An Enchanted Colouring Adventure by Johanna Basford in our October Book of the Month competition, courtesy of our friends at ...

Each month we'll provide a prompt to get you started, but where the story goes from there is entirely up to you. The 50 Word Fiction competition includes four categories: adult writers, all-age Gaelic ...

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How does our relationship with books change across our lifetime? As part of the Reading and Wellbeing project, funded by Leverhulme Trust, researchers from the Literacy Lab(this link will open in a ...

This article was written by Professor Anna Franklin and Taysa-Ja Newman. Newborn babies’ vision is very poor, and as a result they benefit from the high contrast of black and white books with big bold ...

October is Black History Month(this link will open in a new window), and the perfect time for readers of all ages to delve into books about Black history. This book list includes a wide range of ...

Bookzilla is Scottish Book Trust's free app for early secondary school and primary school pupils in Scotland. The app was designed by and with young people. Bookzilla encourages pupils to read for ...

This is a complete toolkit of resources and activity ideas to help you run a paired reading project in your school, library or education setting. It is split into two sections. The first for those ...

Starting secondary school can be a daunting and scary experience, and transitioning to a new school is never easy. Here are some great books to share with young people moving up to secondary school.

Story sticks are a fun and creative way to generate ideas for creative writing, especially stories and descriptive writing. When presented with a blank page and asked to write a story, young people ...