Alison Leach Email & Phone Number

I'm the founder of BooksForTopics - a website that supports schools in finding the best books to enrich their curriculums and to promote reading for pleasure.As an experienced primary educationalist and English subject specialist, I know just how hard it can be to source the right books amid the time pressures of teaching. I am impassioned about helping the best books reach the spotlight. My work involves surveying children's books to look for texts that are suitable for primary curriculum support as well as matching books to the developmental ages and stages of children in their reading journeys.My teaching experience spans KS1 and KS2 as well as leading English and supporting teacher development in the area of children's reading for pleasure. I completed a Master of Education in Critical Approaches to Children's Literature at the University of Cambridge, during which time I was awarded the Jacqueline Wilson Award in Children's Literature Research. As part of my day-to-day work with BooksForTopics, I partner with a range of publishers, review panellists, authors, schools, booksellers and children's books awards to share high-quality recommendations and the best of the newly available children's titles each month.​My favourite part of running the BooksForTopics website is witnessing how the book recommendations have positively impacted reading for pleasure for children and widened teachers' knowledge of children's books, as well as enriching curriculum learning in schools. I enjoy the working privilege of spending time reading children's books, analysing their potential and selecting the very best texts for each booklist.Visit www.booksfortopics.com to find out more.