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April’s Monthly Stories and Poems
The clocks have not long changed to herald the longer hours of daylight, making us consider the passage of time…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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),…
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…
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…
