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Winners of the ReadingZone Create a Picture Book Competition 2023 Announced!
Tuesday, June 27, 2023
The winners of the ReadingZone Create a Picture Book Competition 2023 have been announced, recognising the tremendous creativity of children and young people. This year's judge is author and illustrator Elys Dolan, who has chosen the winning picture books. All schools and sett...
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Maya MacGregor on 'creating spaces' with non-binary characters
Book Blog
Monday, June 26, 2023
Maya MacGregor, author of The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester, writes about their relationship with gender, why they creates non-binary characters, and about making a space, in their nov...
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Jerry Craft's latest graphic novel, School Trip
Video/Vlog
Monday, June 26, 2023
Find out how bestselling US author and illustrator Jerry Craft drew on his own life to inspire his series of graphic novels!
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Summer Reading Challenge 2023 launches
Saturday, June 24, 2023
Keep children reading this summer by joining the Summer Reading Challenge at your local library. The theme of this year's reading challenge is 'Ready, Set, Read!'. Children taking part from July to September will be able to join a superstar team and their marvellous mascots as...
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UKLA Book Awards 2023 winners announced
Book Awards
Friday, June 23, 2023
Katya Balen (October, October), Manjeet Mann (The Crossing), Mariajo Ilustrajo (Flooded) and Jeffrey Boakye, illus Ngadi Smart (Musical Truth - A Musical History of Modern Black Britain in 28 Songs) have won the UKLA Book Awards 2023. The awards are judged by teachers and seek books fr...
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The winners of the 2023 Carnegie Medals are announced
Book Awards
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
The winners of the 2023 Carnegie Medals have been announced. The winners are chosen by an expert panel of children's and youth librarians, and celebrate outstanding achievement in children's writing and illustration.
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Primary and Secondary School Librarian of the Year 2023 finalists announced
Meet A School Librarian
Friday, June 16, 2023
The School Library Association has announced the shortlist for their 2023 School Librarian of the Year Primary, and the Honour List for the 2023 School Librarian of the Year Secondary. In schools all over the UK, dedicated staff are working hard to bring reading and lea...
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Uplift in reading for pleasure among older children hides falls elsewhere
Thursday, June 15, 2023
An annual report into children's reading for pleasure has found that more children aged 8-13 years read every day, or nearly every day, in 2022 compared with 2021. However, when all children aged 0-17 years is considered, nearly half (47%) don't read every day, or read infrequently; a...
