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Book Recommendations
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Free resources
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Find out about the very best children’s books with Corebooks
Corebooks helps primary schools choose the very best children's books for their school or classroom libraries. This site contains a comprehensive selection of high-quality books for children from ages three to eleven and a selection of free teaching plans. Use our carefully curated booklists or create your own wishlists in the knowledge that you are selecting from the best books to engage, enthral and excite children.
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Teaching Sequences
Use our Free Teaching Sequences
Our teaching sequences guide planning and provide the best teaching approaches to explore texts in depth, enhancing reading comprehension and providing meaningful contexts and purposes for writing.
Wishlist
Create or view a wishlist
Create personalised lists of your favourite books. Once created, your lists are saved in your profile and can be downloaded or printed. You can even send a list to a bookseller to purchase the books for your school.
Core Book of the Week
The History of Prehistory
Congratulations to Mick Manning & Brita Granstrӧm, 2020 winners of the Hachette Children’s Group Award for Outstanding Contribution to Information Books.
Reading Collections
Foundation
This collection is particularly supportive in helping children to tune into the rhythms and patterns of language and introduce quality engaging texts, as they begin their journey into reading.
Key Stage 1
As children become more confident, independent readers this collection showcases a range of high quality picture books and longer reads which support their progress and engagement.
Key Stage 2
The books in this collection both support those children who are still developing reading skills, as well as introducing a range of texts that develop higher order thinking skills and reading stamina.
Upcoming Training
The Power of a Rich Reading Classroom – Picturebooks in the Primary School - Webinar
Monday, 1 March 2021 - 1:00pm
The Power of a Rich Reading Classroom – Non-Fiction in the Primary School - Webinar
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The Power of a Rich Reading Classroom – Non-Fiction in the Primary School - Webinar
Tuesday, 2 March 2021 - 1:00pm
The Power of a Rich Reading Classroom – Picturebooks in the Primary School - Webinar
Tuesday, 2 March 2021 - 3:30pm
Understanding the Writing Journey : Planning for Progression in EYFS - Webinar
Wednesday, 3 March 2021 - 1:00pm