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Best Friends Forever?
Video/Vlog
Monday, October 9, 2023
Author Lisa Williamson tells us how her own challenging move from primary to secondary school has helped inspire her new Bigg School series, which follows different students as they move from primary school to Henry Biggs Academy, the local secondary school.
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Lenny Lemmon's school disasters
Video/Vlog
Thursday, October 5, 2023
Meet Lenny Lemmon, a boy who tries to do the right thing but who can't help getting it wrong.... Author Ben Davis tells us how memories of his own school days help to shape his brilliant - and very funny - new school series!
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Helen Cooper reads from The Taming of the Cat
Author Videos
Wednesday, October 4, 2023
Author Helen Cooper's The Taming of the Cat is a story about a mouse who loves story, a cat who wants to be a hero, and a princess who isn't looking for a prince.
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Em Lynas joins the ReadingZone Bookclub
Reading Zone Live
Friday, September 29, 2023
Em Lynas joins the ReadingZone Bookclub to share her rhyming, rollicking tales of goats on boats and cats in hats - a fun interactive event for children in KS1!
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Storytime delivers dramatic reading and comprehension results
Friday, September 22, 2023
Storytime of 20 minutes a day can encourage dramatic and significant improvements in children's reading and comprehension levels, according to a recent trial in 20 schools across the UK. In one year group, children's reading attainment improved by 12 months in just one term.</...
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Shortlists announced for the 2023 Diverse Book Awards
Book Awards
Thursday, September 21, 2023
The 2023 shortlists have been announced for The Diverse Book Awards, which aims to highlight the best of the diverse voices published in the UK & Ireland, both traditionally and self-published. The book award has been established by award-winning author Abiola Bello and aw...
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Conference to celebrate National Non-Fiction November 23
Thursday, September 21, 2023
You Couldn't Make it Up!, a one-day non-fiction conference that forms part of the National Non-Fiction November 2023 (NNFN) celebrations, will be held on Saturday 11th November in Somerset. The event will be run by the Somerset branch of the Federation of Childr...
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Longlists for the 2024 UKLA Book Awards announced
Book Awards
Tuesday, September 19, 2023
The longlists for the 2024 UKLA Book Awards, covering ages from three years to 14+, have been announced. The 84 judges covering the four categories now have until mid-March to read the longlisted books, discuss them with their group leaders, and share them with pupils. All the groups w...
