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A guide for teachers to use with the Pori Drwy Stori Rhyme Challenge for reception-aged children in Wales (English and Welsh language)

Landscape poster for use with the Pori Drwy Stori Rhyme Challenge resources for reception-aged children in Wales (English and Welsh language)

Letter to parents for use with the Pori Drwy Stori Rhyme Challenge for reception-aged children in Wales (English and Welsh language).

Audio recordings of the rhymes for use with the Pori Drwy Stori Rhyme Challenge for reception-aged children in Wales (English and Welsh language).

This document is for health visitors and nursery nurses who gift Bookstart packs. Discover evidence that shows why sharing books is so important for all children from birth and the ongoing benefits that this can bring.

This full colour poster features all the shortlisted books for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2012.

Our What's the Story resources aim to draw on some of the many ideas and requests from disabled children and and their families, and to look at ways in which writers and illustrators can try to reflect them in their stories and images.  This resource includes some common pitfalls and how to avoid them in your next book.

This resource contains a collection of quotes and comments about children's books and disability. They include comments from young disabled people, their families and those who work with them.

The young people commented on the need for more books featuring positive images, and particularly for boosk to include a full spectrum of different forms of disability. It is clear that this is important both in terms of some disabled children seeking to find themselves in the characters they see in books, but also in terms of exposing non-disabled children to disability from an early age.

Although the main purpose of this resource was to collect views on how disability is depicted, a strong message also came through concerning the need for books to be more accessible to children with different needs. For example, young people voiced a particular need for more 'high interest' books for those who struggle with reading, to avoid such young people losing interest and being 'turned off' books.

This resource contains a collection of quotes and comments about society's attitude to disability. They include comments from young disabled people, their families and those who work with them.

This resource includes suggestions for representing disability in books for children and young people, including approaches which have rarely featured in children's books to date.

This resource comprises a range of comments about the school experience of young disabled people. They include the views and experiences of disabled people, their families and those who work with them.

Their stories illustrate a diverse range of experiences of school life, and they offer some very varied opinions. It is clear that their comments on this subject are extremely personal and subjective. They describe both negative and positive experiences of school, but together their feedback represents an insightful collection of comments which can surely help us to consider new ways to improve access and inclusion.

A wealth of children's book material is available to support classroom discussions around difference and disability. This resource presents just a few ideas, including books which may help develop awareness and understanding of specific impairments, books which can help promote positive attitudes to disability and books which are more generally about acceptance and respecting difference.

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.

Download some fun Children's Book Week activities for Key Stage 1, linked to the 2012 theme of Heroes and Heroines

Download some Children's Book Week activities for Key Stage 2, linked to the 2012 theme of Heroes and Heroines

Download some great Children's Book Week activities for Foundation stage, linked to this year's theme of Heroes and Heroines

Download a template for a letter you can adapt to send home to parents to let them know about Children's Book Week, and your planned events or activities.

Download a Children's Book Week reading lesson plan for Key Stage 1, linked to the 2012 theme of Heroes and Heroines