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  • A new What the Ladybird Heard for next summer

    Tuesday, September 17, 2019

    Publisher Macmillan has confirmed it will publish a new title in the What the Ladybird Heard series by Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks, What the Ladybird Heard at the Seaside. It will publish in April 2020.

  • Free School Library Pack

    Monday, September 16, 2019

    Don't forget to order your free School Library Pack for pupils aged 11-14 years, funded by Arts Council England and supported by Booktrust. The packs will be delivered in January 2020.

  • Create a book trailer - giveaway

    Friday, September 13, 2019

    Love making book trailers? Or want to try it out for the first time? We have sets of Chris Riddell's new book, Guardians of Magic, to give to five schools or book groups that would like to create a book trailer of it for ReadingZone.

  • Victorian history helped inspire debut novel

    Thursday, September 12, 2019

    Liz Hyder blogs about how a visit to a disused mine inspired her novel, Bearmouth, which draws on research into the working conditions of children in Victorian mines, and which has parallels with the exploitation of child workers in today's world.

  • Julian is a Mermaid

    Wednesday, September 11, 2019

    Author and illustrator Jessica Love has won the Klaus Flugge Prize for 'most exciting newcomer to children's picture book illustration' for her picture book, Julian is a Mermaid (Walker Books).

  • New supplementary early reader programme

    Wednesday, September 11, 2019

    Reading Gems is a supplementary early reading programme from QED Publishing with four levels, focusing on exciting stories, decodable text and discussion points to support comprehension. We asked teachers to tell us what they thought of the series.

  • Sally Nicholls introduces All Fall Down

    Thursday, September 5, 2019

    All Fall Down, first published seven years ago and republished this month by Andersen Press, explores how one family in 14th century England is affected by the plague that killed nearly half of the UK's population. Here, author Sally Nicholls tells us what messages the book holds for today's youn...

  • Roald Dahl Day 13 September

    Tuesday, September 3, 2019

    Roald Dahl Day on 13 September is celebrating Matilda and bravery - a party pack is available for schools to download and BBC Teach will make an interactive Roald Dahl lesson available.