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Lu Fraser's Basil Dreams Big inspires self-belief
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Tuesday, June 10, 2025
In this story about overcoming fears Basil, a young bat, must find the courage to fly! Author Lu Fraser introduces Basil Dreams Big, illustrated by Sarah Warburton.
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Introducing mindfulness in As the World Goes By
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Wednesday, June 4, 2025
Jonny Lambert's new picture book, As the World Goes By, introduces young children to mindfulness, with a story about pausing to notice the beauty of the world around us. Here, he reads from the first few pages of As the World Goes By....
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How do you make a friend?
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Friday, May 2, 2025
Darren Chetty introduces his new picture book exploring friendship, illustrated by Sandhya Prabhat, I'm Going to Make a Friend, and he reads from the first few pages.
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Summer, festivals and first love: This Song Is About Us
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Thursday, April 10, 2025
Sara Barnard tells ReadingZone what inspired her novel about first love, festivals and fame - This Song is About Us (Walker Books). When stardom calls, can love survive?
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Moon Girl inspires a love of night time and the dark
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Friday, April 4, 2025
Thomas Docherty tells ReadingZone how his daughters helped inspire his latest picture book, Moon Girl (OUP), about overcoming fears of the dark.
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What happens to our recycling?
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Friday, March 7, 2025
Watch Polly Faber read from Recycling Day as she explains what happens on bin collection day. Recycling Day: What Happens to the Things We Throw Away, follows our recycling through its different processes and shows us how things are re-used, as well as...
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Neal Shusterman's new thriller, All Better Now
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Friday, March 7, 2025
What if there was a virus that people wanted to catch? Neal Shusterman tells us what inspired his contemporary thriller, All Better Now.
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AF Harrold's poetry in your pocket
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Monday, March 3, 2025
Enjoy a Very Short pocket poem or two with poet AF Harrold, who introduces his Pocket Book of Pocket Poems. And see if you can guess how postcards helped inspire the collection!
