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Cumbria County Council
Links to literary, learning and reading for pleasure sites for
teachers, children, parents and carers to help during the
Covid 19 lockdown.
BBC Lockdown Learning Authorfy
As a third national lockdown is under way, Access to free author videos and writing resources
the BBC is bringing hundreds of educational
resources together to help with home-schooling. https://authorfy.com/
Whether on TV, online or on social media, there’s
plenty of content to help you learn at home. Books for Topics
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize Free stories being read by their authors.
Just scan the QR codes or click on the
See https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zvryp4j links for access. For ages 3 to 11 years.
for weekly broadcast schedules for all ages.
booksfortopics.com/storytime-online
Booktrust Home Time
The Reading Realm
Enjoy storytime as a family with Booktrust
free online books and videos, play games, Literary resources for learning from home.
win prizes, test your knowledge in our book-
themed quizzes, or even learn how to draw https://thereadingrealm.co.uk/category/resources/
some of your favourite characters.
https://www.booktrust.org.uk/books- British Library Learning
and-reading/have-some-fun/
Discovering children’s books. Activities
for children of all ages.
Booktrust - Books to get https://www.bl.uk/childrens-books
you through lockdown
A selection of books split into age groups National Literacy Trust
from 0-11 to read with children.
Words For Life and Zone In
https://www.booktrust.org.uk/booklists/b/
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Zone In: For children aged 13+. Here you’ll
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skills. https://wordsforlife.org.uk/
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National Literacy Trust - Children’s Poetry Archive
The Book of Hopes
Listen to poems read out loud by the
Words and pictures to comfort, poets who wrote them as well as poems
inspire and entertain children. which other people have recorded.
This collection of short stories, poems, essays
https://childrenspoetryarchive.org/
and pictures has contributions from more than
110 children’s writers and illustrators, including
Lauren Child, Anthony Horowitz, Greg James
and Chris Smith, Michael Morpurgo, Liz Pichon,
Love reading 4 Kids – Kids Zone
Axel Scheffler, Francesca Simon and Jacqueline Book related videos and activities.
Wilson. Available free online during lockdown.
https://www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/kids-zone/
https://literacytrust.org.uk/family-zone/9-12/
bookhopes/
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The Open University – Top tens
The Open University’s choice including links
to videos of authors reading their books
The Reading Agency
Top ten storytimes 3-7
Reading for pleasure resources and
booklists for children of all ages. https://researchrichpedagogies.org/research/
https://readingagency.org.uk/resources/ supporting-rah/top-ten-storytimes-to-enjoy
Top ten storytimes 7-11
Centre for Literacy in Primary https://researchrichpedagogies.org/research/
Education Poetry Line supporting-rah/top-ten-storytimes-to-enjoy-7-11
Includes poetry teaching resources Top ten digital books
and author performances
https://researchrichpedagogies.org/research/
https://clpe.org.uk/poetryline supporting-rah/top-ten-digital-books
Poetry by Heart
Publishers’ Permissions
Poetry by Heart is a national competition in
which young people in key stages 2, 3, 4 and 5 Authorfy.com – Publishing Permissions
choose poems they love, learn them by heart and of their partner publishers for sharing
perform them in a school or college competition. stories and books online.
https://www.poetrybyheart.org.uk https://authorfy.com/publisherpermissions/?f
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Poetry Foundation
The Poetry Foundation is an independent
literary organization. It exists to discover Schools Library Association
and celebrate the best poetry and to place Comprehensive range of reading activities and
it before the largest possible audience. videos to support learning from home, including
https://poetryfoundation.org/learn/children many reading for pleasure sources and links.
https://www.sla.org.uk/school-closure-
World Book Day resources-books-and-reading
Lots of resources to support World Book Day
which takes place on 4th March.
https://www.worldbookday.com/
Serving the people of Cumbria cumbria.gov.ukPSED Document
Authors, Illustrators Jim Field – children’s illustrator
and Publishers Simple draw along videos to try out at home.
Selected authors and illustrators who have given https://www.jimfield.me/draw
permission for their online activities to be accessed
and shared by teachers, children, parents and
carers online either at school or at home. Andy Seed - author
Anti-boredom fun. PDF downloads of
extracts from his non-fiction series “the Anti
Sarah McIntyre - author Boredom Book of brilliant things to do”
Free downloadable activities and videos based https://www.andyseed.com/2020/03/some-
around Sarah McIntyre’s children’s books. anti-boredom-fun/?cn-reloaded=1
http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/books/
Ed Vere – author and illustrator
Andy Shepherd – author Ed Vere shows us how to draw some of the
Resources for schools and home learning. characters from his books and more.
https://www.andyshepherdwriter. https://www.youtube.com/channel/
co.uk/teacher-resources UCEGGmksmryuF2e7tHGt_2sA
Liz Pichon - author Nick Sharratt – author
and illustrator
Free downloadable activity sheets
and ideas to combat boredom! A variety of videos including how to draw
Mr Pope from Shark in the Park.
https://lizpichon.com/free-activities/
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Nic
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and illustrator
Draw with Rob. Free draw along videos Elle McNichol – author
produced by Rob Biddulph during
the 2020 Covid 19 lockdown. Creative writing classes every Friday and
Monday between 8th January to March 1st.
http://www.robbiddulph.com/draw-with-rob
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zcOWJVd25E.
Kate Thompson – author
Drawing masterclasses – various
Fun activities to do at home authors and illustrators
https://www.katethompsonwrites.com/resources Videos and livestreams created by picture
book authors and illustrators for children,
teachers, parents and carers.
https://m.facebook.com/AuthorEventsOnline/
Serving the people of Cumbria cumbria.gov.ukPSED Document
Sarah Baker – author Steve Weatherill – author
Free KS2 activities with links to national curriculum and illustrator
subjects English, History, French, Geography, Art Draw-along videos
http://www.bysarahbaker.com/resources https://babygoz.webflow.io/downloads
Piers Torday – author Michael Rosen – author
Daily storytime every weekday from 6th January Michael Rosen reads his stories and poems
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5SbAkoCHdQ https://www.youtube.com/channel/
UC7D-mXO4kk-XWvH6lBXdrPw
World of David Walliams
World of David Walliams Elevenses - every day Konnie Huq
at 11am starting from 07.01.2021 daily extracts A variety of videos including author
from Walliams’s 1st book The Boy in The Dress. interviews and draw-alongs
https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/elevenses/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/
UCDlSobQTc4IifJEu6Lt22eA/videos
Football Reading Activities
Downloadable football superstars activities sheet David O’Connell – author
from Welbeck Publishing including man of the and illustrator
moment Marcus Rashford.
Lots of activities to download including
https://welbeck-production.s3.amazonaws.com/ make your own comic
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football-superstars-activity-sheets-van-dijk-and- http://davidoconnell.uk/activities/
rashford-update.pdf (Welbeck Publishing)
Emma Carroll – author
Free writing workshops for all primary
and secondary students.
https://emmacarrollauthor.wordpress.com/
Tom Palmer - author
Tom Palmer offers a variety of free
resources to help mark Holocaust Memorial
Day which takes place on Wednesday 27
January 2021.
tompalmer.co.uk/holocaust-memorial-
day-resources-and-competition/
Serving the people of Cumbria cumbria.gov.ukPSED Document
Free e-books Reading Podcasts
Badger Learning free e books The Scoop
Each week Badger Learning will be offering a free The Scoop is a podcast for children and their
book for reluctant readers in their Hi-Lo range. families which celebrates reading, writing and
creativity, brought to you by Scoop Magazine. Each
https://www.badgerlearning.co.uk/ month Joe Haddow is joined by popular children’s
free-book-of-the-week.html authors and illustrators to talk about their books
and inspirations. They’ll also answer questions
from our young roving reporters. It’s a show for
Gutenberg Press families who love books and want to find out more
Project Gutenberg – access to about how their literary heroes do what they do.
over 60,000 free e books https://shows.acast.com/the-scoop
http://www.gutenberg.org/
Reading Is Power Podcasts
Cumbria Libraries online (World Book Day)
Register for free online membership to eBooks, Most cherished childhood book? Favourite book
magazines, eaudiobooks, comics and newspapers to share? These World Book Day podcasts
include chats with well-known and up-and-
https://cumbria-libraries.org.uk/cgi-
coming authors on a whole host of bookish topics
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including what reading is power means to them.
https://www.worldbookdaysocial.com/podcasts/
Audible
From the smallest readers up to
teens all free to listen to.
https://stories.audible.com/discovery/
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National Literacy Trust and Oak
Academy Virtual School Library
Free reading and writing activities from your
favourite childrens’ authors from the National
Literacy Trust. Every week a popular children’s
author or illustrator will provide you with free books,
Library Services for Schools,
exclusive videos and their top three recommended
Botchergate, Carlisle, CA1 1RZ
reads.
https://library.thenational.academy/
T: 01228 227277 F: 01228 227271
E: library.servicesforschools@cumbria.gov.uk
W: www.cumbria.gov.uk/libraries/schoolslibserv
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