Imagine that no-one had encouraged you to understand the funny little squiggles on the page called words that can make you gasp or can make you cry

The Reading Agency in action

We launch new Enjoying Reading project to encourage schools and libraries to work together to bring more reading to more children.

Six Book Challenge, our new adult literacy project runs from January to May.

We celebrated our fifth birthday by announcing plans to mark National Year of Reading 2008.

Shop and sign up

Our brand new online Shop is now open.

Reading Partners toolkit for libraries to help bring readers and writers together is now available to download - produced as part of the National Year of Reading.

Discover Nature materials available to order - part of the BBC Breathing Places campaign