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Monday, July 7, 2025

Taskmaster presenter Alex Horne tells ReadingZone about The Last Pebble, a story about beachcombing, missing treasure and a strange stone....

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Monday, June 16, 2025

Did you know that chickens and penguins are descended from dinosaurs; that evolving to sleep for months helped save crocodiles from extinction; and that octopus and sharks are distantly related? Find out all about how creatures have evolved during their millions of years on Earth from...

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Sunday, June 1, 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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Friday, May 30, 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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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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Friday, May 2, 2025

An inexperienced Guardian. A missing kelpie. A growing threat. Callen may have befriended a gargoyle, but he's yet to complete his training....

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Friday, April 25, 2025

The Dark That Hides Us is the follow-up to Andy Darcy Theo's bestselling romantacy, The Light That Blinds Us, and he tells us what inspired the books in this short introduction to the series.

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Friday, April 11, 2025

Alexia Casale introduces her new YA novel, Not That Kind of Hero (Faber YA), about sidekicks, heroes, and following your dreams.

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