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Beyond Words: Coping with Coronavirus Picture Stories

Free picture stories and illustrated guides to support people with learning disabilities and autism through the coronavirus pandemic.

Take a look at the Beyond Words books for:
Beating the Virus
Mental health, end of life and bereavement
Secure settings

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July 2020 - The Great Outdoors booklist for children and young people

This month our booklist is about books that immerse a reader in an environment, where the setting plays an important part to the plot or shows the beauty of nature. We’ve picked some brilliant poetry, picture books, non-fiction and chapter books that celebrate the great outdoors.

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June 2020 - Pride booklist for children and young people

June is Pride Month, so it is the perfect time to share our favourite LGBTQ+ positive books for children and young people. These books highlight family dynamics and stories to help develop the values of acceptance and kindness towards themselves and others, regardless of identity.

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June 2020 - Brilliant Books to Share booklist for children

Due to the disruption caused by Covid-19 and the impact of social distancing, sharing books at home has never been more important. To help, we have created a list of some of our favourite books to read with children. We’ve picked some brilliant poetry, picture books, non-fiction and chapter books… read more

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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 and we have The Reading Agency… read more

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April 2020 children's and young people booklist - Around the World

It is "World Book Night":https://worldbooknight.org/ 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 we have created a booklist of our favourite… read more

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February 2018 children's and young people booklist - Wonder Women *reshare*

February 2018 marks the 100th anniversary of the Representation of the People Act 1918 and to celebrate this we have created a list of some of our favourite books about inspirational women. The Representation of the People Act of 1918 granted the vote to certain women over the age of 30 – the… read more

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March 2020 Children's and young people booklist - STREAM (British Science Week)

British Science Week takes place between 6-15 March 2020 – and to celebrate this we have created a themed booklist based on STREAM (Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) topics.

To help children learn more about STREAM topics, our list has a fun mix of picture… read more

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Climate Change booklist

This month we're travelling to alternative worlds, and worlds that don't seem too different from our own with our climate change booklist. Full of fiction and non-fiction, this list will get you thinking about how you can make a positive impact on the world. read more

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February 2020 Children's and young people booklist - Climate Change

The theme for our booklist this month are books based on climate change.

To help children get a deeper understanding of the effects of climate change and this list has picture books, suggestions for children in Key Stage 2 and books for young people (13+).

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