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  • We're giving away Reading Group sets!

    Saturday, January 21, 2017

    We have some wonderful sets of books to give away to reading groups this month, across primary and secondary schools, including The Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson and Ross Welford's What Not To Do If You Turn Invisible!

  • Short story competition for Surrey schools

    Saturday, January 21, 2017

    A short story competition has been launched by the Warwick School in Surrey school for local students in the borough of Reigate and Banstead. The competition is open to those in Years five to nine and stories must be set in the local area.

  • Help Katie Thistleton with her new book!

    Saturday, January 21, 2017

    Can you help television presenter Katie Thistleton who is writing a new agony-aunt style book for children and teenagers? Free posters are available for schools.

  • The future for teacher training conference

    Friday, January 20, 2017

    An upcoming Westminster Education Forum seminar on 2nd March will explore Initial Teacher Education in England, including implementing the core content framework and the future of Qualified Teacher Status.

  • WIN! a set of Isla Fisher's children's books

    Saturday, January 14, 2017

    We have two sets of Isla Fisher's fabulous Marge in Charge books to give away! Marge, with her rainbow coloured hair and wild imagination is not your average babysitter and life is always exciting when she's around!

  • Live Lesson to mark 500 Words competition launch

    Friday, January 13, 2017

    BBC's Live Lessons will be running a special lesson on Monday 16th January at 11am to mark the launch of the 2017 500 Words Competition, run by Radio 2.

  • Shark in the Park wins inaugural prize

    Thursday, January 12, 2017

    Author Nick Sharratt has won the inaugural Bookbug Picture Book Prize for his picture book Shark in the Park on a Windy Day, published by Picture Corgi.

  • Design a book token competition

    Tuesday, January 10, 2017

    To celebrate World Book Day, National Book Tokens is holding a competition for children and young people to design a book token. There will be a winner and runner-up in three age categories.