Simon Pollard is a head teacher at Carclaze Community Primary School, who last year founded the St Austell Festival of Children’s Literature.
He was recently awarded the Community Reading Champion in the Harper Collins Reading for Pleasure Teacher Awards 2024. He is passionate about the… read more
Promote the Teachers’ Reading Challenge and Summer Reading Challenge in your school with our joint poster.
Use the space for students, teachers and other staff to share what they will be reading this summer. read more
Single page poster for Teachers Reading Challenge 2024 read more
A promotional toolkit for the Reading Well for children booklist. Contains display ideas; online and social media content including template tweets and quote cards from children, authors and stakeholders; a photobank of shareable images; resources for health and education sector outreach; local… read more
This Summer, Monster Fun – the UK's most epic children's comic – is giving children the chance to STAR IN THEIR VERY OWN COMIC STRIP!
In the Me and My Monster Competition, children and young people (up to 16+) simply need to grab the entry form, draw themselves and a monster, then have an… read more
If you have a reading group with children or work in a school or library – we have some fantastic opportunities for you!
If you would like some display and activity packs then visit our "shop":https://shop.readingagency.org.uk/collections/children. We also have hundreds of fantastic digital… read more
Earth Day 2024 will take place on 22 April. To support any activity you may want to run, we have collated a booklist with a mix of poetry, fiction and non-fiction books with strong themes of nature and conservation.
We would love to hear what books you’d recommend on social media using… read more
<p><span>A HILARIOUS GUIDE TO THE ANIMAL KINGDOM WHERE YOUR FAVOURITE ANIMALS GO HEAD-TO-HEAD</span></p>
<p><span>The athletes have arrived. The excitement is building. Grab your popcorn and get ready to witness the most entertaining sports day ever with commentator Clare… read more
Gollancz is the UK’s #1 Sci-fi, Fantasy & Horror publisher, bringing you epic books by the likes of Brandon Sanderson, Victoria Aveyard, Patrick Rothfuss, Joe Abercrombie, Natasha Pulley, and many more. Its fan-favourite festival GollanczFest returns on 16 March, and to celebrate, we’re… read more
<p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">“</span></i><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">A mouse took a stroll through the deep dark wood. A fox saw the mouse and the mouse looked good.”</span></i></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Happy birthday Gruffalo! Return to the deep dark wood where it… read more
<span><strong>The second book in an incredible immersive fantasy series about a boy with no memories and a world that only he can save. Perfect for fans of Francesca Gibbons and <em>The Land of Roar</em>.</strong></span><strong><br><br></strong>Jayben has realised his destiny as the Ninth… read more
<strong><em>THE TIMES </em></strong><strong>CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE WEEK</strong><br><strong><br>
Welcome to SHIVER POINT, home of spooks, screams and small-town horror! Enter if you dare…</strong><br>
<br>Shiver Point is boring. Nothing interesting ever happens there and there's… read more