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October’s Monthly Stories and Poems
Our Monthly Stories and Poems for October have been chosen to mark Black History Month in the UK, and also…
September’s Stories and Poems
With autumn arriving imminently, September’s Monthly Stories and Poems feel all the more apt as the leaves begin to change.…
From the Bookshelf: This Same Sky
As part of our ongoing work around The Reader Bookshelf, we’ve asked staff to share their thoughts about some of the…
August’s Stories and Poems
We’re going back into the past for our selections this month, with memories of childhood, places and people remembered, and…
July’s Stories and Poems
Summer can be a time where our routines can change – sometimes due to factors beyond our control, and in…
June’s Stories and Poems
June is Pride Month, and to mark the occasion this month’s Monthly Stories and Poems selection feature stories, extracts and…
May’s Stories and Poems
To celebrate the launch of The Reader Bookshelf for 2023-24, May’s Monthly Stories and Poems have been chosen with the theme ‘Weathering…
April’s Stories and Poems
In April’s stories and extracts, we discover that what we see on the outside doesn’t always reflect what is happening…
The Storybarn Selects… From The Reader Bookshelf
As we continue to explore the Reader Bookshelf we’ve asked members of our Children & Young People Team to talk about their…
March’s Stories and Poems
March is a month that sees a lot of change taking place, the most obvious being the steady lengthening of…
The Storybarn Selects… From The Reader Bookshelf
As we continue to explore the Reader Bookshelf we’ve asked members of our Children & Young People Team to talk about their…
February’s Stories and Poems
We’re looking to the world around us this month, as the trees are getting ready to bud and we start…