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Dip into The Post Bag with Emma Yarlett
Growing Readers
Wednesday, August 13, 2025
Find out what inspired The Post Bag books and why Unicorn Post is so close to author and illustrator Emma Yarlett's heart!
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Travel into the past with The Time Machine Next Door
Video/Vlog
Wednesday, August 6, 2025
Meet famous people from Leonardo Da Vinci to Henry VIII and get a glimpse of life in the past with Iszi Lawrence's hilarious time-travel series, The Time Machine Next Door!
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Odd Girl Out, a novel about finding your place in your world
Authors Q&As
Wednesday, July 30, 2025
Tasneem Abdur-Rashid tells us what inspired her to write her contemporary YA debut, Odd Girl Out, and how her niece's experiences of moving to the UK helped inspire her to write it.
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Dying to save a life
Authors Q&As
Thursday, July 24, 2025
When her sister Asha dies, Calico agrees to take part in an experiment that will save her. But first, Calico will have to die... Author Kathryn Clark tells ReadingZone about her new YA novel, Things I Learned While I Was Dead.
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Little Rebels Award 2025 shortlist is announced
Book Awards
Thursday, July 17, 2025
The Little Rebels Award shortlist for 2025 has been announced and includes six books that will "speak to a generation of young activists and critical thinkers" say its organisers. The award is a prize for radical fiction aimed at children aged 0-12. It is give...
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The Diverse Book Awards 2025 longlists announced
Book Awards
Thursday, July 17, 2025
The Diverse Book Awards returns for its sixth year to highlight inclusive, empowering, and representative books published in the UK and Ireland. The award attracted over 250 submissions across four categories - Picture Books, Children's, YA and Adult Fiction - marking a record-breaking celebra...
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Encouraging children's love of language
Book Blog
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Children are natural wordsmiths, says Colette Hiller, CLiPPA winning creator of Colossal Words for Kids, and here's how can we encourage their love of language. Colossal Words for Kids wins the 2025 CLiPPA poetr...
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SLA Honours Lists for 2025 school librarian awards announced
Monday, July 14, 2025
The School Library Association has today announced the Honours lists for its annual Secondary School Librarian of the Year Award, the Peter Usborne Primary School Library of the Year Award, and the Enterprise Award. Victoria Dilly, SLA CEO, said that the awards help to showca...
