Free Resources

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Featured Free Resources for July 2025

Summer 2025 Fiction Newsletter - Ages 7+, 11+, 13+

SUMMER READING CHALLENGE - Any age (July 2025)

History set in the British Isles - KS2 (April 2025)

Shortlisted Children’s/YA Fiction -2000 to Current - Ages 7+ (May 2025)

KS2

History set in the British Isles - KS2 (April 2025)

50 Fantastic Fiction Picks - Y3&4 (January 2025)

45 Books to rock your world - Y3&4 (February 2024)

40 Books to rock your world - Y3&4 (March 2023)

50 Fantastic Fiction Picks - Y5&6 (January 2025)

50 Books to rock your world Y5&6 (February 2024)

40 Books to rock your world - Y5&6 (March 2023)

40 Books to rock your world - Y6&7 (May 2022)

45 Books to rock your world - Y6&7 (July 2021)

Don’t Know What to Read? - Fiction 10+ (November 2023)

Wellbeing & Mental Health: Relationships - 10/11+ (October 2024)

KS3

40 Books to rock your world - Y6&7 (May 2022)

45 Books to rock your world - Y6&7 (July 2021)

50 Fantastic Fiction Picks - Y7&8 (January 2025)

45 Books to rock your world - Y7&8 (February 2024)

45 Books to rock your world - Y7&8 (March 2023)

40 Books to rock your world - Y7&8 (May 2022)

50 Books to rock your world - Y7&8 (July 2021)

50 Fantastic Fiction Picks - Y9 (February 2025)

50 YA novels that might… Y9 (February 2024)

45 Novels that might… - Y9 (March 2023)

45 YA Novels that might… Y9 (May 2022)

50 YA novels that might… Y9 (July 2021)

Wellbeing & Mental Health: Relationships - 12/13+ (October 2024)

Wellbeing & Mental Health: Relationships - Years 7 & 8 (April 2021)

Wellbeing & Mental Health: Relationships - Years 9 & 10 (April 2021)

Don’t Know What to Read? - Fiction 12+ (November 2023)

KS4/5

50 Fantastic Fiction Picks - Y10 & 11 (March 2025)

50 YA novels that might… Y10&11 (February 2024)

45 YA Novels that might - Y10 & 11 (March 2023)

45 YA novels that might…. Y10&11 (May 2022)

50 YA novels that might…. Y10&11 (July 2021)

Wellbeing & Mental Health: Relationships - 14/15+ (October 2024)

Wellbeing & Mental Health: Relationships - 15+ (April 2021)

Wellbeing & Mental Health: Relationships - Years 9 & 10 (April 2021)

Wellbeing & Mental Health: Emotions - 15+ (April 2021)

Wellbeing & Mental Health: Emotions - Years 9 & 10 (April 2021)

Don’t Know What to Read? - Fiction 14+ (November 2023)

Book Quests

Book & Movie Trivia Quest - Ages 7+ (May 2024)

Book & Movie Trivia Quest - Ages 11+ (May 2024)

Book & Movie Trivia Quest - Ages 13+ (May 2024)

Book & Movie Trivia Quest - KS4 (May 2024)

Book Quest (9-12) - 24 questions about books (Updated April 2024)

Book Quest 12+ - 24 questions, activities and challenges (Updated April 2024)

Book Quest 14+ - 24 questions, activities and challenges (Updated April 2024)

KS2 Book Quest - 24 questions, activities and other book quests (Updated April 2024)

Get them reading without them knowing it! - 6 fun reading activities

General Booklists

SUMMER READING CHALLENGE - Any age (July 2025)

Shortlisted Children’s/YA Fiction -2000 to Current - Ages 7+ (May 2025)

History set in the Britsh Isles - KS2 (April 2025)

Detectives, Sleuths & Whodunnits - Ages 6+ (March 2025)

Sporting Fiction -Chapter & Picture Books for 3-14+ (September 2024)

Olympic Sports Fiction Book List - Fiction for 6 to 14+ (July 2024)

Mighty Paralympians Who Write - (August 2024)

Winter Wonderland - Fiction 7-14yrs (November 2024)

Verse Novels - Ages 9+ (May 2023)

AI, Robotic, Computing & Gaming Fiction - Ages 9+ (May 2023)

Physical, Sensory, Cognitive, Neurological Diversity - Fiction 7-14yrs (January 2023)

Some Favourites Reads - 11+/13+/14+ (March 2022)

Challenging fiction - Y7&8 (August 2021)

Mood Boosting Fiction - 11+/YA/ 16+ (May 2021)

WBD 2021 YA Recommendations - Years 7-13 (March 2021)

R4P, Library and Display Material

Roll and Chat - All Ages (February 2025)

Reading for Pleasure Pledge - (December 2024)

A Thriving R4P Environment Poster - (September 2024)

Library Bingo - Any age (September 2024)

6 Quick and Easy R4P Ideas - A simple idea per week to promote R4P (September 2024)

I am Reading - two posters for display (April 2024)

Book Review Ideas - 6 different approaches to book reviewing (April 2024)

My Bookshelf - Template bookshelf to write favourite books (April 2024)

Author R4P Quotes - 12 quotes from authors for display (April 2024)

Reading for Pleasure Bunting (February 2024)

Dewey Decimal Posters - Including Shelf labels (January 2023)

R4P Research Articles - A Bibliography (September 2022)

20:20 Poster - 20 Reasons for R4P (January 2021)

Shared Reading and Book Groups - Poster (January 2021)