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Write a profile for Dr Samuel Johnson.

Closed and open-ended comprehension activities for Ferdinand Forest and the pirate pickle.

Write down your own facts about your favourite authors using this fact card template.

Our downloadable books fact cards feature four of our most famous authors.

Read the ‘Travel by book’ closing thought and talk about the ideas in it during your class or school assembly.

Despite numerous setbacks the creator of the first comprehensive English dictionary never gave up on his dream. Let’s look at Dr Johnson, his life, his times and his magnificent book.

A class assembly on books is the perfect place to celebrate these amazing objects that can have such a positive impact on our lives.

Help children extract the important from the interesting as they navigate their way through non-fiction texts – it's a skill that will stay with them forever.

Lovers of literature subconsciously interrogate text as they read. It’s a handy skill to pass on to your new reading detectives.

Motivating children to read is one of the biggest challenges that teachers and parents face. We look at strategies that help.

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