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KL Walther's Ferris Bueller-inspired novel, While We're Young
Find out how the film Ferris Bueller's Day Off helped inspire KL Walther's YA novel, While We're Young, about a group of teenagers who take a day off school. KL Walther was born and raised in the rolling hills of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, surrounded by family, dogs, a...
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Debi Gliori
Come What May, Debi Gliori's reassuring and warm picture book about familial love, returns the reader to the world of No Matter What, and the characters Large and Small. Debi has created over 80 books for children, including the bestselling No Matter What (Bloomsbury) a...
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Nathanael Lessore takes a fresh, hilarious look at Superheroes
Nathanael Lessore grew up in a North Peckham estate as one of eight children to French and Madagascan parents. His debut book Steady For This was shortlisted for the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing 2024 and won the Branford Boase Award 2024. Becoming a writer is a dream come t...
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Huw Lewis Jones and Corey Egbert's classic cumulative tale
Huw Lewis Jones and Corey Egbert introduce Mr Norton's New Hat, their classic cumulative tale. Huw Lewis Jones has voyaged many times to Antarctica, meeting all kinds of penguins. He is now a professor at Falmouth University teaching natural history. Hu...
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Trang Thanh Tran explores identity and transformation in They Bloom at Night
Trang Thanh Tran is the author of She Is a Haunting, a William C. Morris Debut Award finalist and an instant New York Times bestseller. They write speculative stories with big emotions about food, belonging and the Vietnamese diaspora.</...
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Channelle Desamours introduces her new YA mystery, Needy Little Things
Needy Little Things is Channelle Desamours' debut YA novel. When she's not writing, Channelle is a high-school science teacher based in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Twitter & Instagram: @ElleDesamours <...
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Catherine Wilkins
Meet Catherine Wilkins and find out about her series Café Chaos, a hilarious behind-the-scenes look at running a cafe, chaotic families, and bullying. Catherine is a writer and comedian. She has always wanted to write funny stories for...
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AF Harrold's Pocket Book of Pocket Poems
AF Harrold is an English poet and children's author. He spends his time showing off on stage, writing poems and books, and stroking his beard (it helps churn the ideas). He often visits schools, reading poems and running workshops and juggling ideas. He is the author of Carnegie Medal s...
