National Share-a-Story Month

From Federation of Children's Book Groups

Resource type: Event

Price band: Free

Key stage: KS1, KS2, KS3

Region(s): All of UK

National Share-a-Story Month was set up by the Federation of Children’s Book Groups as an annual celebration of the power of stories. National Share-a-Story Month takes place through the month of May and has a different theme each year. The theme for 2023 is ‘Sail Away in a Story’.

Supporting resources for National Share-a-Story Month are available on the FCBG website, including:

A themed booklist and suggestions for creative activities.
A Boat Design and Short Story competition. Both competitions are open to children aged 5+ with a submission deadline of 1st June.

About The Federation of Children’s Book Groups: The FCBG is an umbrella organisation that coordinates and supports the work of local Children’s Book Groups across the UK. As well as events for parents and children organised at a local level, the FCBG also organises the FCBG Children’s Book Award and other national events to help bring children and books together.

Further resources:

Sign up for one of the free online author events from Hay Festival’s Programme for Schools on 25th and 26th May. Suitable for KS2 and KS3 pupils.
Visit our Access to Authors section to find more online author events and organisations that can help you arrange an author visit to your school.
Run a Readathon sponsored read as part of your National Share-a-Story Month and raise money to provide books for children in hospital as well as for your own library.
Get involved with this term’s Creative Campaign from the British Library and create your own class library of handmade books.
Sign up for the Story Seekers, a free, fully-resourced oracy and creative literacy project from the National and Unicorn Theatres for pupils aged 6-11 based around finding, telling and sharing stories from around the globe.
Encourage young readers to post reviews of books they have read and recommend them to their peers on the Toppsta book review site.
Check out these ideas and activities to encourage reading for pleasure from the National Literacy Trust and the School Library Association.
Explore the latest Reading for Pleasure pedagogy and find examples of practice from teachers around the country on the OU Reading for Pleasure website.