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  • Sibeal Pounder joins ReadingZone Live

    Sunday, February 24, 2019

    Look out for our live online event with author Sibeal Pounder, creator of the Witch Wars series, on Friday 15th March at 2.30pm - 3.10pm.

  • A whole-school approach to reading for pleasure

    Sunday, February 24, 2019

    School librarian Rhiannon Cook aims for a whole school approach to information literacy and reading for pleasure. Here, she tells us how that ambition has helped her achieve a borrowing rate of at least 75% of their pupils.

  • Stories with a twist

    Thursday, February 21, 2019

    Author Michael Rosen is looking for 'stories with a twist' in a competition from publisher Scholastic to encourage children to write creatively. Prizes include 50 copies of a book filled with your pupils' creative writing.

  • 2018 Picture Book Award Winner

    Thursday, February 14, 2019

    A story about a young chick - The Chick's Day Out by Aarna (St Mark's C of E Primary School) - won the Young Creators Category of the ReadingZone Picture Book Competition 2018, and went on to win the overall prize.

  • Awards announced for the funniest books for children

    Thursday, February 14, 2019

    The winners of the Laugh Out Loud Awards ('The Lollies') have been announced - with Tom Gates, a chocolate bunny and a bonkers diary of a pig among the books that made children laugh out loud!

  • Getting started on your picture book

    Thursday, February 14, 2019

    To follow are some suggestions from publishers to help young people when they begin work on their picture books, from thinking up ideas to structuring their story.

  • FREE Author Event

    Thursday, February 14, 2019

    Virginia Clay, author of Warrior Boy, is based in Kenya but will be visiting London in March. We are thrilled to partner with London Grid for Learning to offer two London primary schools a FREE author event with Virginia on 26th March - a truly unmissable offer!

  • Make a Picture Book Competition

    Thursday, February 14, 2019

    The ReadingZone Picture Book Competition 2019, challenging those aged 4-18 years to make a picture book, has now closed. The winners, chosen by author and illustrator Steven Lenton, will be announced on 24 June.