Download a range of great new resources and fun activity sheets to help celebrate reading for pleasure
Activity sheets
Check back soon for activity sheets to download linked to this year's theme of books around the world.
Download a lesson sequence for Sweets by Sylvia van Ommen - a quirky Dutch picture book ideal for use with Key Stage 1.
Download a lesson sequence for Satoshi Kitamura for ideas for using three of the Japanese-born writer and illustrator's books in the classroom with Key Stage 1 and 2.
Download a lesson sequence for Meerkat Mail by Emily Gravett to follow the journey of Sunny the travelling meerkat, ideal for use with Key Stage 2.
Looking for resources for secondary pupils? Try this lesson sequence for The Kite Rider by Geraldine McCaughrean, set in 13th-century China.
Other reading resources
We have a wide range of other resources to help you and your school celebrate reading for pleasure.
Download Top tips to help your child to read: a useful resource for your school to distribute to parents and carers to promote reading at home (Microsoft Word, 300 KB)
Download our leaflet with tips, useful contacts and information about Making the most of your primary school library.
Visit the Poetry Friendly Classroom to find out about how to make your classroom poetry friendly; or visit our new Perform-a-Poem website.
Find a range of resources including video clips, activity sheets and tips for sharing picture books with children at Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1.
Download the Children's Book Week 2009 free teachers' resource guide with the theme of Words and Pictures.
Download our selection of tailored activity sheets, all linking to the 2009 theme of Words and Pictures.
> key stage 1 activity sheet 1
> key stage 1 activity sheet 2
> key stage 2 activity sheet 1
> key stage 2 activity sheet 2
> special educational needs activity sheet
> gifted and talented activity sheet
Download the Children's Book Week 2008 free teachers’ resource guide themed around rhythm and rhyme (Adobe Acrobat 2MB)
Download the Children's Book Week 2007 resource pack themed around the environment (Adobe Acrobat 3MB)
Find more information
Find more ideas and resources for promoting reading for pleasure in the classroom by visiting our teachers’ resources page.
Find more information about children’s books for parents, teachers and librarians by visiting the Booktrust children’s books website.
Find out about books and disability issues by visiting the Bookmark website.
