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  • A journey through our world

    Sunday, October 18, 2020

    Come on a journey from the beginning of time to the present day in the new Britannica All New Children's Encyclopedia! Editor Christopher Lloyd tells us more!

  • The history of Quidditch

    Sunday, October 18, 2020

    Ancient tapestries, news clippings, diagrams, photographs and illustrations bring JK Rowling's Quidditch Through the Ages alive, in this stunning illustrated edition by EMILY GRAVETT.

  • Book Chat launches

    Thursday, October 15, 2020

    The Open University (OU) is launching Book Chat: Reading with your Child, comprising films and support materials to help parents, families and carers read books to children.

  • Theme for Harry Potter Book Night 2021

    Thursday, October 15, 2020

    Diagon Alley is the theme for Harry Potter Book Night 2021, which will run for its seventh year, on Thursday 4th February 2021.

  • SLA launches fundraising appeal

    Thursday, October 15, 2020

    The SLA is launch its first Patrons' Appeal to raise &pound2,500 to fund research into how school libraries reacted to and supported pupils during lockdown.

  • Poetry Activity!

    Wednesday, October 14, 2020

    To celebrate Poetry this October, ReadingZone is asking for your nature-based poetry activities. The prize for the two winners is a set of Nosy Crow's gorgeous poetry books - Tiger, Tiger Burning Bright by Fiona Waters and Britta Teckentrup and The Seed that Grew the Tree by Fiona Waters and F...

  • D-Day Dog wins the Children's Book Award 2020

    Tuesday, October 13, 2020

    D-Day Dog, written by Tom Palmer and published by Barrington Stoke, is the Overall Winner of the CBA for 2020, after also winning the Confident Readers category.

  • Reading is Magic Festival

    Monday, October 12, 2020

    Events from the children's digital book festival, Reading is Magic, can now be watched online, with best-selling authors and illustrators including Cressida Cowell, Robin Stevens, Steven Camden, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Jasbinder Bilan, Sharna Jackson, Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet.