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Tuesday, February 22, 2022

How do a writer and an artist tell a story together? This blog by Gillian Cross explains how she and Alan Snow co-authored their latest book, Ollie Spark and the Accidental Adventure.

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Tuesday, November 9, 2021

Alexandra Strick, co-founder of Inclusive Minds, tells us what inspired her new picture book, You Can!, illustrated by Steve Antony (Otter-Barry Books).  You Can! encourages children to be brave, face challenges and overcome fears.  In this ReadingZone Blog, Al...

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Thursday, September 23, 2021

Matt Goodfellow is a poet and performer whose collection, Bright Bursts of Colour, was shortlisted for the CLiPPA poetry award 2021. Here, he blogs about poetry as 'rebel writing' and gives suggestions for introducing poetry to the classroo...

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Thursday, July 8, 2021

Rebecca Westcott and Libby Scott have co-written their third book, Ways to be Me, the portrayal of an autism diagnosis.  Ways to be Me is the prequel to Can You See Me? a...

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Tuesday, June 8, 2021

Blog by Hannah Groves I was thrilled to join the SLA earlier this year as their Marketing and Communications Officer. Reading has been a life-long love of mine, so I was immediately drawn to the SLA for the work the...

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Tuesday, May 18, 2021

Lisa, Thomas and their six-year-old twin girls, Rebecca and Emilie, are hugely passionate about the power of storytelling and story sharing. 

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Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Blog by author Clare Owen:  Writing about fear in Zed and the Cormorants

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Wednesday, January 20, 2021

In this blog, Rachel Rooney introduces her new picture book, The Worrying Worries, illustrated by Zehra Hicks, and describes some handy techniques that children might use to help them manage their everyday worries.

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