Reading Resources

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  • R4P in Schools Booklet

    Available now from The Reading Jackdaw, a 32-page booklet: Building a Reading for Pleasure Culture in Schools with practical guidance and resources. This booklet is aimed at Primary and Middle schools.

    Cost: £10 To receive your booklet please email me at readingjackdaw@outlook.com

    Also available on my TES shop

  • KS3 & 4 Booklists

    3 comprehensive booklists for Y7&8, Y9 and Y10&11 , they are compilations of the fiction that I have used and recommended over the last 3 years as The Reading Jackdaw. As with my free resources they are divided into categories.

    Cost: £10 To receive these booklists please email me at readingjackdaw@outlook.com

  • KS2 & Lower KS3 Booklists

    3 comprehensive booklists for Y3&4/ Y5&6/ Y7&8 , they are a compilation of all the fiction that I have used and recommended over the last 3 years as The Reading Jackdaw. As with my free resources they are divided into categories.

    Cost: £10 To receive these booklists email me at readingjackdaw@outlook.com

Bookmark Fiction Menus

Fiction menu bookmarks for Y3/4, Y5/6 and Y7/8, 4 genres, each with at least 10 book recommendations so 40 for each year group. Ready for you to print out as many as you like on card or to laminate.

Cost: £10 To receive a pdf of these bookmarks please email me at readingjackdaw@outlook.com Also available on my TES shop

Free Reading Resources

Please download any of these free reading resources, I only ask that you keep my details on them when you display them, thank you and happy browsing.

If you would like me to create bespoke booklists that reflect your collection then email me or take a look at the Bespoke Reading Lists section of the website.

Olympic Sports Ficton Book List - Ficton for Reception to 14+ (See my TES shop for 1 other Olympic resource)

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)

Reading for Pleasure Bunting (February 2024)

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

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

50 YA novels that might… Y9 (January 2024)

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

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

Shortlisted Children’s/YA Fiction -2000 to Current - Ages 7+ (February 2024)

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

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

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

Winter Wonderland - Fiction 7-14yrs (October 2023)

Men’s Rugby World Cup 2023 - Read around the RWC in 40 novels (August 2023)

Verse Novels - Ages 9+ (May 2023)

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

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)

45 Novels that might… - Y9 (March 2023)

45 YA Novels that might… Y9 (May 2022)

50 YA novels that might… Y9 (July 2021)

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)

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

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

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

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

KS2 Book Quest - 24 questions, activities and other book quests (February 2023)

Dewey Decimal Posters - Including Shelf labels (January 2023)

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

R4P Research Articles - A Bibliography (September 2022)

Y7 Starter Fiction Menu - Photocopy double-sided short side (August 2022)

Staff Fiction Picks - (June 2022)

Staff Fiction Picks - (August 2021)

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

Detectives, Sleuths and PI’s - Y6-11 (Sept 2021)

Challenging fiction - Y7&8 (August 2021)

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

Mental Health & Wellbeing Non-fiction Bookmarks - (May 2021)

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

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

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

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

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

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

A Thriving R4P Environment Poster - (March 2021)

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

Kindness/ Respect/ Safety - KS1 - 4 (February 2021)

Retellings & Reimaginings - (February 2021)

Book Film Quest - Year 12 & 13 (January 2021)

Book Film Quest - Year 10 & 11 (January 2021)

Book Film Quest - Year 9 (January 2021)

Book Film Quest - Year 7 & 8 (January 2021)

Lockdown Book Quest - Year 7 & 8 (January 2021)

Lockdown Book Quest - Year 9 (January 2021)

Lockdown Book Quest - Year 10 & 11 (January 2021)

Lockdown Book Quest - Year 12 & 13 (January 2021)

British Black & Asian Fiction Timeline - All ages (June 2020)

Fiction set predominately in Africa - All ages (July 2020)

Leaving Home - All ages (July 2020)

Sporting Fiction - All ages (July 2020)

Speculative Fiction - All ages (August 2020)

Art in Fiction - All ages (August 2020)

YA Thrillers - 14+ (December 2020)

Funny Fiction - Years 6-11 /Ages 10-16 (August 2020)

20:20 Poster - 20 Reasons for R4P

Shared Reading and Book Groups - Poster

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