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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...

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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!

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Wednesday, March 12, 2025

The Jericho Prize for Children's Writing has launched its 2025 writing competition, dedicated to showcasing new Black-British children's writers.

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Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Discover Deep Dark, the first adventure in Zohra Nabi's thrilling new Cassia Thorne Mysteries. 19th century London holds a dangerous secret....

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Tuesday, March 11, 2025

The shortlists for the 2025 Carnegie Medals have been announced. The awards aim to spark a lifelong passion for reading by connecting more children with books that will change lives and are judged by librarians. From tomorrow, reading groups in schools and libr...

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Tuesday, March 11, 2025

A book about the science of red-bottomed baboons and iridescent peacocks wins the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize!

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Monday, March 10, 2025

Bookbuzz, a curated programme of books and resources for Years 7 and 8, is now open for registration. Schools that sign up early, by 16 May, will also receive a bonus pack of books worth £75.  Bookbuzz gives students the chance to choose and keep a book from a c...

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Friday, March 7, 2025

Watch Polly Faber read from Recycling Day as she explains what happens on bin collection day.  Recycling Day: What Happens to the Things We Throw Away, follows our recycling through its different processes and shows us how things are re-used, as well as...

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