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Step back in time for this Parisian mystery!
Author Videos
Saturday, January 7, 2023
Turn back the clock, step into Paris in the 1930s, and join Alice Éclair in her extraordinary spying adventures, A Recipe for Trouble and A Spoonful of Spying.
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'Laugh Out Loud' (Lollies) 2023 shortlists announced
Book Awards
Thursday, January 5, 2023
The shortlists for the Laugh Out Loud Book Awards (The Lollies), a set of awards created by Scholastic UK that celebrate the funniest children's books, have been announced today.
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Choose your own story picture books
Author Videos
Thursday, January 5, 2023
Sarah Coyle shares the start of her new book, Pick a Story: A Dinosaur Unicorn Robot Adventure!
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Holly Smale introduces The Valentines
Video/Vlog
Wednesday, January 4, 2023
Holly Smale, author of the bestselling Geek Girl series, introduces us to her series The Valentines and the latest book, Love Me Not, about fame, fortune and falling apart....
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Create a Comic Strip Competition
Get Creative
Tuesday, January 3, 2023
The results of the Create a Comic Strip Competition, run by ReadingZone in partnership with The Phoenix Comic, will be announced in February 2023.
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Louise Finch's The Eternal Return of Clara Hart
Author Videos
Tuesday, January 3, 2023
Louise Finch tells us about her first YA novel, The Eternal of Clara Hart, in which a boy is given the chance to put right a wrong - again, and again. The book covers themes including toxic masculinity and grief.
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Playing with Fire
Video/Vlog
Monday, January 2, 2023
Author Catherine Barter tells us about her book, We Played with Fire, an eerie book about the Fox Sisters - and ghosts - and it looks like something else might be getting in on the act in this video... !
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Lockwood & Co comes to Netflix
Video/Vlog
Monday, January 2, 2023
Lockwood and Co is coming to Netflix on 27th January 2023 - check out the official trailer but be warned - it's not for the faint-hearted!
