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Fun with Fairytales - Emma Yarlett's ReadingZone Bookclub event
Book Club
Friday, September 30, 2022
We were thrilled to welcome Emma Yarlett, author of Nibbles: The Book-Eating Monster, to tell the ReadingZone Bookclub about her new book, Nibbles: The Bedtime Book, and to share some favourite fairy tales!
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Create a Comic Competition
Writing Activites
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
Look out for ReadingZone’s Create a Comic competition coming this autumn, challenging Primary and Secondary children to make their own comic strips, with resources from author, illustrator and comic creator Sarah McIntyre!
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Virtual schools' event with Michael Morpurgo
Events
Monday, September 26, 2022
In celebration of the 40th anniversary of the publication of War Horse, published by Farshore, Michael Morpurgo will appear in a free live-streamed event for schools on 13th October at 1.30pm. Michael will share the inspiration behind his remarkable story of courage, loyalty a...
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The Lost Words competition for National Poetry Day 2022
Writing Activites
Monday, September 26, 2022
National Poetry Day will take place on 6th October 2022, and this year's theme is The Environment. Children aged 7-12 years are invited to write their own poem inspired by The Lost Words.
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Simon Philips reads from Achoo!
Author Videos
Thursday, September 22, 2022
You probably know it's good manners to ALWAYS cover your nose when you sneeze. But when Sid forgets this very simple rule, the consequences are WILDER than he could ever have predicted.
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Meet a small mouse, called Clementine
Authors Q&As
Friday, September 16, 2022
Author Carlie Sorosiak introduces Always, Clementine, about a small mouse with a big heart.
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Hunting for The Last Whale
Author Videos
Thursday, September 15, 2022
Chris Vick's The Last Whale (Zephyr) is a powerful exploration of our oceans and what links us to them; a story about one family's move from hunting whales to campaigning for them; and a warning of how bad things could get if we fail these ocean creatures.
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A story about community
Author Videos
Thursday, September 15, 2022
Living close to your neighbours can be challenging, but Kitsy Bitsy knows how to bring the community back together again....