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Thursday, March 5, 2020

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by JK Rowling has won the Blue Peter Winner of Winners Award. The winner of this year's award for the Best Story has also been announced - Vashti Hardy's Wildspark.

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Thursday, March 5, 2020

One Shot by Tanya Landman (Barrington Stoke) gained 40% of the vote by Scottish teenagers for their favourite book, and has therefore won the Scottish Teenage Book Prize.

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Thursday, March 5, 2020

Phase 2 of the Great School Libraries (GSL) campaign is now underway, following the survey of school libraries that formed the first phase said Caroline Roche, chair of the GSL committee.

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Thursday, March 5, 2020

An emphasis on literacy over reading for pleasure, failing to read aloud to children and increases in screen time are contributing to a 'long term decline' in the percentage of children reading for pleasure, according to a new report from publisher Egmont.

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Monday, March 2, 2020

A dog that plays jazz, a human soul captured in an animal-like machine and ... PEAS are all shortlisted for the Children's Book Award 2020 - chosen and voted for entirely by children.

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Tuesday, February 25, 2020

This year is the 20th anniversary of the Blue Peter Book Awards and to help celebrate, Blue Peter wants to know which of its winning books is your favourite.

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Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Publisher Chicken House has created a resource to help children get started in writing their own creative story, including writing tips, downloads and an inspiring author video.

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Monday, February 24, 2020

The BBC's adaptation of Malorie Blackman's novel Noughts and Crosses will start to air on Thursday 5th March on BBC1, with all episodes available to stream on BBC iPlayer after that date.

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