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Songlight wins the YA Book Prize 2025
Book Awards
Friday, August 22, 2025
Songlight by Moira Buffini has won the YA Book Prize 2025. Set in a post-apocalyptic future where an advanced form of telepathy known as songlight has emerged, the story follows two young women, Lark and Nightingale, who must hide their power of songlight from their oppressive society....
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Helping children count to 20 with One Cat, Two Cats
Author Videos
Monday, August 18, 2025
Meet a host of colourful chaotic cats in One Cat, Two Cats (Nosy Crow), introduced by author Jonathan Emmett, with illustrations by Rob Hodgson. Lift the flaps in this interactive extravaganza and watch these cuddly creatures slide, glide and jump their way from one to 20!
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Talking about anxiety using A Totally Big Umbrella
Growing Readers
Friday, August 15, 2025
Author Sarah Crossan explores a young child's overwhelming anxiety about rain in her picture book, A Totally Big Umbrella, illustrated by Rebecca Cobb.
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Super Unicorn Princess graphic novel for young readers
Author Videos
Friday, August 15, 2025
Meet the newest, cutest superhero! Super Unicorn Princess, introduced by her creator, Mike Hartigan
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Global reading challenge from World Kid Lit
Get Creative
Thursday, August 14, 2025
Where will you travel by book? World Kid Lit is launching a reading challenge for schools to encourage international and inclusive reading. The World Kid Lit Reading Challenge Award is open for entries from 1 September to 10 October. Winners will be awarded for...
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Dip into The Post Bag with Emma Yarlett
Growing Readers
Wednesday, August 13, 2025
Find out what inspired The Post Bag books and why Unicorn Post is so close to author and illustrator Emma Yarlett's heart!
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Travel into the past with The Time Machine Next Door
Video/Vlog
Wednesday, August 6, 2025
Meet famous people from Leonardo Da Vinci to Henry VIII and get a glimpse of life in the past with Iszi Lawrence's hilarious time-travel series, The Time Machine Next Door!
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Odd Girl Out, a novel about finding your place in your world
Authors Q&As
Wednesday, July 30, 2025
Tasneem Abdur-Rashid tells us what inspired her to write her contemporary YA debut, Odd Girl Out, and how her niece's experiences of moving to the UK helped inspire her to write it.
