Topic: Climate change, Empathy, English, Neurodiversity
Age Range:
An autistic girl befriends an endangered white wolf in this unforgettable animal adventure set in the snowy wilderness of Lapland. The UK debut novel by bestselling Finnish author, Lottie Saahko.
Themes: ✓ A fierce autistic heroine ✓ Short chapters ✓ Lots of cliffhangers and action ✓ Folklore and eco themes ✓ Home and belonging
Download these crafty ideas for some fun activities in class or during playtime.
Topic: English, Geography, History, PSHE & Citizenship
Related Book: Where Magic Grows
Book Creator: Onjali Q. Raúf
From Onjali Q. Raúf, author of The Boy at the Back of the Class, comes a sparkling, illustrated collection of never-before-told fables, inspired by different places around the world. Perfect for reading together in class.
Resources written by Scott Evans, The Reader Teacher.
Topic: English, Friendship, Mystery
Book Creator: Fleur Hitchcock
Lessons at nine. Games at three. Kidnap at midnight. Malory Towers with a cosy crime twist in this page-turning boarding school mystery adventure full of friendship and intrigue, perfect for 8+ mystery fans. Encourage students to create their own mystery, talk through discussion questions, write a character study and complete the mystery maze with this puzzling pack of resources!
Take a look at these teaching resources for the original Malory Towers series: Malory Towers Resources
Themes: Mystery | Creative Writing | Art | Critical Thinking| English | Problem Solving
Topic: English, Non-Fiction
Age Range: 5-7
Related Book: Kaleb’s Farmyard Tales: Escaping Animals and Runaway Tractors
Book Creator: Kaleb Cooper
Grab your wellies and join Kaleb, his trusty dog, and the love-of-his-life tractor in these muddy, true, and very silly stories from the farm. these fun activity sheets and resources look at jobs on the farm, animal facts and more! Perfect for sharing with Key Stage 1 students.
Themes: Animals | Creative Writing | Farms | Jobs
Topic: English, Geography, Mental Health, Non-Fiction, PSHE & Citizenship, Science
Age Range: 7-11
Book Creator: Laura Mucha
Scary encourages children to talk about their own fears, using the some of the world’s ‘scariest’ animals as a springboard. Written by Laura Mucha and illustrated by Hannah Peck, Scary maps onto several areas of the curriculum, making it an excellent resource for teachers and librarians.
Themes: Science | English | PSHE | Maths | Geography
Topic: Art, Empathy, English, PSHE & Citizenship
Related Book: War
Book Creator: Eoin Colfer, Andrew Donkin, Giovanni Rigano
From the bestselling creators of ILLEGAL and GLOBAL comes a timely and thoughtful graphic novel that will help your KS3/KS4 class open their hearts and minds to others.
Themes: Empathy | The impact of war | Graphic novels
Topic: Empathy, English, Friendship
Age Range: 0-5
Related Book: Super Mr Panda
Book Creator: Steve Antony
The perfect story to help little ones remember that it’s OK to ask for help . . . and it’s SUPER to offer help. This latest book from award-winning creator Steve Antony is charming, funny and super sweet.
Themes: Empathy | asking for help | offering help | baking
Topic: English, Friendship, Growing up
Age Range: 0-5
Related Book: Duck Delivers . . . Cake!
Book Creator: Tom Tinn-Disbury
Te second Duck laugh-out-loud Duck Delivers picture book packed with vibrant illustrations, hilarious high-stakes delivery-drama and an important message of perseverance, delivered by author-illustrator Tom Tinn-Disbury. Perfect for little ones who love vehicles and the post-people who knock on their door.
Themes: Vehicles | Post | Animals
Topic: Empathy, English, Friendship, Growing up, LGBTQ+, Life changes, Mental Health
Related Book: Heartstopper Volume 6
Book Creator: Alice Oseman
Discover the timeline of the Osemanverse with this updated poster for Heartstopper featuring Volumes 1-6.
Themes: LGBTQ+ | Graphic Novel | Romance | Mental Health
Topic: English
Age Range: 0-5
Related Book: Beast Meets Stick
Book Creator: Emily Ann Davison, Marion Deuchars
Meet Beast. Beast is bored of his sludgy, slimy swamp, until one day he finds a strange knobbly thing . . . A STICK! With a stick in hand, the magic is endless…
Themes: Days of the week | Creativity | Imagination | Play
Topic: English, Growing up, History, Life changes
Age Range: 9-11
Book Creator: Amelia Tait
Meet accidental time traveller Lily Tripp as she bounces throughout history navigating friendship dramas, first love and family. Lily Tripp has survived Victorian schoolteachers and Roman rule . . . but can she survive turning thirteen? Join her as she navigates life in a time before chicken nuggets were invented, her brother’s ridiculous clothes in every era AND being the servant of her arch enemy.
Themes: Coming of age | Time-travel | History | Humour
Topic: English
Related Book: Silverborn
Book Creator: Jessica Townsend
Return to the Wundrous world of Nevermoor in Silverborn, the unmissable new book in the bestselling series full of magic and mystery, from award-winning author Jessica Townsend. 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 |
Also available: Resources for the series, book 1, book 2, book 3, a poster, a book quiz and a trial quiz