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Our resource finder helps you quickly search from hundreds of free downloadable documents providing resources, materials and support for professionals and interested individuals.
We offer a huge range of resources including teaching sequences, tips and resources on writing and sharing books, research and advocacy documents and much more. You can narrow down your search by the type of activity or resource you are interested in, by your profession or by special audience type.
All of these resources are here to support you on your reading and writing journey, to inspire you, your family or the people you work with to read and write for enjoyment and to support those of all ages in developing the skills that will improve their opportunities in life.
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This full colour poster features all the shortlisted books for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2012.
The Booktrust Best Book Guide is published each year and contains reviews of our favourite new children's books.
The selected books range from picture books to teenage fiction and are organised into four different age categories:
> 5 years and under
> 5 to 8 years
> 9 to 12 years
> teenage and young adult
Download the 2012 Best Book Guide to find out about our favourite books from the past 12 months.
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If you're looking for ideas for planning a Children's Book Week celebration in your school or library, why not take a look at some of these classic favourites?
This report presents an evaluation of the impact of the Letterbox Club initiative in Wales. The report incorporates data collected during the Pilot Study undertaken across 2009-2010, along with further data collected in 2011. Authors Rose Griffiths and Dr Chris Comber.
A report from the Centre for Education and Inclusion Research at Sheffield Hallam University and the School of Education at the University of Sheffield, commissioned by Booktrust to look at the Bookbuzz programme 2012-13.
Booktime, Welsh language handbook for the Welsh programme Pori Drwy Stori containing specially developed resources to help you make the most of Booktime in your school. The resources have been carefully designed to work alongside the National Literacy and Numeracy framework by supporting teachers and schools to embed literacy and numeracy in their setting and to engage parents in their child's learning.
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This report presents an evaluation of the impact of the Letterbox Club initiative in Wales. The report incorporates data collected during the Pilot Study undertaken across 2009-2010, along with further data collected in 2011. Authors Rose Griffiths and Dr Chris Comber.
A report from the Centre for Education and Inclusion Research at Sheffield Hallam University and the School of Education at the University of Sheffield, commissioned by Booktrust to look at the Bookbuzz programme 2012-13.
Booktime, Welsh language handbook for the Welsh programme Pori Drwy Stori containing specially developed resources to help you make the most of Booktime in your school. The resources have been carefully designed to work alongside the National Literacy and Numeracy framework by supporting teachers and schools to embed literacy and numeracy in their setting and to engage parents in their child's learning.
Booktime, English language handbook for the Welsh programme Pori Drwy Stori containing specially developed resources to help you make the most of Booktime in your school. The resources have been carefully designed to work alongside the National Literacy and Numeracy framework by supporting teachers and schools to embed literacy and numeracy in their setting and to engage parents in their child's learning.
