The Penned By A Prisoner daily drawing challenge offers an opportunity for those who struggle with literacy and/ or prefer art to take part in daily creative challenges.
These resources are word documents so feel free to edit them so they work best for you. They can be printed and distributed… read more
Penned By A Prisoner is a daily writing challenge created by staff at HMP Brixton.
The resources are in three batches covering 30 days of writing. Feel free to tailor the word documents to work best for you before printing. They can be printed and distributed to cells. Download all the… read more
We’re going on a bear hunt.
We’re going to catch a big one.
Will you come too?
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt, the classic chant-aloud by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury, started a publishing phenomenon 30 years ago with readers swishy-swashying and splash-sploshing through this… read more
Teach children about the plight of the orangutan and the dangers of deforestation in, There’s a Rang-tan in My Bedroom, the timely and beautiful picture book by James Sellick and Frann Preston-Gannon. Hachette Children's Group have got lots of excellent resources that will help you plan KS1… read more
When Lenny the rabbit spots a lonely fish in a pond, they soon become friends. But will their friendship survive, when Lenny lives on land and his friend lives in water? A heart-warming story about the enduring power of friendship. read more
There's a new craze in town for smart speakers and everyone has got one. At first they seem super helpful, but Tyler and her friends soon start to get suspicious. It's like these virtual assistants are really the ones in control-but no-one else seems to notice. It's not long before the assistants… read more
An atmospheric and riveting fantasy adventure, perfect for fans of Frances Hardinge and Cornelia Funke.
Pip lives on his wits in the city of Clarel. When he pickpockets the wrong man, he finds himself in possession of a strange object – a heart in a silver casket. What’s more, the heart… read more
Watch out! Move out of the way! Hold onto your tails! There are … BUNNIES ON THE BUS! And they aren't stopping for ANYONE!
The bunnies have taken over the bus and they're on a wild ride across the streets of Sunnytown! They whizz past the bus stop, swerve around corners and zoom over… read more
Celebrating 25 years of Guess How Much I Love You
Sometimes when you love someone very, very much, you want to find a way of describing how much you treasure them. But, as Little Nutbrown Hare and Big Nutbrown Hare discover, love is not always an easy thing to measure!
Since it’s… read more
Species in danger? Girl and Shrew to the rescue!
Agnes Gamble has no idea of the adventures that lie ahead with she signs up for SPEARS (The Society For the Protection of Endangered and Awesomely Rare Species). But she soon finds out when she and her new elephant-shrew partner Attie (short… read more
If everything was taken from you, what would you do to get it back?
Agatha patrols the sea wall with pride, despite those in her clan who question her right to be there, because of the condition she was born with.
Jaime is a reluctant Angler, full of self-doubt and afraid of the… read more
Brat has always lived in the isolated castle on the island, taking care of the vicious creatures that his master creates, waiting in terror for the moment when they are ready to be put to use. But then the unthinkable happens. The monsters get out. Now Brat must overcome his fears, and venture… read more