Topic: Empathy, English, LGBTQ+
Age Range: 3-6
Related Book: Rainbowsaurus
Book Creator: Steve Antony
Bring the rainbow into your school library with this fun trail for kids to enjoy. Rainbowsaurus is a joyful and fun read-along tale of one family’s quest to find the Rainbowsaurus. It’s created by Steve Antony, the bestselling author-illustrator of The Queen’s Hat.
Themes: Dinosaurs | Colours | Rhymes | Phonics | LGBTQ+ |
Topic: Art, Empathy, English, LGBTQ+
Age Range: 3-6
Related Book: Rainbowsaurus
Book Creator: Steve Antony
Bring the rainbow into your classroom with these fun activity sheets for kids to get stuck into. Rainbowsaurus is a joyful and fun read-along tale of one family’s quest to find the Rainbowsaurus. This inclusive picture book introduces ten colours to children as well as animals and the sounds they make, encouraging little ones to join in the story telling. Rainbowsaurus is created by Steve Antony, the bestselling author-illustrator of The Queen’s Hat.
Themes: Dinosaurs | Colours | Rhymes | Phonics | LGBTQ+ |
Topic: English, Growing up
Age Range: 3-6
Related Book: Every Little Hippo Can
Book Creator: Giles Andreae, Guy Parker-Rees
From the creators of the bestselling Giraffes Can’t Dance comes an empowering story about a little hippo who discovers that success often requires a little patience, and simply TRYING can bring its own unexpected rewards. This progress chart rewards children for practising life skills and for persevering.
Themes: Perseverance| The ‘power of yet’ | Growth mindset | Families |
Topic: English, Geography, Life changes
Age Range: 7-11
Related Book: Paper Dragons: The Fight for the Hidden Realm
Book Creator: Siobhan McDermott
An extraordinary fantasy series for readers aged 9+, featuring an underwater school, fierce dragons, magical jellyfish and age-shifting immortals! Watch the epic trailer here!
Themes: Fantasy & Adventure | Chinese Mythology | World Building | Descriptive Writing
Age Range: 7-11
Related Book: Where the River Runs Gold
Book Creator: Sita Brahmachari
Suitable for: Ages 9 11
Includes: Extracts from the text + corresponding discussion questions and activities
Themes: Climate | Justice | Stories | Love
Topic: Empathy, English, Mental Health, PSHE & Citizenship
Age Range: 7-11
Book Creator: Lily Bailey
Encourage children to celebrate individuality and find their place in the world with this empowering story about living with dyspraxia. From author and mental health activist, Lily Bailey, perfect for readers of A Kind of Spark.
Themes: Overcoming challenges | Big Emotions | Dyspraxia | Relationships | Family and Friendship | Empathy | Identity | Being True to Yourself
Also available: When I See Blue Teaching Resources
Topic: Climate change, English
Related Book: Zeina Starborn and the Emerald King
Book Creator: Hannah Durkan
The Zeina Starborn series is a richly inventive fantasy series filled with explorers, inventors, and mighty sky whales.
Themes: World Building | Creating Characters | Descriptive Writing | Explorers and Inventors | Pollution
Topic: English
Related Book: Which Way to Anywhere
Book Creator: Cressida Cowell
Which Way to Anywhere is an out-of-this-world adventure series from the bestselling author of How to Train Your Dragon.
Themes: Intelligence | Creativity | Empathy
Topic: English
Age Range: 7-11
Book Creator: Cressida Cowell
A selection of Cressida Cowell branded signage for your classroom or library, including:
Topic: English, PSHE & Citizenship
Related Book: Geomancer: In the Shadow of the Wolf Queen
Book Creator: Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Discussion questions for Geomancer the fantasy trilogy from bestselling author Kiran Millwood Hargrave. These questions are ideal for use in class and book group sessions with children in years 5 and 6.
Themes: The Natural World | Adventure | Fantasy | Earth Magic
Topic: Climate change, English, Geography, Non-Fiction, PSHE & Citizenship
Related Book: There's a Rang-Tan in My Bedroom
Book Creator: Frann Preston-Gannon, James Sellick
Teach children about the plight of the orangutan and the dangers of deforestation in, There’s a Rang-tan in My Bedroom, the timely and beautiful picture book by James Sellick and Frann Preston-Gannon, in collaboration with Greenpeace. We’ve got lots of excellent resources that will help you plan KS1 and KS2 lessons and assemblies as well as encouraging children to think about campaigning and how to help save the environment.
Themes: Environment | Animal Welfare | Climate Change | Geography and deforestation
Topic: English, Growing up, Race & identity
Related Book: Black Brother, Black Brother
Book Creator: Jewell Parker Rhodes
Black Brother, Black Brother is a powerful coming-of-age story about two brothers – one who presents as white, the other as Black – and the ways they are forced to navigate a world that doesn’t treat them equally.
From the bestselling author of Ghost Boys, Jewell Parker Rhodes, this is another poignant and gripping story about how children and families face the complexities of race and racism in today’s world.
Themes: Race | Injustice | Family relationships | Coming-of-age
Watch a video from the author here.