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Book Lists
The downloads in this area of our website are all book lists.
These feature some of our favourite titles and there are selections to suit all ages.
We will add to this area regularly, so please check back soon to see what's new.
Book Lists
October Literature Review
Themes of heroism often feature in children’s literature. But what of the everyday hero? What about the sort of character - often the underdog – who has such a strong sense of self and self-belief that they recognise that they…
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August Literature Review
We have been extremely lucky to receive advance review copies of some wonderful publications and so this month’s review theme is simply something for everyone. Finding a point of resonance and connection to literature is key to getting children to want to…
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July Literature Review
Books to promote recovery following difficult times As the global health crisis that is the Covid-19 pandemic rumbles on and nations begin to move into a phasing out of lockdown rules and a phasing into what – we suppose…
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June Literature Review
In last month’s review we spoke of the need to connect to nature. One could say we’ve spent more time ‘tuning in’ to the outside world and another one of the silver linings of the past ten weeks has been…
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May Literature Review
The last month has been different in more ways than one as we have all had to adjust rather suddenly to a new normal; a normal where our work patterns have changed, our socialising patterns have changed, and our life…
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World Book Day Literature Review
In addition to our usual reviews this month, we loved the wonderful selection of authors and titles included with this year’s World Book Day £1 books that we thought we'd review some of our favourites! So, here's a few of…
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March Literature Review
Journeys: synonymous with voyages and expeditions; the literal and the figurative. Going on a journey, being taken on a journey…literature can and absolutely does do this for us as humans. Of late, we’ve talked a lot at The Literacy Tree about direct…
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February Literature Review
In February – the month of St Valentine (who, curiously enough, is actually the patron saint for those who have found love; the saint required for finding love would appear to be St Raphael…) a review of literature can only really be themed around…
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January Literature Review
New Year often brings a fresh start. We may make a resolution or two. At The Literacy Tree? Well, our resolution is to increase the number Literary Leaves on offer for non-fiction texts. And this might actually have become our new favourite thing…
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Christmas Bibliotherapy: Staff picks for 2019
We genuinely think there is no better gift than that of a book at Christmas. It can allow you to choose something so personal and thoughtful for a treasured friend to reflect your friendship or relationship, or can allow you…
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October Literature Review
As the nights are drawing in there is always a sense of wonder at the inky blanket across the world, the stars in the night sky and the feeling of cosying up on the sofa perhaps with a log fire…
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September Literature Review
In the month of celebrating the birthday of the late Cesária Evora, the Cape Verdean vocalist and recording artist nicknamed the ‘barefoot diva’, we are thinking about stars: stars in the fame and fortune sense as well as stars that…
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Summer 2019 Bibliotherapy - Our Staff Picks
We've taken the top of our TBR* piles and reviewed them for you in case you needed to create your own pile. And if if you didn't, well have a look and be nosey about what we've enjoyed of late.…
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July Literature Review
It’s nearing the end of the school year and the promise of the summer holiday - those endless (hopefully) sun-lit days - is tantalisingly close. But first there are sports days, concerts and fetes to attend. There are also change-up…
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June Literature Review
This time of year always feels full of hope: the days are longer; the sun shines over our corner of the world (at least on some days) and there is a sense of life and light. And those are our themes for this month’s review - life…
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May Literature Review
There is much talk in the world of education at the moment around the ‘million word gap’ and we know that there is a direct correlation between how much children are read to and the size of their vocabularies. Unfortunately,…
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March Literature Review
In a change to our usual reviews this month, we were so overjoyed by the incredible selection of authors and titles included with this year’s World Book Day £1 books that we thought it would be very much remiss of…
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February Literature Review
This month’s review explores the theme of perspective, in two senses of the word: keeping things in perspective and looking at things from others’ perspective. We need to be very careful that children have time and space to be still;…
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January Literature Review
This time of year is all about new beginnings: it’s a new year; a new school term; the days are starting to become longer and many people make resolutions. Some might focus on being kinder or spending more time listening…
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Christmas Bibliotherapy: Staff Picks for 2018
We genuinely think there is little better present than to receive the gift of a book at Christmas. It can allow you to choose something so personal and thoughtful for a treasured friend to reflect your friendship or relationship, or…
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November Literature Review
Self-worth: something that is neither pre-determined nor fixed. We all must have a sense of high self-worth in varying degrees at different points in our lives. Or maybe not. Maybe some people never have the sense that they’re of value.…
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