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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…

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Literature

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…

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Literature

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.…

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Literature

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…

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Literature

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…

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Calderstones

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…

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Literature

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…

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Shared Reading

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.…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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