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Wednesday, July 19, 2023

Needle by Patrice Lawrence, published by Barrington Stoke, has won the prize for the 2023 Little Rebels Award for Radical Children's Fiction.

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Thursday, July 13, 2023

Christine Pillainayagam is the winner of the 2023 Branford Boase Award for the year's outstanding debut novel for young people for her funny, song-filled, second-generation coming-of-age story, Ellie Pillai is Brown. The Branford Boase Award is unique in honour...

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Wednesday, July 12, 2023

Jeanne Willis's gorgeous Bear is happy to be dressed by his owner - but not all bears feel the same; some bears need a little longer to decide who they want to be. Jeanne Willis introduces her new picture book, The Bear Who Had Nothing to Wear, about a bear who can't decide what it wants to we...

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Wednesday, July 12, 2023

The School Library Association announced the winners of the Primary and Secondary School Librarian of the Year, Community Award and Enterprise of the Year at its annual award ceremony in Swindon.  The winner of the 2023 Primary School Librarian of the Year is Sa...

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Monday, July 10, 2023

Marshmallow Clouds: Poems Inspired by Nature, by Ted Kooser and Connie Wanek, and illustrated by Richard Jones, has won the CLiPPA poetry award.  The judges have also awarded Highly Commended to Nicola Davies for her powerful examination of the refugee experience, Choose Love...

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Friday, July 7, 2023

Alison David, consumer insight director at Farshore, shares research that highlights the importance of reading with children at home.

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Friday, July 7, 2023

Here is author SJ Wills introducing Bite Risk, the novel everyone is talking about ....Find out what inspired her to write the book, what to expect in Bite Risk, and listen to a short reading from the chilling start to the novel... if you're feeling brave!

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Friday, July 7, 2023

Look out for ADVENTURE, CRAB ROBOTS and SUPERHEROES in this funny, fast and fabulous graphic novel adventure, AGENT 9 - FLOOD-A-GEDDON!

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