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Reading & literacy resources

Discover resources to encourage your students to read for pleasure and improve their literacy skills.

Reading for adolescent boys

  • Boys, Books, Blokes, Bytes blog
    This blog is all about getting boys to read more. It showcases books that boys like to read, features interviews with writers and offers the chance to win prizes. It's based on an award-winning reading program developed by the Centre for Youth Literature (CYL).

Reading for teens

  • inside a dog
    This website written specially for teenagers features book reviews, news, sneak previews of upcoming books, a writer-in-residence blog, the chance to win stuff, a discussion forum and audio.

General

  • inside a dog teacher resources
  • Teachers can find great suggestions for using the inside a dog website in the classroom or with students. Topics include creating book clubs and encouraging students to chat online with authors and post book reviews.