Download activity sheets for children taking part in the Summer Reading Challenge 2023, including 5 word & number puzzles and 3 wordsearches!
This download also includes answer sheets. Colour and BW versions included.
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Pencils, crayons and felt tips at the ready? Print these 4 sheets for children taking part in the Summer Reading Challenge – let's add some colour!
Illustrations by Loretta Schauer and logo artwork by Lizzie Everard. All © The Reading Agency 2023
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A toolkit to support libraries to get involved in Loneliness Awareness Week, 12-18 June 2023.
The toolkit provides:
• key facts on loneliness
• resources for promoting Reading Well, Reading Friends, Mood-boosting Books and Reading Groups for Everyone
• library display and activity ideas
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Analysis of 2021-22 Reading Friends evaluation data regarding visually impaired people. read more
The world’s best dog-tective, Sherlock Bones, is BACK for a third adventure! This time Bones and Dr Catson are on-board a train bound for Paris when they meet a mysterious magician. When he disappears, they ask the other passengers about him – but no one seems to have heard of him. Catson… read more
The Football Superstars series is aimed at building a love of reading in young children, and is filled with fun cartoons, inspirational stories and a cast of characters chipping in with quotes, jokes and comments. read more
Mud is so much more than squelchy brown stuff. It's why our food grows, why our forests stand tall, why our water and air are less dirty and why billions of living things have somewhere to live. This engaging new title encourages young readers and their grown-ups to delight in mud, to value it in… read more
With simple, direct questions, thoughtful, compassionate answers and stunning illustrations by the Ukrainian artist Oksana Drachkovska, this book explores what it really means to be a refugee. Written with advice from the Refugee Council and drawing on conversations with refugees and aid workers… read more
Here, you can download a toolkit containing assets and copy to help you promote Ready, Set, Read! This includes:
- Social media assets and suggested copy
- Ready, Set, Read! banner for websites and newsletters
- Template copy for your newsletters
- Template press release
- Logos
- Branding… read more
Reward children participating in the Mini Challenge (specially designed for pre-schoolers) as part of the Summer Reading Challenge with this Ready, Set, Read certificate!
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Some children participating in the Summer Reading Challenge read more than six books, whilst many may achieve other kinds of personal goals or overcome difficulties.
This ‘Special Achievement Award’ allows you to issue a bespoke certificate. This may be used in addition to the standard Summer… read more
Scottish version for libraries taking part in Scotland. Recognise the hard work of your summer volunteers with a Ready, Set, Read! themed certificate of appreciation.
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