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April 23, 2025 • 4 min read

Celebrating Shakespeare’s birthday: bringing the bard into your child’s reading experience

Make Shakespeare’s birthday a family celebration with games, giggles and stories. Help your child meet the Bard through simple, fun reading activities at home.

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March 26, 2025 • 4 min read

Celebrating Mother’s Day: making memories with reading

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March 21, 2025 • 4 min read

Spring into reading: how to celebrate the start of spring with your child

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October 16, 2024 • 1 min read

Reading Chest is back!

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May 20, 2024 • 13 min read

What is phonics?

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May 20, 2024 • 17 min read

Tips on choosing books

Find out how to select the perfect books for your child's reading level and interests, to help them enjoy learning to read.

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May 20, 2024 • 8 min read

Helping children learn to read

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April 15, 2024 • 2 min read

How to keep the momentum going during the summer term!

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September 15, 2023 • 2 min read

Settling into a new school year

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March 1, 2023 • 3 min read

World Book Day: reading for pleasure!

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October 21, 2022 • 4 min read

Schools not sending physical books home?

Worried your child is only bringing eBooks home from school? Find out why real books still matter so much and how you can make sure they keep turning pages.

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