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  • Secondary Award Winner 2019

    Sunday, June 23, 2019

    Congratulations to Ruby and Bea at St Cecilia's C of E School for winning the Secondary Award of the ReadingZone Picture Book Competition for their picture book, To Be Grateful is Key.

  • Young Creators Award Winner 2019

    Sunday, June 23, 2019

    A story and a manual for 'How to Deal With a Bugly-Whump' by James from Paddock Wood Primary School has won the Young Creators Award in the ReadingZone Picture Book Competition 2019, with runners-up prizes going to Finny's Angry Book by Tristan (Milton CE Primary School) and The Chair Monster by...

  • Primary Award Winner 2019

    Sunday, June 23, 2019

    Strange Objects by Freddie at Davidson's Mains Primary School - an entertaining story with lively and detailed illustrations and a strong environmental message - has won the Primary Award of the ReadingZone Picture Book Competition, plus the Overall Award.

  • Honour List for the SLA School Librarian of the Year Award 2019

    Thursday, June 20, 2019

    Three exciting and innovative librarians have made it onto to the Honour List for the SLA School Librarian of the Year Award 2019.

  • Enticing New Readers into the Library

    Wednesday, June 19, 2019

    School librarian Shelley Fallows explores what has worked, and what hasn't, in her latest 'books and bribery' blog - or, 'How to entice new readers into the library'!

  • Book group set of Check Mates by Stewart Foster

    Wednesday, June 19, 2019

    We're thrilled to offer a set of ten copies of Check Mates by Stewart Foster (The Bubble Boy, All the Things That Could Go Wrong) to a book group! The prize is made available by publisher Simon & Schuster Children's Books.

  • Chantal Kelleher, SLA School Librarian of the Year Honour List

    Wednesday, June 19, 2019

    Chantal Kelleher is the LRC Manager at Herne Bay High School, a popular, oversubscribed school that prides itself on its culture of high expectations and values. Here we find out more about what made her work stand out.

  • Helen Cleaves, SLA School Librarian of the Year Honour List

    Wednesday, June 19, 2019

    Helen Cleaves is School Librarian at Kingston Grammar School, an independent co-educational day school, and this is how her work and the library impressed the judges.