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All about children's & YA books for teachers, parent & librarians!📚 Sharing teacher reviews, extracts, author interviews. #kidlit #rfp 📧: [email protected]
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Joined May 2009
£5m funding for secondary school library books will be supported with #DFE training ➡️Roadshows and online CPD @FFTEdu & @RoyalHolloway. ➡️Training includes 'assessment tools and evidence-based strategies' to support pupils' reading. ➡️Find out more: https://t.co/Hrf2uQrZuv
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Recently-announced £5m book funds for secondary schools to be underpinned with #UnlockingReading training, says DFE. Find out more: https://t.co/Hrf2uQrrEX
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Designed as an FPP-first experience, PUBG: Black Budget is a tactical extraction shooter built around tension, survival, and the unknown.
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On the Seventh day of Christmas LGfL gave to me... A festive poem! How about writing your own festive poems with your class via LGfL's @readingzone live resource? Use Roger Stevens (@PoetryZone) as inspiration for your own Christmas poems. https://t.co/rCivisD3z0
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Looking for ideas for the #ChristmasStocking? @ReadingZone has age-ranged books, extracts & reviews to explore. Here's a 9+ selection for starters from some great authors inc @sophieinspace @gill__lewis @FleurHitchcock @ak_benedict @mrsnicolabaker Enjoy! https://t.co/RjmIbvE1s8
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Still looking for that very special something this Christmas for someone who loves children's books?🎁 Or yourself?? 😍 You can bid @ChildrensBkShow auction for illustrations from the likes of Axel Scheffler, Rebecca Cobb & Satoshi Kitamura! 👉 https://t.co/vhJ5gC72C2
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Lots of laughter, giggles, fun at today's #Lollies2025 book awards - for the books that make children laugh! Huge congratulations to these winners! 🤣 https://t.co/jr5eGe8xpY
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Would you like to own an illustration by illustrators such as Axel Scheffler, Rebecca Cobb & Satoshi Kitamura? Then join in the auction for the @ChildrensBkShow - and help support their work in schools! Closes this Sunday!! 😍 https://t.co/vhJ5gC72C2
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We’re Going on a Bear Hunt creators reunite to tell new, exclusive Christmas tale for Big Issue
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We're Going on a Bear Hunt creators Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury have created Pax: A Festive Tale for Big Issue readers to enjoy.
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What books will be in their Christmas stockings this year? 🎄📚
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As winter sets in, explore seasons & friendship in #EYFS with @DaishuMa's Tiger & Mei #picturebooks. ❄️Tiger, It's Snowing! is @ReadingZone's #BookoftheDay ❄️"Warm and wonderful . . . a gorgeous story to snuggle up with" ❄️Daishu Ma tells us more: https://t.co/5BoDBxeku1
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The government has launched an inquiry into reading for pleasure. ➡️There's a call for evidence from schools and literacy experts ➡️The inquiry will explore the reasons for the decline in reading - and what can be done by the govt to help reverse it. ➡️ https://t.co/bidShyU4dt
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The Creatives4Sudan fundraising auction is now LIVE and I’m offering 2 x 30 min mentoring sessions for children’s writers. Over 350 lots to bid on over the next 10 days and money raised will go to community kitchens in Darfur.
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Our research found that children who read comics are more likely to enjoy reading, read in their free time and have confidence as readers. Validating comics as a legitimate reading format in homes, schools and communities can inspire a future generation of readers and creators.
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Looking to update your #Christmas class reads? ❄️Some wonderfully wintery-themed #MG books & #picturebooks reviewed @ReadingZone this month. ❄️Here's a selection, with extracts You can choose your age range, too: ❄️ https://t.co/qAV8kGHMJ0
#rfp #classreads #childrensbooks
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Combining 'literary excellence with readability', the @NeroBookAwards 2025 shortlist has been announced! Huge congratulations to the four children's authors shortlisted, @jamilaji, Patrice Lawrence, @Struan_Murray & @J_C_Pearson
https://t.co/0Ef5eI6uiB
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Looking for great non-fiction reads for your class or library? The @TheRoyal_S Young People's Book Prize is a great place to start. The 2025 shortlist has just been announced! 👉 https://t.co/j2OziC5D5u
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'A captivating and beautifully dark ghost story... I was held in the story's exquisite spell from start to finish' RACHAEL DELAHAYE #Ghost, the new YA novel by Finbar Hawkins, is out in hardback now! https://t.co/PtPO7S93YO
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"An eerie and compelling narrative, steeped in folklore and old magic." 🐦⬛Ghost by #FinbarHawkins is @ReadingZone's #bookoftheday. 👉Perfect for 11+ readers, as the winter months draw in... Hear more from the author himself: 👉 https://t.co/gzX4zTxGxy
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🎊 It's giveaway time! 🎁 Win 1 of 4 "The Little People, BIG DREAMS: Advent Calendar Book Collection" from @QuartoKids! 🎉 Repost & follow to enter NOW! T&Cs apply: https://t.co/xn2XyZEKyh Don't miss out on the festive fun! #AdventCalendar #Christmas #Giveaway
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