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Longlists announced for The Carnegies 2025
Book Awards
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
The longlists have been announced for the 2025 Carnegie Medals, including awards for writing and illustration, and for the books chosen by young people in the Shadowers' Choice Medal. The Carnegies, the UK's longest running book awards for children and young people, aim to spark a lif...
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2025 Henrietta Branford Writing Competition
Get Creative
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
The 2025 Henrietta Branford Writing Competition is now open for entries! The competition is open to writers aged up to 19 years and the closing date is Friday 30 May 2025. The judges are looking for <s...
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Anu Adebogun shares her guide to life for young people
Authors Q&As
Friday, February 7, 2025
Have questions about dealing with toxic friends, or how to tell your parents about a problem you have, or things being said on socials? Anu Adebogun's new guide for young people, It's a Brave Young Wo...
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Using picture books to inspire discussions with young children
Growing Readers
Friday, February 7, 2025
Picture books are the perfect medium to explore and help understand the world around us and to explore how we feel.
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Waterstones announces its 2025 Children's Book Prize shortlists
Book Awards
Thursday, February 6, 2025
With a focus on reading for pleasure, Waterstones' booksellers have voted for the books they believe are the very best in new children's writing and illustration. Previous winners of the prize have included Katherine Rundell, Kiran Millwood Hargrave and Rob Biddulph. Last year's winner...
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World Book Day 2025 £1 books unveiled
Monday, February 3, 2025
Find out which ten £1 / €1.50 books are available for children to buy with their free World Book Day tokens! World Book Day takes place on Thursday 6th March 2025. Children can exchange their free World Book Day token, distributed through schoo...
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Frank and Bert play Football!
Author Videos
Thursday, January 23, 2025
Chris Naylor-Ballesteros takes a warm and gentle look at friendship and its challenges in his picture book series, Frank and Bert.
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Kindness is Oxford Children's Word of the Year for 2024
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
More than six in ten children chose kindness as their word of the year, according to research by OUP. Researchers found that the word choice reflected children's awareness of mental health and current affairs. The research also showed children are cautiously optimistic...
