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A Child’s Garden of Verses
These short poems can be shared through the changing worlds of play, weather and imagined journeys. Choose a suitable poem with an adult, enjoy its sounds,...
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32 resources for “shared reading”
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BookTrust Bookfinder
Book recommendations help families discover stories beyond familiar favourites. Use age and interest filters as a starting point, then check the actual edi...
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BookTrust Family Reading
Family reading support can help adults make stories part of everyday life. Explore practical ideas for sharing books, then try a calm conversation around o...
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Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
A repeating question introduces animals through colour and sound. Share Bill Martin Jr.’s words alongside Eric Carle’s pictures, leaving time for the child...
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Cecily Parsley’s Nursery Rhymes
This illustrated collection offers short rhymes that can be shared a few lines at a time. Let the child hear a rhyme before asking them to join in, then ex...
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Early Reading at Age Three to Four
This family guidance provides a starting point for early reading through conversation, stories and playful attention to sounds. Use it to choose a small en...
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Upper primary / early secondary
Fantastic Mr Fox
A family’s struggle against three farmers becomes a sequence of plans, setbacks and shared effort. Keep track of what each side knows and compare the pleas...
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Little Women
The March sisters develop different ambitions within shared family responsibilities. Compare their choices without treating one sister’s path as the only m...
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Secondary
Of Mice and Men
George and Lennie hope for a life that offers security and companionship. Steinbeck places that hope within a world where work, money and social exclusion...
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Oxford Owl eBook Library
A collection of online eBooks offers families a way to practise reading between school and home. Choose by reading needs rather than assuming age alone det...
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Room on the Broom
A witch’s journey becomes a shared adventure as animals join her broom. Follow the order in which the companions arrive, enjoy the rhyme, and talk about ho...
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Cross-stage / teacher selected
Scoilnet Irish Education Resources
Ireland’s resource portal offers another route into subject learning and teaching ideas. Choose the appropriate phase and check what each resource assumes,...
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Secondary / sixth form
The Comedy of Errors
Two pairs of separated twins turn a city into a sequence of mistaken encounters. Keep a record of who is being mistaken for whom, then look beneath the com...
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The Gruffalo
A small mouse travels through a wood and uses a story to respond to hungry animals. Share the rhyme aloud, pause to name the creatures, and let the child n...
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Secondary / sixth form
The Mill on the Floss
Maggie and Tom grow within shared memories but unequal expectations. Read their conflicts through differences in education, obligation and temperament, the...
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The Snail and the Whale
A tiny traveller and a large companion explore places far beyond a familiar rock. Use the pictures to compare size and name features of the journey, then n...
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The Tailor of Gloucester
A tailor’s difficult task becomes a story about tiny helpers, careful work and a missing piece of thread. Share selected illustrated pages with an adult, n...
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The Tale of Benjamin Bunny
Benjamin joins Peter on a return to the garden, where familiar objects become part of a new adventure. Read with an adult and pause around the hiding scene...
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The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck
Jemima searches for a quiet place to nest and meets a stranger whose offer is not as kind as it seems. Adults should preview the danger and difficult endin...
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The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher
Jeremy sets out to catch fish for a meal, but the pond contains surprises that change his plans. Read a short section with an adult, naming pond creatures...
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The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle
Lucie’s search for missing clothing leads to a surprising washerwoman. Read slowly enough to explore the illustrations, naming household objects and notici...
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The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse
A tidy mouse’s home receives a succession of unexpected visitors. Share one visit at a time, noticing the sounds, tracks and tiny household details; invite...
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