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It is not often that opening a book provokes a gasp, but 'Dear Teacher' by Amy Husband is one of those books: the cover has to be ‘opened’ like an ...

Read poetry with your KS1 class to develop spoken language, practise memorisation, try out performance skills and inspire powerful writing.

Every year on the 13th September we celebrate the birthday of Roald Dahl.

This joyous tale, written and illustrated by Quentin Blake, introduces the irrepressible Mrs Armitage and her dog Breakspear. She sets out on a bicycle ride, encountering a series of problems ...

'How to Train Your Dragon' by the UK's new Children's Laureate, Cressida Cowell, makes a brilliant starting point for your Year 4 class to explore plot, character, setting, style, descriptive ...

Written and illustrated by Michael Foreman, 'War Game' is a powerful, award-winning picture book that presents the experiences of young soldiers in World War One as they move from ‘village ...

If you are looking for some unusual and inspirational short stories for Year 5 or Year 6, 'Tales from Outer Suburbia' by award-winning Shaun Tan may just be the book ...

Key stage 1 and lower key stage 2 children love the familiarity of traditional tales and fables, and they make for the perfect springboard into teaching literacy skills.