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Winner of the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize 2024 announced
Book Awards
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
A book about the science of red-bottomed baboons and iridescent peacocks wins the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize!
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Bookbuzz 2025 programme opens for registration
Monday, March 10, 2025
Bookbuzz, a curated programme of books and resources for Years 7 and 8, is now open for registration. Schools that sign up early, by 16 May, will also receive a bonus pack of books worth £75. Bookbuzz gives students the chance to choose and keep a book from a c...
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What happens to our recycling?
Author Videos
Friday, March 7, 2025
Watch Polly Faber read from Recycling Day as she explains what happens on bin collection day. Recycling Day: What Happens to the Things We Throw Away, follows our recycling through its different processes and shows us how things are re-used, as well as...
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Neal Shusterman's new thriller, All Better Now
Author Videos
Friday, March 7, 2025
What if there was a virus that people wanted to catch? Neal Shusterman tells us what inspired his contemporary thriller, All Better Now.
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AF Harrold's poetry in your pocket
Author Videos
Monday, March 3, 2025
Enjoy a Very Short pocket poem or two with poet AF Harrold, who introduces his Pocket Book of Pocket Poems. And see if you can guess how postcards helped inspire the collection!
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Mondays really are murder...
Video/Vlog
Monday, March 3, 2025
Mondays are Murder is a must-read for fans of Holly Jackson and Karen McManus - a thrilling, unpredictable page-turner, packed with twists, turns and dead ends.
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Celebrate World Book Day 2025
Friday, February 14, 2025
World Book Day will take place on Thursday 6 March 2025 and is a global celebration of books and reading. This year WBD is inviting everyone to 'Read Your Way'. With research showing that children feel reading is something they have to do, rather than s...
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Meet the Notwitches!
Video/Vlog
Friday, February 14, 2025
Look out for revolting villains, feuding families and some remarkable mermaids in The Notwitches, a funny, fantastical adventure by Gary Panton, who is here to tell us all about it!