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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
  • Wordpool
    Website designed to improve the visibility of UK childrens literature on the web.
  • 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.
  • Seven Stories
    Seven Stories is the only exhibition space in the UK dedicated to the celebration of British children's literature. Located in the Ouseburn Valley near Newcastle.
  • 100 Books Every Child Should Read
    Introduced by author Michael Morpurgo.

Literacy

  • National Literacy Trust
    News and information on literacy education for all ages plus Reading RescueŽ, a literacy intervention for struggling readers.
  • 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.
  • BBC Schools
    Links to all the BBC's literacy themed programme websites.

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