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A beachcombing mystery
Author Videos
Monday, July 7, 2025
Taskmaster presenter Alex Horne tells ReadingZone about The Last Pebble, a story about beachcombing, missing treasure and a strange stone....
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Shoot for the Stars with Danielle Brown
Video/Vlog
Wednesday, July 2, 2025
If you love sports - and even if you don't, yet! - Danielle Brown's Shoot for the Stars gives tips and ideas to help you find a sport you love, and the determination to stick with it.
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Mudlarking, monsters and misfits
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Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Becca Rogers tells ReadingZone about her new fantasy adventure, The Girl With Gills, a story about mudlarkers who can swim underwater; a debt from the past that must be repaid; and fantastical creatures in the river's depths!
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Children's enjoyment of writing halves in 15 years
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Only a quarter of children and young people aged 8 to 18 enjoy writing in their free time, according to new research by the National Literacy Trust (NLT). Levels of writing enjoyment have almost halved over the past 15 years, particularly among primary-aged children. This report, Childr...
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Join the Summer Reading Challenge 2025
Get Creative
Monday, June 23, 2025
You can take part in the Summer Reading Challenge at your local library or online. The challenge runs from 21 June to 30 September and follows a theme of nature and the great outdoors with Story Garden. Join the Summer Re...
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Colette Hiller wins the 2025 CLiPPA children's poetry award
Book Awards
Friday, June 20, 2025
Colette Hiller has been announced as the winner of the 2025 CLiPPA children's poetry award for her collection Colossal Words for Kids, illustrated by Tor Freeman (Frances Lincoln Children's Books). In Colossal Words for Kids, Hiller defines in rhyme 75 'colossa...
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Winners of the Carnegie Medals 2025 are announced
Book Awards
Thursday, June 19, 2025
The winners of the UK's longest-running book awards for children and young people, The Carnegies, were announced today at a ceremony in London. Debut author Margaret McDonald has won the Carnegie Medal for Writing for her "life changing and emotional" novel <a h...
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Information Book Award 2025 shortlist announced
Book Awards
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
The 12 shortlisted titles for the Information Book Award (IBA) have been announced by the School Library Association (SLA) and include a diverse range of information books that provide readers with new ways of looking at the world around them.
