LoveMyBooks

Resource type: Booklists and book reviews

Price band: Free

Key stage: KS1, KS2, EYFS

Region(s): All of UK

LoveMyBooks is a book recommendation website designed to help parents and carers share and enjoy books with children aged 0-11. Created by a team of literacy specialists, LoveMyBooks helps families discover high-quality books and provides creative activities and practical advice to help parents foster a love of reading.

Key features:

Book recommendations for children aged 0-11, organised by age group or theme.
Each book comes with prompts and activities that promote book talk or encourage creative play, art or writing.
Practical support to build parents’ confidence, including reading advice, read-aloud videos and tips on how to choose books.
Make and do book-based activities.

Cost: Free.

About LoveMyBooks: LoveMyBooks is an open-access platform set up by literacy specialists to help parents and carers find high-quality books to share and enjoy with their children. Its patrons include Michael Rosen, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Chris Riddell, Joseph Coelho and Sonia Thompson.

Literacy Hive Likes:

Wide-range of titles covering all genres curated by children’s literacy specialists.
Prompts for book talk help parents move beyond simply reading the story and encourage deeper engagement with books and reading.
Creative activities provide engaging and imaginative ways to explore and respond to stories and encourage children’s own creativity and self-expression.
Read aloud videos allow families to share and enjoy a story even if they don’t have access to the physical book.
A good source of book-related creative activities for the classroom too!

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