There are many publishers of resources for English language learning and teaching. The publishers below publish materials for young learners. On their websites you'll find information about classroom coursebooks, and also information about reference and self-study resources. Some publishers also have a range of graded readers, books that have been adapted for learners, and also CDs.
These sites give information about their products, but they also have free resources to download, and online activities.

Cambridge University Press
Resource sites for young learners, plus some downloads.
http://www.cambridge.org/elt/resources/young/

Oxford University Press
Online learning materials for young learners.
http://www.oup.com/elt/students/?cc=gb

Pearson Longman ELT
On this website you'll find ideas and free resources for young learners of English.
http://www.pearsonlongman.com/young_learners/

Penguin Readers
Penguin Young Readers are a collection of fully illustrated books for children that make learning English fun. Find out about the readers, and find guides to using readers.
http://www.penguinreaders.com/pyr/what_is.html

These links will take you to online bookshops specialising in resources for teachers and learners of English.

Cambridge International Book Centre
Keltic
The Bournemouth English Book Centre (BEBC)

There are many publishers of children's books. The websites below are all for commercial publishers, but they all have free online resources and features such as interviews, extracts, reviews, and competitions. You and your child might like to look at some of these together. Some of the sites offer advice to parents.

The British Council is not responsible for the content of these external websites. The sites are listed because they offer useful content.

Scholastic
Scholastic have a great website with an area for children called the Zone, with book news, competitions, information about authors, and competitions. There is also a section for families with information for parents and carers about choosing books, encouraging reading and reluctant reading.
http://www.scholastic.co.uk/zone/

Puffin Books
This site is by the children's publisher Puffin but has lots of information about books and authors. You'll also find games, a podcast of Puffin classics, and links to great websites, such as Angelina Ballerina and the young Bond.
http://www.puffin.co.uk/

Random House
Find information about authors such as Jacqueline Wilson, Philip Pullman and Roald Dahl, and links to authors' sites where there is a lot to do. Also interviews and extracts. Suggestions for books are divided into different age groups.
http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/childrens/home.htm

Bloomsbury
The children's area has information about authors, and competitions and downloads. It also has links to the Harry Potter website.
http://www.bloomsbury.com/childrens/
http://www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter/

Andersen Press
This site has extracts, information about authors and illustrators, and information about characters with activities. You'll find Elmer here for example.
http://www.andersenpress.co.uk/

Barrington Stoke
Barringstoke specialise in books for dyslexic and reluctant readers. You'll also find information for parents of children who are having problems with reading.
http://www.barringtonstoke.co.uk/

Egmont
This is a great website with links to microsites for children, lots of information about authors, and lots of activities to download. Have a look at the 'Go Bananas' microsite which has advice for parents to download and print.
http://www.egmont.co.uk/
http://www.egmont.co.uk/bananas/

Harper Colins
Find information about characters and links to microsites - discover Narnia for example, or the W.I.T.C.H girls' world. Plus there are bookmarks, ecards, games, information about authors and illustrators - and the book doctor who will solve your book-related problems.
http://www.harpercollinschildrensbooks.co.uk/

Ladybird
Ladybird publishes books for younger children. The site has lots of resources about characters such as Spot and Angelina Ballerina, games to print, a resource section for parents with information about helping children to read from pre-schoolers to young children at school.
http://www.ladybird.co.uk/

Little Tiger Press
Has some games and downloads for younger children, plus information for parents about reading and children, and competitions.
http://www.littletigerpress.com/

Mantralingua
A publisher that specialises in producing bilingual books.
http://www.mantralingua.com/

Orion Publishing Group
Has information about authors and extracts.
http://www.orionbooks.co.uk/search-author-Childrens.htm

Franklin Watts/Orchard Books
Some information about authors and illustrators, and some activity sheets to download. You'll also find a link to the microsite of the popular Rainbow Magic range of books.
http://www.wattspub.co.uk/
http://www.rainbowmagic.co.uk/

Walker Books
Information about books, authors and illustrators, plus a downloads section with audio and video files, and first chapters.
http://www.walkerbooks.co.uk/

For a list of websites for UK publishers, authors and illustrators see:
http://www.ukchildrensbooks.co.uk/pubs.html