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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.
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Achievement Award Winner 2017
Tuesday, June 20, 2017
We are delighted to announce that Hob Green Primary School in Stourbridge has won this year's Achievement Award for the ReadingZone Picture Book Competition 2017. Buckingham Park Primary School in Shoreham by Sea is the runner-up.
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Winner of the Young Creators Award
Tuesday, June 20, 2017
We are thrilled to announce that Max and Me by Thomas (aged 5) from New Scotland Hill Primary School in Sandhurst has won this year's Young Creators Award for the ReadingZone Picture Book Competition 2017, and we have three Runners-Up! You can download the winning picture book via the link, below.
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Gillian Cross to take part in ReadingZone Live
Monday, June 19, 2017
We're thrilled that award-winning author Gillian Cross (The Demon Headmaster, After Tomorrow and Shadow Cat), will be joining us for a ReadingZone Live event on Wednesday 28th June at 2.30pm. The event is suitable for years 4-7.
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Signed copy of The Street Beneath My Feet
Monday, June 19, 2017
Author and illustrator Yuval Zommer will give a signed copy of his new book, The Street Beneath My Feet, to the winner of a competition to draw something you could find under the ground.
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Poetry competition for 10-13 year olds
Monday, June 19, 2017
Budding poets - here's a great competition for those aged 10-13 years to write a poem on the theme of 'place' for the 2017 Betjeman Poetry Prize.
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Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medal winners announced
Monday, June 19, 2017
Both the Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals have been won by US writers, with Ruta Sepetys' refugee story Salt to the Sea (Puffin) taking the 80th anniversary Carnegie Medal, and illustrator Lane Smith winning the Kate Greenaway Medal category for his picture book, There is a Tribe of Kids (Two H...
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World of Norm giveaway!
Sunday, June 18, 2017
We're marking the launch of Must End Soon - the last book in The World of Norm series by Jonanthan Meres - with a giveaway of the entire series to a lucky school library!
