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World Mental Health Day 2024 - library toolkit

A toolkit to support libraries to get involved with World Mental Health Day (10 October 2024).

The toolkit includes useful information, resources, display and activity ideas and template social media copy. read more

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  • Reading Well

Wildsmith: Magical Mountain Rescue by Liz Flanagan - Activity Sheets

The epic conclusion to the Wildsmith series.

When the young prince is kidnapped, the wildsmith Rowan has an important to role to play
in his rescue – but time is running out.

Can she rescue the prince, keep the fragile peace, and save another magical animal in need? read more

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The Stitchwort Curse by Alexandra Dawe - Social Assets

Etta Starling has never set foot outside Stitchwort. Shrouded by a dark curse for over a century the estate is lost and forgotten.

These last few last surviving members of the Starling clan can never leave; to pass the boundary wall means certain death.

But just because they can’t leave… read more

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Mayowa and the Sea of Words by Chibundu Onuzo - Activity Pack

'Joyful and truly original' – Katherine Rundell, author of Impossible Creatures

WARNING: DO NOT JUMP ON THIS BOOK!

Have you ever jumped on a book? Perhaps not. Most people would think it was a rather unusual thing to do.

Ten-year-old Mayowa has always thought that her Grandpa… read more

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A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal - Discussion Notes

On the streets of White Roaring, Arthie Casimir is a criminal mastermind and collector of secrets. Her prestigious tearoom transforms into an illegal bloodhouse by dark, catering to the vampires feared by society. But when her establishment is threatened, Arthie is forced to strike an unlikely… read more

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  • Reading Hack
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The Secret of Golden Island by Natasha Farrant - Teaching Resources

What will two children do to win an island? From Costa-winning author of Voyage of the Sparrowhawk.

Skylar's old friends felt sorry for her but they were too afraid to talk to her.

Yakov's old friends were far away, blown across continents by war . . .

When Skylar meets Yakov she is… read more

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  • Reading Hack

International Dot Day Activity Guide

Get inspired to fill your September 15th-ish International Dot Day with creativity. International Dot Day is a global celebration of creativity, courage and collaboration.

The Dot features on the Summer Reading Challenge 2024 Book Collection. Discover the collection on… read more

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  • Summer Reading Challenge

You Can Do Anything! by Jonnie Peacock - Resource Pack

Publishing just ahead of the Paralympics, this empowering non-fiction guide from two time gold-medal-winning Paralympian and Strictly Come Dancing star Jonnie Peacock will help young people find their happiness, chase their dreams and be unstoppable.

Whether it's sport, art, maths or just… read more

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Open Wide! by Dr Letizia Diamante - Display & Activity pack

Explore the most marvellous mouths of the animal kingdom, from the awesome jaws of the great white shark to the tiny teeth of the garden snail. Some animals sport tongues that are longer than their bodies, others have super-sticky spit that can speedily snare an insect snack. And animals use… read more

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The Daughter of Auschwitz by Tova Friedman - Teaching Notes & Resources

Tova Friedman was just five years old when she and her mother were sent to a Nazi labour camp. She turned six in Auschwitz. At twelve she was on her way to America, ready to start a new life and tell her tale of survival.

From the destruction of the Jewish ghetto in central Poland, where she… read more

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North Woods by Daniel Mason - Reading Group Guide

When two young lovers abscond from a Puritan colony, little do they know that their humble cabin in the woods will become the home of an extraordinary succession of human and nonhuman characters alike. An English soldier, destined for glory, abandons the battlefields of the New World to devote… read more

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The Land of Lost Things by Andy Griffiths - Digital Assets

Lose yourself in The Land of Lost Things – you’ll never want to be found!

Adventures Unlimited: The Land of Lost Things is a fun and exciting illustrated series from the author behind the multi-million bestselling Treehouse series, Andy Griffiths, illustrated by Bill Hope.

Remember the time… read more

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