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  • 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.

  • Philip Reeve on creating 'other' worlds

    Tuesday, June 12, 2018

    We were thrilled that author Philip Reeve (Railhead, Mortal Engines) joined our ReadingZone Live programme. You can watch the event, where Philip talked about his books and creative writing, here.

  • The stormy conclusion to The Huntress trilogy!

    Tuesday, June 12, 2018

    Look out for Wilderwitches, moon-sprites and merwraiths in this in this page-turning, world-saving fantasy adventure by author SARAH DRIVER. Here, she tells us more about SEA, SKY and STORM!

  • Art and craft projects for the classroom

    Monday, June 11, 2018

    Children's Laureate Lauren Child is calling for a focus on creativity in children's lives - inside and outside school - and is using Children's Art Week (9-17th June) to launch a series of free creative resources.

  • National Book Tokens competition

    Monday, June 11, 2018

    Your school library could win 5,000 or 5,000 worth of books in this year's National Book Tokens draw, enough to buy hundreds of books to stock your shelves. The closing date for entries is Tuesday 31st July 2018 at 11:59pm.