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This year's judge
Sunday, January 14, 2018
Author and illustrator Rachel Bright (The Lion Inside / The Squirrels Who Squabbled) will choose the winning entries and here, she gives some tips for creating a great picture book!
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Competition Guidelines
Sunday, January 14, 2018
The ReadingZone Picture Book Competition 2018 is now open. Here are some guidelines for the competition, which will run through schools, libraries and homes until Saturday 28th April - the final date for entries.
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New director for the SLA
Saturday, January 13, 2018
School librarian Alison Tarrant will become the new director of the SLA (School Library Association) when Tricia Adams retires in March.
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Football Season!
Saturday, January 13, 2018
ReadingZone Live enjoyed talking all things football when we were joined by Football School creator, Ben Lyttleton! During this event, he showed how every lesson in school can be linked to football.
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January Giveaways!
Saturday, January 13, 2018
This month we have joined with publisher Hachette Children's Books to give away sets of Women in Sport and Women in Science by Rachel Ignotofsky (ages 9+), as well as sets of the Rabbit and Bear books by Julian Gough and Jim Field (ages 7+).
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World Book Day competition
Saturday, January 13, 2018
The World Book Day Award (WoBoD) is back and it is asking schools to create displays that show how your school champions reading - there are 20,000 of books to be won!
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Cressida Cowell headlines ReadingZone Festival
Wednesday, January 10, 2018
Cressida Cowell, bestselling author of the How to Train Your Dragon books, will join the 2018 ReadingZone Festival with a public event on Saturday 3rd February at Dorking Halls in Surrey, to talk about her new series The Wizards of Once.
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Secret Breakers television deal
Tuesday, January 9, 2018
Secret Breakers, a middle grade adventure series by Helen Dennis, could be making its way onto television screens following a deal by publisher Hodder Children's Books with Sparticles Production.
