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  • Clem Fatale has Been Betrayed!

    Clem Fatale has Been Betrayed!

    Video/Vlog

    Thursday, April 10, 2025

    Find out what inspired Eve Wersocki-Morris's gripping new mystery series about a young gangster and sleuth, Clem Fatale!  

  • Moon Girl inspires a love of night time and the dark

    Moon Girl inspires a love of night time and the dark

    Author Videos

    Friday, April 4, 2025

    Thomas Docherty tells ReadingZone how his daughters helped inspire his latest picture book, Moon Girl (OUP), about overcoming fears of the dark. 

  • Eco-disaster looms for the STEALTH team

    Eco-disaster looms for the STEALTH team

    Video/Vlog

    Friday, April 4, 2025

    Author Jason Rohan talks gadgets, gaming and cutting-edge science as he returns to his action-packed S.T.E.A.L.T.H series with a new mission, Storm Rising (Nosy Crow).

  • Exploring identity and self belief through stories

    Exploring identity and self belief through stories

    Growing Readers

    Friday, April 4, 2025

    Laura Dockrill explores what being 'strong' can mean in her new picture book, I Am Strong Just Being Me; a story that can be used with young children to explore their own feelings and identity.

  • What if Nazi Germany had won the war?

    What if Nazi Germany had won the war?

    Video/Vlog

    Friday, March 21, 2025

    In time-travel adventure Westfallen, two groups of friends speak to each other across time, one in 1944, the other in the present day.  What they say to each other will change the cou...

  • 2025 UKLA Book Awards Shortlists announced

    2025 UKLA Book Awards Shortlists announced

    Book Awards

    Tuesday, March 18, 2025

    The UKLA Book Awards are judged by teachers who sought 'positive, empowering or innovative representation of children's lives' in the judging process, so that all children and young people can find themselves represented in the books that they read or study.</...

  • Year 3: Design a Bookmark Competition

    Year 3: Design a Bookmark Competition

    Get Creative

    Monday, March 17, 2025

    The Children's Bookshow is challenging Year 3 children (ages 7-8 years) to design a bookmark featuring a favourite bird, in a competition run in partnership with the British Trust for Ornithology. The competition asks children to design a bookmark with a picture...

  • Chaos reigns in Cafe Crumble

    Chaos reigns in Cafe Crumble

    Video/Vlog

    Friday, March 14, 2025

    Hope Crumble and her family serve up cakes, coffee and a large helping of calamity in this hilarious new series, Cafe Chaos! We're joined by author Catherine Wilkins to find out more about Hope's life and family - and how she sorts out the class bully!