Obviously, it is really important for children to keep developing as readers during these
difficult times, so we wanted to offer our support for you to ensure this continues to
happen throughout this period of home learning.
We have looked into a number of resources and feel that the following could be really
useful:
Oxford Owl
https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/
This website contains a wide range of ebooks for children to read online. It is really easy to
navigate and explore the books by age range.
Free Kids Books
http://freekidsbooks.org/?fbclid=IwAR2P_7wrSF7sRNjT8TMDH49f7rmB-f8ZncXR3FPQ8KfJBVEZOs1hqQVePs
This website contains a range of free children’s ebooks – please open as PDF as they are not
available to view as an online version yet.
BBC Bringing Books to Life
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/english-ks1--ks2-bringing-books-tolife/zvg4xyc?fbclid=IwAR0dZXoP_mFPotpg21KY-Hs0iC1dXbQOVDau9Z-qoxrdu5-qC8Yry8QmEyU
A range of books read by celebrities to engage children in reading.
Audible
https://stories.audible.com/discovery/enterprise-discovery21122356011?ref=adbl_ent_anon_ds_ds_dccs_sbtp-0-1
Audible have a selection of stories that are free to listen to – these are especially great for
evenings, especially on those days where you may have totally run out of the energy
required to read your child a bedtime story! Listening to one of these together may be a
great sleep aid for you both, you never know!
Get Epic!
https://www.getepic.com/
This is a bank of digital books for children – parents can sign up for a free 30 day trial.
Love Reading for Kids
https://www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/
A selection of books for children, also with a method to order recommended books that
come packaged directly to your children.
Booklife
https://www.booklife.co.uk/
This has many free resources to download, including ebooks, as well as books that are
available to buy.
BOOKS TO BUY!
The following website is really useful for recommending books that you can order for your
children to read at home:
https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/category/reading-lists-for-primary-school-pupils/
It is categorized into year groups, and when you click on a book, it then takes you to the
Amazon site, where you can then order it if you wish.
Ebooks are brilliant and mean that you have a whole range of books at the click of a button,
but I’m sure you will agree, there is nothing like receiving a new book and holding it to
read!
