Get On Board
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Brand new clubs that offered teenage boys the opportunity to meet celebrities, win prizes and enjoy many activities!
Reading Communities
The towns of Barry and Llanelli organised a whole host of book-based events over the summer and autumn!
Click here for more details of the 2008 Reading Communities.
Give a Book Week
Celebrities and members of the public throughout Wales gave each other books as gifts during this special week in July!
Click here to take a peek at the week's activities
Monthly Theme
May – Mind and body
English Children
Pont Readalone: When Sparks Fly
The ultimate anti-smoking story in the KS2 Readalone series: raises the usual issues, but presented in an amusing fashion, with quirky illustrations.
Hoppers Series Two Left Feet
Large format picture book – sympathetic treatment of physical special needs and inclusivity, especially on school trips! Bold cartoon-style illustration. A great group read.
Hoppers Series Caterpillar That Couldn't, The
It’s hard when you can’t achieve your ambitions- even if they’re totally beyond your capabilities. Caterpillars can’t dance, but butterflies can – as Carwyn finally discovers.
Alwena's Garden
Coping with illness is never easy – and never more so than when a teenager; suitable for older readers 13+.