He’s an energetic advocate of reading for pleasure, loves doing events, and is excited to support Coram Beanstalk’s work in the South-West of England.ĭan Smith writes books for both adults and children and lives in the North East where he is a great advocate for Coram Beanstalk. Read more.Īndy is best known for writing fun factual books including The Silly Book of Side-Splitting Stuff and The Clue is in the Poo. Read more.Īuthor of The Great Chocoplot, Chris has recently moved from his home in the North East to South London where he has just started volunteering as a Coram Beanstalk reading helper. He is also the author of The Last Wild Trilogy, There May be a Castle, The Lost Magician and The Frozen Sea. Piers has been a Coram Beanstalk reading helper in London since 2012. Read more.Īuthor of the Mango and Bambang series of books and picture books Grab That Rabbit and Picking Pickle, Polly has been supporting children with their reading as a volunteer for Coram Beanstalk since 2011.

Our theme for this month highlights books about dragons!Ībi has volunteered as a reading helper in London primary schools since 2015 and is also the author of the highly acclaimed Dreamsnatcher trilogy and Sky Song amongst others. Our #BeanstalkBrilliant book of the month for April is 'The Ultimate Guide to Growing Dragons' by Andy Shepherd, illustrated by Sue Ogilvie. You may have questions about how we can support your reading for pleasure strategy and how we work before you register your interest in becoming a partner school, and you should find the answers here. We believe that when a child becomes a reader, they get the very best chance in life and evidence shows that reading for pleasure plays a hugely important role in creating readers. Understanding our one-to-one support for primary schools.Nominate a UK-based school to win a set of the ten longlisted books for their school library here. Win books for your nominated school library!Ĭoram Beanstalk, The Alligator's Mouth Book Shop and The Bright Agency are once again offering schools the opportunity to win a set of the ten books longlisted for The Alligator’s Mouth Award 2023, which champions both authors and illustrators of highly illustrated children’s fiction.Read more about 'The Boy Who Would be King', download an accompanying activity pack and discover a few more of our favourite 'King-related' books here. What else for our #BeanstalkBrilliant book of the month for May than this commemorative book in celebration of the Coronation, by our ambassador Michael Morpurgo.

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