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Saturday, June 16, 2018

The winner of the 2018 CLiPPA (Centre for Literacy in Primary Poetry Award) Award will be announced on 22nd June. Schools are currently shadowing the award and here, you can read reviews of all the shortlisted books.

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Tuesday, June 12, 2018

We were thrilled that author Philip Reeve (Railhead, Mortal Engines) joined our ReadingZone Live programme. You can watch the event, where Philip talked about his books and creative writing, here.

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Tuesday, June 12, 2018

Look out for Wilderwitches, moon-sprites and merwraiths in this in this page-turning, world-saving fantasy adventure by author SARAH DRIVER. Here, she tells us more about SEA, SKY and STORM!

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Monday, June 11, 2018

Children's Laureate Lauren Child is calling for a focus on creativity in children's lives - inside and outside school - and is using Children's Art Week (9-17th June) to launch a series of free creative resources.

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Monday, June 11, 2018

Your school library could win 5,000 or 5,000 worth of books in this year's National Book Tokens draw, enough to buy hundreds of books to stock your shelves. The closing date for entries is Tuesday 31st July 2018 at 11:59pm.

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Thursday, June 7, 2018

We are thrilled to be able to offer five copies of David Roberts' Suffragettes: The Battle for Equality, published by Two Hoots, to give away to our members.

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Monday, June 4, 2018

The shortlist for the 2018 Laugh Out Loud Awards (or 'Lollies'), which celebrates funny books for children, has been announced by former Children's Laureate, author and poet Michael Rosen.

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Monday, May 21, 2018

The Silver Hand, the new book by Horrible Histories author Terry Deary, takes a look behind the battle lines during World War One and discovers secrets - and spies!

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