Skip navigation to main content

All Posts

Children and Young People

The Storybarn Selects… From The Reader Bookshelf

Our last deep dive into the 2023/24 Children and Young People's Reader Bookshelf is a review of Floodland by Marcus Sedgwick…

Read more
Hand resting on a book as a person reads
Literature

March’s Stories and Poems

March’s stories, extracts and poems have been chosen on the theme ‘Moving on’, which perhaps feels especially relevant as we…

Read more
Literature

February’s Stories and Poems

February’s selection of stories, extracts and poems have been chosen on the theme of ‘Making connections’. We spend so much…

Read more
Courage Out Loud
Children and Young People

The Storybarn Selects… From The Reader Bookshelf

We're continuing to delve into the Children and Young People's Reader Bookshelf with a review of Joseph Coelho's 25 Poems of Power…

Read more
The Reader Bookshelf

From the Bookshelf: A Year With Rilke

Our 'From the Bookshelf' piece for January  explores the collection A Year With Rilke, and was written by Lisa Spurgin.…

Read more
Literature

January’s Monthly Stories and Poems

Settling into a new year can often come with lots of feelings and emotions – excitement about new opportunities, along…

Read more
Little Princess
Children and Young People

The Storybarn Selects… From The Reader Bookshelf

We're continuing to delve into the Children and Young People's Reader Bookshelf with a review of Frances Hodgson Burnett's  The Little…

Read more
Cosy coffee cup in bed with a book and fairy lights
Literature

December’s Monthly Stories and Poems

The end of the calendar year is often a busy time, but also a time where we reflect on what…

Read more
Brock, Pike, Rook & Lark, by Anthony McGowan
Children and Young People

The Storybarn Selects… From The Reader Bookshelf

We're continuing to delve into the Children and Young People's Reader Bookshelf with a review of Anthony McGowan's series Brock (2013),…

Read more
November Stories and Poems
Literature

November’s Monthly Stories and Poems

This month marks the halfway point in this year’s Reader Bookshelf, with the theme of ‘Weathering the Storm’. It gives us…

Read more
Poems to Live Your Life By by Chris Riddell
The Reader Bookshelf

The Storybarn Selects… From The Reader Bookshelf

We're continuing to delve into the Children and Young People's Reader Bookshelf with a review of Chris Riddell's anthology Poems to…

Read more
October's Stories & Poems
Literature

October’s Monthly Stories and Poems

Our Monthly Stories and Poems for October have been chosen to mark Black History Month in the UK, and also…

Read more
1 2 3 158

Contact us

Get in touch and be part of the story
You can also speak to us on: 0151 729 2200
  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.