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Children in England do well in PIRLS global literacy study
Tuesday, May 16, 2023
Children's reading skills in England have held steady, despite a global dip in reading achievement reported in the latest PIRLS study (Progress in International Reading Literacy Study). However, the report also shows that reading for pleasure continues to declin...
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Read Hour returns in September 2023
Friday, May 12, 2023
Read Hour will be returning for its third year in the UK this September, following what it says has been a 'hugely successful' campaign to encourage people of all ages to set aside an hour to read on UN InternationalLiteracy Day.
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SLA Virtual Weekend Course: Empowering Pupils for the Future
Events
Friday, May 12, 2023
Join the School Library Association's virtual Weekend Course: Empowering All Pupils for the Future, on 23-24th June 2023, to hear from school librarians, authors and publishers about how to make your school library future perfect!
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The Deadlands: Enter at your peril!
Author Videos
Wednesday, May 10, 2023
Love dinosaurs? Then you'll really love The Deadlands: Hunted, the first in a dinosaur-packed series by Australian author Skye Melki-Wegner. Look out for peril and betrayal!
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Win a Class Set of The Night We Got Stuck in a Story
Monday, May 8, 2023
We are thrilled to be able to offer an entire class set (30 copies!) of actor and author Ben Miller's most recent book, The Night We Got Stuck in a Story! The paperback of the book is published by Simon & Schuster this month.
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Ross Montgomery introduces Spellstone
Author Videos
Saturday, May 6, 2023
Imagine if magic really existed, hidden just out of sight, in our towns and cities.... Ross Montgomery tells us what inspired Spellstone, and he reads from the book.
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Clare Helen Welsh introduces Sunny Side Up
Author Videos
Friday, May 5, 2023
In Sunny Side Up, a gorgeous picture book aimed at children aged four years plus, children are encouraged to see the world in a different, more positive way, through 'sunny side up' spectacles.
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The Farshore Reading for Pleasure Teacher Awards 2023
Friday, May 5, 2023
The Farshore Reading for Pleasure Teacher Awards 2023, in association with The Open University and the UK Literacy Association (UKLA), are open for entries. The Awards celebrate how teachers have found innovative ways to inspire reading for pleasure in the classroom.
