Elmer Day returns on Saturday 27 May 2023 and Andersen Press are offering free downloadable event packs to help you join in the celebrations in your school or library, including activity sheets, craft ideas and educational resources.
Get ready for the most colourful day of the year! For this… read more
A toolkit to support libraries to get involved in Mental Health Awareness Week, 15-21 May 2023.
The toolkit provides:
• key facts on mental health and wellbeing
• resources for promoting Reading Well, Reading Friends and Road to Reading
• library display and activity ideas
• template… read more
Meet our superstar team and their marvellous mascots in this comprehensive guide!
This guide has been created in collaboration with the Youth Sport Trust. It contains contextual information for library staff to help you link new and existing library activities to this year’s theme and… read more
This toolkit has been developed in partnership by Reading Friends and Share the Vision to provide inspiration and ideas to help you run effective reading groups in your library.
It has been translated into Welsh.
Un o’r ffyrdd y gallwch chi gyflawni nodau Addewid i Bobl â Nam ar y Golwg ac… read more
This toolkit has been developed in partnership by Reading Friends and Share the Vision to provide inspiration and ideas to help you run effective reading groups in your library. read more
Download this training presentation to help with library staff training ahead of the launch of this year’s Summer Reading Challenge: Ready, Set, Read!
Please note: this is a locked resource for library authorities participating in the Summer Reading Challenge 2023. Libraries should contact… read more
Download Arts Award's guide to find out more about their opportunities.
Arts Award inspires young people to grow their arts and leadership talents: it's creative, valuable and accessible.
The Summer Reading Challenge supports children who want to achieve Arts Award Discover during the… read more
We hope that May will be a time of communities coming together in celebration, so we have selected some of our favourite titles that demonstrate the power of being part of a community (whether big or small) and the importance of celebrating together.
You can buy the books selected on the… read more
The Reading Agency presents a review of the evidence on environmental anxiety – what it is and what we can do. read more
Reading Well books that address the Mental Health Awareness Week 2023 theme of anxiety. read more
This helpful guide contains detailed information about how to use this year's core pack and stickers.
This is a locked resource for library authorities participating in the Summer Reading Challenge 2023. Libraries should contact their local Summer Reading Challenge coordinator(s) for access. read more
Red is an oak tree who is many rings old. Red is the neighbourhood wishtree – people write their wishes on pieces of cloth and tie them to Red's branches. Along with a crow named Bongo and other animals who seek refuge in Red's hollows, this wishtree watches over the neighbourhood.
You might… read more