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Featured Poem: The Rainbow by William Wordsworth
Our Featured Poem this week comes from that old Romantic William Wordsworth but it's not the daffodils - we're looking…

Read of the Week: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
There's been a lot of romance in the air of late, but now for something completely different. Our Read of…

Recommended Read: A Little, Aloud With Love #4
Happy Valentines Readers! Today Practice Mentor Grace has another Recommended Read to share from our anthology A Little, Aloud With Love.…

Featured Poem: How do I Love Thee by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
We could hardly have anything other than a love poem this week now could we? Our Featured Poem is Elizabeth…

Recommended Read: A Little, Aloud With Love #3
With Valentines creeping closer we're taking up some suitably romantic weekend reading as recommended by Practice Mentor Amanda - Thomas…

Nick Sharratt’s fun and games on Liverpool Schools Tour
The Reader were thrilled to welcome Nick Sharratt to Liverpool on the Scottish Friendly Children's Book Tour. Natalie, Neil and…

Recommended Read: A Little, Aloud With Love #2
This week we're sharing that loving feeling by delving into our anthology A Little, Aloud With Love. Practice Mentor Clare…

Read of the Week: Grace and Mary by Melvyn Bragg
This week's recommended read comes from our Reading Resources Intern, Nikki Gallagher, who suggests Grace and Mary by Melvyn Bragg.…

Recommended Read: A Little Aloud With Love #1
As the world rushes towards Valentines Day in a flurry of reds and pinks and heart shaped balloons we thought…

Feeling it: Reading the emotions of others
Discussions on literature and empathy continue to buzz around The Reader HQ following Obama's sentiments on reading for empathy, our…

Featured Poem: Lift Not the Painted Veil by Percy Bysshe Shelley
This week's Featured Poem comes from Percy Bysshe Shelley. Lift Not the Painted Veil is a popular poem in Shared Reading and here…

Give A Little Aloud With Love this Valentines
'Love loves to love love...' Has any other subject inspired history's greatest writers more? As we prepare to celebrate A Little, Aloud…