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Candy Gourlay's Wild Song
Video/Vlog
Wednesday, January 31, 2024
Candy Gourlay introduces Wild Song, her companion novel to Bone Talk, in which Luki and Samkad leave their home in the Philippines for America.
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2024 Branford Boase Award longlist announced
Book Awards
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
Look out for some great new writers in the 2024 Branford Boase Award longlist, highlighting outstanding debut novels for children. The award also honours the editor of the winning book. The shortlist will be announced on 25 April 2024.
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Philip Pullman joins call for compulsory school libraries
Sunday, January 21, 2024
Philip Pullman, the author of His Dark Materials, has joined authors including Michael Morpurgo and Julia Donaldson in calling for legislation to ensure that every school has a library; around 14% of primary schools have no library, and the number of secondary schools with lib...
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Becoming your best self
Author Videos
Friday, January 19, 2024
In The Best You, author and parenting coach Nima Patel encourages children to think about not what they want to be when they grow up, but who they want to be.
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Little Bang: A must-read novel about life-changing moments
Video/Vlog
Friday, January 19, 2024
Award-winning author Kelly McCaughrain introduces her new novel, Little Bang, a powerful and timely novel exploring gender parity, a woman's right to bodily autonomy and the issues raised by abortion. Centred on the relationship between Mel and Sid, it's also a coming-of-age exploratio...
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Time-travelling penguins!
Video/Vlog
Thursday, January 18, 2024
Discover a penguin who HATES living in the cold! So when he goes on holiday, he tries to find somewhere a bit warmer. What he doesn't expect is to come face to face with a dinosaur!
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Time travel with Ross Welford - and a tortoise!
Video/Vlog
Wednesday, January 17, 2024
Ross Welford introduces Time Travelling with a Tortoise, the sequel to Time Travelling with a Hamster, and a whole new time travel adventure!
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Managing our worries
Author Videos
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Author Ruth Doyle explains how A Horse Called Now by Ruth Doyle and Alexandra Finkeldey can help young children to manage their worries.
