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Saturday, March 24, 2018

The shortlists for the Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals have been announced and thousands of young people around the UK will now 'shadow' the awards.

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Thursday, March 22, 2018

The winner of the 2018 Waterstone's Children's Book Prize has been announced with Angie Thomas's The Hate U Give (Walker Books) winning the Older Fiction and Overall Winner awards.

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Thursday, March 22, 2018

The winners of the Egmont Reading for Pleasure Award have been announced, with St Matthew's C of E Primary School in Birmingham taking the whole school award.

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Sunday, March 18, 2018

We are thrilled to be joined by Mini Grey, award-winning creator of Traction Man, Hermelin and Space Dog among others on Wednesday 21 March at 2.30pm. You can watch the event live via the link, below.

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Friday, March 16, 2018

Schools are invited to shadow the CLiPPA Poetry Award, run by CLPE (Centre for Literacy in Primary Education). The shadowing will take place during three weeks in June and free teaching sequences will be provided.

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Thursday, March 15, 2018

Patrick Ness is up for a hat-trick for the Carnegie Medal with other shortlisted authors for the 2018 CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals - announced today - including Geraldine McCaughrean, Angie Thomas, Levi Penfold and Teckentrup.

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Friday, March 9, 2018

A primary school in Renfrewshire where all teachers attend a month children's book club and most have studied children's literature to masters level has won the UKLA's Literacy school of the year award.

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Friday, March 9, 2018

The shortlist for the In Other Words award, which recognises outstanding books for children in translation, has been announced and includes eight stories with settings ranging from Iceland to Switzerland.

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