Resources

The superpower picture books by bestselling author and TV Doctor, Dr Ranj, will teach nursery and KS1 children to celebrate all the little and important things that make us all unique.

Themes: Superpowers | Celebrating Different Skills | Exploring Identity

Watch Dr Ranj introduce A Superpower Like Mine

Watch Dr Ranj read an extract from A Superpower Like Mine

Discovered in the Unknown Wilderness when she was just a baby, Indigo Wilde was adopted by a pair of World-Famous Explorers. Now she inhabits the colourful world of 47 Jellybean Crescent, a house full of magical creatures and wild adventures.

Packed with glorious full-colour illustrations by Pippa Curnick.

Subjects covered in resources: Comprehension and inference | Writing | Art, Design and Technology

Activity sheet, story prompts and quiz also available.

Award-winning author-illustrator Neal Layton is here to introduce the concept of biodiversity to younger readers, explaining what it is, why it’s so important, and children can make a difference.

Themes: Environment | Biodiversity | Nature and Animal Kingdom | Eco

From the best-selling Maz Evans comes a new series about Scarlett Fife: logical, mathematical – but when it comes to her feelings, completely out of control! A sparkling, heart-warming series with laugh-out-loud action for every child who has ever experienced Big Feelings.

Themes: Emotional literacy | Managing big feelings | Anger | Worry | Different-shaped families | Friendship | Mindfulness

The YA fiction debut from bestselling author Bryony Gordon, Let Down Your Hair is a modern twist on Rapunzel featuring a hair influencer who develops alopecia – and her quest for a different sort of happy ever after.

Themes: Social media | Online safety | Mental Health | Alopecia

Help KS2 children discover the extraordinary ways nature has survived and thrived in the face of environmental challenges in this beautifully illustrated collection of hopeful stories from around the world, written by marine biologist and broadcaster, Dr Helen Scales. With additional tips about the different habitats that animals and plants around the world call home and how they can help to make positive change.

Download a free chapter extract to share with your classroom.

Themes: Environment | Climate Change | Nature and Animal Kingdom | Eco

A heartbreaking and powerful story about a black boy killed by a white police officer, drawing connections with real-life history, from award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes.

Themes: Race & Identity | History | Prejudice

Meet Merdyn the Wild (the world’s most badly-behaved wizard), Rose (the world’s most ordinary girl) and Bubbles (the world’s best guinea pig) on a hilarious adventure that might just end in an epic wizard battle in the garden – if you’re lucky.

Download these fun activity sheets, including colouring in and a wordsearch.

An outrageous theft. A huge reward. Two friends on the run. POP! is an uproariously funny, action-packed new adventure about the power of courage, standing up for what’s right, and fizzy drinks, from the award-winning author of Kick, Mitch Johnson.

Tackling themes of consumerism and the environment, this is a great book for starting discussions and projects with children aged 9+. These resources have been created by Shapes 4 Schools.

Watch a video from the author here.

A timely and original masterpiece that explores the connections between the past and the present, between civilisation and wilderness. From David Almond, the multi award-winning author of Skellig and one of this generation’s finest storytellers.

Watch David’s Authorfy Introductions video

Discover the magical and mysterious world of NEVERMOOR in this spell-binding series for readers aged 9+ and fans of His Dark Materials. The accompanying resources, linked below, are full of classroom ideas and cross-curricular activities for KS2, ideal for use in literacy lessons or as extra-curricular activities.

Themes: Magic | Family | Literacy

A brand new illustrated series for younger readers about animals and adventure from much-loved author Jess Butterworth – writer of classic adventure stories in vibrantly described settings.

Fun in-class activities following The Adventure Club series.

Themes: Adventure | Environment | Animals | Family

The book includes poems and quotes from veterans across different conflicts, and who served and sacrificed in different ways.

We Will Remember Them is a helpful introduction to Remembrance for children in Lower Key Stage 2. The book, and especially the detailed illustrations, will help prompt discussion about who we remember and how we remember them.

Themes: World War I and II | Family | Grief | Politics

The book includes poems and quotes from veterans across different conflicts, and who served and sacrificed in different ways.

We Will Remember Them is a helpful introduction to Remembrance for children in Lower Key Stage 2. The book, and especially the detailed illustrations, will help prompt discussion about who we remember and how we remember them.

Themes: World War I and II | Family | Grief | Politics

These Teaching Notes focus on the opening pages of Wilder by Penny Chimes to introduce the themes and ideas in the story. The notes include book cover prompts, reading questions for pages 1–14 that support children’s reading comprehension, inference and predictive skills, accompanying activities, and a ‘spotlight’ extract from Chapter One.

A beautiful and enthralling adventure about love, belonging, the delicate balance of nature – and the wildness within us all, for fans of The Last Wild and Where the Crawdads Sing, for 9+ readers.

Download an extract here.

Discover the amazing true stories of the heroic animals saved by the nation’s Supervet, Noel Fitzpatrick!

This inspiring memoir recounts the incredible stories of Noel’s animal patients, celebrating the unbreakable bond between humans and animals. Supported by curriculum-linked activity sheets.

Subjects: English | Science | Art & Design | PSHE (The World of Work)

An unmissable new guide to human history from award-winning geneticist and bestselling author of A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived and How to Argue with a Racist. Uncover where we came from, exploring evolution, demystifying genetics and prompting important conversations about what race is and what it really means to be human.

Supported by downloadable KS2 resources linked to the science, history and PSHE curriculum.

Themes: Evolution | Science | History | Race & Identity | Family

An enchanting new series brimming with mystery and magic, for children age 9+. Books 1, 2 and 3 are out now.

Themes: Adventure | Fantasy | Nature and Wildlife | The Sky | Learning Together

A heartwarming, page-turning adventure about one child’s love for his most treasured thing, and how far he will go to find it. Download our free set of activity sheets for lots of festive fun in the run-up to Christmas! You can also download cut-out display materials here.

Themes: Christmas | Love | Hope | Friendship

When mysterious footprints appear in the Stockholm snow, ten-year-old Kara must discover where they’ve come from – and who they belong to.

Themes: Empathy | Grief | Refugees | World War 2