Fun with books

There are so many ways we can enjoy and have fun with books! By sharing books together in exciting and varied ways, we can really help motivate children to choose to read for themselves and encourage them to become lifelong readers.

Here are some great ideas for having fun with books that you can try today.

Make Your Own Story Dice (Illustrated by Nick Sharratt)

Use our Story Dice to make up your own stories! Just print off the templates, colour in the beautiful Nick Sharratt illustrations, turn them into dice and the storytelling possibilities are endless! Read more

Book titles quiz

Have fun with this 'guess the book title' quiz. Read more

Three in a row!

Fun activities to complete with a book once you've finished reading it! Read more

Five book-based games to engage any reader

Coram Beanstalk's Resource Developer Gill suggests five games you could play with any child and any book! Read more

Latest

Find out what we do session for schools Tues 19th October

Coram Beanstalk's evidenced programme helps schools ensure that children become readers. Have you ever wondered what exactly we do, why it's different, and how our work fits into a school's reading for pleasure strategy? Join us for an hour, free to education professionals, to see how we can support you in further increasing reading attainment, confidence and well-being.
Find out about Coram Beanstalk sessions for schools

Coram Beanstalk's evidenced programme helps schools ensure that children become readers. Have you ever wondered what exactly we do, why it's different, and how our work fits into a school's reading for pleasure strategy? Join us for an hour, free to education professionals, to see how we can support you in further increasing reading attainment, confidence and well-being.
Find out what we do session for schools Thurs 30th Sept

Coram Beanstalk's evidenced programme helps schools ensure that children become readers. Have you ever wondered what exactly we do, why it's different, and how our work fits into a school's reading for pleasure strategy? Join us for an hour, free to education professionals, to see how we can support you in further increasing reading attainment, confidence and well-being.
Stupendous news from Roald Dahl for fans of bedtime stories!

A wondrous new collection of Roald Dahl inspired pyjamas and bedding for kids is now available at Very.co.uk. Better yet, for every sale from the collection, Very will donate all profits to Coram Beanstalk.

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Literacy charities join forces

On 1st November 2017 Reading Matters merged with the national children’s literacy charity Beanstalk.
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Story Starters training

Our early years programme offers a unique approach to equipping adults in your setting to help children develop all six crucial pre-reading skills plus the communication, concentration and confidence they need to ‘catch the reading bug’. Read more about how our unique programme Story Starters can help you ensure that children start their primary education ready to be taught to read.