www.readingagency.org.uk The Reading Agency was formed in 2002 by merging three smaller agencies - LaunchPad, The Reading Partnership and Well Worth Reading - all of whom worked with libraries to promote reading. The Reading Agency helps libraries develop and maintain new ways of working, share good practice, continue to raise standards and to publicise the excellent work they do.
www.openingthebook.com Opening the Book has led the way in creating user-friendly sites for readers and providing useful online resources for library staff and other professionals working in reader development since 1997.
http://www.encompassculture.com/ EnCompassCulture is a worldwide reading group, the place to find your next book and talk about books with other readers around the world. It has full details of over 6,000 books for all age ranges and is full of useful features.
http://www.readinggroups.co.uk/ The website is providing serevices for the reading groups.
www.booktrust.org.uk Booktrust is an independent national charity that encourages people of all ages and cultures to discover and enjoy reading. The reader is at the heart of everything we do.
www.literacytrust.org.uk The National Literacy Trust website has been developed to provide free access to information for the literacy community, and other professionals interested in supporting the improvement of literacy skills and the promotion of reading for pleasure. It covers issues around improving the literacy skills of all age groups throughout the UK and includes literacy initiatives, research, statistics, events, resources and links.
http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/rif/ Reading Is Fundamental, UK is an initiative of the National Literacy Trust that helps children and young people (aged 0 to 19) to realise their potential by motivating them to read. It promotes the fun of reading, the importance of book choice and the benefits to families of having books at home. The projects provide motivational activities, opportunities for family and community involvement, and free books for children to choose and keep.
www.whichbook.net Whichbook gives readers an enjoyable and intuitive way to find books to match their mood. Instead of starting from the overwhelming choice of books available, whichbook starts from the reader and enables each individual to build the elements of that elusive 'good read' we are all looking for but don't quite know how to define.
http://www.bookheads.org.uk/ This website is for teenagers to share information about the books they like. It is also the home of the Booktrust Teenage Prize
http://readers.penguin.co.uk/ Penguin is the first publisher to have its own website dedicated to providing a service for Reading Groups. Here we give you our top tips on setting up your own group, information about authors, prizes, books and events.
http://www.storiesfromtheweb.org/sfwolderarea/index.asp Stories from the Web is a website where you can explore our virtual bookshelf, send in reviews and write your own stories and poems
www.readingmatters.co.uk This site is about books and ideas for children and teenagers. It is written for intelligent young readers who are keen to choose their own books. Adults can join in too. There are now 293 detailed children's book reviews here and more are being added all the time.
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