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JCSP Summer Reading Challenge on Sora

We've set up a Most Minutes Read Challenge on Sora, running until 1 September

- please feel free to share it with any students who are still attending summer programmes/sitting exams to encourage them to keep up their reading over the holidays.

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Sora Summer Reading for librarians and printing

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Sora QR code for Summer Reading Challenge

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Summer Reading - Challenge Yourself but the main goal is to read and HAVE FUN!

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Reading Bingo - Jenny Original June 2020 (1)

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These books were voted the best debut Irish children's books in 2025 by schoolchildren in primary and secondary schools all over Ireland.

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Join the JCSP Summer Reading Challenge

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If you can’t get enough of Greg, Rowley and the rest of the Wimpy Kid world here are a whole bunch of activity sheets to bring you fun beyond the pages of the books! Do this at home, on the road or with your best friend to keep you laughing for hours to come.

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School Librarians voted for these books!

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A huge range of free printable one-page activity sheets relating to reading, art and creativity from artist Jarrett Lerner

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The activities below are available for free download, and are to be used in educational and/or private settings. They may not be used elsewhere or for other purposes (such as for profit) unless explicit permission is granted.
Below will find: Blank Comic Book Pages, Special Activities, "Finish This Story!" Story Starters, "How to Draw..." Instructions, "Finish This Comic!" Comics, and Drawing/Writing Prompts.
More activities are being added to this page regularly, so make sure to check back for more. And if you like the activities below, don't miss my activity books, GIVE THIS BOOK A TITLE and GIVE THIS BOOK A COVER, available wherever books are sold!
Click on the numbers below to find a variety of different blank comic book pages. Each number corresponds to a different arrangement of panels on the page. Print out a few of each, or a bunch of one kind, and make your own comic!

Special Activities

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"Finish This Story!" Story Starters

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"How to Draw..." Instructions

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"Finish This Comic!" Comics

Below you will find a collection of comics that are incomplete. Look closely at the pictures, then figure out what you need to add to complete the comic!

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Drawing/Writing Prompts

Below you will find some drawing prompt activity sheets. Completed drawings can also be used as creative writing prompts.

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CBI Teen book recommendations

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Our recommendations | Childrens Books Ireland

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This section features a vast breadth of reviews to help you find excellent books for young readers of all ages. You can search by age or theme. Inis magazine features longer reviews of current books, and short reviews can be found in our reading guides and themed reading lists. Happy reading!