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  • Children's poetry award announced

    Monday, July 17, 2017

    Poet Kate Wakeling has won the CLiPPA 2017 poetry award for her first collection for children, Moon Juice, illustrated by Elina Braslina, published by The Emma Press.

  • What children are borrowing from libraries

    Sunday, July 16, 2017

    Tony Ross, who illustrates David Walliams's novels and the Horrid Henry books, and Nick Sharratt, who illustrates Jacqueline Wilson's books, are the top most borrowed illustrators in the UK.

  • Psst - there's something fishy going on...

    Sunday, July 16, 2017

    ...at your local library, where Animal Agents are busy solving mysteries as part of the Summer Reading Challenge 2017.

  • Sequel to Cornelia Funke's Dragon Rider!

    Sunday, July 16, 2017

    Bestselling author Cornelia Funke has listened to her fans and written a follow-up story to Dragon Rider, which sees young dragon rider Ben leaving his home to embark on a new mission, to save the last three Pegasi foals.

  • Read and Review this summer!

    Sunday, July 16, 2017

    ReadingZone has partnered with publishers across picture books, fiction, YA reads and non fiction to bring some great books for you to read and review for us this summer!

  • New television dramas coming your way

    Saturday, July 15, 2017

    Jacqueline Wilson's Katy and Joanne Nadin's Joe All Alone are among the books that will be filmed for CBBC next year.

  • Beetle Boy author wins her first prize, ever!

    Saturday, July 15, 2017

    MG Leonard, the author of Beetle Boy, has won the Branford Boase Award for her book - and tells ReadingZone it's the first prize she has EVER won!

  • David Tennant to read Cowell's audio book

    Thursday, July 13, 2017

    Actor David Tennant will read Cressida Cowell's new book, The Wizards of Once, for the audio version of the book which will be released together with the hardback and ebook in the UK on 19th September.