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Mariajo Ilustrajo's Flooded wins the 2023 Klaus Flugge Prize
Book Awards
Wednesday, September 13, 2023
Climate change adventure starring community focused animals in a rapidly submerging city wins the 2023 Klaus Flugge Prize.
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Inspiring inventors who are changing lives
Video/Vlog
Monday, September 11, 2023
Discover 20 inventors from around the world who have helped solve a problem faced by their communities in Inspiring Inventors Who Are Changing Our Futures, published by Walker Books! Author Hiba Noor Khan tells us more in this short video, sharing some of the pages with us.
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Introducing... Kevin the Vampire!
Video/Vlog
Thursday, September 7, 2023
Look out for vampires, a monster carnival, killer bunnies, and a dog who isn't a dog in Kevin the Vampire: A Most Mysterious Monster.
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Gina Kaminski fixes Little Red Riding Hood
Author Videos
Wednesday, September 6, 2023
Craig Barr-Green tells ReadingZone what inspired his picture book Gina Kaminski Saves the Wolf, about a little girl who decides that Little Red Riding Hood needs a new ending... The book is illustrated by Francis Martin, and published by Little Tiger Press.
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Survey reveals marked decline in reading for pleasure in 2023
Tuesday, September 5, 2023
Research into children and young people's reading has recorded a marked decline in reading for pleasure, with fewer than half of all children aged 8-18 years (43%) saying they enjoy reading in their free time, down from a high of 58% in 2016. The survey, Childre...
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All you need to know about your furry friend....
Author Videos
Tuesday, September 5, 2023
US author Carlie Sorosiak tells ReadingZone how her own dog - who turned out to be a dingo - helped inspire her new book, A World of Dogs.
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Enter a world of Impossible Creatures!
Author Videos
Monday, September 4, 2023
Imagine a world where unicorns roam, dragons exist and where there are griffons, too... Discover the world of Impossible Creatures!
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Weaving a spell in your dreams...
Video/Vlog
Monday, September 4, 2023
Dreamweavers: Night of the Scary Fairies is the first in a new magical and adventure-packed series by Annabelle Sami, illustrated by Forrest Burdett. Look out for portals into strange dreamworlds, bad fairies - and what is making things go wrong in the dream world.......
