Literature Matters - Useful links

Literature Matters is a national teacher training initiative to boost reading in schools. Use the links below to find our more...

ACHUKA: News about children’s book publishing
www.achuka.co.uk

Bookbox: linked to the Channel 4 series
www.channel4.com/bookbox

Book Ends: Magazine of ‘The Book Place'
www.bookplace.co.uk/bookends

Booktrusted.com (Book Trust pages about children’s books)
www.booktrusted.com

Children’s Laureate
www.childrenslaureate.org

Children’s Literature Web Guide: encyclopaedic Canadian site
www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown

CILIP: The professional association for librarians
www.cilip.org.uk

Cool Reads: for 10-15s, by two teenagers
www.cool-reads.co.uk

Federation of Children’s Book Groups
www.fcbg.org.uk

International Children’s Digital Library: full texts of books in many languages
www.icdlbooks.org

Just for Kids who love books: site by a Canadian school librarian
www.alanbrown.com

KidsReads: US site
www.kidsreads.com

Kids’ Review: book reviews by children for children
www.kidsreview.org.uk

Mrs Mad’s Book-a-Rama: reviews, fun and games
www.mrsmad.com

National Literacy Trust: a very extensive site for teachers
www.literacytrust.org.uk/index.html

National Reading Campaign
www.literacytrust.org.uk/campaign/index.html

Reading Matters: UK Review site
www.readingmatters.co.uk

Stories from the Web: important UK library site for children, with ‘computer clubs’
www.storiesfromtheweb.org

Readathon: Sponsored reading for cancer and other causes
www.readathon.org

Reading is Fundamental: distributing books to children
www.rif.org.uk

Reading Zone: Arts Council children’s books site
www.readingzone.com/home.php

School Library Association: supporting everyone running school libraries
www.sla.org.uk

Seven Stories: A national centre for children’s books
www.sevenstories.org.uk

UK Children’s Books: a good guide to authors’ sites and more
www.ukchildrensbooks.co.uk

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