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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.

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Logo Guidelines – Summer Reading Challenge 2023

This document sets out the guidelines for libraries when using the Ready, Set, Read! programme name and logo.

Please ensure you read the guidelines and share them with your design teams.

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Partnership Agreement – Summer Reading Challenge 2023

Any individual or organisation wishing to use the Ready, Set, Read! branding or link their event/activity to the Summer Reading Challenge must sign up to this Agreement.

*This is a locked resource for library authorities participating in the Summer Reading Challenge 2023. Libraries should… read more

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Library MoU – Summer Reading Challenge 2023

We ask all participating library authorities to sign up to a Memorandum of Understanding which sets out the respective roles of The Reading Agency and the local authorities for the Summer Reading Challenge.

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Gecko Press - publisher spotlight

<b>Gecko Press is an independent, small-by-choice, publisher of children’s books translated from books by some of the best writers and illustrators in the world since 2004.</b>

We choose books excellent in story, illustration and design, with a strong heart factor, and that can be read… read more

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The Marvellers by by Dhonielle Clayton - Extract

'The Marvellers deserves the highest compliment I can give a book: I want to live in this world' – Rick Riordan, author of the Percy Jackson series.
 
Eleven-year-old Ella Durand is the first Conjuror to attend the Arcanum Training Institute for Magical and Uncanny Endeavors. At this magical… read more

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Albi: the Glowing Cow Boy - reading notes and activities

These activities and notes are suitable for kids' book clubs, home learning or in the classroom.

About the book

On a quiet farm in a frosty England, under the glowing light of a magical milk moon, a boy calf is born. His name is Albi, and he has no idea how extraordinary he is going to… read more

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The Reading Agency’s December booklist - Books of the Year!

At The Reading Agency, we have read a lot of brilliant books over the past year; books that have made us laugh, cry and left us with a lot to discuss. Members of our team have picked the books that have stood out for them this year and shared a few words on why they loved it. We hope you find… read more

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