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OCEAN by David Attenborough and Colin Butfield - video assets and fact sheet
The landmark new book from David Attenborough and Colin Butfield. A lifetime of discovery. A century in the making. Ocean is the landmark publication by the greatest natural history broadcaster of our times on how to save the ocean – and consequently our planet. It is a book almost a century in the making, but one that has never been more urgently needed. Download the digital resources.
It's OK to Say No Lesson Plan
From the bestselling author of How Are You Feeling Today? comes a reassuring picture book, perfect for starting conversations with young children about consent. From personal space to sharing, and from privacy to asking for help, It’s OK to Say No explains why learning to respect yourself and others is important. This is a free digital lesson plan to use with the book.
Elmer Day 2025 - digital resources
This year, is Elmer the patchwork elephant’s 36th birthday! The digital pack includes activity sheets, craft ideas, games and lots of other resources. Everyone is invited to join in the fun for Elmer Day, and while the official date for this year’s Elmer Day is 24 May, we invite you to celebrate at a time that works for you, whether that’s sharing Elmer stories and wearing colourful clothing throughout the week before, or hosting craft sessions during Half Term. If you’re holding a public...
Reading group questions for The Light a Candle Society by Ruth Hogan
Ruth Hogan’s known for her books with heart, and The Light a Candle Society is no exception! Out in June 2025, The Light a Candle Society is a heart-warming and redemptive story of finding light and joy even in times of darkness. Reading group questions have been supplied here to share with your fellow book fans, so if you’re looking for an uplifting tale that’ll make you feel warm and fuzzy about the human race, this is the book for you!
Wendington Jones series by Daniel Dockery - Activity Pack
Prepare for the adventure of a life time with this incredible activity pack to accompany the globe-trotting, historical-adventure Wendington Jones series by Daniel Dockery. Write a travel journal, decorate your suitcase, plot a course on your map and more! Wendington Jones has her world abruptly up-ended when her adventuring mother dies in a car crash in late 1920. Left in the care of her Grandmamma and her valet Rohan, Wendington receives a parcel in the middle of the night, seemingly from...
The Gargoyles series by Tamsin Mori - Activity sheet
Draw your own gargoyle with this fantastic activity sheet, inspired by the Gargoyles series – the new middle-grade adventure series from award-winning children’s author, Tamsin Mori. Action-packed and full of mystery, these fantasy novels are a must-read for fans of magic, mythology and the power of friendship. Callen’s Dad has always been secretive of his past – but when the family have to move into his childhood home, the last thing Callen expects is a boarded-up, crumbling mansion covered...
Young Love by Suzanne Ewart - Reading Group Notes
Get your book club chat started with these handy reading group notes to accompany copies of Young Love by Suzanne Ewart – a novel that explores first love, love between friends, families and loving yourself enough to find happiness, even when it’s not what you imagined. Kelsey and Lewis have been best friends for ten years before, finally, he kisses her for the first time … And leaves for a job in New York the next day. Counting down the days until he comes back to Liverpool, Kelsey busies...
The Bletchley Riddle Discussion Guide and Activity Sheets
A free digital discussion guide and activity sheets for The Bletchley Riddle – a thrilling middle grade historical adventure from bestselling authors Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin.
Don't tickle the... Activity Sheets
Combining touchy-feely patches with sounds, DON’T TICKLE ™ touchy-feely sound books from Usborne are full of surprises for babies and toddlers to discover, with an irresistible musical finale. Guaranteed giggles with your little one! Download the free activity sheets below.
Pirate Academy series by Justin Somper - Activity Pack
Have you got what it takes to join the Pirate Academy? From Justin Somper, the award-winning author of Vampirates, comes this brilliant new Middle Grade adventure series for readers aged 9 and up! The year is 2507. The oceans have risen. A new dawn of piracy has begun. Jacoby Blunt and Jasmine Peacock are students at the elite Pirate Academy, where lessons range from Knots Class to Combat Workshop and Navigation by Map or Moon. The teachers are all pirate legends. The pressure is always...
How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell - Dragon Spotting Activity
Printable activity sheets to create a ‘dragon treasure hunt’ for children to engage with.
How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell - Event Pack
Pack of creative activities to help host How to Train Your Dragon themed events. Activities include: design a dragon, make your ow crown, write like a Viking, gruesome Viking facts, party games and costume ideas.
How to Train Your Dragon School: Doom of the Darkwing by Cressida Cowell - School Teaching Resources
This pack contains a variety of engaging activities suitable for classroom or library sessions. Children will imagine that they are Viking warriors attending the ‘Isle of Berk’s Training School for Vikings and Dragons’. They will complete crosscurricular challenges such as making their own Viking ship, designing their own dragon and creating a comic strip adventure story. The activities are designed for lower key stage two but can easily be adapted for younger or older students and...
The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers by Samuel Burr - discussion guide
Discover the uplifting and completely heartwarming debut novel from Samuel Burr,The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers. Click download to get a copy of the discussion guide. More about the book Clayton Stumper is an enigma. He might be twenty-five years old, but he dresses like your grandad and drinks sherry like your aunt. Abandoned at birth on the steps of the Fellowship of Puzzlemakers, he was raised by the sharpest minds in the British Isles and finds himself amongst the last survivors of a...
Spring: The Story of a Season by Michael Morpurgo - digital resources
Celebrate National Hedgerow Week from 5 – 11 May 2025 with Spring by Michael Morpurgo, in partnership with Hodder Press and The Tree Council. Michael Morpurgo has lived on a farm deep in rural Devon for more than forty years. In Spring, he observes the season unfold around him, as fragile new shoots emerge, buds turn to blossom and grey skies give way to blue. With new poems and reminiscences about childhood and springs gone by, this is an enchanting memoir of a season from one of the world’s...
Radio 2 Book Club Extract of The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
Every morning at around half past ten, Sybil Van Antwerp sits down to write letters – to her brother, to her best friend, to the president of the university who will not allow her to attend a class she desperately wants to take, to her favourite authors to tell them what she thinks of their latest books. Because at seventy-three, Sybil has used her correspondence – full of sharp humour and hard-earned wisdom – to make sense of the world. But beyond the page, she has spent the last thirty...
Radio 2 Book Club Extract of Ordinary Saints by Niamh Ni Mhaoileoin
Can you imagine it? I’d say to them. Can you imagine me there in the front row in Saint Peter’s Square? The lesbian sister of a literal saint. Brought up in a devout household in Ireland, Jay is now living in London with her girlfriend, determined to live day to day and not think too much about either the future or the past. But when she learns that her beloved older brother, who died in a terrible accident, may be made into a Catholic saint, she realises she must at last confront her family,...
Greenwild: The City Beyond the Sea - Teaching Resources
Notes for Teachers for children aged 9+ Explore themes of: - Nature - The ocean - Coral reefs - Magic and fantasy Subject Checklist: - Literacy - Science - D.T. - Art and design - P.S.H.E. The activities included here are suitable for the classroom or library sessions.
The Lion Inside 10th Anniversary - image and video assets
A bestselling story about confidence, self-esteem, and a shy little mouse who sets out on a journey to find his roar. In a dry dusty place where the sand sparkled gold, stood a mighty flat rock, all craggy and old. And under that rock in a tinyful house, lived the littlest, quietest, meekest brown mouse. Fed up of being ignored by the other animals, Mouse wishes he could roar like Lion. But, as he discovers, even the biggest, bossiest people are scared sometimes… and even the smallest...
Let the Light In by Jenny Downham and Louis Hill - author videos and discussion guide
‘An extraordinary book, tenderly told. There is so much loss, beauty, hope and care in its pages. I read it all at once, but it will stay with me for a very long time to come’ – Katya Balen Leah and Charlie are handling their family’s loss in very different ways. Their choices push them down difficult and perilous paths which eventually collide, sending shockwaves through their community. This astounding, compulsive novel explores love, power, money, art, and asks: what matters most in the...
The Reading Agency's March Booklist - Picture Perfect
Our Picture Perfect Booklist is a collection of books that prove a picture really can be worth a thousand words! This specially curated list showcases highly illustrated books, graphic novels, and powerful visual storytelling that enhances the story being told. Whether you’re a comic book enthusiast or simply love books that bring stories to life with stunning imagery, this list is perfect for you. Dive in, turn the pages, and let the pictures speak for themselves. Our librarian readers have...
Book Club Hub - Book Club User Guide
The Book Club Hub is a platform connecting readers and book clubs of all ages across the UK. It is managed by national reading charity, The Reading Agency. The Book Club Hub offers book club leaders access to free offers from publishers and prizes in return for reviews, gives them the chance to read the latest books and author news to help them pick their next read, and allows them to download resources to use with their club. Readers can also share reviews of the books they have read and...
Book Club Hub - Librarian and Teacher User Guide
The Book Club Hub is a platform connecting readers and book clubs of all ages across the UK. It is managed by national reading charity, The Reading Agency. The Book Club Hub offers book teachers and librarians the support of providing free copies to their clubs in return with reviews and the latest news and resources to support your meetings. *For every book club, every genre, every reader. * How to make the most of the Book Club Hub Download the guide at the bottom of the page to help you...
How to start a book club
The Book Club Hub is a platform connecting readers and book clubs of all ages across the UK. It is managed by national reading charity, The Reading Agency. The Book Club Hub offers book club leaders access to free offers from publishers and prizes in return for reviews, gives them the chance to read the latest books and author news to help them pick their next read, and allows them to download resources to use with their club. Readers can also share reviews of the books they have read and...
How To Seal Seal Your Own Fate by Kristen Perrin - Digital Assets
The much-anticipated sequel to How To Solve Your Own Murder. A page-turning mystery with an unforgettable cast of characters, perfect for fans of Knives Out and Only Murders in the Building. ‘What a great read!’ J. M. Hall ‘Kept me guessing until the very end’ Joanna Wallace ‘Thrilling’ G. T. Garber ‘Original, atmospheric’ Ian Moore Annie thought the murders were over. She was wrong. It is autumn in Castle Knoll and Annie Adams is busy settling into her new home. She doesn’t find Gravesdown...
The Island Swimmer by Lorraine Kelly - Digital Assets
Once the tide turns, you can’t hold it back… When Evie’s father falls desperately ill, she finally returns to the family home on Orkney and the wild landscape she left as a teenager, swearing never to return. Not everyone is happy at her arrival, particularly her estranged sister Liv, their relationship broken after a childhood trauma. As Evie clears out her father’s neglected house to prepare it for sale, lonely Evie finds herself drawn to a group of cold-water swimmers led by her old friend...
Ultra-Processed People by Chris van Tulleken - Digital Assets
Discover the #1 bestseller Ultra-Processed People, the life-changing read you need to understand Ultra-Processed Food. It’s not you, it’s the food. We have entered a new ‘age of eating’ where most of our calories come from an entirely novel set of substances called Ultra-Processed Food, food which is industrially processed and designed and marketed to be addictive. But do we really know what it’s doing to our bodies? Join Chris in his travels through the world of food science and a UPF diet...
Boldwood Ever After - Digital Assets
Award-winning independent publisher Boldwood Books are launching a brand new romance community in February! Boldwood Ever After will be a hub for romance readers to indulge their love of the latest sub-genres sweeping the romance shelves such as sports romance from Kelly Jaimieson, romantasy from C.L. Mecca and super-spicy Regency from Emma Orchard. Boldwood Ever After will also celebrate diverse love stories championing authors of colour such as Olivia Spring, and LGBTQ+ romances from...
Young Love by Suzanne Ewart - Reading Group Notes
For hearts that haven’t learned to protect themselves, can there be anything more powerful than young love? Kelsey and Lewis have been best friends for ten years before, finally, he kisses her for the first time … And leaves for a job in New York the next day. Counting down the days until he comes back to Liverpool, Kelsey busies herself with a new job, a handful of forgettable dates and awkward, weekly catch-ups with her mum. Then the days turn into months. And the months turn into a...
Squirrel and Duck by Tom Percival Activity Sheet
From the bestselling author of the Big Bright Feelings picture book series comes the first book in a brand new illustrated fiction series. Squirrel and Duck might seem strange housemates but they are drawn together by their secret – they are the only two talking animals in the world. When bulldozers arrive to redevelop the abandoned theme park they call home, they flee with nothing but Mr Spikes, Duck’s beloved ‘pet’ cactus. Overhearing a conversation between two nincompoop art thieves puts...
