A bumper pack of recommended reading for KS3, containing HUNDREDS of hand picked books. Well laid out for display with brief blurbs, organised by genre. INCLUDES: Recommended Reads for Year 7 - FIVE book suggestions with brief blurbs for EACH of the following genres; Adventure, Realistic Fictions, Historical, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Funny, Mystery, Horror, Biographies, Graphic Novels, Animal Stories, Sports, Romance, Popular Series, Classics, Non-Fiction. 3 book suggestions for Poetry, Short Story collections, and Gifted Readers. Recommended Reads for Year 8 - same format as above. *** Recommeded Reads for Year 9** - same format as above. Boy Reluctant Readers - 9 short books for reluctant readers, particularly aimed at boys. Short, gripping, and fast paced reads. Realistic Fiction for Girls - a guide to realistic fiction books aimed at girls. 18 books recommeded for EACH year group; Year 7, Year 8, Year 9. Realistic Fiction for Boys - a guide to realistic fiction books aimed at boys. 18 books recommeded for EACH year group; Year 7, Year 8, Year 9. 10 pages of ‘If you liked … try …’ with additional recommendations to ‘age up’ their reading. i.e If you liked How to Train your Dragon try A Darkness of Dragons. Age Up by trying Eragon. 7 pages of reccomended reads after finishing the following popular series; One of Us Is Lying, Alex Rider, Noughts and Crosses, Gone, Twilight, Divergent, The Hunger Games.

A fun Poetry or Pop quiz with answers! A great spark to get kids thinking about poetry, music, rhyme, and free verse and get their creative juices flowing! 10 questions Each slide shows an extract from a poem or pop song Answers shown after the 10 questions Answers include poem name and author or song name and artist

How well do you know Roald Dahl’s books? Test your knowledge with these mind-bending questions! Answers included 10 questions Multiple choice for each question Perfect for UKS3 or Year 7

A fun quiz to spark some interest/discussion around popular UKS2/KS3 reads! How many do your pupils know? HOW IT WORKS: The screen will show one square segment of a famous book cover Guess what book you think it’s from There are 15 rounds The answers are revealed in order by showing the whole book cover Featuring fan favourites such as The Boy at the Back of the Class and Once!

An epic emoji book quiz - test their book knowledge! 4 rounds, 6 questions per round (24 questions total). Can they guess the book from the emojis? Perfect for end of term fun or World Book Day. Suitable for Years 6 - Year 10! Rounds: Children’s Books (e.g. Matilda) Classic Literature (e.g. Dracula) Popular Fiction (e.g. Boy at the Back of the Class) Popular Series (e.g. How to Train Your Dragon)

A fun 10 Question Hip Hop or Shakespeare Quiz with answers. An easy ‘hands up, hands down’ format.

Two Bookish Quizzes - 10 questions and answers with each. All multiple choice, a fun easy quiz to do with any class. Recommended: Lower - Years 5, 6, 7, 8 Upper - Years 8, 9, 10, 11

28 podcast recommendations for pupils: all of these podcasts can be found online for free - no subscriptions or payments needed! Smartly presented, grouped by topic, with short summaries - this PDF download includes clickable links which take you straight to the source. AGE: KS3-KS4 with certain pods flagged for ‘older pupils’. GROUPINGS: STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths) Short Stories Serialised Stories (like an audiobook, but in chunks) Critical Thinking Five Minute Focus News Worthy (news for kids) For Curious Minds History For Older Listeners TED Pods for Older Listeners

8 Posters of Famous Black Poets for Displays/Black History Month Celebrations. Featuring an image and quotes from their famous works. Age appropriate quotes only! Maya Angelou Gwendolyn Brooks Caleb Femi Warsan Shire Audre Lorde Momtaza Mehri Langston Hughes Benjamin Zephaniah Representation - 50/50 split between American and British, 5 Women and 3 Men, 2 LGBT+ individuals, 3 Young Poets.

Read Harry Potter and don’t know what to read next? Mad about David Walliams but need to branch out? Look no further, perfect for KS3-KS4. Includes: A Popular Author Map (Michael Morpurgo, Jaqueline Wilson etc.) A Popular Genres Map (Dystopian, Detective, Romance etc.) A Popular Series (How to Train Your Dragon, Percy Jackson etc.) All books listed are popular and well-known children’s and Young Adult novels that can be found in most libraries and book shops. Designed for pupils 11-15 Years. Perfect for encouraging Reading for Pleasure, classroom displays, reading challenges and more!