Reading Revolution

Michael Rosen website

http://www.michaelrosen.co.uk/

For more information on Michael Rosen, including poetry performances and articles.
Literacy Evolve

http://www.literacyevolve.co.uk

Exciting resources created by Heinemann in association with Michael Rosen and supported by creative teaching support.
Booktrust

http://www.booktrust.org.uk is an independent charity dedicated to encouraging people of all ages and cultures to engage with books and the written word.
The Children’s Poetry Archive

http://www.poetryarchive.org/childrensarchive/home.do

An online resource for children’s poetry featuring poets such including Allan Ahlberg, Roald Dahl and Spike Milligan.
Stories from the Web

http://www.storiesfromtheweb.org/

Provides opportunities for children to write and read book reviews.
For reviews of the latest children’s book, try:
Book for Keeps

http://www.booksforkeeps.co.uk/
Carousel

http://www.carouselguide.co.uk/
For information on school libraries:
School Library Association has reviews and features about books; you must be a member to access the reviews http://www.sla.org.uk/school-librarian.php
Campaign for the Book has a petition to make school libraries statutory at: http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/literacy/
For information on making books:
http://www.makingbooks.com/freeprojects.shtml

This site includes help on making books by folding the paper, to books bound with elastic bands and more complicated scrolls if you're feeling ambitious. It's very practical, and there's a section for teachers.
http://www.vickiblackwell.com/makingbooks/index.htm

Excuse the use of Tech'Knowledge'y to stand for technology, as this site has some good ideas about using computers to support book-making.
For information on contacting children’s authors:
Children's Writers and Illustrators Group (CWIG) of the Society of Authors http://www.societyofauthors.org/
SAS (Scattered Authors' Society)

http://www.scatteredauthors.org/page2.htm

Features some great writers and illustrators of children's books.