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Design a butterfly competition
Thursday, February 23, 2017
Butterfly Beach is the brand-new story from Jacqueline Wilson, published specially for World Book Day 2017. To celebrate it, her publisher is running a competition to design a butterfly.
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Debut writers highlighted in shortlist
Sunday, February 19, 2017
The longlist for the 2017 Branford Boase Award, which recognises strong new voices in children's publishing, has been announced and includes MG Leonard's Beetle Boy, Cogheart by Peter Bunzl and The Bubble Boy by Stewart Foster.
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Children choose their favourite book
Sunday, February 19, 2017
Children have voted Pamela Butchart's My Teacher is a Vampire Rat, illustrated by Thomas Flintham, as the winner of the The Children's Book Award 2016.
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Reading challenge
Sunday, February 19, 2017
Educational charity Achievement for All has issued a challenge to primary schools to reach 10 million minutes of reading between Thursday 9th March and Wednesday 15th March.
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Carnegie and Greenaway Medal Longlists announced
Sunday, February 19, 2017
The longlists for the Carnegie and Greenaway Medals have been announced, together with plans for celebrating the 80th anniversary of the Carnegie Medal and the 60th anniversary of the Kate Greenaway Medal.
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Lifetime Achievement Award for Raymond Briggs
Thursday, February 9, 2017
The children's author and illustrator behind classics including The Snowman, Fungus the Bogeyman and Ethel and Ernest, has achieved a lifetime award in recognition of his work.
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Waterstones Children's Book Prize shortlist
Wednesday, February 8, 2017
Tigers and beetles, time travel and the refugee crisis are among the themes on this year's shortlist for the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize, which includes picture books, middle grade and YA fiction.
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Radio DJ turns children's author
Thursday, January 26, 2017
You'd normally spot Christian O'Connell tucked away in his Absolute Radio studio from where he broadcasts his daily show but, over the next few weeks, he'll also be on the road, visiting schools and festivals to talk about his new children's book, Radio Boy.
