Reading: at the heart of your classroom

Reading is a core activity in every classroom and provides the architecture for children to engage with every aspect of the prescribed curriculum provision. Our texts are differentiated by age, ability and content, and are supported by a range of free extension and consolidation resources.

Together these provide an ideal integrated package to support the development of a wide range of literacy and communication skills across the ability and interest range of your class.

Free downloads: core resources

• Reading Programme: cross-curricular teaching ideas for all age levels. Now fully searchable!
• Teaching Guides: in-depth guides to using novels (age 10+) and Something Beginning with P, our poetry collection
• Activity Sheets: ready-to-use activities for ages 5 to 10
• Billeoga Saothair: activities as gaeilge
• Discovery Challenge: activities for children of all ages in receipt of Resource and Learning Support teaching
• List of all resources: a complete list of all Teaching Guides, Reading Programme titles, Activity Sheets, Billeoga Saothar and Discovery Challenges!
• Themes: searchable list of themes which run through O'Brien Press books for all age levels. You can download this information as a 4 page PDF file here.

• Success In Your School Library: a free guide to building and maintaining a great school library
• Cover Gallery: covers of O'Brien Press books in translation worldwide, as well as old covers: see how different cultures approach the same book
• The Author Speaks: interviews with authors about their books
• The Readers Speak: letters, reviews, pictures and other materials from the readers
• O'Brien for Schools: our schools catalogue in PDF format: 24 pages, 5MB

• Most of the resources listed here are for primary school use.
  Click here for details of titles and resources most appropriate for secondary school english.