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PiXL and Hachette Children’s Group have collaborated on PiXL Change Makers based on Matthew Syed’s new book, Dare to Be You, the follow-up to the bestselling, award-winning You Are Awesome.

Themes: How hard change can be | That ‘normal’ doesn’t exist | How to silence the ‘Kid Doubt’ voice in our head | That we can embrace being different | That kindness is crucially important | How to choose our own path

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From motivating pupils to try a new hobby or sport, to building confidence and resilience before SATs and the transition to secondary school, You Are Awesome makes for a great non-fiction class read and provides lots of opportunities for activities and discussion.

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Themes: Growth Mindset | Growing Up | Confidence

From motivating pupils to try a new hobby or sport, to building confidence and resilience before SATs and the transition to secondary school, You Are Awesome makes for a great non-fiction class read and provides lots of opportunities for activities and discussion.

Themes: Growth Mindset | Growing Up | Confidence

Rabbit and Bear is the critically-acclaimed, brilliantly funny woodland tales by Julian Gough and Jim Field. Gorgeously illustrated and with a classic feel, these books are ideal for newly independent readers aged 5+ moving on from picture books.

Themes: Creative Writing and Comprehension | Geography | Animals | Drama and Arts

A motivational and hopeful school handbook for students navigating uncertain times, from Head Teacher, Matthew Burton.
Whether facing assessments, a big change or having to make up for lost time, Head Teacher Matthew Burton is here to help students get motivated again.

Themes: Back to school | Motivation | Covid

Packed FULL of mayhem and drama, What’s New, Harper Drew? is a laugh-out-loud series about discovering inner confidence and finding the funny in the everyday, from author Kathy Weeks with illustrations by Aleksei Bitskoff. For fans of Jacqueline Wilson and Dork Diaries.

Download this fun poster for your classroom.

Packed FULL of mayhem and drama, What’s New, Harper Drew? is a laugh-out-loud series about discovering inner confidence and finding the funny in the everyday, from author Kathy Weeks with illustrations by Aleksei Bitskoff. For fans of Jacqueline Wilson and Dork Diaries.

Themes: | Diary Writing | Comedy Writing | Funny Illustrations | Comedy Performances

A unique guide to growing up perfectly weird and perfectly happy. Dr Camilla Pang who is here to share her scientific survival guide with you – so you can grow up with the courage to be yourself, no matter how different you feel or how tricky you might find it to connect.

Themes: Identity | Self-respect | Neurodiversity | Peer Pressure

Told through the fascinating ‘diary’ of the Universe, this stunning book answers all the REALLY BIG QUESTIONS about how our incredible universe came to be – it’s the book for kids hungry to know more about space and our place it.

Themes: Space | Science | Physics | Astonomy

Journey to Japan and discover the magic of the everyday.

This beautiful book by David Almond, the bestselling author of Skellig and My Name is Mina, is illustrated throughout in black and orange by Kirsti Beautyman.

Themes: Travel | Culture | Art | Friendships

A breathtaking story about one small fox’s journey across the Arctic … and one girl’s journey to find the mother she thought she’d lost.

This resource pack contains cross-curricular activites and discussion questions for use in the classroom or library reading group.

Themes: Family relationships | Migration |  Animals in the wild | Home | Climate change | Memories

Help children uncover all the weird and wonderful quirks of their brains with in this fascinating new book from science teacher Tim James! Perfect for KS2 readers.

Themes: Science | Brain | Human Body | Non-Fiction