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  • Creating worlds with Sibeal Pounder

    Saturday, July 13, 2019

    Children from schools across the UK put their questions to Sibeal Pounder, author of the bestselling series Witch Wars and Bad Mermaids - and a World Book Day author for 2019!

  • UKLA Book Awards winners announced

    Saturday, July 13, 2019

    The winners of the UKLA Book Awards for 2019 - the only book awards to be judged solely by teachers - have been announced and include a picture book, middle grade adventure and a book for older readers.

  • 'Little Rebels' award winner

    Friday, July 12, 2019

    Author Catherine Johnson has won the 2019 Little Rebels Award for Radical Fiction for her novel, Freedom, which follows a young enslaved boy after he is brought to England.

  • Little Rebels 2019 award winner

    Friday, July 12, 2019

    Catherine Johnson has won the 2019 Little Rebels Award for Radical Fiction for her short historical novel, Freedom.

  • Cressida Cowell is the new Children's Laureate

    Thursday, July 11, 2019

    Cressida Cowell, bestselling author and illustrator of the How to Train Your Dragon and The Wizards of Once series, and author of the Emily Brown picture books, is the new Children's Laureate. She will hold the post until 2021.

  • Return to BAD MERMAIDS

    Thursday, July 11, 2019

    Return to a world of water-witch potions, telephone fish and talking seahorses in BAD MERMAIDS - and this time, the mermaids are on very thin ice indeed!

  • Percy the Park Keeper Giveaway!

    Thursday, July 4, 2019

    We're celebrating 30 years of Percy the Park Keeper and his animal friends with a giveaway of this funny new story in the series from award-winning author and illustrator, Nick Butterworth.

  • Giveaway - new Warhammer Adventures!

    Thursday, July 4, 2019

    We're giving away FIVE sets of the first two books in the new Warhammer Adventures - REALM QUEST and WARPED GALAXIES!