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How do we create and maintain a reading habit at home?
Growing Readers
Friday, April 7, 2023
We asked Alison David from publisher Farshore, to share her tips about creating and maintaining a regular reading habit at home.
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Shortlists announced for the UKLA Book Awards 2023
Book Awards
Friday, March 31, 2023
The shortlists for the UKLA Book Awards, judged entirely by teachers, have been announced. The awards seek books from a "wide and inclusive range" of publishers that "recognise a broad range of perspectives, experiences and voices".
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Caryl Hart tells us all about the Weather!
Author Videos
Saturday, March 25, 2023
Caryl Hart's Meet the Weather book is the latest in the series that also includes Meet the Planets and Meet the Oceans (Bloomsbury Children's Books). The books are aimed at younger children aged 3-5 years, who will enjoy meeting the author in...
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Mel Darbon introduces What the World Doesn't See
Video/Vlog
Thursday, March 23, 2023
In What the World Doesn't See, author Mel Darbon draws on her own sibling experiences, giving a voice to young people who are often not heard.
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Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2023 winners announced
Book Awards
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
Nadia Mikail has been named Overall Winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize for her debut novel, The Cats We Meet Along The Way, which also won the Older Reader's Category. M.T. Khan's Nura and the Immortal Palace won the Young...
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'Quality Mark' for Reading for Pleasure
Monday, March 20, 2023
The UKLA / Open University's 'Quality Mark' for reading for pleasure is a year-long process including mentoring in research and practice to help schools 'audit' their provision.
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The Yoto Carnegies 2023 shortlists announced
Book Awards
Friday, March 17, 2023
The Yoto Carnegies celebrate outstanding achievement in children's writing and illustration and are judged by children's and youth librarians, with the Shadowers' Choice Medals voted for by children and young people.
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Josh Silver's YA thriller, HappyHead
Author Videos
Thursday, March 16, 2023
Author Josh Silver tells ReadingZone what inspired his new YA dystopian debut, HappyHead (OneWorld).