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94%	of schools said they saw an improvement in general attitude to learning in the children receiving Coram Beanstalk's support

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Coram Beanstalk publishes Impact Report for 2021-22

After two years of disrupted service in schools, Coram Beanstalk are delighted to publish their latest Impact Report for the year 2021 - 2022. Read stories from across the Coram Beanstalk community of children, schools and volunteers - and see our latest impact statistics. Read more
Win books for your school library!

Coram Beanstalk, The Alligator's Mouth Book Shop and The Bright Agency are offering schools the opportunity to win a set of the ten books longlisted for The Alligator’s Mouth Award 2022, which champions both authors and illustrators of highly illustrated children’s fiction. Nominate a UK-based school to win a set of the ten longlisted books for their school library here... Read more
Celebrating National Storytelling Week with Parklands Primary School

Coram Beanstalk partner school, Parklands Primary in Leeds, celebrated National Storytelling Week with us by filling our twitter feed with photos and videos of their children talking about their favourite stories, reading books and sharing their book recommendations, reviews and reasons for reading! Read more

As a retired teacher with dyslexia I knew immediately I had to be involved!

One of our recently trained reading helpers talks about why she chose to join our Coram Beanstalk reading community... Read more
Tell a Fairy Tale Day with some very special storytellers!

Four very special children's author friends of ours each tell their favourite traditional fairy tale to celebrate Tell a Fairy Tale Day! Listen to Pippa Goodhart, Abi Elphinstone, Claire Fayers and Marianne McShane tell you a story here... Read more
Giving the gift of reading is more than just giving a book

Giving the gift of reading is so much more than ‘just’ giving a child a book. When we give a child a reason to read that book, when we help them to discover for themselves the value and pleasure that reading can bring, and give them free rein to explore books in their own way.... those children become readers with all of the benefits that brings! Read more