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Celebrating World Book Day: making reading fun for kids
March 6, 2025
World Book Day is a special event that celebrates the magic of books and storytelling. Held annually on the first Thursday of March in the UK, it encourages children to develop a lifelong love of reading. By making reading fun...
Reading Chest is back!
October 16, 2024
We’re thrilled to announce that Reading Chest is now open for business again, and we’ve been hard at work behind the scenes to make sure it’s better than ever! With a brand new website design, we can’t wait to start...
How to keep the momentum going during the summer term!
April 15, 2024
The summer term always seems to come with a whirlwind of sports days, school trips, sunny playground dramas and end‑of‑year everything. It’s brilliant… and also slightly exhausting. With so much going on, it’s no surprise that reading routines can wobble...
Settling into a new school year
September 15, 2023
Settling into the new school year: simple ways to support your child’s reading The first few weeks of term can feel a bit like organised chaos – new routines, new teachers, new book bags (already mysteriously sticky). Lots of our...
World Book Day: reading for pleasure!
March 1, 2023
Why World Book Day really matters (hint: it’s not just the costumes) World Book Day often sneaks up on us in a blur of last-minute costumes, missing glue sticks and vague plans to turn a school jumper into something “Roald...
Schools not sending physical books home?
October 21, 2022
When schools stop sending reading books home (and switch to eBooks instead) The first school half term has flown by. Routines are starting to stick, teachers and children are getting to know each other, and proper learning is underway. One...
Non-Fiction November: simple ways to celebrate facts, questions and curious kids
November 6, 2020
If your child loves asking questions (all day, every day), Non-Fiction November is the perfect excuse to lean into it. Instead of feeling like you need to have all the answers, you can team up with some brilliant non-fiction books...
World Book Day: last minute (onesie) costumes & ideas
March 2, 2020
World Book Day is meant to spark a love of reading… not a parental panic about finding a costume at 10pm the night before. If you’ve ever found yourself rummaging through the dressing-up box thinking, “Surely this unicorn onesie can...