I am a qualified and chartered librarian with over 16 years experience of working in school libraries. I sell resources that promote whole school literacy, encourage reading for pleasure and link reading resources with departments
I am a qualified and chartered librarian with over 16 years experience of working in school libraries. I sell resources that promote whole school literacy, encourage reading for pleasure and link reading resources with departments
Want to foster whole school literacy in your school? Don’t know how to link Maths with English and reading? Try these!
These two A Three portrait posters are perfect to put up in any classroom or corridor.
The learning areas and topics for the entire Key Stage 3 AND 4 maths national curriculum has been expertly linked to modern children’s and young adult books. This is a thematic, visual reading list that is linked directly to the maths curriculum! There are also Accelerated Reader scores for each book and the books are arranged by author surname so that you (or your students) can easily find them in your school library.
These posters are intended to spark conversations between teachers and students and can help to consolidate learning through reading about topics in action.
All books are age appropriate and are a diverse and inclusive collection that I would recommend to any student.
Other subject posters are available in my TES shop, or why not buy a whole school bundle?!
Want to foster whole school literacy in your school? Don’t know how to link Music with English and reading? Try these!
These two A Three portrait posters are perfect to put up in any classroom or corridor.
The learning areas and topics for the entire Key Stage 3 AND 4 Music curriculum has been expertly linked to modern children’s and young adult books. This is a thematic, visual reading list that is linked directly to the Music curriculum! There are also Accelerated Reader scores for each book and the books are arranged by author surname so that you (or your students) can easily find them in your school library.
These posters are intended to spark conversations between teachers and students and can help to consolidate learning, concrete knowledge and broaden vocabulary through reading about topics in action.
All books are age appropriate and are a diverse and inclusive collection that I would recommend to any student.
Other subject posters are available in my TES shop, or why not buy a whole school bundle?!
Want to foster whole school literacy in your school? Don’t know how to link PE with English and reading? Try these!
These two A Three portrait posters are perfect to put up in any classroom or corridor.
The learning areas and topics for the entire Key Stage 3 AND 4 PE national curriculum has been expertly linked to modern children’s and young adult books. This is a thematic, visual reading list that is linked directly to the PE curriculum! There are also Accelerated Reader scores for each book and the books are arranged by author surname so that you (or your students) can easily find them in your school library.
These posters are intended to spark conversations between teachers and students and can help to consolidate learning, enhance knowledge and widen vocabulary through reading about topics in action.
All books are age appropriate and are a diverse and inclusive collection that I would recommend to any student.
Other subject posters are available in my TES shop, or why not buy a whole school bundle?!
Want to foster whole school literacy in your school? Don’t know how to link History with English and reading? Try these!
These two A3 printable portrait posters are perfect to put up in any classroom or corridor.
The learning areas and topics for the entire Key Stage 3 AND 4 history national curriculum has been expertly linked to modern children’s and young adult books. This is a thematic, visual reading list that is linked directly to the history curriculum learning topics! There are also Accelerated Reader scores for each book and the books are arranged by author surname so that you (or your students) can easily find them in your school library.
These posters are intended to spark conversations between teachers and students and can help to consolidate learning through reading about topics in action.
All books are age appropriate and are a diverse, modern and inclusive collection that I would recommend to any student.
Other subject posters are available in my TES shop, or why not buy a whole school bundle?!
Pop these colourful and visual bookmarks in your school or classroom library for students to use in their books.
This is a set of 12 individual bookmarks with the first lines of some modern children’s books. All books were published either late 2023 or early 2024 and are appropriate for KS2 and KS3 students. They are intended to encourage reading for pleasure as well as widen students’ reading choices. Many will want to collect the complete set, so just print out as many as you need.
This stunning and visual double-sided poster is in A4 size.
Colourful and attractive, this poster pitches famous modern musicians with their young adult author icon perfect matches. Singers most popular songs/books are listed and have been matched as they are similar in song/book style or theme as well as author’s own personality and identity.
This poster was updated in June 2024.
It is double sided or can be printed side by side and aims to attract reluctant readers, who may be more familiar with music artists in popular culture. It is intended to promote authors who students may not recognise, helping to encourage reading for pleasure. Suitable for Key Stage 4+ (ages 13+).
Ideal for your school library, classrooms or reception to emphasise that your school has a pclear culture of reading. Perfect for English and Music departments too!
This six page complete lesson plan is intended to focus on the value of books and reading. Book ‘speed dating’ is a fun and innovative way to expose students to new kinds of books and generate discussion, interest and more positive attitudes to reading. Whether you have lots of reluctant readers or more able students, everyone will want to take part in this exciting, immersive lesson!
Lesson Objectives;
Introduces students to a variety of different authors, genres,
or book titles that may be completely unfamiliar to them
Encourages students to broaden and extend their reading
habits and preferences
Builds students’ confidence with reading
Encourages reading for pleasure
Comes with a step-by-step guide for running the lesson, a book suggestions sheet of some fantastic new books (all published in 2023) that you could acquire, as well as student recording sheets for making notes from discussions.
Want to encourage reading for pleasure in your school, which is actually linked to the PSHRE/PSHE curriculum? This resource could well be perfect for you!
This resource contains nine different PSHRE themed A4 page posters.
The titles include the following;
Race
Disabilities
Wellbeing and Mental Health
LGBTQA+
Faith, Spirituality and Religion
School Life
Home Life
Hobbies
The World Around Us
On each page are 16 book covers with headers that are linked to that particular theme and are modern, noteworthy children’s books that would appeal to Key Stage 2 and 3 students.
It is hoped that by reading about some of these books, students can identify with and see themselves with some of the characters, helping to deal with real life issues that they could be experiencing . The posters are also hoped to broaden their reading choices, as well as develop empathy and understanding.
Accelerated Reader levels are also included.
Print out and pop this stunning set of resources in classrooms, your school library or even the reception area so that parents and visitors can see how much you value reading and the wellbeing of your students.
Create a whole school approach to literacy/reading with these eye-catching and visual book lists for your secondary school or academy.
This is a comprehensive set of TEN core subject departmental curriculum linked book lists.
They are intended to inspire and encourage reading for pleasure for students.
They are also designed to concrete subject-specific knowledge, concepts and vocabulary.
They are perfect for linking modern children’s and teen literature with subjects and topics that students learn about in school and are hoped will inspire further reading and discussions between students and teachers.
In each subject resource are two separate A3 posters - one for Key Stage 3 and one for Key Stage 4. These can be printed out and placed around school, or even given out to students.
If you don’t want to buy the whole bundle, individual subject posters are also available to buy in my shop.