Latest Book Reviews
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One up is a story about best friends. Best friends who fall out because they want to know who is the best turtle. They make their shells...
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Ruffles and the Lost Bouncy Ball is by the extremely talented creator of the hugely successful Hugless Douglas series. Ruffles and the lo...
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Help bear do the washing after they get smoothie on their clothes! The story follows the stages of putting washing in the machine; each page has an intera...
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At the beginning of this simple, charming picture book, we are introduced to two best friends; Cedric the crocodile and Boo the elephant. The story starts...
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Pavlo is a cat who feels a bit down in the dumps. He does not want to do anything his mum suggests; he says 'no' to the park, 'no' to swimming and even 'n...
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Learn to count from one to 10 with the adventure babies as they dive, go on rollercoasters, surf and do circus tricks! This is an easy-to-follow book with...
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Nibbles the Book Monster has gone searching for snacks, but he can't seem to find a book to satisfy his tastes. One's too slimy, one's too sweet and the...
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Hank the goose spends a lot of his time being obnoxious. His selfish behaviour and unpleasant manners upset others and mean that Hank can get lonely. So,...
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A beautifully illustrated book about different family set ups. The Roots of Love explores the difficult subject of family separation and...
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Little Intisar has a big job at her Aunty Mahira's wedding but she has been asked to do something that she cannot do. This wonderful story links relatable...
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What a lovely story about friendship and valuing our friends for their differences. Be Normal! begins when Theo gets a n...
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Mabel lives in a barn with her siblings and is very happy to stay safely inside whilst her older brothers and sisters explore the world beyond the barn do...
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Highly illustrated, this fourth book in the Ivy Newt series, Ivy Newt and the Vampixies, continues the amazing work of D...
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The Dictionary Story is a quirky, clever book that explores how we can use words. The front cover shows a book with characters peeping ou...
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Just like Millie will melt your heart and is a beautiful book about friendship, courage and love. In this book we meet a...
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The Bridges is an incredibly important book. Mia is a lonely girl, ignored by her busy parents and bored of her grey life. In her imagina...
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'What a bright and brilliant Tuesday' for Henry. It all began when he picked up a key that a lady had dropped. This key led him on an adventure into the w...
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Gosh, what a find this book is! A first glance at the cover art shows a very determined little girl with a backpack who is clutching an emotions chart. A...
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This edition of Anne of Green Gables is a beautifully illustrated re-telling of the wonderfully classic story of lively, impetuous and ch...
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The second superhero graphic novel featuring a new delightful duo who are determined to defeat crime - sarcastic penguin Peng and gadget-genius cat sideki...
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I made the mistake of thinking Journey to Poo-topia (Poo Crew Adventures) was a graphic novel, i.e. a comic strip story. I now know to ca...
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Bertha and Blink: Rumble in the Jungle is a new adventure series all about Bertha the inventing bear. Bertha is a world renowned inventor...
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Another awesome adventure set in South Africa and based upon fascinating African mythology and folklore. Yomi and younger brother Kayode are now fully fle...
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Grimwood: Party Animals is the fourth book in the wonderful Grimwood series. In this book we return to the forest where anything can happ...
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Fia's village is starving after unending winters and their hope lies with the hunters, due to return before the next solstice. As the hunters return empt...
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We all have dreams and sometimes these dreams come at a cost. . . The Horse who Danced is a beautifully written story by Olivia T...
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Astrid is a different from the rest of the girls in her Y7 class, and she likes it that way. She loves to read and is a keen member of the Scribble Socie...
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Save Our Forest! is an inspiring graphic novel. Bao, our main character, discovers that the forest they play in is about to be turned int...
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Katya Balen does more than write stories: she orchestrates them. Her words have rhythm; they ebb and flow like the waters around the isla...
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In Circus Maximus: Return of the Champion, Dido is back in her fourth and final adventure in this action-packed historical series. Dido...
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Exactly one year after her mum's death and the night before she goes back to school, Suzy Button makes three wishes in the light of the supermoon in her g...
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Matt Goodfellow's new poetry collection, Tomorrow We Begin, displays the same deep understanding and love of schools, their students and...
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Wintour's Game is one of the best Young Adult books I have read in a while! This fast-paced, all-action read is certainly one to get young readers...
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Storm of Lies, the latest edge-of-your-seat thriller from Sophie Mackenzie, explores what might happen if a tsunami struck the south coas...
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Billy Turpin has cerebral palsy and is finding life at secondary school challenging. Dealing with bullies, thoughtless teachers and an over-helpful helper...
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Jesse has recently come out as non-binary and is finding it hard to feel they belong and are accepted in school, despite staunch support from their best f...
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This Ravenous Fate is set in 1920s Harlem and is the first book in what will become the This Ravenous Fate duology. It will appeal to you...
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Novels which use the future to explore the present are not a new invention but in Songlight, Buffini puts her own unique spin on the <str...
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Erin and Max are two teenagers at different stages of their gender/identity journeys. For Erin, the changes appear outwardly seamless and accepted but for...
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Haunted by her own cyberbullying incident years ago, aspiring ghosthunter Cara is determined to throw off her social outcast status by proving ghosts exis...
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Charley is starting over in a new boarding school on a remote island. Luckily her roommate shares her love of horror movies, and they bond over Slasher Sa...
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I really loved How to Survive a Horror Movie, it is a horror and very thrilling with lots of unexpected twists. As soon as I started read...
ReadingZone Authors of the Month
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Emma Yarlett
Discover what the book-loving monster Nibbles has been up to in his latest adventure, Nibbles the Very Hungry Book M...
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Barry Timms & Laura Borio: Griselda Snook's Spectacular Books
Barry Timms and Laura Borio introduce spooks, the joy of bookshops and reading for pleasure, in Griselda Snook's Spe...
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Ged Adamson
Author and illustrator Ged Adamson introduces Be Normal!, a story about accepting our friends for who they are. Ged w...
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Moira Butterfield - Look What I Found
Moira Butterfield is the creator of the 'Look What I Found...' non-fiction series for young children about...
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Sean Taylor
You're a Poet, Sean Taylor's new book about writing poetry, draws on his years of writing and teaching poetry in schools. </...
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Farrah Riaz & Navya Raju: The Twirly Wiggly Dance
Farrah Riaz is a London-based author from a Hindustani background. Creating characters in all sorts of narr...
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Professor Anjali Goswami
Professor Anjali Goswami's first children's book, Dig Dig Dinosaur, is aimed at sharing her passion about n...
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Alex Latimer
Award-winning writer and illustrator Alex Latimer introduces Godfrey is a Frog, a hilarious picture book about being content...
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Tom McLaughlin
Tom McLaughlin introduces The Boy Who Painted the World, his new picture book that encourages children to embrace creativity...
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Susannah Lloyd & Kate Hindley: Who Ate Steve?
Susannah Lloyd is the author of picture books including Who Ate Steve?, Here Be Giants and Here Be Dragons....
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Gloria Goes for Gold by Marina Firth & Annabel Tempest
Discover a young hippo who loves her medal-winning family, but who wants to win a prize al...
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Marcela Ferreira & Mark Chambers: Bear Vs Dragon
Marcela Ferreira was born in Rio de Janeiro, and moved to London as a teenager. S...
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Leigh Hodgkinson
Leigh Hodgkinson joins ReadingZone to introduce her picture books, Martha Maps it Out and Martha Maps it Out in Time...
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Catherine Cawthorne & Sara Ogilvie
Catherine Cawthorne's Big Bad Wolf Investigates explores the science behind our favourite fairy tales... Gr...
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Jarvis
Jarvis, author of The Boy With Flowers In His Hair, shares his new picture book, Thank You, with ReadingZone. Jarvis's earli...
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Mariajo Ilustrajo
Award-winning author and illustrator Mariajo Ilustrajo introduces her new picture book, I Love Books, on ReadingZone. <p...
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Katrina Charman & Guilherme Karstenn
Katrina Charman and Guilherme Karsten tell ReadingZone how a traditional children's song i...
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James Carter
James Carter introduces Once Upon a Big Idea, the latest in his poetry books exploring ideas and science ab...
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Sufiya Ahmed & Hazem Asif
Sufiya Ahmed and illustrator Hazem Asif introduce their new picture book, The Best Eid Ever. </p...
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Matty Long
Matty Long creates picture books including Who Rules the Rockpool?, the Super Happy Magic Forest series, Turbo Bunnies, and...
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Anna Wilson & Harry Woodgate
Anna Wilson lives in Cornwall in the UK with her husband and dog, cat, ducks and a tortoise called Hercules...
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Ruth Doyle & Alexandra Finkeldey
Ruth Doyle's new picture book, A Horse Called Now, explores children's worries with the help of a horse, No...
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Chloe Savage
Chloe Savage was born and raised in Stevenage. She has a First Class BA Honours in...
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Tracey Corderoy & Steven Lenton
Tracey Corderoy grew up in South Wales, on a council estate firmly sandwiched between the steel and chemica...
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John Kane
When John Kane was younger, he liked to make up stories for his little sister. Jimmy and Bear, who appeared in them, are sti...
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Olivia Tuffin
Olivia Tuffin, whose passion for horses shines through her writing, joins ReadingZone to tell us about The Horse Who Danced,...
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Katherine Woodfine
Katherine Woodfine and Isabelle Follath introduce their retelling of LM Montgomery's classic story, Anne of Green Ga...
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Katya Balen
Katya read English at university and then completed an MPhil researching the impact of stories on autistic children's behavi...
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Martin Howard
Martin Howard writes absurdly funny books for children and he's here to tell us about his latest book, Mallory Vayle and the...
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Alex Foulkes
Discover a world of mischievous imps in Alex Foulkes's new children's book, Ministry of Mischief! Al...
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BB Alston
BB Alston started writing in middle school, entertaining his classmates with horror stories starring the whole class where n...
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Katherine Rundell
Katherine Rundell is a bestselling author and whose novels for children include Rooftoppers, The Wolf <br /...
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Nazima Pathan
Discover Dream Hunters, the debut fantasy novel by Nazima Pathan, set in a richly imagined alterna...
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Natasha Farrant
Natasha Farrant tells ReadingZone about her new adventure, The Secret of Golden Island. Her earlier children's adventure st...
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Helen Peters
Helen Peters revisits her childhood, growing up on an old-fashioned farm in Sussex, surrounded by family, animals and mud, i...
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Nicola Colton
Nicola Colton introduces her new series, Bertha and Blink, about a bear inventor and an excitable Robo-bird! </stron...
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Marie Basting
Discover an alternate world peopled by Roman gods in Marie Basting's Auntie Medusa and Me, the follow-up to her hilarious My...
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Kieran Larwood: Dungeon Runners
Kieran Larwood lives on the Isle of Wight where he enjoys exploring rockpools, climbing trees and writing....
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MT Khan
MT Khan is back to tell us about her new novel, Amir and the Jinn Princess, which returns us to the world o...
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Gita Ralleigh
Gita Ralleigh introduces The Voyage of Sam Singh, the adventurous follow-up to her acclaimed debut, The Destiny of M...
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Emma Carroll
Emma Carroll's new historical fiction novel, The Houdini Inheritance, explores the intrigue and mystery of...
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Sarah Matthews & Rodney Matthews
Sarah and Rodney Matthews have created a new children's fantasy adventure, Oddney's Otherland: Chronicles from Benea...
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Alan MacDonald
Alan MacDonald introduces his brilliant new series for younger readers about best friends Huxley, a koala b...
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Adeola Sokunbi
Destiny Ink: Sleepover Surprise is Adeola Sokunbi's first book for children. Adeola is both a writer and illustrator, and an...
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Bryony Pearce
Discover ancient gods, mysterious thefts, and new friends in Hannah Messenger and the Gods of Hockwold, Bryony Pearc...
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Patrick Gallagher
Transcendent, the action-packed debut by Patrick Gallagher, explores the climate crisis against a backdrop of Uganda...
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Jennifer Bell
Find out what inspired Jennifer Bell's wondrous new series, Magicalia: Race of Wonders! Londoner Jennifer Bell worke...
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Ramzee
Author and comic creator Ramzee joins ReadingZone to tell us about his school days, a 'cheat book', and making reade...
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Chibundu Onuzo
Chibundu Onuzo, author of Welcome to Lagos, introduces her first children's book, Mayowa and the Sea of Words</stron...
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Fiona Longmuir
Freya's Gold by Fiona Longmuir is a mystery story about a secret tunnel, hidden treasure and a community fighting to...
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Ross Montgomery
Author Ross Montgomery tells ReadingZone about his new book, I Am Rebel, about a dog's quest to save the boy who res...
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Alex Falase-Koya
Author of the Marv superhero books, Alex Falase-Koya has been writing since he was a teenager and in 2019 w...
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Manon Steffan Ros
Carnegie-winning author Manon Steffan Ros tells ReadingZone about her new novel, Me and Aaron Ramsey. Manon was born...
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Greg Jenner
Greg Jenner, historian, author and podcast host, tells ReadingZone about his new Totally Chaotic History series, sta...
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Alastair Chisholm
Alastair Chisholm's new science fiction novel I Am Wolf (Nosy Crow) is the first in an exc...
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Josh Lacey
Josh Lacey's Time Travel Twins series (Andersen Press) takes its readers back in time to explore different...
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Ben Martynoga & Moose Allain
Ben Martynoga is a neuroscientist and science writer. Aftera decade at the forefront of brain research, he...
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Louise Forshaw
Louise Forshaw's hilarious new graphic novel series, Bad United, stars Hoof the unicorn in a football team with some unusual...
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Catherine Bruton
Catherine Bruton, author of No Ballet Shoes in Syria, introduces her new book, Bird Boy. Catherine s...
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Abi Elphinstone
Abi Elphinstone grew up in Scotland where she spent most of her childhood running wild across the moors, hiding in tree hous...
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Zohra Nabi
Zohra Nabi grew up inventing stories for her two younger sisters. She studied law at Cambridge and Oxford universities, but...
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Nicola Penfold
In her books Where the World Turns Wild and its follow-up, When the Wild Calls, Nicola Penfold explores how climate change m...
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Carlie Sorosiak
Carlie Sorosiak writes books about magical summer camps, missing people, and the inner life of dogs. She grew up in North C...
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Anders Sparring & Per Gustavsson
Anders Sparring writes children’s books and is a screenwriter for many popular television shows. He is als...
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Ash Bond
Ash Bond writes magical stories that have classical myth sprinkled through them like fairy dust. Look out for her debut, <st...
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Guy Bass: Hugh Dunnit Mysteries
Guy Bass introduces Hugh Dunnit, 'a self-styled detective who loves nothing more than cracking cases and solving mys...
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Alexandra Sheppard
Alexandra Sheppard introduces her latest novel, Alyssa and the Spell Garden, exploring community, teamwork...
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Catherine Cawthorne & Sara Ogilvie
Catherine Cawthorne's Big Bad Wolf Investigates explores the science behind our favourite fairy tales... Gr...
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Katie and Kevin Tsang
Authors Katie and Kevin Tsang introduce their new Dragon Force adventure, Devourer's Attack, in this special ReadingZone fea...
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Steve Webb
Steve Webb tells ReadingZone about his hilarious new graphic novel about the newest superheroes in town, Peng and Sp...
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Catherine Doyle
Catherine Doyle introduces her new swashbuckling tale, Pirates of Darksea! Catherine grew up beside the Atlantic in the we...
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Christopher Edge
Black Hole Cinema Club, Christopher Edge's latest novel, is a love story to movies. Dive into an immersive blockbuster exper...
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Guy Bass & Pete Williamson
The bestselling Stitch Head series is getting a new look - as a graphic novel! Author Guy Bass and illustr...
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Justin Somper
Justin Somper, author of Vampirates, introduces his brand new pirate series, Pirate Academy! Justin grew up in St Alb...
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James Nicol
James Nicol, author of The Apprentice Witch series, tells ReadingZone about his new eco fantasy, The Cloud Thief. Jam...
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Piu DasGupta
Our debut author of the month Piu DasGupta introduces her novel, Secrets of the Snakestone...
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Sinéad O'Hart
Lola and Larch is Sinéad O'Hart's first chapter book series for young readers. Her books for older readers include...
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Liz Flanagan
Liz Flanagan, an award-winning author who writes about strange worlds and fantastical creatures, joins ReadingZone to introd...
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Rachel Chivers Khoo
Rachel Chivers Khoo introduces her magical new story, The Magician Next Door, and tells Re...
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Elys Dolan
Rex Dinosaur in Disguise is the brilliantly funny novel for younger readers from E...
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Jenny McLachlan
Stink the troublesome fairy is back in Fairy Vs Wizard Jenny McLachlan's first b...
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Gabriel Dylan
For readers who like their adventures laced with a dash of horror.... Look out for Gabriel Dylan's Shiver Point series!...
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Alex Bell
Alex Bell introduces her magical new middle grade novel, The Glorious Race of Magical Beasts, the latest in a range of nove...
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Bex Hogan
Bronte Tempestra is author Bex Hogan's first young fiction series and it's packed with adventure, friendship and magical cre...
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Olivia Tuffin
Olivia Tuffin, whose passion for horses shines through her writing, joins ReadingZone to tell us about The Horse Who Danced,...
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Berlie Doherty and Tamsin Rosewell introduce The Seamaiden's Odyssey
Berlie Doherty is the author of the best-selling novel, Street Child, and over 60 more books for children,...
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Katya Balen
Katya read English at university and then completed an MPhil researching the impact of stories on autistic children's behavi...
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Brian Dungan
Irish author and cameraman Brían Dungan introduces his debut novel Wintour's Game, a time-twisting, action-packed adventure...
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Nazima Pathan
Discover Dream Hunters, the debut fantasy novel by Nazima Pathan, set in a richly imagined alterna...
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MT Khan
MT Khan is back to tell us about her new novel, Amir and the Jinn Princess, which returns us to the world o...
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Gita Ralleigh
Gita Ralleigh introduces The Voyage of Sam Singh, the adventurous follow-up to her acclaimed debut, The Destiny of M...
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Emma Carroll
Emma Carroll's new historical fiction novel, The Houdini Inheritance, explores the intrigue and mystery of...
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Laura Jane Williams
Queen of the cute-meet Laura Jane Williams introduces her debut novel for teenagers, Taylor Blake i...
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Helen Comerford
Helen Comerford is a Black mixed-race British debut author and is passionate about Black British and mixed...
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Efua Traoré
Efua Traoré's latest novel Sister Spirit draws on her years growing up in Nigeria, as well as the mythology and supe...
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Chloë Heuch
Chloë Heuch introduces her new novel, A History of my Weird, which challenges our perceptions of autism. Chloë was bo...
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Patrick Gallagher
Transcendent, the action-packed debut by Patrick Gallagher, explores the climate crisis against a backdrop of Uganda...
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Manon Steffan Ros
Carnegie-winning author Manon Steffan Ros tells ReadingZone about her new novel, Me and Aaron Ramsey. Manon was born...
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Alastair Chisholm
Alastair Chisholm's new science fiction novel I Am Wolf (Nosy Crow) is the first in an exc...
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Ben Martynoga & Moose Allain
Ben Martynoga is a neuroscientist and science writer. Aftera decade at the forefront of brain research, he...
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Catherine Bruton
Catherine Bruton, author of No Ballet Shoes in Syria, introduces her new book, Bird Boy. Catherine s...
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Zohra Nabi
Zohra Nabi grew up inventing stories for her two younger sisters. She studied law at Cambridge and Oxford universities, but...
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Nicola Penfold
In her books Where the World Turns Wild and its follow-up, When the Wild Calls, Nicola Penfold explores how climate change m...
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Nansubuga Nagadya Isdahl
Nansubuga Nagadya Isdahl is a writer and editor. Her recent books include Beyonce (Knowles-Carter) and Nelson (Mandela), whi...
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Ash Bond
Ash Bond writes magical stories that have classical myth sprinkled through them like fairy dust. Look out for her debut, <st...
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Sarah Crossan
Sarah Crossan introduces her powerful new verse novel, Where the Heart Should Be (Bloomsbury YA). Sa...
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Nora Dasnes
Nora Dåsnes is an author and illustrator. Cross My Heart and Never Lie is her debut as a writer and illustr...
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Alexandra Sheppard
Alexandra Sheppard introduces her latest novel, Alyssa and the Spell Garden, exploring community, teamwork...
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Catherine Doyle
Catherine Doyle introduces her new swashbuckling tale, Pirates of Darksea! Catherine grew up beside the Atlantic in the we...
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Christopher Edge
Black Hole Cinema Club, Christopher Edge's latest novel, is a love story to movies. Dive into an immersive blockbuster exper...
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Piu DasGupta
Our debut author of the month Piu DasGupta introduces her novel, Secrets of the Snakestone...
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Liz Flanagan
Liz Flanagan, an award-winning author who writes about strange worlds and fantastical creatures, joins ReadingZone to introd...
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Sylvia Bishop
Sylvia Bishop's new book, On Silver Tides, is her first novel for teenagers. Sylvia spent an entire childhood reading fictio...
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Gabriel Dylan
For readers who like their adventures laced with a dash of horror.... Look out for Gabriel Dylan's Shiver Point series!...
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Tim Hall
The inspiration to write about Robin Hood struck Tim Hall while trekking in the 'primal and dangerous landscape' of the Amaz...
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Logan-Ashley Kisner
Old Wounds takes us to a sleepy backwater town to explore identity and questions around transness. It is Lo...
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Scarlett Dunmore
How to Survive a Horror Movie, Scarlett Dunmore's debut novel for YA readers, was inspired by her own love of scary films an...
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Brian Dungan
Irish author and cameraman Brían Dungan introduces his debut novel Wintour's Game, a time-twisting, action-packed adventure...
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Jenny Valentine
Jenny Valentine introduces her new YA book, Us in the Before and After, a powerful and absorbing novel about friendship, fir...
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Laura Jane Williams
Queen of the cute-meet Laura Jane Williams introduces her debut novel for teenagers, Taylor Blake i...
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Helen Comerford
Helen Comerford is a Black mixed-race British debut author and is passionate about Black British and mixed...
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Efua Traoré
Efua Traoré's latest novel Sister Spirit draws on her years growing up in Nigeria, as well as the mythology and supe...
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Shade Lapite
Shade Lapite is British-Nigerian and has drawn on her heritage to create the world of Goddess Crown. She spent a significant...
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Sarah Crossan
Sarah Crossan introduces her powerful new verse novel, Where the Heart Should Be (Bloomsbury YA). Sa...
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Ginny Myers Sain
Ginny Myers Sain tells ReadingZone what inspired her latest page-turning YA novel, One Last Breath. ...
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Tim Hall
The inspiration to write about Robin Hood struck Tim Hall while trekking in the 'primal and dangerous landscape' of the Amaz...
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Kelly McCaughrain
Kelly McCaughrain lives in Belfast where she works with disabled students in further education. Her debut novel, Fly...
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Krystal Sutherland
Krystal Sutherland is the New York Times bestselling author of House of Hollow, A Semi-Definitive List of Worst Nightmares a...
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Logan-Ashley Kisner
Old Wounds takes us to a sleepy backwater town to explore identity and questions around transness. It is Lo...
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Brian Dungan
Irish author and cameraman Brían Dungan introduces his debut novel Wintour's Game, a time-twisting, action-packed adventure...
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Nazima Pathan
Discover Dream Hunters, the debut fantasy novel by Nazima Pathan, set in a richly imagined alterna...
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Helen Comerford
Helen Comerford is a Black mixed-race British debut author and is passionate about Black British and mixed...
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Farrah Riaz & Navya Raju: The Twirly Wiggly Dance
Farrah Riaz is a London-based author from a Hindustani background. Creating characters in all sorts of narr...
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Professor Anjali Goswami
Professor Anjali Goswami's first children's book, Dig Dig Dinosaur, is aimed at sharing her passion about n...
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Adeola Sokunbi
Destiny Ink: Sleepover Surprise is Adeola Sokunbi's first book for children. Adeola is both a writer and illustrator, and an...
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Patrick Gallagher
Transcendent, the action-packed debut by Patrick Gallagher, explores the climate crisis against a backdrop of Uganda...
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Ramzee
Author and comic creator Ramzee joins ReadingZone to tell us about his school days, a 'cheat book', and making reade...
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Chibundu Onuzo
Chibundu Onuzo, author of Welcome to Lagos, introduces her first children's book, Mayowa and the Sea of Words</stron...
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Marcela Ferreira & Mark Chambers: Bear Vs Dragon
Marcela Ferreira was born in Rio de Janeiro, and moved to London as a teenager. S...
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Ash Bond
Ash Bond writes magical stories that have classical myth sprinkled through them like fairy dust. Look out for her debut, <st...
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Piu DasGupta
Our debut author of the month Piu DasGupta introduces her novel, Secrets of the Snakestone...
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Olivia Tuffin
Olivia Tuffin, whose passion for horses shines through her writing, joins ReadingZone to tell us about The Horse Who Danced,...
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Berlie Doherty and Tamsin Rosewell introduce The Seamaiden's Odyssey
Berlie Doherty is the author of the best-selling novel, Street Child, and over 60 more books for children,...
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Logan-Ashley Kisner
Old Wounds takes us to a sleepy backwater town to explore identity and questions around transness. It is Lo...
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Emma Yarlett
Discover what the book-loving monster Nibbles has been up to in his latest adventure, Nibbles the Very Hungry Book M...
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Katherine Woodfine
Katherine Woodfine and Isabelle Follath introduce their retelling of LM Montgomery's classic story, Anne of Green Ga...
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Katya Balen
Katya read English at university and then completed an MPhil researching the impact of stories on autistic children's behavi...
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Scarlett Dunmore
How to Survive a Horror Movie, Scarlett Dunmore's debut novel for YA readers, was inspired by her own love of scary films an...
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Martin Howard
Martin Howard writes absurdly funny books for children and he's here to tell us about his latest book, Mallory Vayle and the...
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Alex Foulkes
Discover a world of mischievous imps in Alex Foulkes's new children's book, Ministry of Mischief! Al...
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Brian Dungan
Irish author and cameraman Brían Dungan introduces his debut novel Wintour's Game, a time-twisting, action-packed adventure...
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BB Alston
BB Alston started writing in middle school, entertaining his classmates with horror stories starring the whole class where n...
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Katherine Rundell
Katherine Rundell is a bestselling author and whose novels for children include Rooftoppers, The Wolf <br /...
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Barry Timms & Laura Borio: Griselda Snook's Spectacular Books
Barry Timms and Laura Borio introduce spooks, the joy of bookshops and reading for pleasure, in Griselda Snook's Spe...
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Ged Adamson
Author and illustrator Ged Adamson introduces Be Normal!, a story about accepting our friends for who they are. Ged w...
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Nazima Pathan
Discover Dream Hunters, the debut fantasy novel by Nazima Pathan, set in a richly imagined alterna...
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Natasha Farrant
Natasha Farrant tells ReadingZone about her new adventure, The Secret of Golden Island. Her earlier children's adventure st...
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Helen Peters
Helen Peters revisits her childhood, growing up on an old-fashioned farm in Sussex, surrounded by family, animals and mud, i...
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Nicola Colton
Nicola Colton introduces her new series, Bertha and Blink, about a bear inventor and an excitable Robo-bird! </stron...
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Marie Basting
Discover an alternate world peopled by Roman gods in Marie Basting's Auntie Medusa and Me, the follow-up to her hilarious My...
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Kieran Larwood: Dungeon Runners
Kieran Larwood lives on the Isle of Wight where he enjoys exploring rockpools, climbing trees and writing....
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MT Khan
MT Khan is back to tell us about her new novel, Amir and the Jinn Princess, which returns us to the world o...
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Moira Butterfield - Look What I Found
Moira Butterfield is the creator of the 'Look What I Found...' non-fiction series for young children about...
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Gita Ralleigh
Gita Ralleigh introduces The Voyage of Sam Singh, the adventurous follow-up to her acclaimed debut, The Destiny of M...
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Emma Carroll
Emma Carroll's new historical fiction novel, The Houdini Inheritance, explores the intrigue and mystery of...
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Jenny Valentine
Jenny Valentine introduces her new YA book, Us in the Before and After, a powerful and absorbing novel about friendship, fir...
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Laura Jane Williams
Queen of the cute-meet Laura Jane Williams introduces her debut novel for teenagers, Taylor Blake i...
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Helen Comerford
Helen Comerford is a Black mixed-race British debut author and is passionate about Black British and mixed...
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Efua Traoré
Efua Traoré's latest novel Sister Spirit draws on her years growing up in Nigeria, as well as the mythology and supe...
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Shade Lapite
Shade Lapite is British-Nigerian and has drawn on her heritage to create the world of Goddess Crown. She spent a significant...
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Chloë Heuch
Chloë Heuch introduces her new novel, A History of my Weird, which challenges our perceptions of autism. Chloë was bo...
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Sean Taylor
You're a Poet, Sean Taylor's new book about writing poetry, draws on his years of writing and teaching poetry in schools. </...
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Farrah Riaz & Navya Raju: The Twirly Wiggly Dance
Farrah Riaz is a London-based author from a Hindustani background. Creating characters in all sorts of narr...
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Professor Anjali Goswami
Professor Anjali Goswami's first children's book, Dig Dig Dinosaur, is aimed at sharing her passion about n...
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Sarah Matthews & Rodney Matthews
Sarah and Rodney Matthews have created a new children's fantasy adventure, Oddney's Otherland: Chronicles from Benea...
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Alan MacDonald
Alan MacDonald introduces his brilliant new series for younger readers about best friends Huxley, a koala b...
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Adeola Sokunbi
Destiny Ink: Sleepover Surprise is Adeola Sokunbi's first book for children. Adeola is both a writer and illustrator, and an...
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Bryony Pearce
Discover ancient gods, mysterious thefts, and new friends in Hannah Messenger and the Gods of Hockwold, Bryony Pearc...
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Alex Latimer
Award-winning writer and illustrator Alex Latimer introduces Godfrey is a Frog, a hilarious picture book about being content...
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Tom McLaughlin
Tom McLaughlin introduces The Boy Who Painted the World, his new picture book that encourages children to embrace creativity...
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Patrick Gallagher
Transcendent, the action-packed debut by Patrick Gallagher, explores the climate crisis against a backdrop of Uganda...
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Jennifer Bell
Find out what inspired Jennifer Bell's wondrous new series, Magicalia: Race of Wonders! Londoner Jennifer Bell worke...
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Susannah Lloyd & Kate Hindley: Who Ate Steve?
Susannah Lloyd is the author of picture books including Who Ate Steve?, Here Be Giants and Here Be Dragons....
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Gloria Goes for Gold by Marina Firth & Annabel Tempest
Discover a young hippo who loves her medal-winning family, but who wants to win a prize al...
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Ramzee
Author and comic creator Ramzee joins ReadingZone to tell us about his school days, a 'cheat book', and making reade...
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Chibundu Onuzo
Chibundu Onuzo, author of Welcome to Lagos, introduces her first children's book, Mayowa and the Sea of Words</stron...
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Fiona Longmuir
Freya's Gold by Fiona Longmuir is a mystery story about a secret tunnel, hidden treasure and a community fighting to...
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Ross Montgomery
Author Ross Montgomery tells ReadingZone about his new book, I Am Rebel, about a dog's quest to save the boy who res...
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Marcela Ferreira & Mark Chambers: Bear Vs Dragon
Marcela Ferreira was born in Rio de Janeiro, and moved to London as a teenager. S...
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Alex Falase-Koya
Author of the Marv superhero books, Alex Falase-Koya has been writing since he was a teenager and in 2019 w...
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Manon Steffan Ros
Carnegie-winning author Manon Steffan Ros tells ReadingZone about her new novel, Me and Aaron Ramsey. Manon was born...
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Greg Jenner
Greg Jenner, historian, author and podcast host, tells ReadingZone about his new Totally Chaotic History series, sta...
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Alastair Chisholm
Alastair Chisholm's new science fiction novel I Am Wolf (Nosy Crow) is the first in an exc...
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Josh Lacey
Josh Lacey's Time Travel Twins series (Andersen Press) takes its readers back in time to explore different...
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Ben Martynoga & Moose Allain
Ben Martynoga is a neuroscientist and science writer. Aftera decade at the forefront of brain research, he...
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Louise Forshaw
Louise Forshaw's hilarious new graphic novel series, Bad United, stars Hoof the unicorn in a football team with some unusual...
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Catherine Bruton
Catherine Bruton, author of No Ballet Shoes in Syria, introduces her new book, Bird Boy. Catherine s...
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Abi Elphinstone
Abi Elphinstone grew up in Scotland where she spent most of her childhood running wild across the moors, hiding in tree hous...
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Leigh Hodgkinson
Leigh Hodgkinson joins ReadingZone to introduce her picture books, Martha Maps it Out and Martha Maps it Out in Time...
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Zohra Nabi
Zohra Nabi grew up inventing stories for her two younger sisters. She studied law at Cambridge and Oxford universities, but...
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Nicola Penfold
In her books Where the World Turns Wild and its follow-up, When the Wild Calls, Nicola Penfold explores how climate change m...
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Nansubuga Nagadya Isdahl
Nansubuga Nagadya Isdahl is a writer and editor. Her recent books include Beyonce (Knowles-Carter) and Nelson (Mandela), whi...
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Carlie Sorosiak
Carlie Sorosiak writes books about magical summer camps, missing people, and the inner life of dogs. She grew up in North C...
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Anders Sparring & Per Gustavsson
Anders Sparring writes children’s books and is a screenwriter for many popular television shows. He is als...
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Ash Bond
Ash Bond writes magical stories that have classical myth sprinkled through them like fairy dust. Look out for her debut, <st...
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Sarah Crossan
Sarah Crossan introduces her powerful new verse novel, Where the Heart Should Be (Bloomsbury YA). Sa...
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Nora Dasnes
Nora Dåsnes is an author and illustrator. Cross My Heart and Never Lie is her debut as a writer and illustr...
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Guy Bass: Hugh Dunnit Mysteries
Guy Bass introduces Hugh Dunnit, 'a self-styled detective who loves nothing more than cracking cases and solving mys...
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Alexandra Sheppard
Alexandra Sheppard introduces her latest novel, Alyssa and the Spell Garden, exploring community, teamwork...
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Catherine Cawthorne & Sara Ogilvie
Catherine Cawthorne's Big Bad Wolf Investigates explores the science behind our favourite fairy tales... Gr...
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Katie and Kevin Tsang
Authors Katie and Kevin Tsang introduce their new Dragon Force adventure, Devourer's Attack, in this special ReadingZone fea...
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Steve Webb
Steve Webb tells ReadingZone about his hilarious new graphic novel about the newest superheroes in town, Peng and Sp...
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Catherine Doyle
Catherine Doyle introduces her new swashbuckling tale, Pirates of Darksea! Catherine grew up beside the Atlantic in the we...
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Christopher Edge
Black Hole Cinema Club, Christopher Edge's latest novel, is a love story to movies. Dive into an immersive blockbuster exper...
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Guy Bass & Pete Williamson
The bestselling Stitch Head series is getting a new look - as a graphic novel! Author Guy Bass and illustr...
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Ginny Myers Sain
Ginny Myers Sain tells ReadingZone what inspired her latest page-turning YA novel, One Last Breath. ...
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Justin Somper
Justin Somper, author of Vampirates, introduces his brand new pirate series, Pirate Academy! Justin grew up in St Alb...
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Jarvis
Jarvis, author of The Boy With Flowers In His Hair, shares his new picture book, Thank You, with ReadingZone. Jarvis's earli...
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James Nicol
James Nicol, author of The Apprentice Witch series, tells ReadingZone about his new eco fantasy, The Cloud Thief. Jam...
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Mariajo Ilustrajo
Award-winning author and illustrator Mariajo Ilustrajo introduces her new picture book, I Love Books, on ReadingZone. <p...
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Piu DasGupta
Our debut author of the month Piu DasGupta introduces her novel, Secrets of the Snakestone...
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Sinéad O'Hart
Lola and Larch is Sinéad O'Hart's first chapter book series for young readers. Her books for older readers include...
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Liz Flanagan
Liz Flanagan, an award-winning author who writes about strange worlds and fantastical creatures, joins ReadingZone to introd...
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Katrina Charman & Guilherme Karstenn
Katrina Charman and Guilherme Karsten tell ReadingZone how a traditional children's song i...
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Rachel Chivers Khoo
Rachel Chivers Khoo introduces her magical new story, The Magician Next Door, and tells Re...
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Elys Dolan
Rex Dinosaur in Disguise is the brilliantly funny novel for younger readers from E...
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James Carter
James Carter introduces Once Upon a Big Idea, the latest in his poetry books exploring ideas and science ab...
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Jenny McLachlan
Stink the troublesome fairy is back in Fairy Vs Wizard Jenny McLachlan's first b...
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Sylvia Bishop
Sylvia Bishop's new book, On Silver Tides, is her first novel for teenagers. Sylvia spent an entire childhood reading fictio...
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Gabriel Dylan
For readers who like their adventures laced with a dash of horror.... Look out for Gabriel Dylan's Shiver Point series!...
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Sufiya Ahmed & Hazem Asif
Sufiya Ahmed and illustrator Hazem Asif introduce their new picture book, The Best Eid Ever. </p...
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Alex Bell
Alex Bell introduces her magical new middle grade novel, The Glorious Race of Magical Beasts, the latest in a range of nove...
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Bex Hogan
Bronte Tempestra is author Bex Hogan's first young fiction series and it's packed with adventure, friendship and magical cre...
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Tim Hall
The inspiration to write about Robin Hood struck Tim Hall while trekking in the 'primal and dangerous landscape' of the Amaz...
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Matty Long
Matty Long creates picture books including Who Rules the Rockpool?, the Super Happy Magic Forest series, Turbo Bunnies, and...
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Kelly McCaughrain
Kelly McCaughrain lives in Belfast where she works with disabled students in further education. Her debut novel, Fly...
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Krystal Sutherland
Krystal Sutherland is the New York Times bestselling author of House of Hollow, A Semi-Definitive List of Worst Nightmares a...
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Anna Wilson & Harry Woodgate
Anna Wilson lives in Cornwall in the UK with her husband and dog, cat, ducks and a tortoise called Hercules...
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Ruth Doyle & Alexandra Finkeldey
Ruth Doyle's new picture book, A Horse Called Now, explores children's worries with the help of a horse, No...
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Chloe Savage
Chloe Savage was born and raised in Stevenage. She has a First Class BA Honours in...
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Tracey Corderoy & Steven Lenton
Tracey Corderoy grew up in South Wales, on a council estate firmly sandwiched between the steel and chemica...
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John Kane
When John Kane was younger, he liked to make up stories for his little sister. Jimmy and Bear, who appeared in them, are sti...
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Rachel Greener
Rachel Greener is a children's books editor from London who has written and edited fiction, non-fiction and...
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Marcus Sedgwick
Marcus Sedgwick was a full time author who died unexpectedly in November 2022. He was 54. He grew up in Kent and had been l...
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William Hussey
William Hussey's The Outrage, set in a future England that has become a fascist state, is published this mo...
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Pippa Curnick
Pippa Curnick has always written her own stories and loves illustrating, so it's no surprise that she has now written and il...
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Jessie James & Tamara Anegon
Tamara Anegon attained a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2008. Following this, she studied for a masters d...
