As we step into summer, we have chosen some fantastical and funny fairy tales for our July theme of fairy tales with a twist - and what better choice for our #BeanstalkBrilliantBook of the month than 'Bibi and the Box of Fairy Tales' by Vivian French, illustrated by Amy Grimes. Find out more here... Read more
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Our Beanstalk Brilliant Book of the Month for June is 'Oh Mummy Mia!' by Maz Evans and this month we've chosen some more #BeanstalkBrilliantBooks to encourage reading for pleasure in secondary schools. All books we've found have worked particularly well in our secondary programme, Reading Leaders... Read more
Our #BeanstalkBrilliantBook of the month is 'The Search for the Giant Arctic Jellyfish' written and illustrated by Chloe Savage. This beautifully illustrated picture book is filled with stunning pages that will delight children of any age - and adults too! Find out more here... Read more
With things finally starting to feel a bit more spring-like outside and Earth Day being celebrated on 22nd April, this month we've chosen a #BrilliantBeanstalkBook of the month which we hope will help children understand the importance of protecting our planet and some of the issues faced by climate change. Read more about 'The Last Bear' by Hannah Gold here... Read more
Our #BeanstalkBrilliantBook of the Month for March is 'Peanut Jones and the end of the rainbow' by Rob Biddulph - a wonderful example of a fearless female character, perfect for a month in which we celebrate International Women's Day. Read more about Peanut and discover more Beanstalk Brilliant Books with strong female protagonists here... Read more
The World Book Day team chooses a fantastic selection of books every year, but if a child doesn't consider themselves a reader, they might not be that interested in looking at them. For the third year in a row, Coram Beanstalk has used our expertise to create some book-related activities to help open the door to the books without even having to open the front cover... Read more
February 5 - 11 is Children's Mental Health Week so our Book of the Month is one of the #BeanstalkBrilliantBooks we've selected for our free mental health and wellbeing toolkit for primary school children. Read more about Wonder by R. J. Palacio and the other books we've chosen here... Read more
Brand new books for the brand new year! Our #BeanstalkBrilliant Book of the Month for January 2024 is the recently published, instant bestseller and Waterstones Book of 2023, 'Impossible Creatures' by Katherine Rundell. Read more about this book and lots of other new titles here.... Read more
What better choice for our #BeanstalkBrilliant Book of the Month for December than the first in this festive series from Mel Taylor-Bessent, 'The Christmas Carrolls'. We've chosen a whole host of winter- and festive-themed favourites this month... Read more
This month our #BeanstalkBrilliant Book of the Month is a 60 year old classic - 'Where the Wild Things Are' by Maurice Sendak. We're exploring how classic books can have appeal across the generations and deepen a child's connection with the story... Read more