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June’s Stories and Poems
June is Pride Month, and to mark the occasion this month’s Monthly Stories and Poems selection feature stories, extracts and…
May’s Stories and Poems
To celebrate the launch of The Reader Bookshelf for 2023-24, May’s Monthly Stories and Poems have been chosen with the theme ‘Weathering…
The Reader Bookshelf 2023/24: Weathering the Storm
The Reader Bookshelf is an annual programme of carefully curated literature to support all of our reading-based work and the…
April’s Stories and Poems
In April’s stories and extracts, we discover that what we see on the outside doesn’t always reflect what is happening…
The Storybarn Selects… From The Reader Bookshelf
As we continue to explore the Reader Bookshelf we've asked members of our Children & Young People Team to talk about their…
March’s Stories and Poems
March is a month that sees a lot of change taking place, the most obvious being the steady lengthening of…
The Storybarn Selects… From The Reader Bookshelf
As we continue to explore the Reader Bookshelf we've asked members of our Children & Young People Team to talk about their…
February’s Stories and Poems
We’re looking to the world around us this month, as the trees are getting ready to bud and we start…
The Storybarn selects… from The Reader Bookshelf
As we continue to explore the Reader Bookshelf we've asked members of our Children & Young People Team to talk about their…
January’s Stories and Poems
The start of a new year can often feel like a time to reset, refocus and begin again, so it’s…
From the Bookshelf: Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov
As part of our ongoing work around The Reader Bookshelf, we've asked staff to share their thoughts about some of the…
2022 Highlights from the Reading Revolution
As 2022 is rapidly coming to a close, we’re taking a few moments to pause, reflect and look back on…
