Coram Beanstalk
Coram Beanstalk
Coram Beanstalk is a national children's reading charity established in 1973. At Coram Beanstalk we equip people with the skills to help children switch onto reading, learn to read and become confident, independent readers. We apply our proven, reading for pleasure approach to providing volunteer reading helpers for early years, primary and secondary schools, whilst also passing on the benefit of our expertise through training courses to parents and communities.
Our wealth of experience in helping adults find the 'right' book for children who may not have yet discovered the joy of reading means that the books we recommend are always 'Beanstalk Brilliant Books' - by which we mean a book that is not only brilliant in its own right, but also has the power to engage all children - even the most anti-reading of readers!
We use our expertise to curate packs of books for all our partner schools for our volunteers to use with the children they read with. We are also supported in our work by a huge number of wonderful children's authors.
Buying Beanstalk Brilliant Books via our Bookshop.org page is a great way of supporting the work we do, especially at a time when children need us more than ever. Please follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to keep up to date with all our news and find out more about our work. And if you'd like to become a reading helper the do please take a look at our website here.
The Coram Beanstalk team
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Coram Beanstalk's Read it to... Draw it, Find it, Play it, Tell it, Make it and Do it!
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Welcome to Our World: A Celebration of Children Everywhere!
Moira Butterfield and Harriet Lynas
A Day in the Life of a Caveman, a Queen and Everything In Between
Mike Barfield and Jess Bradley
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Return to FACTopia!: Follow the Trail of 400 More Facts [Britannica]
Kate Hale, Britannica Group, et al.
We've Got This!: Six Steps to Build your Empathy Superpower
Rashmi Sirdeshpande and Juliana Eigner
All Brains Are Wonderful: An Inclusive Guide for Talking About You and Your Brain Power!
Scott Evans and The Boy Fitz Hammond
Happy Days: 365 Facts to Brighten Every Day of the Year: An uplifting gift for all ages
Emily Coxhead
The Kids’ Book of Awesome Riddles: More than 150 brain teasers for kids and their families
Amanda Learmonth
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Beanstalk Brilliant Books - Activity and puzzle books to keep children busy
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All Brains Are Wonderful: An Inclusive Guide for Talking About You and Your Brain Power!
Scott Evans and The Boy Fitz Hammond
Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Put Astronauts on the Moon
Helaine Becker and Dow Phumiruk
The Inventor's Workshop: 10 Inventions That Changed the World
Ruth Amos and Stacey Thomas
Poems Aloud: An anthology of poems to read out loud
Joseph Coelho and Daniel Gray-Barnett
Happy Days: 365 Facts to Brighten Every Day of the Year: An uplifting gift for all ages
Emily Coxhead
The Koala Who Could: From The World of Rachel Bright & Jim Field
Rachel Bright and Jim Field
Being you: Poems of Positivity to Support Kids’ Emotional Wellbeing
Daniel Thompson, Collins Kids, et al.
Try: The number 1 bestselling book about friendship by rugby legends and best friends Rob Burrow and Kevin Sinfield
Rob Burrow, Kevin Sinfield, et al.
Who Let the Words Out?: Poems by the winner of the Laugh Out Loud Award
Joshua Seigal and Chris Piascik
Max and the Millions: Author of Waterstones Children's Book of the Year 2024, I Am Rebel
Ross (author) Montgomery
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Beanstalk Brilliant Books - Characters with hearing loss or hearing-aid wearers
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Koku Akanbi: The Heart of Midnight: Epic fantasy adventure perfect for Marvel fans
Maria Motunrayo Adebisi
Koku Akanbi: The King of Lost Souls: Book 2 - an epic fantasy adventure perfect for Marvel fans
Maria Motunrayo Adebisi
When the Sky Falls: The bestselling wartime animal tale inspired by a true story
Phil Earle
The Wrong Shoes: The vital new novel from the bestselling creator of Big Bright Feelings
Tom Percival
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Beanstalk Brilliant Books - Encouraging reading for pleasure in secondary school
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Big Bad Wolf Investigates Fairy Tales: Fact-checking your favourite stories with SCIENCE! Peters Children's Book of the Year 202
Catherine Cawthorne and Sara Ogilvie
This Is How We Do It: One Day in the Lives of Seven Kids from around the World
Matt Lamothe
A Day in the Life of a Poo, a Gnu and You (Winner of the Blue Peter Book Award 2021)
Mike Barfield and Jess Bradley
Pablo and Splash: Frozen in Time: The hilarious kids' graphic novel series about time-travelling penguins
Sheena Dempsey
Me and Mister P: Maya's Storm
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The Kids’ Book of Awesome Riddles: More than 150 brain teasers for kids and their families
Amanda Learmonth
The King's Pants: A children’s picture book to celebrate King Charles III's 75th birthday
Nicholas Allan
Impossible Creatures: 'There was Tolkien, there is Pullman and now there is Katherine Rundell' – Michael Morpurgo
Katherine Rundell
You Are Awesome: Find Your Confidence and Dare to be Brilliant at (Almost) Anything
Matthew Syed and Toby Triumph
You Are Awesome: Find Your Confidence and Dare to be Brilliant at (Almost) Anything
Matthew Syed and Toby Triumph
How to Teach Grown-Ups About Pluto: The cutting-edge space science of the solar system
Dean Regas and Aaron Blecha
How to Count to ONE: (And Don't Even THINK About Bigger Numbers!)
Caspar Salmon and Matt Hunt
World-whizzing Facts: Awesome Earth Questions Answered
Dr Emily Grossman and Alice Bowsher
Penguin Readers Level 5: Unlocking the Universe (ELT Graded Reader): Abridged Edition
Stephen Hawking
A Shakespeare Story: More Shakespeare Stories: 4 Books in One
Andrew Matthews and Tony Ross
Drawn to Change the World Graphic Novel Collection: 16 Youth Climate Activists, 16 Artists: A Graphic Novel
Emma Reynolds, Ann Maulina, et al.
A World Full of Spooky Stories: 50 Tales to Make Your Spine Tingle
Angela McAllister and Madalina Andronic
Mrs Owl’s Forest School: The Moonlit Campout: A story to share & activities to try
Ruth Symons and Sebastien Braun
Starting School: The timeless picture book for new school starters
Allan Ahlberg and Janet Ahlberg
Onyeka and the Rise of the Rebels: A superhero adventure perfect for Marvel and DC fans!
Tola Okogwu
Welcome to My Crazy Life: Poems by the winner of the Laugh Out Loud Award
Joshua Seigal and Chris Piascik
National Trust: Ned the Nature Nut's Nutty Nature Facts and Jokes
Andy Seed and Sarah Horne
Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun: A superhero adventure perfect for Marvel and DC fans!
Tola Okogwu
You Are Awesome: Find Your Confidence and Dare to be Brilliant at (Almost) Anything
Matthew Syed and Toby Triumph
Happy From Head to Toe: A journey through the body to help you find your happy
Fearne Cotton
We Are All Neighbours: From the creators of All Are Welcome
Alexandra Penfold and Suzanne Kaufman
National Trust: 'Tis the Season: A Lift-the-Flap Advent Calendar Full of Christmas Poems
Richard Jones
The Lion Inside: From The World of Rachel Bright & Jim Field
Rachel Bright and Jim Field
It’s a Numbers Game: Basketball: From Amazing Stats to Incredible Scores, it Adds Up to Awesome
National Geographic Kids and Jim Buckley
The Snow Dragon: The perfect book for cold winter's nights, and cosy Christmas mornings.
Abi Elphinstone and Fiona Woodcock
