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Help children discover Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet like they’ve never seen it – or read it – before with the Classics in Graphics series

The bards brilliant prose has been re-imagined into inclusive and engaging graphic novels that read like a favourite film, including pitch-perfect illustrations, dyslexia-friendly designs and encourages readers to see themselves in these iconic roles.

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Themes: Literature | Plays

Heartstopper is the multi-million-copy bestselling series by Alice Oseman.

Download this fun poster for your classroom.

Themes: LGBTQ+ | Diversity & Representation | Mental Health | Relationships

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.

Heartstopper is the multi-million-copy bestselling series by Alice Oseman.

This postercard contains fun activities, including quizzes, colouring sheets and more.

Themes: LGBTQ+ | Diversity & Representation | Mental Health | Relationships

Heartstopper is the multi-million-copy bestselling series by Alice Oseman.

These resources are based on Volumes One, Two and Three of Heartstopper and have been created by SHAPES for Schools.

Themes: LGBTQ+ | Diversity & Representation | Mental Health | Relationships

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

Akala’s debut novel for teens, The Dark Lady, will enthuse and entertain teenagers and young adults, showing that reading is a true super-power.

Themes: Family | Magic | Loneliness | Elizabethan Era

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

Inspirational poet Benjamin Zephaniah has created a celebration of the garden in this rhythmic, rhyming picture book poem. The vibrant, detailed illustrations by Nila Aye are bursting with life, just like the garden and are full of flowers and fruits, creepy crawlies, sly foxes and thieving squirrels!

Themes: Understanding the World | Exploring the Outdoors | Plants & Animals | Habitats | Poetry | Sorting & Classifying

Inspirational poet Benjamin Zephaniah has created a celebration of the garden in this rhythmic, rhyming picture book poem. The vibrant, detailed illustrations by Nila Aye are bursting with life, just like the garden and are full of flowers and fruits, creepy crawlies, sly foxes and thieving squirrels!

Themes: Understanding the World | Exploring the Outdoors | Plants & Animals | Habitats | Poetry | Sorting & Classifying