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Ginny Myers Sain's thriller, One Last Breath
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Monday, April 1, 2024
Find out about the real life cases that inspired Ginny Myers Sain's new YA thriller, One Last Breath, about unsolved murders in a small town, from the author!
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UKLA Book Awards 2024 shortlists announced
Book Awards
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
The shortlists for the 2024 UKLA Book Awards, voted for by teachers, have now announced. There are six books shortlisted for each category: ages 3-6 years; 7-10+ years and 11-14+ years, as well as Information Books ages 3-14 years. The UKLA Book Awards judges seek texts from a 'wide and inclu...
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Winners of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2024 announced
Book Awards
Friday, March 22, 2024
Pari Thomson, author of Greenwild: The World Behind The Door, is the Overall Winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize for her debut fantasy adventure, as voted for by Waterstones booksellers.
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How to steal a cloud
Video/Vlog
Friday, March 15, 2024
In The Cloud Thief we visit a future world where, as a result of climate change, clouds have to be made in a factory, and are then bought and sold.
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New kid at Pirate Academy!
Video/Vlog
Thursday, March 14, 2024
We caught up with Vampirates author Justin Somper, whose new series Pirates Academy returns us to the high seas of adventure!
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Carnegie Medals 2024 shortlists are announced
Book Awards
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
The shortlists for the Carnegie Medals 2024 for writing and illustrating books for children and young people have been announced, with poetry dominating the shortlist for the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing and picture books the focus of the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration shortli...
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I Love Books is sure to inspire a love of stories
Author Videos
Monday, March 11, 2024
Mariajo Ilustrajo's I Love Books explores what a love of reading really means and will help inspire even the most reluctant of readers to get lost in a story....
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A fun approach to learning to count
Author Videos
Monday, March 11, 2024
Author Katrina Charman introduces Hen in the Bed in this short video - a funny, interactive picture book that will bring laughter and fun during little one's bedtime and to storytime. This is a picture book that will be demanded again an...
