Stories with a twist
Author Michael Rosen is looking for 'stories with a twist' in a competition from publisher Scholastic to encourage children to write creatively. Prizes include 50 copies of a book filled with your pupils' creative writing.
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21/02/2019
Carnegie and Greenaway Longlists announced
Diversity, women's rights, mental health and human rights are among the themes covered in the titles longlisted for this year's CILIP Carnegie and Greenaway medals, the prestigious children's book awards judged by children's specialist librarians.
20/02/2019
Make a Picture Book Competition
The ReadingZone Picture Book Competition 2019 has now launched! We are inviting those aged four to 18 years to create their own picture book, with author and illustrator Steven Lenton (illus of Dinosaurs Don't Draw and The Nothing to See Here...
14/02/2019
FREE Author Event
Virginia Clay, author of Warrior Boy, is based in Kenya but will be visiting London in March. We are thrilled to offer two London primary schools a FREE author event with Virginia on 26th March - a truly unmissable offer!
14/02/2019
Awards announced for the funniest books for children
The winners of the Laugh Out Loud Awards ('The Lollies') have been announced - with Tom Gates, a chocolate bunny and a bonkers diary of a pig among the books that made children laugh out loud!
14/02/2019
Laura Bates introduces The Burning at Foyles
Laura Bates, author and founder of The Everyday Sexism Project, will be at Foyles on Tuesday 19th February, 6.30pm-7.30pm, talking about her new YA novel, The Burning, which tackles gender equality and social media.
07/02/2019
500 Words competition resources
If you're planning to run the 500 Words competition as part of your World Book Day activities, then you might want to use this Live Lesson from the BBC with hints and writing tips to help get children started.
03/02/2019
AMAZING Blog Tour!
We're thrilled to be part of the Blog Tour for Amazing, the new picture book from Steve Antony, which puts a child who is disabled at the centre of the story, and on the front cover. Here, he tells us how Amazing came about.
29/01/2019
