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  • Celebrating Football Heroes!

    Wednesday, June 20, 2018

    To celebrate the World Cup - and to encourage young readers - we're thrilled to be giving away an entire set of Football Hero books by Matt and Tom Oldfield (Kings Road Publishing), including stars such as Pogba, Zidane, Messi, Ronaldo, Figo and Neuer.

  • A football quiz to kick off the World Cup!

    Wednesday, June 20, 2018

    We've teamed up with Walker Books, publisher of Football School by Ben Lyttleton and and Alex Bellos, to provide a quiz for your football-mad children to test out their knowledge during the World Cup football season.

  • Family, friendship and a mystery

    Wednesday, June 20, 2018

    BOY UNDERWATER (HarperCollins Children's Books) is ADAM BARON's first children's novel and is a thoughtful, compelling and often funny story about families, friendship and mental health. We asked Adam Baron to tell us more about it.

  • Where the World Ends wins Carnegie Medal

    Wednesday, June 20, 2018

    Geraldine McCaughrean has won the Carnegie Medal for her powerful novel, Where the World Ends (Usborne Books) while Canadian illustrator Sydney Smith wins the Kate Greenaway Medal for his illustrations of Joanne Schwartz's Town Is by the Sea (Walker Books).

  • Are you mad about football?

    Wednesday, June 20, 2018

    Test out your football knowledge - and catch out your friends - with the latest Football School book, The Amazing Quiz Book!

  • Free Secondary books to read and review

    Sunday, June 17, 2018

    We are working with publishers to give away some brilliant books this summer for you to read and review! The books range from ages 11+ to 14+ and include titles by David Almond, Brian Conaghan and Amy Alward. Find out how to get a free book this summer!

  • Free Primary books to Read and Review!

    Saturday, June 16, 2018

    We are working with publishers to give away some brilliant books this summer for you to read and review! The books include picture books, fiction and non-fiction for ages three to 10+ and include A Chase In Time by Sally Nicholls, The Sand Dog by Sarah Lean and The Great Big Green Book by Mary Ho...

  • CLiPPA shortlist reviews

    Saturday, June 16, 2018

    The winner of the 2018 CLiPPA (Centre for Literacy in Primary Poetry Award) Award will be announced on 22nd June. Schools are currently shadowing the award and here, you can read reviews of all the shortlisted books.