As part of the English curriculum at GCSE is to study a Shakespeare play, this fab poster includes five of the plays that feature on the most popular exam boards for GSCE English, AQA and Edexcel. For each play, I’ve highlighted several modern teen and adult books that are based on that specific play. This poster is intended to grab students’ attention and potentially direct them to more modern and accessible texts with central themes from Shakespeare’s plays, in order to further aid learning and understanding. Reading the books that are featured may also help to encourage reading for pleasure and is perfect for more able readers who want to read around their subjects.

Finding books to read that are suitable for young readers who have dyslexia can be difficult. But with this handy visual guide, you can ensure all of your pupils can access books and a joy of reading. This A3 colourful poster features 42 books, which are divided clearly into books for Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 students. This is because many of the books for Key Stage 4 are classed as Young Adult. They all have Accelerated Reader scores, which increase in level the further down the page you go. The of the books are all written by renowned children’s authors. They are an inclusive and diverse set of books that I would gladly give as book recommendations. They are all suitable for dyslexic readers (buff paper, accessible layout, clear font), but can be read by anyone and are particularly great for reluctant readers who can feel overwhelmed by lots of text on a page. Pop this fab poster up in your shared spaces (reception, hall, corridors) or in classrooms in order to show and discuss books with students. Feel free to also use for when talking to parents about books too. Enjoy! Other reading for pleasure and literacy related resources are available in my TES shop!

If you were totally gripped by the recent The Traitors tv series, then your teen students will LOVE this! Check out this gorgeous new colour A4 poster, which has 34 book recommendations that are completely in the style of the series. Themes such as deception, betrayal, and treachery all feature in this fab new young adult fiction books. All of them have been only first published in the past couple of years, so are new and exciting titles that any teen reader will love. If you want to entice your reluctant readers and want to encourage reading for pleasure, why not download this poster and pop it up in your classroom!? You could even read a few yourself so you can discuss with students too. Check out the rest of my shop for whole school literacy ideas and reading for pleasure resources

Grab your students’ attention with this colourful A3 book poster, celebrating this year’s National Poetry Day on 3rd October! The poster showcases a total of 24 fantastic poetry-related books - a mix of author collections, anthologies and verse novels! Each book is labelled with the book type, as well as the book’s title and lead author/compiler. Most books have been published within the past five years, and are diverse, accessible and inclusive. All books are suitable for secondary school students. Those marked ‘YA’ are ideally for students aged 13+ due to content. Pop this resource up in your classroom, library or communal areas to encourage reading for pleasure and a culture of reading at your school! For more reading related resources, please take a look at my shop.

Ensuring that all of your students can understand what they read is incredibly important. Comprehension is a fundamental principle for learning. So how can you develop students’ comprehension skills? This handy worksheet resource is a very good start! Pop this in whatever book your students are reading, and ask them to get into the habit of writing a one sentence summary of what they’ve just read. Get them to do it after every time they read, whether at school or at home. This will mean that every time they then come back to their book, they can read their own summary, which is more likely to trigger memories of reading the book. It also means that as they are reading, they know they are going to have to write a summary sentence when they’ve finished, so they are more aware and focused on the plot/characters/events within the book. This is particularly useful for when teaching SEN or low ability students! By the time they’ve finished reading their book, they will have a mostly complete worksheet and series of sentences that they can reflect on for writing book reviews! Plus, you can see clear evidence of them actually reading! For more reading for pleasure resources, please check out the rest of my shop!

If you want to create a culture of reading at your school or college, this colourful A3 poster could be just the trick! This resource highlights 12 famous and iconic works of art and then matches them with modern, relevant teen and young adult books! Each are themed together with three connected topics, such as ‘crime’ and ‘identity’. By linking books with some recognisable artworks, it is hoped that they can become more accessible as students can understand more about their content. This can be a great way to encourage students’ reading for pleasure! Use this resource around your insitution, uniting the art department with whole school/college reading for pleasure! For more reading related resources, please check out the rest of my shop.

Create a whole school culture of reading with this nifty book quiz for your secondary school! The quiz features 15 questions (with answer pages), which showcases a number of up-to-date kids and teen books that have been published this past year. There are also some classic books included. The set of questions are fully diverse, inclusive and differentiated. This resource is intended to be used during tutor time - works best for vertical tutoring - in the run up to Christmas as a light, competitative activity to get students talking about books! Go through this 51 powerpoint slide resource with your students, which will take around 20 minutes if you crack on! You could even use it as a competition between school houses to see which is the best and arrange prizes for the winners, it’s totally up to you! For more reading for pleasure and reading-related resources, please check out the rest of my shop.

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 A3 colour poster features a collection of 12 first lines of some modern young teen books. All books were published either late 2023 or early 2024 and are appropriate for late Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4 and possibly even some 6th Form students. All books are of quality and showcase a diverse range of authors and their books. This fab poster is intended to encourage reading for pleasure as well as widen students’ personal reading choices.

Pop these colourful and visual bookmarks in your classrooms or library for students to use in their books. This is a set of 12 individual bookmarks with the first lines of some modern young adult books. All books were published either late 2023 or early 2024 and are appropriate for KS3 and KS4 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 A3 colour poster features a collection of 12 first lines of some modern young teen books. All books were published either late 2023 or early 2024 and are appropriate for late Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3 and even some Key Stage 4 students. All books are of quality and showcase a diverse range of authors and their books. This fab poster is intended to encourage reading for pleasure as well as widen students’ personal reading choices.