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Discover Jack Jackman's thrilling Maisie adventures!
Jack Jackman introduces his young heroine, Maisie, and her adventures in Antarctica and the Himalayas! Jack is a father of three who works as a teacher in Scotland. Before settling in Scotland, he spent his time wandering the world, including a time in Argentina where h...
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Maudie Powell-Tuck and Duncan Beedie introduce Hank, the grumpy goose
Meet Hank the goose, who isn't always on his best behaviour . . . Maudie Powell-Tuck and Duncan Beedie introduce their new picture book, Hank Meets Frank. Maudie Powell-Tuck worked in publishing before becoming an author and freelance editor and mentor....
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Inspiring story-telling with Carly Gledhill's picture book, Pencil's Best Story Ever
Carly Gledhill joins ReadingZone to introduce Pencil's Best Story ever, a picture book about creating stories, friendship and adventures! Carly channels her love of colour, character design and hand-drawn lettering into everything she creates, from children's books to s...
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Endangered animals, incredible adventures - and super-powers!
Abiola Bello introduces her Wild Magic series and tells ReadingZone what inspired these magical adventures about endangered animals. Abiola was born and raised in Stoke Newington, North London. She is a Nigerian-British author and first began writing the Emily Knight sa...
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Emma Yarlett dips into The Post Bag series
Discover Emma Yarlett's Unicorn Post and find out how The Post Bag series can help inspire a love of letters and writing. Emma Yarlett grew up in Leicester then studied Illustration at University College Falmouth in Cornwall. She won the Macmillan Prize for Illustration...
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Counting Cats with Jonathan Emmett & Rob Hodgson
Jonathan Emmett and Rob Hodgson introduce One Cat, Two Cats, their novelty counting book that helps children count to 20. Jonathan Emmett was an architect before becoming a children's author and novelty book designer. He's written over 60 books, includi...
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Simon Chapman explores The Speed of Light
Simon Chapman brings Einstein's theories about relativity to life in The Speed of Light, including what inspired his theories - and what would happen if we could travel at the speed of light! Simon is an experienced Physics teacher, but he's also an author, traveller an...
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Exploring sibling rivalry in Rochelle Falconer's How to Tame a Mummy Monster
Rochelle Falconer tells ReadingZone how her own family helped inspire her picture book, How to Tame a Mummy Monster (OUP), a story about sibling rivalry. Rochelle was born in Jamaica but grew up in Birmingham, the oldest of six kids, raised by her single mum. She loved...
