We will continue to update this document with new info sent by publishers. Last updated 29/05
Authors and illustrators featured in the Summer Reading Challenge ‘Story Garden’ Book Collection have provided us with their availability for library events over the summer.
Where possible, authors… read more
The landmark new book from David Attenborough and Colin Butfield.
A lifetime of discovery. A century in the making.
Ocean is the landmark publication by the greatest natural history broadcaster of our times on how to save the ocean – and consequently our planet. It is a book almost a… read more
Help us get as many children as possible reading this summer!
Engage local schools (or your fellow teachers) with the Summer Reading Challenge using this template copy to a teacher audience. You can download this template and customise it to suit your local needs. read more
You can use this handy copy to tell parents & carers about the Challenge and
encourage them to take their children to the library over the holidays. Use the
templates for newsletters/emails, the school website or even class Whatsapp groups.
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You can use this handy flyer to tell parents or carers about the Summer Reading Challenge and encourage them to take their children to the library to get started!
Children can read anything they enjoy and will earn rewards for meeting their goal – the perfect confidence boost.
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Engage your class/school with reading this summer!
This information pack contains key information for schools about Story Garden – this year’s Summer Reading Challenge – benefits for pupils, how to take part and next steps for teachers, plus ways to celebrate your pupils'… read more
Ruth Hogan's known for her books with heart, and The Light a Candle Society is no exception! Out in June 2025, The Light a Candle Society is a heart-warming and redemptive story of finding light and joy even in times of darkness. Reading group questions have been supplied here to share with… read more
Get your book club chat started with these handy reading group notes to accompany copies of Young Love by Suzanne Ewart – a novel that explores first love, love between friends, families and loving yourself enough to find happiness, even when it’s not what you imagined.
Kelsey and Lewis have… read more
Printable activity sheets to create a 'dragon treasure hunt' for children to engage with. read more
Discover the uplifting and completely heartwarming debut novel from Samuel Burr,The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers.
Click download to get a copy of the discussion guide.
Clayton Stumper is an enigma.
He might be twenty-five years old, but he dresses like your… read more
Celebrate National Hedgerow Week from 5 – 11 May 2025 with Spring by Michael Morpurgo, in partnership with Hodder Press and The Tree Council.
Michael Morpurgo has lived on a farm deep in rural Devon for more than forty years. In Spring, he observes the season unfold around him, as fragile… read more
Every morning at around half past ten, Sybil Van Antwerp sits down to write letters – to her brother, to her best friend, to the president of the university who will not allow her to attend a class she desperately wants to take, to her favourite authors to tell them what she thinks of their… read more