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Wednesday, December 6, 2017

As a post-Christmas treat, we have five copies of the sumptious Dinosaurium to give away, from publisher Big Picture Press. Just get in touch to be entered into the free draw!

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Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Sign up by 22 December for your free School Library Pack and Special School Library Pack. These free reading for pleasure programmes are available to any school in England with a year 7 (or equivalent) intake, from Booktrust.

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Tuesday, December 5, 2017

English ten-year-olds are now joint eighth in the world in reading as measured by the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study results for 2016.

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Friday, December 1, 2017

Libraries will be inspiring young 'Mischief Makers' to read next year as part of the 2018 Summer Reading Challenge, which will also help to mark the 80th anniversary of The Beano comic.

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Monday, November 27, 2017

Children from 12 schools across the UK will be reading about wizards, warriors and wabbits before helping to choose the winners of the Blue Peter Book Awards, including the Best Story and the Best Book with Facts.

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Monday, November 27, 2017

Cressida Cowell, bestselling author of the How to Train Your Dragon books, will be headlining the 2018 ReadingZone Festival with a public event on Saturday 3rd February at Dorking, with authors including Sophie McKenzie, Maz Evans and Christian O'Connell joining our schools' programme.

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Sunday, November 26, 2017

We're featuring bestselling author Robert Muchamore as our Author of the Month - and just to make it even more exciting, we'll be giving away the whole Rock War set to a lucky member!

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Sunday, November 26, 2017

Robert Winston's book Home Lab has been chosen by children as the winning book for the Royal Society's Young People's Book Prize 2017.

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