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The Love Interest - or the Hero?
Video/Vlog
Thursday, June 6, 2024
Helen Comerford introduces The Love Interest, her cinematic debut about finding the hero inside us all!
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Information Book Award 2024 shortlist announced
Book Awards
Thursday, June 6, 2024
The 2024 shortlist for the Information Book Award (IBA), which celebrates the importance of information books, has been announced. The award is run by the School Library Association to highlight the quality of resources available and to support school libraries...
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A Bear, a Dragon and a rickety bridge.....
Author Videos
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
Bear Vs Dragon is a hilarious picture book about a Bear and a Dragon who refuse to compromise! Here's author Marcela Ferreira to tell us more, introducing the two main characters and reading from the first few pages in this short video.
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Hunting for treasure in Freya's Gold
Video/Vlog
Tuesday, June 4, 2024
Freya's Gold (Nosy Crow) is an exciting, pacey adventure about secret tunnels and hidden treasure, but it's also a story that explores community, feelings of belonging, and being brave enough to do the things that make us feel scared.
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2024 English 4-11 Picture Book Awards winners announced
Book Awards
Sunday, May 26, 2024
The winners of the 2024 English 4-11 Picture Book Awards have been announced. The awards are presented by the English Association to the best children's picture books of the year and include awards for fiction and non-fiction in age ranges 4-7 years and 7-11 years. There is also an award for...
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Finalists for School Library and Librarian of the Year
Meet A School Librarian
Thursday, May 23, 2024
School libraries and librarians are celebrated for helping ignite children's love of reading in the School Library Association's shortlist for the Peter Usborne Primary School Library of the Year Award and the Honour List for the 2024 Secondary School Librarian of the Year Award.</stro...
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More screen time, less story time, contribute to decline in reading for pleasure
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
The last decade has seen an ongoing decline in the number of children and teenagers (0-17 years) reading for pleasure. Can regular storytime in schools, and more emphasis on reading for wellbeing, help to halt the decline?
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What are YA readers looking for?
Friday, May 17, 2024
With just 16% of those aged 14 to 25 reading daily - and only 11% of boys doing so - it's easy to feel that the messages about the benefits of reading for pleasure are missing their mark among teenagers and young adults.
