Our Book of the Month for July is The Wilderness by Steve McCarthy - a beautifully illustrated story that encourages young readers to step outside and find an adventure. This, and the other Beanstalk Brilliant Books we've selected, is perfect for some outdoor adventures this summer... Read more
This month we're celebrating the National Year of Reading with some of our favourite Beanstalk Brilliant Books for helping children to Go All In! Find out more here... Read more
This month our Beanstalk Brilliant Books are all published by small company, b Small Publishing. Their focus is on publishing inspiring non-fiction and we've chosen some books that we think are all particularly brilliant at grabbing children's attention... Read more
We're starting 2026, the National Year of Reading, with our choice of Beanstalk Brilliant Books that are newly or soon-to-be published. Take a look at Eve Wersocki-Morris' second Clem Fatale book amongst others... Read more
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This month, we’re hosting our next Virtual Author Event for Coram Beanstalk schools with award‑winning author Ben Davis! We’ve chosen his latest book, Postman Planet, as our Book of the Month for June and we've found a range of other Beanstalk Brilliant books featuring post or letters for you to explore... Read more
Michael joined Coram Beanstalk as an Ambassador in November 2017 and continues to be an advocate for our work creating readers for pleasure. Read more
Hugely popular author and illustrator, Liz Pichon, is best known for her award-winning series Tom Gates and became a Coram Beanstalk Ambassador in 2017. Read more
This month Coram Beanstalk has collaborated with the Federation of Children's Book Groups (FCBG) to celebrate National Share a Story Month (NSSM). Our chosen Book of the Month from the FCBG curated list of books for NSSM is 'I am Rebel' by our author supporter, and past reading helper, Ross Montgomery. Read more... Read more
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The World Book Day books are always different genres and styles of short books, designed for different age groups and written by a diverse range of authors. There are books to appeal to everyone but for our Beanstalk Brilliant Book of the Month we've chosen 'Funny Factopia' - perfect for inspiring book chat and finding out funny new facts. Read more... Read more
At Coram Beanstalk we want every child to get the very most out of the £1 World Book Day book that they choose and we're delighted that the team at World Book Day have asked us once again to contribute our very special Beanstalk activities to the sheets which accompany each book. Read more
Rashmi is an award-winning children's author who writes a mix of picture books, poetry, fiction and illustrated non-fiction. She joined Coram Beanstalk as an ambassador in The National Year of Reading 2026 and is passionate about helping children find the right book! Read more