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Reading Group Questions for The Queen's Painter
To mark the publication of The Queen’s Painter, the dazzling new historical novel by Sunday Times bestseller Wendy Holden, the author has created a set of book club questions! The Queen’s Painter is a thrilling new take on Anne Boleyn’s stellar rise and tragic fall as told by Tudor court artist Hans Holbein. Close friend of the ill-fated queen, did he use his genius in a stunning act of revenge?
Solving Crimes and Thrilling Reads Publisher Picks
June is National Crime Reading Month! We have asked our publisher partners and team at The Reading Agency to share their book club picks based around the theme ‘Solving crimes & thrilling reads .’ So, pick up a book, tablet or your headphones and follow the clues, uncover secrets and lose yourself in stories packed with mystery, suspense and unexpected twists. Whether you’re a budding detective, a fan of thrilling adventures or a seasoned crime -fiction reader, this booklist offers...
Radio 2 Book Club Extract of Mrs Dickens by Emily Howes
London, 1836. Nineteen-year-old Kate Hogarth falls in love with the young journalist Charles Dickens. In the early days of their marriage, Charles is infatuated with his new bride and Kate delights in her new life, the balm to her husband’s irrepressible spirit. But as he finds fame as a novelist and the family rise through the ranks of Victorian society, Kate becomes increasingly aware of his frustration that real people cannot be manipulated as easily as his characters. Meanwhile, in the...
The Summer My Wishes Came True: Activity sheets
Activity sheets for KS2 for The Summer My Wishes Came True by Radhika Sanghani. Includes the following activities: - Create a summer camp brochure - What if your wishes came true? List writing - Write a story with prompts - Read a Q&A with the author The Summer My Wishes Came True by Radhika Sanghani is perfect for readers aged 9+. Fans of Lottie Brooks and Dork Diaries will love this book about friendships, with a sprinkling of magic!
Read to the Beat Collection - Chatterbooks pack for book club sessions
Sing from the rooftops! We’re so thrilled that the theme for the Summer Reading Challenge 2026 will be music. To help teachers, librarians and book club leaders to help children engage with the Collection, we have created a Chatterbooks pack filled with discussion questions and suggested activities to help you host book club sessions throughout the summer! More about the Read to the Beat Collection Our exciting partnership with Universal Music Group UK will open doors for children to explore...
Radio 2 Book Club Extract of John of John by Douglas Stuart
Everything he owned fit into a backpack and one doubled bin bag. It had taken him less than ten minutes to pack up four years of his life. It had taken a little longer to fold himself away, to hide all the bits of himself that had slowly been unfurling since he had arrived on the mainland. In truth, he had not changed that much since he had been at college, and as he roamed the ferry he wondered if he had always known he would be forced to come home eventually. Out of money and with little to...
Radio 2 Book Club Extract of Dissection Of A Murder by Jo Murray
When Leila Reynolds is handed her first murder case, she’s shocked at how high-profile it is: the murder of a well-respected, well-known judge. This shouldn’t be the kind of case she’s leading; it’s way beyond her expertise. But the defendant, Jack Millman, is clear. He wants her, and only her. To make things worse, he’s refusing to talk. How is she supposed to prove herself on what appears to be an unwinnable case? Losing is not an option. She must find the most persuasive argument. Trials...
Two is a Crowd - Teaching Resources
A stunning contemporary real-life story from the brilliant author of Ella on the Outside, Cath Howe, with beautiful illustrations by Miguel Bustos. About the resource pack: In this resource pack, you will find activity ideas for KS2 students, including: - Whole class writing and drawing activity to create your own class display of hot air balloons! - Exploring emotions through Literacy and PSHE activities, such as creating a ‘Feelings Bank’ - Creative writing activities to encourage students...
Max and Ella – Discussion Guide
New from the author of The Doughnut Club Max and Ella, Stuck Together is a warm, heart-filled story, for every reader who needs help being true to themselves. ‘This lovely story sensitively explores what it means to be part of a donor- conceived family, but at its heart is a message about hanging onto your true self when your confidence takes a hit’ Janeen Hayat, author of WCBP winning Evie and Maryam’s Family Tree
Your Murder Next by Ravena Guron - Book Club questions
Book club question sheet for Ravena Guron’s brand new YA thriller Your Murder Next. Out now! Myra must infiltrate the popular clique’s world of envy and backstabbing to worth out is to blame for the murder of Queen Bee Scarlett… From the author of bestselling This Book Kills, this is perfect for fans of Holly Jackson and Karen M. McManus.
Celebrations at the Toffee Factory by Glenda Young – posters, bookmarks and reading group packs
The dramatic conclusion to Glenda Young’s heartwarming Toffee Factory trilogy is here: Celebrations at the Toffee Factory is out in paperback 21st May. Download these reading group packs including discussion questions, a letter from the author, and a tasty toffee recipe to try at home. Bookmarks and A3 display posters are also available upon request – just email carmella.lowkis@headline.co.uk with your address and what quantity you require of each. About the book Discover the gripping...
Birdlands by Anthony McGowan - Discussion Guide and Activities
This resource pack provides discussion prompts, activities and creative tasks designed to support reading Birdlands in the classroom, school library or book group. It is suitable for UKS2 and KS3 and supports cross-curricular links with English, Science, Art and PSHE. Read this book for the following themes: • Nature and the natural world – how animals survive in different environments • Humans vs nature – how human activity affects wildlife • Predators and survival – the dangers animals face...
The Ocean and the Bones - Discussion Guide and Activities
This resource pack provides discussion prompts, activities and creative tasks designed to support reading The Ocean and the Bones in the classroom, school library or book group. It is suitable for UKS2 and KS3 and supports cross-curricular links with English, History, Science, Art and PSHE. Read this book for the following themes: - Stone Age Life – survival, shelter, tools and daily life - Nature and Survival – the power of the ocean and the struggle to stay alive - Friendship and Trust –...
Posters and bookmarks for Jodi Taylor’s Out of Time
Out of Time is the nail-bitingly tense, rib-crackingly funny new TIME POLICE mission from the million-copy bestselling author of THE CHRONICLES OF ST MARY’S – out now in paperback! Download and print these double-sided A4 Jodi Taylor posters to put up in your library. Bookmarks are also available upon request – just email carmella.lowkis@headline.co.uk with your address to claim a pack. About the book The Time Police don’t think twice about jumping to the past. But, this time, the past has...
Reading Group questions for The Child at the Window by Gill Thompson
To mark VE Day, download these Reading Group resources for The Child at the Window by Gill Thompson, including discussion questions and a special letter from the author.
Radio 2 Book Club Extract of The Wreck by Lizzy Stewart
Charlotte and Francesca were best friends at university in the mid 1970s. But tensions coursed beneath their natural affection, deepening when Fran got together with Charlotte’s friend Adrian, and the two women drifted apart. When Fran contacts Charlotte out of the blue with an unusual proposal – an invitation to live with her and Adrian in the rambling house they’ve bought in the countryside – Charlotte impulsively persuades her partner, Bill, to accept this tantalising promise of a new kind...
Elmer Day 2026 - activity pack
To help you celebrate Elmer Day during the National Year of Reading, Andersen Press have a digital activity pack for you to join in. The downloadable activity Pack include26 pages of crafts, activities and reading guides and social media assets. Everyone is invited to Go All In and join the fun this Elmer Day, and while the official date for this year’s Elmer Day is Saturday 23rd May. Andersen Press invite you to celebrate at a time that works best for you, whether that’s sharing Elmer...
2026 Quick Read Discussion Guide - The Woman Next Door
This guide includes a range of questions that can be used to prompt and facilitate discussion around one of this year’s Quick Reads.
2026 Quick Read Discussion Guide - The Last Bench
This guide includes a range of questions that can be used to prompt and facilitate discussion around one of this year’s Quick Reads.
2026 Quick Read Discussion Guide - The Girl in the Picture
This guide includes a range of questions that can be used to prompt and facilitate discussion around one of this year’s Quick Reads.
2026 Quick Read Discussion Guide - Sweet Charity
This guide includes a range of questions that can be used to prompt and facilitate discussion around one of this year’s Quick Reads.
2026 Quick Read Discussion Guide - Hunger Pains
This guide includes a range of questions that can be used to prompt and facilitate discussion around one of this year’s Quick Reads.
2026 Quick Read Discussion Guide - Cell One
This guide includes a range of questions that can be used to prompt and facilitate discussion around one of this year’s Quick Reads.
Radio 2 Book Club Extract of Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke
My name is Natalie Heller Mills, and I was perfect at being alive…’ Natalie lives a traditional lifestyle – and has the social media accounts to prove it. Her charming farmhouse on her working ranch is artfully cluttered, her husband is a handsome cowboy, her homemade sourdough boules are each more beautiful than the last. So what if there are nannies and producers and industrial-grade ovens behind the scenes? What Natalie’s followers don’t know won’t hurt them. Then, one morning, Natalie...
Boy Friends book club notes
These discussion questions, written by Kai Spellmeier, are perfect to kick off book club and class discussions around Boy Friends. Boy Friends is a heart-flipping, swoon-worthy story about friendship, courage and the kind of love that changes everything. Perfect for fans of Alice Oseman and Sophie Gonzales.
Radio 2 Book Club Extract of Love Lane by Patrick Gale
1950s Northern England. Three generations of men, two of women. When veteran Canadian wheat farmer, Harry Cane is brutally obliged to sell up and sail home to an England transformed by two world wars, his arrival triggers unwelcome self examination for the family he abandoned, and for whom he has never been more than a distant myth. His daughter feels duty bound to take him in but is riven with doubt and ambushed by a long-buried anger she has never before expressed. Harry’s effect on the...
Radio 2 Book Club Extract of Under Water by Tara Menon
When five-year-old Marissa loses her mother, she is taken by her father to live on a small Thai island in the Andaman Sea. There, she forms a deep friendship with Arielle and together they explore the fragile wonders of its forests, reefs and beaches. Holding their breath for minutes at a time, they learn to dive into the deep, as effortlessly synchronized as the manta rays they come to know by name. Then, on Boxing Day 2004, when the Indian Ocean tsunami makes landfall, they are swept up and...
Sentinel of the Sun by Eira Morgan-Jones - Chapter 1 & 2 Reading
Seventeen-year-old Alexis struggles to fit in to the extremely religious valley where she lives, not helped by strange birthmarks that have begun to glow. When a tidal wave devastates the valley, just the latest freak disaster, Alexis goes into hiding to avoid being taken in by the state. As she becomes closer to Theo, he reveals that he is a sentinel and believes she is one too. He explains that if she regains her power they can bring an end to the disasters. Hear author Eira Morgan-Jones...
The Sad Book by Howard Pearlstein, illustrated by James Munro book reading
Everyone feels sad sometimes — even this book. The Sad Book by Howard Pearlstein and James Munro helps young readers explore sadness with warmth, humour, and sensitivity. Told from the perspective of the book itself, this interactive story gently encourages reflection, emotional awareness, and resilience, with thoughtful text and expressive illustrations throughout. Hear author Howard Pearlstein read the first section of the book.
Read to the Beat Collection - Book Information
The Reading Agency and public libraries are working to change this with the Summer Reading Challenge – a FREE, UK-wide programme. Last year, over 575,000 children took part with nearly 12 million books being read. Sing from the rooftops! We’re so thrilled that the theme for the Summer Reading Challenge 2026 will be music. Our exciting partnership with Universal Music Group UK will open doors for children to explore the creative power of reading and music. The link between music and...
