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Michaela Morgan celebrates National Poetry Day
Saturday, September 21, 2019
Michaela Morgan inspires children to enjoy and to write poetry during this live recorded event with children at Cheam Common Junior Academy. Watch the full event, and find out how to start writing your own group or individual poem for National Poetry Day!
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BAME representation in children's books rises
Thursday, September 19, 2019
The second Reflecting Realities report, a survey of ethnic representation in UK children's literature, shows an increased presence of BAME characters in children's books during 2018 compared to the previous year.
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A new What the Ladybird Heard for next summer
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
Publisher Macmillan has confirmed it will publish a new title in the What the Ladybird Heard series by Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks, What the Ladybird Heard at the Seaside. It will publish in April 2020.
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Free School Library Pack
Monday, September 16, 2019
Don't forget to order your free School Library Pack for pupils aged 11-14 years, funded by Arts Council England and supported by Booktrust. The packs will be delivered in January 2020.
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Create a book trailer - giveaway
Friday, September 13, 2019
Love making book trailers? Or want to try it out for the first time? We have sets of Chris Riddell's new book, Guardians of Magic, to give to five schools or book groups that would like to create a book trailer of it for ReadingZone.
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Victorian history helped inspire debut novel
Thursday, September 12, 2019
Liz Hyder blogs about how a visit to a disused mine inspired her novel, Bearmouth, which draws on research into the working conditions of children in Victorian mines, and which has parallels with the exploitation of child workers in today's world.
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Julian is a Mermaid
Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Author and illustrator Jessica Love has won the Klaus Flugge Prize for 'most exciting newcomer to children's picture book illustration' for her picture book, Julian is a Mermaid (Walker Books).
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New supplementary early reader programme
Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Reading Gems is a supplementary early reading programme from QED Publishing with four levels, focusing on exciting stories, decodable text and discussion points to support comprehension. We asked teachers to tell us what they thought of the series.
