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Protect the Planet by Jess French - Author video

This World Book Day, are you ready to help save our world? In Protect the Planet from DK Books you can discover fascinating facts and practical solutions on what you can do to help solve some of the major problems our planet and environment is facing.

From small changes you can make that can have a large impact, to how you can raise awareness about what we can do to help planet Earth in your community, join author, vet, TV presenter, and animal expert Jess French on her mission to make the world a better place.

We would love to see you enjoying the pack on social media using #ProtectThePlanet and tagging readingagency and dkbooks.

There is also a brilliant competition on the Summer Reading Challenge website where children can win a bundle of books for themselves and their local library.

You can also download a digital activity pack with great resources here.

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Radio 2 Book Club - Winter titles

The Winter season of the Radio 2 Book Club is out now, with brilliant brand-new fiction titles to discover. The BBC Radio 2 Book Club is on the Zoe Ball Breakfast Show. It features a wide range of titles and authors, recommending great reads from both new and much-loved writers, encouraging listeners to perhaps try out a genre they might not have read before, and share their opinions and insights on the titles and great reads they’re enjoying right now.

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How to start a reading group

Interested in joining a reading group or starting one of your own? Download our quick guide to getting started. You can also download icebreaker questions to help get your discussion started, and a social media guide to show how you can share your reading with others online.

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Discussion guides

We know how useful a discussion guide is for your book club meeting, so here you’ll find some recent guides provided by publishers. Free to download, you can use them to help choose your next book and guide your discussion.

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