The British Council
Children's reading group ideas from the British Council. www.encompassculture.com
Book Group Online
This online forum is for people to discuss their favourite reads.
The forum is not specifically aimed at children or young people,
but is moderated so that it is suitable. www.bookgrouponline.com
Bookheads
Bookheads is aimed at teenage readers, and is run by Booktrust.
www.bookheads.org.uk
Book It!
ContinYou runs this scheme, which helps schools
set up reading groups for Year 7 pupils. www.readingclub.org.uk
Carnegie Greenaway shadowing
The shadowing scheme
allows children's reading groups to take part in the
selection of prize-winning books.
http://carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/
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Orange Chatterbooks
Chatterbooks is a reading scheme for 4-12 year olds,
co-ordinated by The Reading Agency. It is led by specially
trained local librarians and run in many local libraries.
www.orange.co.uk/about/community/chatterbooks.html.
Chatterbooks resources from The Reading Agency www.readingagency.org.uk/html/resource02.cfm?catName=17
Stories from the web
Stories from the Web is a reader development programme managed in
the UK by Birmingham Libraries, for young learners aged 8-14 years.
The site contains a wide range of book extracts and poetry to encourage
young learners to discover more about authors and books. www.storiesfromtheweb.org
Their Reading Futures
Ideas for children's reading groups - www.theirreadingfutures.org.uk/skills_2/groups_scenario.html |
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Getting
children talking about books is a sure way to encourage an enthusiasm
for reading. Reading groups offer the opportunity to engage with
reading outside of formal learning. This page offers information
and resources to help people looking for or working with children's
reading groups.
