Booklists from Scottish Book Trust
Booklists and book reviews
A selection of booklists for children and young adults chosen by the experts at Scottish Book Trust.
Free
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Bookmark
Reading support
Trained volunteers provide online reading support for pupils in Years 1-4, with a focus on boosting enjoyment and confidence in reading as well as attainment.
£
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Books Beyond Words
School book supplier or specialist publisher
A series of award-winning wordless picture books on topics that support the SEMH curriculum.
£
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Books for Keeps
Booklists and book reviews
Books for Keeps is an independent bi-monthly magazine all about children's books and the children's book world.
Free
Adult
Books for Topics
Booklists and book reviews
Recommended booklists for specific topics as well as Reading for Pleasure.
Free
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BookTrust - Mental Health booklists
Booklists and book reviews
A selection of booklists and articles to support the development of healthy young minds.
Free
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BookTrust Represents
Booklists and book reviews, CPD resource
BookTrust Represents is a project created to promote and improve the representation of people of colour in children's books.
Free
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Bookwagon
School book supplier or specialist publisher
Independent online children's bookshop set up by children's literature specialist.
£
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Bookwagon Book Fairs
School book fair
School Book Fair service from independent children's bookseller Bookwagon.
Free
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Bookzilla Reading App
Online learning and apps
A free reading app designed to encourage pupils in upper primary and lower secondary schools to read for pleasure.
Free
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Branford Boase Award
Book awards
An annual award set up to reward the most promising new writers and their editors.
Free
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Brilliant Box of Books
Book gifting and grants
A book gifting initiative open to UK primary and secondary schools to help them promote Reading for Pleasure.
Free
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Britannica Magazine
Newspapers, magazines and comics
A monthly non-fiction magazine for young people aged 7-14.
£
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British Science Week
Event
An annual celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths.
Free
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Catch Up® Literacy
Catch-up intervention, CPD course
A reading intervention programme for struggling readers aged 6-14.
££
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Cheltenham Literature Festival - Literature For Schools
Literature Festival
A programme of author events and workshops for primary and secondary schools in October.
£
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Children's Book Week
Event
Run a Children's Book Week to promote reading for pleasure in your school.
Free
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Children's Mental Health Week
Event
Children's Mental Health Week provides an opportunity to focus on issues relating to young people's mental wellbeing.
Free
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Children's Poetry Archive
Online learning and apps
Access to recordings of children's poets reading their poems aloud and accompanying teaching resources.
Free
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CLiPPA
Book awards
CLiPPA is an annual award for published poetry for children and is the only award of its kind in the UK.
Free
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CLiPPA Shadowing Scheme
Book awards
A shadowing scheme designed to encourage primary schools to explore the work of poets shortlisted for the CLiPPA.
Free
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CLPE Teaching Resources
Lesson plans and teaching aids, CPD resource
A range of free resources created by CLPE to help schools teach literacy in the most effective way.
Free
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CLPE: Consultancy and School INSET Training
CPD course
Consultancy and INSET packages for schools, Local Authorities, Academies and English Hubs.
£££
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