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Saturday, June 19, 2021

The Outlaws Scarlett and Browne (Walker Books) is the start of a gripping new series by Jonathan Stroud.

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Friday, June 18, 2021

1941. War is raging. And one angry boy has been sent to the city, where bombers rule the skies. Phil Earle's powerful new book explores the bond between an angry young teenager and a captive silverback gorilla, during the London blitz in WWII. 

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Friday, June 18, 2021

Teenage naturalist Dara McAnulty and award-winning explorer and presenter Steve Backshall will be ambassadors for this year's Summer Reading Challenge.

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Wednesday, June 16, 2021

Poet and novelist Jason Reynolds has won the Carnegie Medal 2021 for his novel, Look Both Ways (Knights Of), while author while illustrator Sydney Smith wins the Kate Greenaway Medal for Small in the City (Walker Books).

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Wednesday, June 16, 2021

Here are the speeches from both winners of today's Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals 2021, Jason Reynolds and Sydney Smith.

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Tuesday, June 15, 2021

Students Elizabeth, Alex and Mihai spoke to Jason Cockcroft about his novel We Were Wolves (Andersen Press), which he wrote and illustrated. <iframe src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/show/5N0MzTWtDRGwbFJJh9jNMt" width="60%" height="232" frameborder="0" allowtransparen...

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Friday, June 11, 2021

Kristabelle Williams of Addey &amp; Stanhope School, a voluntary aided state secondary in inner South East London, has been awarded the honour of School Lib...

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Thursday, June 10, 2021

10 Stories to Make a Difference - A shelf full of stories celebrating difference represents a collective giant leap towards diversity by UK children's publishing.

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