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Friday, March 21, 2025

In time-travel adventure Westfallen, two groups of friends speak to each other across time, one in 1944, the other in the present day.  What they say to each other will change the cou...

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Tuesday, March 18, 2025

The UKLA Book Awards are judged by teachers who sought 'positive, empowering or innovative representation of children's lives' in the judging process, so that all children and young people can find themselves represented in the books that they read or study.</...

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Monday, March 17, 2025

The Children's Bookshow is challenging Year 3 children (ages 7-8 years) to design a bookmark featuring a favourite bird, in a competition run in partnership with the British Trust for Ornithology. The competition asks children to design a bookmark with a picture...

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Friday, March 14, 2025

Hope Crumble and her family serve up cakes, coffee and a large helping of calamity in this hilarious new series, Cafe Chaos! We're joined by author Catherine Wilkins to find out more about Hope's life and family - and how she sorts out the class bully!

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Wednesday, March 12, 2025

The Jericho Prize for Children's Writing has launched its 2025 writing competition, dedicated to showcasing new Black-British children's writers.

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Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Discover Deep Dark, the first adventure in Zohra Nabi's thrilling new Cassia Thorne Mysteries. 19th century London holds a dangerous secret....

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Tuesday, March 11, 2025

The shortlists for the 2025 Carnegie Medals have been announced. The awards aim to spark a lifelong passion for reading by connecting more children with books that will change lives and are judged by librarians. From tomorrow, reading groups in schools and libr...

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Tuesday, March 11, 2025

A book about the science of red-bottomed baboons and iridescent peacocks wins the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize!

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