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Poetry award shortlist announced
Saturday, April 27, 2019
The shortlist for the CLiPPA poetry award (The Centre for Literacy in Primary Poetry Award) has been announced and includes novels in verse as well as poetry for older readers. Schools can now register to shadow the awards.
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Puffin scheme
Saturday, April 27, 2019
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Puffin offers schools free books and training
Saturday, April 27, 2019
Primary schools in Essex, South London, Middlesbrough or Tyne and Wear can apply by 17 May to take part in publisher Puffin's free World of Stories programme, starting in September 2019, to help develop a culture of reading for pleasure in schools.
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Register for Bookbuzz by 24 May
Saturday, April 27, 2019
Schools that want to take part in Bookbuzz 2019, a Booktrust programme that offers reduced-cost books for Year 7 children to choose, should register by 24 May to receive free books offered as part of the scheme.
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Shadowing details for poetry award
Saturday, April 27, 2019
Schools can now register to join the poetry award shadowing scheme for the CLiPPA poetry award, with resources available from 17 May. To follow are ReadingZone reviews of each of the shortlisted titles.
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Little Rebels fiction award shortlist
Thursday, April 18, 2019
Government propaganda, militarization, misjudged Western 'aid' and the UK's participation in the slave trade are some of the themes highlighted by this year's shortlist for the Little Rebels Award for Radical Children's Fiction.
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A surprising story
Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Like the 'Surprising Seeds' in this story, BLOOM will wind its way into your heart, take root in your imagination and encourage it to grow in quite unexpected ways. You have been warned!
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Discover life in our Oceans
Friday, April 12, 2019
Television and radio presenter Miranda Krestovnikoff is passionate about our oceans, and has written about the strange and wonderful creatures that live in them in her new book, THE SEA, published by Bloomsbury Children's Books.
