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Classroom resources

Media gallery

Our media gallery includes audio recordings, videos and transcripts of previous Book Festival events, featuring a huge variety of world-renowned authors and thinkers. Search for events from both our school's programme as well as our main programme - you're bound to find interesting ideas and subjects with which to engage your class and kick-start cross-curricular projects.

Classroom ideas

Our RBS Schools Programme includes a list of ideas for the classroom alongside each event synopsis and many can be used without attending the corresponding event. They cover a wide range of the new curriculum areas including Expressive Arts, Siences, Social Studies, RME, Languages, Technologies, Mathematics and Health and Wellbeing. 

Useful websites

Independent children's book site with reviews and author interviews
www.achuka.co.uk

Free online literature and study guides
www.bibliomania.com

Info about the Children's Laureate, with teacher's resources
www.childrenslaureate.org.uk

Book reviews by 10-15 year olds
www.cool-reads.co.uk

The Federation of Children's Book Groups
www.fcbg.org.uk

Learning and Teaching Scotland - advice, support, resources and staff development for the education community
www.ltscotland.org.uk

Specially designed bookplates by top children's illustrators available to download
www.myhomelibrary.org

Advice about children's books for young people, parents and teachers
www.readingzone.com

Scotland's leading agency for the promotion of literature, reading and writing
www.scottishbooktrust.com

Site for book-loving teenagers by book-loving teenagers
www.spinebreakers.co.uk

Scottish Poetry Library's education programme
www.spl.org.uk/education

World Book Day's official UK site (4 March 2010)
www.worldbookday.com

Children's book resource for teachers, students and librarians
www.writeaway.org.uk