Recommended reading books for primary & secondary aged children in the UK
The World’s Wife
Rapture
The Bees
Feminine Gospels: Poems
Selected Poems
Mean Time
Love Poems
New Selected Poems, 1984-2004
The Christmas Truce
Another Night Before Christmas
The Tear Thief
Answering Back: Living Poets Reply to the Poetry of the Past
Standing Female Nude
The Gift
Sincerity
The Princess’ Blankets
Mrs. Scrooge: A Christmas Poem
The Lost Happy Endings
Wenceslas: A Christmas Poem
The Other Country
Dorothy Wordsworth’s Christmas Birthday
Frost Fair
Selling Manhattan
I Wouldn’t Thank You for a Valentine: Poems for Young Feminists
The King of Christmas
Faery Tales
Bethlehem
Everyman
The Wren-Boys
Collected Poems
Children’s poetry for 7-11-year-olds with collections and anthologies by Michael Rosen, Joseph Coelho, Carol Ann Duffy, Brian Moses, Benjamin Zephaniah, Zaro Weil, Kate Wakeling, Neal Zetter, John Agard, T.S Eliot, Maya Angelou, Kaye Webb and more.
Browse a comprehensive list of A level English set texts across all major UK boards. Find classic and modern novels, plays and poetry, from Austen and Shakespeare to Atwood, Morrison and Ishiguro.
A selection of reading books for Year 2 to challenge and interest children aged 6-7 in KS1 classes in UK primary schools. Authors include Eoin Colfer, Clotilde Perrin, Michael Rosen and Enid Blyton.
A 100 question quiz with a festive Christmas round for children aged 7-11 in KS2. Genres include fantasy, historical, mystery, adventure and picture books. This literacy quiz is ideal for end of term school activities, family fun in the holiday, or something for your children to do at your local library.
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