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School budgets put the squeeze on reading for pleasure
Tuesday, March 1, 2022
New research from the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE) highlights the urgent need to prioritise reading for pleasure and give children access to a wider range of books, following the universal disruption to education by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Discover a secret world of myths and gods!
Video/Vlog
Tuesday, March 1, 2022
Enter a world of myths and gods, where an ancient promise has protected its people for hundreds of years - but something now threatens their hard-won peace.
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Step back into Ancient Rome
Author Videos
Tuesday, March 1, 2022
Author Annelise Gray introduces her blockbuster historical novel, Circus Maximus: Rivals on the Track, which takes the reader back to Ancient Roman times.
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Growing readers with fiction series
Growing Readers
Wednesday, February 23, 2022
Teacher Kelly Buxton knows a lot about reading, being an avid reader herself and from working with children every day, encouraging them to develop a love of reading.
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Anne Fine's blog on writing Shades of Scarlet
Book Blog
Wednesday, February 23, 2022
Anne Fine blogs about writing Shades of Scarlet, and that moment when the adult / child balance begins to change:
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Working Together Blog by Gillian Cross
Book Blog
Tuesday, February 22, 2022
How do a writer and an artist tell a story together? This blog by Gillian Cross explains how she and Alan Snow co-authored their latest book, Ollie Spark and the Accidental Adventure.
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Anne Fine introduces Shades of Scarlet
Video/Vlog
Sunday, February 20, 2022
Anne Fine tells ReadingZone what inspired her novel Shades of Scarlet (David Fickling Books), about a teenager left to pick up the pieces when her parents separate.
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Redeem World Book Day 2022 tokens from today
Thursday, February 17, 2022
World Book Day's book tokens are redeemable from today, 17th February, in the lead-up to the 25th Anniversary celebrations of World Book Day.
