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Alastair Chisholm introduces his new science fiction novel, I Am Raven, the follow-up to his acclaimed novel, I More...
Latest Books & Extracts
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Debut magical middle grade adventure. For fans of Amari and the Night Brothers, Percy Jackson and Skandar!
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Perfect for fans of Sarah Hagger-Holt and Benjamin Dean, The Doughnut Club is a fresh take on family and what it means to fit in. Hugely
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When war comes to London in 1939, Ronnie Smith is scared and excited: scared of the bombs, but excited to collect the best bits of shrapn
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Join the Woodland Explorers Club to solve mysteries and protect the animals and trees of Willow Wish Wood. Six magical stories for 6+ ins
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Emily and her friends must race against time to persuade the powerful but notoriously selfish gods of sea and sky to make peace with each
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Finders of Silverthorn Forest: The Lost Treasures - An enchanting and magical woodland adventure story for children aged 6, 7, 8, 9. The
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Alex is a dragon. One of the many who live among us, unless something awakens their true nature...
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A charming and magical adventure debut about family, friendship, and the importance of our natural world.
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Peanut Jones meets Jumanji in this exc
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Come on a journey through childhood with this anthology of twenty-two autobiographical stories from the very best writers in the disabled
Featured Authors
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Rachel Morrisroe: Discover a hidden world of premonitions, magical creatures and deadly dangers in Felix and the Future Agency by Rachel Morrisroe!
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Rachel Chivers Khoo: Rachel Chivers Khoo introduces her magical new series, The Finders of Silverthorn Forest: The Lost Treasure, and tells R
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Liz Kessler introduces Valley of the Vikings, a new Emily Windsnap adventure: Valley of the Vikings features Viking gods, crystals and a 1,000-year-old curse. We find out more from author Liz Kessler.</stron
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Exploring identity in Kristina Rahim's The Doughnut Club: Kristina Rahim's The Doughnut Club explores donor-conception and being true to oneself through 12-year-old Quinn's questions abou
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Explore Tamsin Mori's magical Gargoyles adventure series: Tamsin Mori talks to ReadingZone about gargoyles, myths and her latest magical Gargoyles adventure, The Watcher (UCLan).
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Lui Sit introduces her eco-adventure, Land of the Last Wildcat: Lui Sit's debut children's book, Land of the Last Wildcat, takes us on a journey to a lush island and myths about a magical creat
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Sinéad O'Hart: In the Lola and Larch series by Sinéad O'Hart, we follow the adventures of Lola and her fairy friend, Larch, and the cha
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Alastair Chisholm: Alastair Chisholm introduces his new science fiction novel, I Am Raven, the follow-up to his acclaimed novel, I
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James Catchpole and Jen Campbell introduce Owning It!, stories about disabled childhoods: Owning It is a new anthology by disabled authors, who share their stories and experiences of growing up disabled. James Ca
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Dive into Eve Wersocki-Morris's Clem Fatale mystery series: Eve Wersocki Morris grew up in North London and has been making up stories her whole life. Diagnosed with dyslexia aged
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Ben Lerwill introduces Wonder World: Earth: Discover the world beneath our feat in Ben Lerwill's new book, Earth, the first in the Wonder World series. Ben
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Ben Hoare investigates The Secrets of Bees: Bestselling wildlife writer and self-described nature nerd introduces his new non-fiction book for children, Secrets of Bees. Ben
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Katya Balen: Award-winning author Katya Balen and illustrator Gill Smith talk to ReadingZone about their new series for younger reade
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Padraig Kenny: Padraig Kenny, our Author of the Month, tells ReadingZone what inspired his new dystopian adventure, After. Padra
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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
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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
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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 b
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Lydia Monks explores the lives of Henry VIII's wives in Six Queens: Lydia Monks tells ReadingZone about her new non-fiction book for younger readers, Six Queens, about the lives of Henry VIII's wiv
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Jules Howard and Gavin Scott introduce MEGA: The Most Enormous Animals Ever: Jules Howard is a zoology correspondent, author, science-writer and broadcaster who appears regularly on TV and radio, i
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Kieran Larwood: Dungeon Runners: Kieran Larwood lives on the Isle of Wight where he enjoys exploring rockpools, climbing trees and writing. He was a Rece
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Gary Panton introduces The Notwitches: Gary Panton describes himself as a 'writer, scribbler and constant doodler' and The Notwitches is his first children's n
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Anu Adebogun introduces her guide to life, It's a Brave Young World: Anu Adebogun, British-Nigerian author, scholar and award-winning youth practitioner, introduces her new guide for young people, I
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Exploring world-building with Jacob North, author of Ice Apprentices: Discover a wintery world of ice, danger and magic in Ice Apprentices, Jacob North's debut novel. Jacob North was
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MG Leonard introduces her Time Keys adventures: MG Leonard's new Time Keys series takes us into the world of time-travel and ancient mysteries. She is also the author of bestselling ser
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Holly Webb: Author Holly Webb has just written the 60th book in her best-selling Animal Stories series, The Bold Kitten, and also wr
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Eric Huang's Guardians of the New Moon series: Eric Huang has always been fascinated by legends and lore and East Asian myths have helped inspire his debut series, Gua
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Jack Jackman: Discover how a journey to Antarctica inspired Jack Jackman's debut novel, Maisie Vs Antarctica, an adventure-packed story of surv
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Mike Rampton and Guilherme Karsten: Why we should ask questions!: Discover the importance of asking questions in the fact-tastique Why There is No Such Thing as a Silly Question!
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The comic inspirations behind Swapna Reddy's new Reggie Rabbit series: Humour, comic-style illustrations and daring-do will have children reaching for the new Reggie Rabbit books by Swapna Reddy, illu
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Liz Flanagan introduces her Wildsmith series: Liz Flanagan introduce her latest and final book in the Wildsmith series, Magical Mountain Rescue, and
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Martin Howard: Martin Howard writes absurdly funny books for children and he's here to tell us about his latest book, Mallory Vayle and the Curse of Mag
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Olivia Tuffin: Olivia Tuffin, whose passion for horses shines through her writing, joins ReadingZone to tell us about The Horse Who Danced, her exciting
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Alex Foulkes: Discover a world of mischievous imps in Alex Foulkes's new children's book, Ministry of Mischief! Alex is from St
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BB Alston: BB Alston started writing in middle school, entertaining his classmates with horror stories starring the whole class where not everyone s
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Katherine Rundell : Katherine Rundell is a bestselling author and whose novels for children include Rooftoppers, The Wolf Wilder, The
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Nazima Pathan: Discover Dream Hunters, the debut fantasy novel by Nazima Pathan, set in a richly imagined alternate India.
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Natasha Farrant: Natasha Farrant tells ReadingZone about her new adventure, The Secret of Golden Island. Her earlier children's adventure stories include
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Helen Peters: Helen Peters revisits her childhood, growing up on an old-fashioned farm in Sussex, surrounded by family, animals and mud, in her new boo
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Nicola Colton: Nicola Colton introduces her new series, Bertha and Blink, about a bear inventor and an excitable Robo-bird! Nic
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Marie Basting: Discover an alternate world peopled by Roman gods in Marie Basting's Auntie Medusa and Me, the follow-up to her hilarious My Family and O
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MT Khan: MT Khan is back to tell us about her new novel, Amir and the Jinn Princess, which returns us to the world of her debut n
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Gita Ralleigh: Gita Ralleigh introduces The Voyage of Sam Singh, the adventurous follow-up to her acclaimed debut, The Destiny of Minou Moonshin
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Emma Carroll: Emma Carroll's new historical fiction novel, The Houdini Inheritance, explores the intrigue and mystery of one of the gr
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Alan MacDonald: Alan MacDonald introduces his brilliant new series for younger readers about best friends Huxley, a koala bear, and Flap
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Adeola Sokunbi: Destiny Ink: Sleepover Surprise is Adeola Sokunbi's first book for children. Adeola is both a writer and illustrator, and an obsessive do
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Bryony Pearce: Discover ancient gods, mysterious thefts, and new friends in Hannah Messenger and the Gods of Hockwold, Bryony Pearce's new book
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Patrick Gallagher: Transcendent, the action-packed debut by Patrick Gallagher, explores the climate crisis against a backdrop of Uganda and London,
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Jennifer Bell: Find out what inspired Jennifer Bell's wondrous new series, Magicalia: Race of Wonders! Londoner Jennifer Bell worked as a childr
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Chibundu Onuzo: Chibundu Onuzo, author of Welcome to Lagos, introduces her first children's book, Mayowa and the Sea of Words. Ch
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Fiona Longmuir: Freya's Gold by Fiona Longmuir is a mystery story about a secret tunnel, hidden treasure and a community fighting to save its tow
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Alex Falase-Koya : Author of the Marv superhero books, Alex Falase-Koya has been writing since he was a teenager and in 2019 won the Spread
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Manon Steffan Ros: Carnegie-winning author Manon Steffan Ros tells ReadingZone about her new novel, Me and Aaron Ramsey. Manon was born in Snowdonia
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Greg Jenner: Greg Jenner, historian, author and podcast host, tells ReadingZone about his new Totally Chaotic History series, starting with An
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Josh Lacey: Josh Lacey's Time Travel Twins series (Andersen Press) takes its readers back in time to explore different periods in hi
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Ben Martynoga & Moose Allain: Ben Martynoga is a neuroscientist and science writer. Aftera decade at the forefront of brain research, he swapped his w
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Louise Forshaw: Louise Forshaw's hilarious new graphic novel series, Bad United, stars Hoof the unicorn in a football team with some unusual talents....S
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Catherine Bruton: Catherine Bruton, author of No Ballet Shoes in Syria, introduces her new book, Bird Boy. Catherine studied Englis
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Abi Elphinstone: Abi Elphinstone grew up in Scotland where she spent most of her childhood running wild across the moors, hiding in tree houses and buildi
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Nicola Penfold: In her books Where the World Turns Wild and its follow-up, When the Wild Calls, Nicola Penfold explores how climate change might affect o
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Carlie Sorosiak: Carlie Sorosiak writes books about magical summer camps, missing people, and the inner life of dogs. She grew up in North Carolina and h
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Anders Sparring & Per Gustavsson: Anders Sparring writes children’s books and is a screenwriter for many popular television shows. He is also a stand-up
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Ash Bond: Ash Bond writes magical stories that have classical myth sprinkled through them like fairy dust. Look out for her debut, Peregrin
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Guy Bass: Hugh Dunnit Mysteries: Guy Bass introduces Hugh Dunnit, 'a self-styled detective who loves nothing more than cracking cases and solving mysteries - even
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Alexandra Sheppard: Alexandra Sheppard introduces her latest novel, Alyssa and the Spell Garden, exploring community, teamwork - and the mag
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Catherine Cawthorne & Sara Ogilvie: Catherine Cawthorne's Big Bad Wolf Investigates explores the science behind our favourite fairy tales... Growing up, Cat
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Katie and Kevin Tsang: Authors Katie and Kevin Tsang introduce their new Dragon Force adventure, Devourer's Attack, in this special ReadingZone feature.
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Catherine Doyle: Catherine Doyle introduces her new swashbuckling tale, Pirates of Darksea! Catherine grew up beside the Atlantic in the west of Ireland
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Guy Bass & Pete Williamson: The bestselling Stitch Head series is getting a new look - as a graphic novel! Author Guy Bass and illustrator Pete Wil
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Justin Somper: Justin Somper, author of Vampirates, introduces his brand new pirate series, Pirate Academy! Justin grew up in St Albans and worke
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James Nicol: James Nicol, author of The Apprentice Witch series, tells ReadingZone about his new eco fantasy, The Cloud Thief. James has loved
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Piu DasGupta: Our debut author of the month Piu DasGupta introduces her novel, Secrets of the Snakestone. Piu
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Jenny McLachlan: Stink the troublesome fairy is back in Fairy Vs Wizard Jenny McLachlan's first book for child
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Alex Bell: Alex Bell introduces her magical new middle grade novel, The Glorious Race of Magical Beasts, the latest in a range of novels and short
Your Reviews
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Sue
Felix has a special ability - but one which often gets him into trouble and makes others think he's weird. Being able to foresee the future, he tries to w... -
Amanda
Ajay and the Red-Wing Prince is the latest book in the brilliant Woodland Explorers Club series by the hugely talented E... -
Jacqueline
Alex, still mourning the death of her father, finds out that she is in fact a dragon in human form. As if this was not shocking enough, she has to leave h... -
Sue
Two days before Britain's Declaration of War, Ronnie, his younger brother, Micky, and best friend, Lugs, watch children from their school set off as they... -
Louisa
Valley of the Vikings is the tenth book in the Emily Windsnap series but there is no need to read the earlier books to enjoy it. ... -
Beverley
Puffin's mum is a research scientist and is often away from home. She and Puffin have a strained relationship; Puffin feels that her mum does not have eno... -
Sue
Sharing the 'best bits of the bard', Michael Rosen's Pocket Shakespeare offers a very accessible introduction to some of Shakespeare’s writing</st... -
Wendy
The Super Questers are back! I absolutely love these books and the children in my infants school firmly agree. In true scientific fashion... -
Ruth
Historical fiction is one of my favourite genres and Becoming Grace by Hilary McKay does not disappoint. McKay fictionalises the story of... -
Louisa
Coming of age stories have always explored feelings of not fitting in - but how might those feelings be complicated if you didn't really know who one of y...
Videos & Vlogs
A magical Gargoyles adventure
An inexperienced Guardian. A missing kelpie. A growing threat. Callen may have befriended a gargoyle, but he's yet to complete hi
Clem Fatale has Been Betrayed!
Find out what inspired Eve Wersocki-Morris's gripping new mystery series about a young gangster and sleuth, Clem Fatale! </stron
Authors share stories from their disabled childhoods
Owning It is a new anthology by disabled authors, who share their stories and experiences of growing up disabled. Author Jen Cam
This month’s highlights
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Picture Book
Create a Picture Book Competition 2024
Winners of the ReadingZone Picture Book Competition 2024 announced We are thrilled to announce the winners of the ReadingZone Picture Book Competition 2024, judged by Ste...
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Book Trailers
Make a Book Trailer
Create a Book Trailer Create a book trailer of your favourite book or your latest bookclub read for ReadingZone, and encourage others to read the book! Or you can use it...
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Podcasts
Create your own Podcast
Bex, a presenter for Fun Kids, has put together a simple guide for us about creating podcasts and gives us some top tips for starting your own podcast.
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Videos & Vlogs
Creating a Book Vlog
Ever wanted to create your own vlog, but don't know how to get started? In these videos, author and book vlogger Lucy Powrie (lucythereader) gives her tips on getting started, what to inc...
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