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A mystery to solve!
Saturday, June 24, 2017
A feisty heroine, a wanna-be detective boy from India and a grumpy monkey star in this fabulous mystery story, set in Edwardian times. Author Imogen White tells us more about THE AMBER PENDANT: THE ROSE MUDDLE MYSTERIES.
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Wicked Young Writers winners announced
Friday, June 23, 2017
Children from over 600 schools in the UK have taken part in the 2017 Wicked Young Writer Awards, with the winners announced today, Friday, at a ceremony at London's Apollo Victoria Theatre, home of the award-winning musical WICKED.
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Win a bundle of Emily Gravett books!
Friday, June 23, 2017
We're celebrating the launch of Emily Gravett's new website with a giveaway of three of her newest books - Old Hat, Tidy and the Monkey and Me board book.
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Book Group Set of Kick to give away
Thursday, June 22, 2017
We are giving away a set of ten copies of Kick by Mitch Johnson (Usborne Books) to a school book group, in return for some reviews for ReadingZone. Kick, which is aimed at readers aged 11+, will publish in September.
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Overall Winner of the ReadingZone Picture Book Competition 2017
Wednesday, June 21, 2017
The Monkey who Learnt his Lesson by Indi (age 10) from Fairways Primary School in Leigh on Sea, was the overall winner of the ReadingZone Picture Book Competition 2017.
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Winner of the Secondary Award
Wednesday, June 21, 2017
We are pleased to announce that the winner of the Secondary Award for the ReadingZone Picture Book Competition 2017 is Hot Pot and Co by Isabel (age 12) from Francis Holland School, and there are two Runners-Up. You can download the winning picture book, below.
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Winner of the Primary Award
Wednesday, June 21, 2017
We are thrilled to announce the winner of the Primary Award in the ReadingZone Picture Book Competition 2017 is The Monkey who Learnt his Lesson by Indi (age 10) from Fairways Primary School in Leigh on Sea. There are two Runners-up.
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National Writing Day, 21 June
Wednesday, June 21, 2017
Creative writing is being celebrated today with National Writing Day, which is being coordinated by First Story and some 35 partners. It aims to encourage all forms of creative writing.
