye McKenna Activity Pack

A young runaway winds up in an enchanted village that separates England from the magical land of faerie in the first part of McKenna's immersive fantasy series. read more

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  • Reading Groups for Everyone
  • Chatterbooks

The Big Eurovision Read Bilingual (Welsh) Resources

This year, the UK is hosting this year’s Eurovision Song Contest on behalf of last year’s winners, Ukraine. The Contest will be held in Liverpool on Saturday, 13 May. Partnering with BBC Arts, The Reading Agency is joining the party and celebrating the proven power of reading and the power of… read more

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  • Reading Groups for Everyone
  • Prizes, awards and festivals

The Big Eurovision Read Resource Pack

This year, the UK is hosting this year’s Eurovision Song Contest on behalf of last year’s winners, Ukraine. The Contest will be held in Liverpool on Saturday, 13 May. Partnering with BBC Arts, The Reading Agency is joining the party and celebrating the proven power of reading and the power of… read more

  • published
  • Prizes, awards and festivals
  • Reading Groups for Everyone

BeYOUtiful by Shelina Janmohamed activity pack

This is NOT a book about what to wear, how to put on make-up or pose for a photo. This is a book about what it means to be beautiful, perfect for readers 10+.

It will teach you how to decide FOR YOURSELF what beauty really is, and give you the superpower to say, 'I'm beautiful!' – and mean… read more

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  • Young People
  • Chatterbooks
  • Teachers Reading Challenge

After School Detective Club Activity Pack

Meet The After-School Detective Club – Lucy, Max,
Joe, Charlie and her faithful dog Sherlock.

The unlikely gang of friends who stumble across mysteries whenever they’re together! The deeper they dig, the bigger their adventures become. Smugglers, treasure hunters, bedroom breakouts and daring… read more

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  • Chatterbooks

WELSH School Assembly PowerPoint – Ready, Set, Read!

Download this Welsh language school assembly presentation and tell pupils all about this year’s Summer Reading Challenge!

The presentation is available in PowerPoint format.

Please note, this is the Welsh-language version of this resource. See the link below for the English-language version. read more

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  • Summer Reading Challenge

Wild Isles Reading List

The Reading Agency proudly supports the Save our Wild Isles campaign: www.saveourwildisles.org.uk.

Together, we can help save the UK's precious wildlife and wild places.

To celebrate the campaign, The Reading Agency has curated a reading list to inspire children and young people to learn… read more

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  • Summer Reading Challenge

Engaging schools: newsletter template (families) – Ready, Set, Read!

Help spread the word about Ready, Set, Read!

We have provided a template newsletter which can be sent to parents and carers, encouraging them to sign up their children for the Summer Reading Challenge.

School staff can download this template and share it with families, and library staff can… read more

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  • Summer Reading Challenge

Engaging schools: assembly PowerPoint – Ready, Set, Read!

Download this school assembly presentation and tell pupils all about this year's Summer Reading Challenge!

This download contains two versions of the presentation: one you can customise for your region, and one that is ready to share.

The presentations are available in PowerPoint format. read more

  • published
  • Summer Reading Challenge