Download a range of great new resources and fun activity sheets to help celebrate reading for pleasure
Activity sheets
These activity sheets are packed with fun lesson ideas around the theme of words and pictures:
> key stage 1 activity sheet 1
> key stage 1 activity sheet 2
> key stage 2 activity sheet 1
> key stage 2 activity sheet 2
> special educational needs activity sheet
> gifted and talented activity sheet
Other resources
We have a wide range of other resources to help you and you celebrate reading for pleasure with your class.
Download a Children's Book Week poster: fill in your details and use this A4 sized poster in your school or library to promote your own Children's Book Week activities and events
Download Top tips to help your child to read: a useful resource for your school to distribute to parents and carers to promote reading at home (Microsoft Word, 300 KB)
Read an interview with our Children's Book Week 2009 illustrator, Emily Gravett
Visit our Illustrator’s Gallery
Visit the Poetry Friendly Classroom to find out about how to make your classroom poetry friendly; or visit our new Perform-a-Poem website.
Download a lesson sequence for The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness, ideal for Key Stage 3
Download the Children's Book Week 2008 free teachers’ resource guide themed around rhythm and rhyme (Adobe Acrobat 2MB)
Download the Children's Book Week 2007 resource pack themed around the environment (Adobe Acrobat 3MB)
Find more information
Find more ideas and resources for promoting reading for pleasure in the classroom by visiting our teachers’ resources page.
Find more information about children’s books for parents, teachers and librarians by visiting the Booktrust children’s books website.
Find out about books and disability issues by visiting the Bookmark website.
