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Pet Defenders battle alien beetles!
Sunday, February 26, 2017
Look out for Gareth P Jones's latest series, Pet Defenders, and the first book - Attack of the Alien Dung! A gigantic alien beetle is eating its way through Earth - can the Pet Defenders stop it?
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Monsters, sweets, and a royal quest...
Sunday, February 26, 2017
King Edwin Flashypants, the boy king, is back in a new adventure involving monsters, quests and the evil Emperor Nurbison! We asked author Andy Riley to tell us more.
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Wicked Young Writers Award
Sunday, February 26, 2017
Cressida Cowell, bestselling author of the How to Train Your Dragon books, will be judging this year's Wicked Young Writers Award for those aged five to 25 years!
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Joint SLA & YLG Conference in June
Saturday, February 25, 2017
The 2017 Joint YLG & SLA weekend course Lightbulb Moments: Powered by Librarians will be held over three days from 2325 June 2017 at the Majestic Hotel in Harrogate, Yorkshire.
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Authors work collaboratively on YA novel
Saturday, February 25, 2017
Seven UK Young Adult authors will collaborate on a new novel called 'Floored', including Sara Barnard, Holly Bourne, Tanya Byrne, Non Pratt, Melinda Salisbury, Lisa Williamson and Eleanor Wood.
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Children struggle to find books they like
Saturday, February 25, 2017
The latest Kids & Family Reading Report from Scholastic US shows that most children (86%) in the US agree on the importance of reading for pleasure - but struggle to find books that they like. Many will turn to teachers and librarians for help to find a reading book.
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Michael Grant returns to GONE universe
Thursday, February 23, 2017
Michael Grant's new action-packed series will follow on from his bestselling Gone books. The first book in the new series, Monster, will be published in October this year with two more books in the series to follow.
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Design a butterfly competition
Thursday, February 23, 2017
Butterfly Beach is the brand-new story from Jacqueline Wilson, published specially for World Book Day 2017. To celebrate it, her publisher is running a competition to design a butterfly.
