Books Web Guide

Information about reading, literacy, children's books and book related events.

World Book Day
Encourage children everywhere to pick up a book.
BBC Big Read
Britains favourite books.
BBC-Arts-Book
BBC's books site
Guardian Unlimited Books
Guardian's books site.
Bookstart
A national shceme offering free books to every child and baby
Booktrust
Organisers of the Books For Babies scheme
Booktrusted.com
Booktrust's resource site for parents and teachers. Recommended reads, events and publications
Wordpool
Website designed to improve the visibility of UK childrens literature on the web.
Achuka
Lovely children's book site with news, book reviews and discussion of children's books.
Poetry Society
Resource for poetry in the UK. Information for schools, teachers and parents on encouraging poetry among children
The Home Library
Website of Children's Laureate Anne Fine, with free book plates to download from the likes of Quentin Blake, Anita Jeram and Posy Simmonds
Cool Reads
Book review site for 10-15 year olds, by two boys in the same age group. Add a review if you are in the right age group.
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site
Children's books are reviewed and there is lots of information about using the books in the curriculum. The site is US based but would be relevent for any English-speaking country.
The Children's Literature Web Guide
Excellent directory of internet resources for children's and teen's books.

Literacy

National Literacy Trust
News and information on literacy education for all ages plus Reading Rescue®, a literacy intervention for struggling readers.
Reading Is Fundamental
US organisation that develops and runs children's and family literacy programs. Reading Planet section has lots of good tips and articles.
Jolly Phonics
Jolly Phonics teaches the letter sounds in an enjoyable, multisensory way, and enables children to use them to read and write words.
Letterland
System for teaching children to read, write and spell. It uses pictogram characters, set in a place called Letterland.