Adaptable Certificate
Use this certificate to reward children who have reached their own reading goals or made progress.
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Resources
Book Blurb Quiz
A printable quiz for middle-upper primary challenging pupils to match sentences from children’s book blurbs with their front covers.
Book Discovery Guide
Research by the Open University shows that teacher knowledge of contemporary children's books makes a big difference when it comes to instilling a love of reading in pupils.
This Book Discovery Guide, produced by Scottish Book Trust for the First Minister's Reading Challenge, is full of book recommendations and themed booklists to help you find great reads for primary and secondary school pupils, including:
Book Personality Quiz
Take this Book Personality Quiz to find out your book preferences and discover some recommendations for your next read!
Book Shelf Recommendation Cards
Download and print these great 'shelf shouter' labels to let your pupils share their book recommendations – and jazz up your book shelves!
Case studies and inspiration
Our blog is full of ideas about building a reading culture and encouraging young people to read for pleasure, with case studies from participants, book suggestions and more!
'Books are brilliant. . . Reading rocks!': an FMRC-funded workshop at Golfhill Primary
27 February 2023
Their reading journey
Golfhill Primary are back for a new year of the First Minister's Reading Challenge, and their current P5 and P7 classes have taken over a leadership role to celebrate reading journeys across the school – creating certificates to award fellow pupils when the
'Growing Up in a Pandemic': a Workshops-funded project from Simpson Library Bathgate, West Lothian
7 November 2022
'Growing Up in a Pandemic' was the focal theme for our partnership project between Simpson Library in Bathgate, Bathgate Academy and Ellie Stewart.