Source Description Date

• www.readingmatters.co.uk  readingmatters.co.uk
  The Reading Matters website is about books and ideas for children and teenagers. It has an interactive Bookchooser, or random Lucky dip option, to help you choose what to read. 23 Feb 2010
• European Centre for Reading Recovery  readingrecovery.org.uk
  Well-established intervention scheme for children with reading difficulties, providing daily half-hour sessions with specially trained teachers for six-year-olds who are in the bottom 20% of their class in terms of reading. 16 Dec 2010
• The Reading Zone  readingzone.com
  Website providing information about children’s books, with areas specifically for children, young adults, parents and schools. 23 Feb 2010
• School Library Association   sla.org.uk/riveting-reads.php
  The School Library Association's Riveting Reads series has suggested books that will encourage pupils to read widely and independently for enjoyment. They are grouped under themes and have been recommended by pupils in the relevant age group. 23 Feb 2010
• Penguin  spinebreakers.co.uk
  Spinebreakers is Penguin's pioneering online book community for teenagers, run by teenagers themselves. Editorial control of the site is in the hands of a core editorial team of nine teenagers aged between 13 and 18 years, supported by a large network of 23 Feb 2010
• Stories from the web  storiesfromtheweb.org
  The Stories from the web website provides information about books and authors for children and young people aged from birth to seven, 7 – 11 and 11 – 14. It is run by Birmingham, Leeds and Bristol Library Services and the UK Office for Library and Informa 23 Feb 2010
• The Reading Agency  summerreadingchallenge.org.uk
  The Summer Reading Challenge, delivered by public libraries, offers incentives for children to read six books in six weeks to hook children into books and libraries. 24 Feb 2010
• Teachit  teachit.co.uk
  Specialising in English, Drama and Media Studies from primary to post-16, the online Teachit library offers over 12,000 pages of classroom materials, schemes of work, lesson plans and teaching tools, all created by working teachers. 24 Feb 2010
• Teen Reads  teenreads.com
  The Teen Reads website has interviews, books and information aimed at teenagers. 23 Feb 2010
• The Centre for Literacy in Primary Education  The Centre for Literacy in Primary Education
  The Centre for Literacy in Primary Education updates their Core booklists for primary schools every two years. It also publishes Simply the Best Books for Children. 23 Feb 2010