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Reading Rights: Children's Laureate launches 'urgent roadmap' to tackle reading inequalities

Children's Laureate Frank Cottrell Boyce has launched a reading report with an 'urgent roadmap' to turn children's reading from 'an invisible privi...
Marked decline in children's reading for pleasure highlighted in 2024 report

An annual report into children's reading habits shows a continued decline in children reading for pleasure, with just 25% of children and teenagers...
Klaus Flugge Prize 2025 shortlist announced

The shortlist for the Klaus Flugge Prize, which highlights the most promising and exciting newcomer to children's picture book illustration, has be...
Bookclub trial for disengaged Year 8 readers "changes attitudes" to reading

A weekly book club in 17 secondary schools for disengaged readers aged 12 to 13 years successfully changed many students' attitudes to books and re...
Exploring grief and loss in The Bear-Shaped Hole

Author John Dougherty and illustrator Thomas Docherty introduce their exploration of preparing for loss in their picture book, The Bear-Shaped Hole.

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