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  • Robert Winstone wins science book prize

    Sunday, November 26, 2017

    Robert Winston's book Home Lab has been chosen by children as the winning book for the Royal Society's Young People's Book Prize 2017.

  • Design your own monster!

    Sunday, November 26, 2017

    Create your own monster, share it on Twitter, and it could be drawn by former children's laureate Chris Riddell.

  • WIN this wintery collection!

    Sunday, November 26, 2017

    We're giving away three copies of this collection of wintery tales, written especially for the book by some of our best children's authors.

  • Authors call for intervention on school libraries

    Friday, November 24, 2017

    150 authors including Philip Pullman, Malorie Blackman, Cressida Cowell and Chris Riddell have signed an open letter to Education Secretary Justine Greening calling for her to intervene to stop the 'shocking decline' in England's school libraries.

  • Celebrating information books

    Thursday, November 23, 2017

    The winners of the School Library Association Information Books have been announced, including the first award for Outstanding Contribution to Information Books, which was presented to author Nicola Davies.

  • Copies of Nevermoor to give away

    Monday, November 13, 2017

    We have three copies of new publication Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend (published by Hachette Children's Books) to give away to our members.

  • Giveaway for National Non-Fiction Month

    Sunday, November 12, 2017

    We're giving away three copies of Urban Jungle by Vicky Woodgate, published by Big Picture Press, to our members this month to celebrate National Non-Fiction Month!

  • Discovering our own urban wildlife

    Sunday, November 12, 2017

    Vicky Woodgate, whose book Urban Jungle has been published by Big Picture Press, shares with us how the book can be used to open up their own 'urban jungles' to children in towns and cities.