Great Crosby Catholic Primary 01519248661 admin.greatcrosby@schools.sefton.gov.uk
The Northern Road, Crosby, Liverpool, L23 2RQ
Love of Reading
Welcome to our Love of Reading page. You can see some of our work inspired by our love of reading. There are suggested authors and a calendar of special dates during the year. You can also find some library and bookshop suggestions from our local area, including some online ones.
Thu 7th Mar - World Book Day
We had a fabulous World Book Day. The school was full of children and staff dressed up as their favourite book character, or something representing their favourite non-fiction book. Some children were dressed in pyjamas or their own clothes with a quote or a fact from their favourite book. Everyone had at least 15 minutes of silent reading time. Some classes watched live lessons from the Literacy Trust and Premier League. The staff dressed up and recorded 'Masked Reader' videos.
Reading Websites and Shops
Collins e-books
School Reading List
School Reading List
To access your Big Cat ebooks, click on the image above. Enter the username and password provided by school to access your library. Once logged in, you will land on the library. Here you will see any books that have been assigned by your teacher. You can access a resource sheet for each book by clicking the three dots, then “Resources”. To open one of the books, select either the cover or the “Read” button.
School Reading List
School Reading List
School Reading List
This website has recommendations of new and classic books for children at primary school.
Books for Topics
School Reading List
Virtual School Library
This image links to age-related booklists to help you to find the best books recommended for each age and stage of development. Whether you are looking for the best picturebooks for EYFS, first independent chapter books for KS1 or top recommended novels for Year 6, this is the place to find children’s book recommendations by age. The website also has booklists sorted by topic, recommendations of new books and much more.
Virtual School Library
Virtual School Library
Virtual School Library
Words for Life is created by the National Literacy Trust, funded by Kindred², the Department for Education, and supported by UK publishers. It provides parents, children and young people with activities and support to improve their language, literacy and communication skills from home. The National Literacy Trust's Virtual School Library, also funded by Kindred², is a free platform for primary schools, offering pupils access to free books and activities from the most popular children's authors.
Love Reading
Virtual School Library
Love Reading
Sign up for a free account and read extracts from recommended books before buying them. Try reading something by an author you haven't read before!
Toppsta
Virtual School Library
Love Reading
Find out about lots of books and read reviews. You can even win free copies of new books so you can write a review yourself.
Sefton Borrowbox
Pritchards Book Shop
Sefton Borrowbox
Enjoy your favourite e-books, e-audiobooks, digital newspapers and magazines with Your Library Sefton on BorrowBox, Libby and PressReader. Your library card gives you free access to download e-books and e-audiobooks on BorrowBox, e-audiobooks on Libby and digital newspapers and magazines on PressReader.
Oxford Owl
Pritchards Book Shop
Sefton Borrowbox
If you set up an account with Oxford Owl, you will have access to over 100 free, tablet-friendly ebooks that are banded in the way we do in school. There are also a wide range of other activities for Maths and English.
Pritchards Book Shop
Pritchards Book Shop
Pritchards Book Shop
Pritchards Bookshop has been proudly serving the Crosby community for over 40 years and has received The Independent Bookseller of the Year Award.
Pritchards are dedicated to creating a shop that works with local schools, authors, and the community beyond.
Open Monday - Saturday 9am-5pm
13 Moor Ln, Crosby, Liverpool L23 2SE
Email: pritchards-crosby@zen.co.uk
0151 931 1642
Kingsley & Co
Books for Keeps
Pritchards Book Shop
Kingsley & Co is a literacy project of Ykids Children's charity in Liverpool. Named after Victorian Explorer, Mary Kingsley, Kingsley & Co aims to inspire and equip young explorers using the power of 'story'.
Open Thursday - Saturday 10am-4pm
The Palatine, Lower Mall, Strand Shopping Centre, Bootle, L20 4SW Tel: 0151 345 5670
Books for Keeps
Books for Keeps
Books for Keeps
Books for Keeps is an online magazine which has reviewed hundreds of new children’s books each year and published articles on every aspect of writing for children. There are over 12,500 reviews on the website and more than 2,000 articles including interviews with the top children’s authors and illustrators.
Write Blend
Books for Keeps
Books for Keeps
Write Blend is a bookshop and café at 124 South Road, Waterloo, Liverpool. L22 0ND
The children's section has one of the finest selections around of books for readers of all ages. There is also comfortable seating to allow young bibliophiles to inspect their purchases and plan their next ones!
Click on the image to visit the website and look out for their author signings and special events.
Opening Times
9am - 5pm
Monday to Saturday
Tel: (0151) 928 1303
On National Poetry Day, Year Three were busy following the Children’s Laureate’s style (Joseph Coelho) to write their own poems called ‘ Say How You Feel’. They will be sent home next week.
We have written some poems in the style of Joseph Coelho based on Crosby to complement our geography topic.
Recommended Authors
These authors are recommended by the Year 5 and 6 staff. Are there authors that you have enjoyed?
Malorie Blackman
Anthony Horowitz
Michael Morpurgo
Frank Cottrell-Boyce
William Nicholson
Robert Westall
Charlie Higson
Eoin Colfer
Michelle Magorian
Alan Ayckbourn
J. K. Rowling
Helen Creswell
Darren Shan
J. R. R. Tolkien
Elizabeth Kay
Will Peterson
Dan Friedman
Cornelia Funke
Jenny Nimmo
Phillip Pullman
Louis Sachar
David Walliams
Philip Caveney
Rick Riordan
World Book Day Thu 3rd Mar 2022
At Great Crosby, we thoroughly believe that the purpose of World Book Day is to promote a love of reading. The reason why we don’t always dress up is because sometimes this detracts from the act of reading; some parents and carers find creating or finding a costume stressful and many people end up spending money on costumes when the money could be spent on a book instead. So, with that in mind, we have included a reading challenge for your child to complete between now and World Book Day, one for EYFS and KS1, and one for KS2.