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April’s Title Pick for Children: The Very Noisy House by Sally Nicholls
‘SQUEEEAK’ goes the garden gate, ‘RING RING’, ‘KNOCK KNOCK’, ‘DING DONG’ at the door. Readers are invited to pay a…
April’s Title Pick for Adults: The Home-Maker by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
The Home-Maker is an American novel first published in 1924 and rediscovered and published in the UK by Persephone Books…
March’s Title Pick for Children: Don’t Ask the Dragon by Lemn Sissay
Reflections on Don't Ask the Dragon by Lemn Sissay by Erin Carlstrom, Shared Reading Practice Leader ‘What do you think…
March’s Title Pick for Adults: Lila by Marilynne Robinson
Inviting Lila into Shared Reading by Esther Harsh, Shared Reading Practice Lead ‘Her name had the likeness of a name.…
February’s Title Pick for Children: Trash by Andy Mulligan
Through our Bookshelf this year we are exploring the different places that people call home. From the very beginning…
February’s Title Pick for Adults: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens The Reader’s staff and volunteers have been leading Shared Reading groups in many different…
January’s Title Pick for Children: King of the Sky by Nicola Davies
King of the Sky is a wonderful picture book, exploring ideas of belonging and dislocation. The illustrations are muted,…
January’s Title Pick for Adults: Orbital by Samantha Harvey
In our January title pick, Orbital, we accompany six astronauts, two women and four men, from Britain, Italy, Japan, the United…
The Storybarn selects… from The Reader Bookshelf
To celebrate the launch of the new Reader Bookshelf we've asked members of our Children & Young People Team to…
Introducing The Reader Bookshelf 2022 – 23: Light and Darkness
We’re delighted to announce this year’s Reader Bookshelf theme of Light and Darkness, as well as sharing with you some…
The Storybarn selects… from The Reader Bookshelf
As part of our ongoing work exploring texts from The Reader Bookshelf, we've asked members of our Children & Young People…
From The Reader Bookshelf… The Vintage Book of African-American Poetry
As part of our ongoing work around The Reader Bookshelf, we've asked staff to share their thoughts about some of the…
