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Marvellous Makers Data Share Guidance Notes

Please read these guidance notes for more information on accessing the Summer Reading Challenge digital participation data.

This resource contains information on:

The data share for digital participation in Ready Set Read, including anonymised and personalised data.

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Baumgartner by Paul Auster - Reading Group Questions

The life of Sy Baumgartner – noted author, and soon-to-be retired philosophy professor – has been defined by his deep, abiding love for his wife. Now Anna is gone, and Baumgartner is trying to live with her absence. But Anna's voice is everywhere still, in every spiral of memory and reminiscence,… read more

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Reading Sparks Evaluation Pack 2024

Here you'll find evaluation materials for Reading Sparks Phase 2 – please note that these are locked resources and you'll need to be participating in Reading Sparks to access them. If you are participating but cannot access them, please contact your library coordinator. read more

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Reading Sparks Ideas Bank

Want some creative inspiration for your Lego Spike Prime sessions? Looking for some quickfire ideas to link coding and storytelling, or builds to make? Try this ideas bank which we hope provides the ignition to your session engine!
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Reading Sparks Book List: Coding and Robotics

A book list of fiction and non-fiction titles all around the themes of Lego, robotics and coding. Please note that these books are intended as general ideas for library sector professionals, who should research and assess the suitability of the titles for their audiences. This list has not been… read more

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Download reading group questions for Kala by Colin Walsh

THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2023
'Unforgettable' Observer
'Masterful' Irish Times
'Explosive' The Telegraph

For those of you wanting a captivating and compelling read for your book group this summer, look no further than Kala by Colin… read more

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Book Discussion Prompts: Marvellous Makers

These book discussion prompts can be used to help children talk about their Summer Reading Challenge books with library staff, volunteers, teachers or at home.

Illustrations by Natelle Quek and © The Reading Agency 2024. read more

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Communications toolkit (Welsh) - Marvellous Makers

This toolkit is intended to help libraries in Wales promote the 2024 Summer Reading Challenge. It contains:
- A link to download themed social media assets
- Suggested copy for social posts
- Suggested copy for newsletters
- A press release template

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Happiness Falls by Angie Kim - Book Club Kit

We didn't call the police right away. Later, I would blame myself, wonder if things might have turned out differently if I hadn't shrugged it off, insisting Dad wasn't missing missing but just delayed, probably still in the woods looking for Eugene.

Mia Parkson's life is turned upside down… read more

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