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Dare to Be You: Defy Self-Doubt, Fearlessly Follow Your Own Path and Be Confidently You! by Matthew Syed

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Dare to Be You: Defy Self-Doubt, Fearlessly Follow Your Own Path and Be Confidently You! by Matthew Syed

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Silence is Not An Option: Find Your Voice and Be Your Best Self by Stuart Lawrence

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Silence is Not An Option: Find Your Voice and Be Your Best Self by Stuart Lawrence

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Winner of The British Book Awards 2023 Children's Fiction Book of the Year

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EmpathyLab's Empathy Shorts are designed to make sure that every child has access to an empathy boosting story.

As they are released, the stories will be added to the collection below, joining the library of 20 other stories written for Empathy Day over the past two years. Each story in the collection gives a unique take on seeing life from another's perspective.

Enjoy reading them on your own, or share with your family and friends.

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On Tuesdays and Thursdays In the run up to this years' Empathy Day on June 9, we will be releasing our brand new collection of Empathy Shorts - designed to make sure that every child has access to an empathy boosting story.

As they are released, the stories will be added to the collection below, joining the library of 20 other stories written for Empathy Day over the past two years. Each story in the collection gives a unique take on seeing life from another's perspective.

Enjoy reading them on your own, or share with your family and friends. To hear Matt Abbott, Michelle Robinson, Sue Cheung and Rashmi Sirdeshpande read their Empathy Short aloud, click here.

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Winner of the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize 2023 Best Book for Older Children and Overall winner.

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The Cats We Meet Along the Way by Nadia Mikail

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The Cats We Meet Along the Way by Nadia Mikail

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The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh by Helen Rutter

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The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh by Helen Rutter

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ACHUKA Book of the Day 1 Apr 2021
Cost Book Awards 2021 Shortlist

A laugh-out-loud, against-all-odds triumph of a story.

Billy Plimpton is an eleven-year-old boy with a big dream. He wants to be a stand-up comedian when he grows up, delivering pinpoint punch-lines and having audiences hang on his every hilarious word. Surely an impossible ambition for a boy with a stammer. How will he find his voice, if his voice won't let him speak?

The idea for this story came from Helen Rutter's son, who has a stammer: she wanted to write the book that he would love to read, starring a child like him.

You may also be interested in this recent picture book about a boy with a stammer: I Talk Like A River an ACHUKA Book of the Day in January 2021.

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The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh by Helen Rutter

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A laugh-out-loud, against-all-odds triumph of a story. Billy Plimpton is an eleven-year-old boy with a big dream. He wants to be a stand-up comedian when he grows up, delivering pinpoint punch-lines and having audiences hang on his every hilarious word. Surely an impossible ambition for a boy with a stammer.

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Winner of the Yoto Carnegie Medal and Carnegie Shadowers' Choice Award 2022

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Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds with art by Danica Novgorodoff

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Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds with art by Danica Novgorodoff

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Winner of the Yoto Kate Greenaway Medal 2022

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Danny Chung does not do maths by Maisie Chan

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Danny Chung does not do maths by Maisie Chan

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Winner of the Jhalak Children’s & YA Prize 2022

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Winner of the British Book Award - Children's Fiction Book of the Year
Winner of the Books Are My Bag Readers Award - Children’s Fiction
The Times Children's Book of the Year

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Winner - Overall Book of the Year, The British Book Awards 2022

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You are a Champion by Marcus Rashford and Carl Anka

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You are a Champion by Marcus Rashford and Carl Anka

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Winner - Edward Stanford Travel Awards, Children’s Travel Book of the Year 2022 

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Winner - Scottish Teenage Book Prize 2022

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 Fin & Rye & Fireflies by Harry Cook (12+)

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 Fin & Rye & Fireflies by Harry Cook (12+)

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Winner of the Blue Peter Best Story Award, Blue Peter Book Awards 2022 and Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2022

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Invented by animals : meet the creatures who inspired our everyday technology by Christiane Dorian

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Invented by animals : meet the creatures who inspired our everyday technology by Christiane Dorian

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Winner of the Blue Peter Best Book with Facts Award, Blue Peter Book Awards 2022

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The Super Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates by Jenny Pearson and Rob Biddulph

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The Super Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates by Jenny Pearson and Rob Biddulph

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Best Laugh Out Loud Book for 9-13-year-olds, The Laugh Out Loud Book Awards 2022 (the Lollies)

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Do miracles really happen? Freddie Yates isn't convinced. Until the summer he goes on an unexpected journey with his two best friends.

Freddie has never been bothered by the fact that his dad isn't actually his dad but, when his beloved Grams dies, he has a niggling curiosity about his birth father. And what are best friends for if not to encourage you to start the summer holidays with a massive deception and a disaster-prone trip to a foreign country?

The plan had seemed so simple but distractions like the onion-eating competition, the exploding toilet, gangster taxi drivers and accidentally setting fire to a boat - not to mention appearing on national television dressed as a girl - lead Freddie somewhere he had not expected to go.

By turns sad, funny and even a bit scary, Freddie's journey will have you spitting out a mouthful of crisps (if you happen to be eating them) and maybe wiping away a tear or two.

Packed with slapstick humour and hilarious explorations of the ups and downs of all real friendships, the miracle of this book is the understanding that 'family' is not just people who share your name or your blood.

Here's a round-up of new children's books from the last year (2020), which we think any child aged 10 to 11 years will love.

Discover your next read and have a look at the new books we can't get enough of in July 2020.

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Do miracles really happen? Freddie Yates isn't convinced. Until the summer he goes on an unexpected journey with his two best friends. Freddie has never been bothered by the fact that his dad isn't actually his dad but, when his beloved Grams dies, he has a niggling curiosity about his birth father.

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Winner of the Costa Children's Book Award 2021

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Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief By Rick Riordan

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Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief By Rick Riordan

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 The Summer I Robbed a Bank by David O'Doherty

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 The Summer I Robbed a Bank by David O'Doherty

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Real friends by Shannon Hale and Leuyen Pham

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Real friends by Shannon Hale and Leuyen Pham

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You Are A Champion by Marcus Rashford and Carl Anka

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You Are A Champion by Marcus Rashford and Carl Anka

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Welcome - Elle is a Scottish and Neurodivergent writer. Her first children's novel, A Kind of Spark, stars two openly autistic young women and was published in June 2020 by award-winning indie press Knights Of.

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Winner of the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2021

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Inspiring children at school and libraries across the world

"Engaging, inspiring and accessible, Phil manages to do the impossible: he manages to make each individual child feel as though they themselves are writers. A great event."
Tamar Macfarlane, Tales of Moon Lane Bookshop

Read about Phil's Events

"Phil was fantastically inspirational, showing the students that anyone can write"
Helen Cossey, Little Heath school, Reading

Latest books by Phil Earle

Latest book for Younger Readers

When The Sky Falls

When the sirens wail, and the bombs start to fall, will a twelve year-old boy pull the trigger on the one thing in his life to show him love?

Read more about When The Sky Falls

Latest book for Young Adults

Mind The Gap

When Mikey’s dad dies, he feels he loses everything. Can his best friend do the impossible, and find a way of bringing part of him back?

Read more about Mind The Gap

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“Engaging, inspiring and accessible, Phil manages to do the impossible: he manages to make each individual child feel as though they themselves are writers. A great event.” Tamar Macfarlane, Tales of Moon Lane Bookshop

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Welcome to World Book Day’s World of Stories, where you can listen to audiobooks of your favourite books FOR FREE.

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World of Stories

Welcome to World Book Day's World of Stories, where you can bring story time to life with audiobooks of your favourite books FOR FREE.

Young readers can hear their favourite tales, including fantastic books in the fiction category including These free audiobooks are read by famous voices such as Ade Adepitan, Konnie Huq, Matt Haig, and Ben Miller.The Bolds by Julian Clary and A Pinch of Magic by Michelle Harrison and
Rumble Star by Abi Elphinstone, and teens can delve into thrilling tales from Chris Ryan and Malcom Duffy. The Nothing To See Here Hotel by Steven Butler, older readers can discover

Thanks to the wonderful publishers we work with, we are able to extend the time that you are able to listen to these amazing audiobooks for FREE. They are the perfect way to enjoy sharing stories together so snuggle up, get comfy and enjoy!

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Winner of the CILIP Carnegie Shadowers' Choice Award 2021

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The Highland Falcon Thief by M.G. Leonard & Sam Sedgman

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The Highland Falcon Thief by M.G. Leonard & Sam Sedgman

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Winner of the Book of the Year, Children's Fiction at The British Book Awards, 2021

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The first book in the bestselling Adventures on Trains series, The Highland Falcon Thief is a breathless train journey full of deceptions, clues, and puzzles to solve!

Harrison Beck is reluctantly joining his travel-writer Uncle Nat for the last journey of the royal train, The Highland Falcon. But as the train makes its way to Scotland, a priceless brooch goes missing, and things are suddenly a lot more interesting. As suspicions and accusations run high among the passengers, Harrison begins to investigate and uncovers a few surprises along the way. Can he solve the mystery of the jewel thief and catch the culprit before they reach the end of the line?

Hear whispers in the dining car, find notes in the library, and unknown passengers among the luggage as you help Harrison to solve the mystery aboard one of the world's grandest trains. Fast-paced and packed with illustrations and clues, Adventures on Trains is a stop you won't want to miss!

The Highland Falcon Thief was named Children's Fiction Book of the Year at the 2021 British Book Awards. It was also the winner of the 2020 Books Are My Bag Readers' Awards, nominated by independent booksellers and voted for by readers. It was selected as Waterstones' Book of the Month for February 2020.

World Rights

The Adventures on Trains series is published in the UK and US by Macmillan, and is licensed to more than ten countries around the world, including the Czech Republic, France, Greece, Italy, Japan, Latin America, the Netherlands, Romania, Russia, Spain and Sweden.

TV and film rights are currently available.

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The first book in the bestselling Adventures on Trains series, The Highland Falcon Thief is a breathless train journey full of deceptions, clues, and puzzles to solve! Harrison Beck is reluctantly joining his travel-writer Uncle Nat for the last journey of the royal train, The Highland Falcon.

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11 awesome books for gaming fans

Whether it's battling otherworldly aliens, embarking on a heroic quest, or hacking into mainframes, these awesome books are the perfect companions to some of your favourite computer games. Now, time to put down the controller...

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A hilarious new book from the bestselling children's author - Adrian Mole for the new generation! *'Made me cry with laughter and my heart ache' Lisa Thompson, author of The Goldfish Boy* *'Funniest. Book. Ever' Ross Welford, author of Time Travelling with a Hamster* Stan is going on holiday to Italy with his (fifth) best friend Felix and a load of strangers.

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Home / Books / 8-12 / Spooky / Seven Ghosts

Reading Age: 8+ Interest Age: 8-12

ISBN: 978-1-78112-894-7

Jake and the other finalists in a story-writing competition have been invited to a stately home for a tour like no other. As their guide leads them through grand rooms, hidden nooks and magnificent grounds, they are about to hear the stories of seven ghosts who haunt these walls. But strange shapes and shadows follow Jake as he journeys through the house. The tour guide's behaviour becomes ever more suspicious. With each tale that he hears, Jake begins to feel more uneasy, and soon he will discover that something is very, very wrong ...

Information for Adults: This book has a dyslexia-friendly layout, typeface and paperstock so that even more readers can enjoy it. It has been edited to a reading age of 8+.

AR Level - 4.5

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Seven Ghosts by Chris Priestley - Barrington Stoke

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Home / Books / 8-12 / Spooky / Seven Ghosts Reading Age: 8+ Interest Age: 8-12 ISBN: 978-1-78112-894-7 Jake and the other finalists in a story-writing competition have been invited to a stately home for a tour like no other.

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Home / Books / Teen / Friendship / The Disconnect

Ebook available to purchase via your usual platform.

Reading Age: 8 Interest Age: Teen

ISBN: 978-1-78112-855-8

Could you disconnect from your phone for six weeks? Six weeks without sharing photos, without group messages, without being kept in the social‑media loop?

An eccentric entrepreneur has challenged Esther's year group to do just that, and the winners will walk away with £1,000. For Esther, whose dad and sister live thousands of miles away in New York, the prize might be her only chance to afford flights for a visit ... But can she really stay disconnected long enough to win?
Cover artwork by Jen Collins
Information for Adults: This book has a dyslexia-friendly layout, typeface and paperstock so that even more readers can enjoy it. It has been edited to a reading age of 8. It features a removable 'super-readable' sticker.

AR Level = 4

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The Disconnect by Keren David - Barrington Stoke

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Home / Books / Teen / Friendship / The Disconnect Ebook available to purchase via your usual platform. Reading Age: 8 Interest Age: Teen ISBN: 978-1-78112-855-8 Could you disconnect from your phone for six weeks? Six weeks without sharing photos, without group messages, without being kept in the social‑media loop?

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Home / Books / 8-12 / Family / Owen and the Soldier

Ebook available to purchase via your usual platform.

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Reading Age: 8 Interest Age: 8-12

ISBN: 978-1-78112-865-7

Shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Award 2020
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Owen and his mum are struggling. It's just the two of them at home now and they're finding it difficult to ask for the help they need. When Owen discovers a crumbling stone soldier in the local park, it feels like he finally has someone he can talk to about his worries. But the town council cant's see how important the soldier is and they
want to remove him. Owen's scared that he'll be left on his own again, but can he find the courage he needs to save the soldier before it's too late?
Cover artwork and vignettes by Mike Lowery
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Information for Adults: This book has a dyslexia-friendly layout, typeface and paperstock so that even more readers can enjoy it. It has been edited to a reading age of 8.

AR Level - 4.3

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The Lost Diary of Sami Star by Karen McCombie

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The Lost Diary of Sami Star by Karen McCombie

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Hannah's parents seem to have forgotten her, preoccupied by current quarrels with her older sister. School isn't much better - Hannah's noticing a rift with her two so-called best friends, who seem wholly concerned with boys and whether other people are wearing the 'right' jeans. Then she finds a journal in the park. Hannah is fascinated by its creator, Sami, whose quirky photos and drawings appear in the diary.

Sami seems really cool, but kind of sad. Hannah decides to try and find her and return the diary - but who is she? Can Hannah unpick the clues in the diary to find her?

A short and accessible story about the challenges of teen life, family relationships and friendship. Acknowledging common problems of anxiety and the pressure to conform, it's a perfect read for anyone who likes real-life stories with a touch of mystery. It also has a dyslexia-friendly layout, font and paper.
Read an extract from The Lost Diary of Sami Star

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Hannah's parents seem to have forgotten her, preoccupied by current quarrels with her older sister. School isn't much better - Hannah's noticing a rift with her two so-called best friends, who seem wholly concerned with boys and whether other people are wearing the 'right' jeans. Then she finds a journal in the park.

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Little Badman and the Invasion of the Killer Aunties by Humza Arshad and Henry White

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Little Badman and the Invasion of the Killer Aunties by Humza Arshad and Henry White

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Humza (aka Little Badman) great ambition is to be a super cool rapper and he devotes most of his time and energy on pursuing this goal.

Something weird is happening at school though: teachers are disappearing and being replaced by food-obsessed Aunties intent on fattening everyone up! When his music teacher vanishes, putting a halt to Humza's rapper dreams, he's determined to figure out what's going on - and then things start to get really crazy...

But Humza's famous for telling not-entirely-true stories: how's he going to get anyone to believe him? Recruiting his best friend Umer, his elderly uncle 'Grandpa' and Wendy, the smartest girl in school, it seems Humza's particular musical talent is the only thing that will save his school, town - and possibly the whole world - from potential alien invasion. As long as he doesn't let stage fright defeat him first...

Fast-paced and funny, readers are immediately swept into Humza's world and really feel for him and his various troubles, like his super-strict dad and adults not listening properly. Full of action and humour, but perhaps best of all is how Humza grows and changes through the story, and gets his dad to too.

BookTrust Represents is a three-year project created to promote children's authors and illustrators of colour. As part of the project we have put together booklists highlighting some of our favourite picture books by authors and illustrators of colour.

Here's a round-up of new children's books from the last year (2019), which we think any child aged 10 to 11 years will love.

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Little Badman and the Invasion of the Killer Aunties

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Humza (aka Little Badman) great ambition is to be a super cool rapper and he devotes most of his time and energy on pursuing this goal. Something weird is happening at school though: teachers are disappearing and being replaced by food-obsessed Aunties intent on fattening everyone up!

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Winner - Sainsbury's Children's Book Awards 2021: Fiction 

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Winner - Sainsbury's Children's Book Awards 2021: Learning & Development

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You Are A Champion by Marcus Rashford and Carl Anka

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You Are A Champion by Marcus Rashford and Carl Anka

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Winner of Blue Peter Best Story, Blue Peter Book Awards 2021

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When 11 year old Addie, who is autistic, learns about the 16th century women who were persecuted for witchcraft, she starts to lobby for a local me...

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Subscribe to The Phoenix Comic YouTube Channel and learn to draw characters, anatomy, animals, monsters, landscapes... EVERYTHING! From the basics to advanced techniques, taught by professional creators.

Level up your skills with step-by-step guides, then combine skills to create EPIC art

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Learn to draw EVERYTHING at The Phoenix Comic YouTube channel, all taught by professional artists and bestselling creators. The Phoenix is a weekly comic for children aged 7-14 made by a small family business based in Oxford, UK.

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After finding their community art teacher murdered on their tower block estate ('The Tri'), sisters Nik and Norva are determined to solve this terrible crime. Swinging into action even before the police have arrived, the whip-smart detective duo develop a list of suspects and a plan to identify motives and methods. But over the following days, the evidence starts to point in a confusing direction, one that they really don't want to contemplate...

This fantastic, urban-set mystery is fast-paced, funny and exciting. Nik and Norva are two brilliant new detectives with great senses of humour, and readers will be rooting for them from page one. There's also a great supporting cast of characters, from quirky neighbours to new police officer and the girls' former babysitter Katie, and it's ultra-refreshing to have characters of colour in a contemporary, ordinary life setting that many readers will relate to.

High-Rise Mystery is the perfect 'whodunnit'. As the two girls sift through red herrings and reveal a series of tower block secrets, short snappy sentences and sparkling dialogue will keep readers turning the pages. A mystery as hot as the summer heatwave in which it's set!

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High-Rise Mystery is the perfect 'whodunnit'. As the two girls sift through red herrings and reveal a series of tower block secrets, short snappy s...

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Voyage of the Sparrowhawk by Natasha Farrant

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Voyage of the Sparrowhawk by Natasha Farrant

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Winner - COSTA Children's Book Award 2020

The Times and Sunday Times Children's Book of the Year 2020

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Winner of the 2020 Branford Boase award 2020

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Question everything. A beautiful story with a powerful message. Although the writing style is awkward to begin with, once you get used to the phonetic spelling of words, you'll be reading into the wee hours of... More

Newt is neither girl nor boy but a young child who has only ever known life in the mines as they have been there since as long as they can remember. Newt is trying to learn there letters with Thomas, a slightly more... More

It's not often that a book stops you in your tracks, but this one did it for me. Unique, claustrophobic, tense, exciting and hopeful - just stunning. I was lucky enough to read an advance copy and have been... More

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Question everything. A beautiful story with a powerful message. Although the writing style is awkward to begin with, once you get used to the phonetic spelling of words, you'll be reading into the wee hours of...

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Tom Gates: Epic Adventure (Kind Of) by Liz Pichon

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Tom Gates: Epic Adventure (Kind Of) by Liz Pichon

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Book 13 in the BRILLIANT Tom Gates series!

Having two sets of grandparents is turning out to be very good for me.

The Wrinklies are keen on giving presents AND they're planning a family outing which is going to be EPIC!

Even Delia wants to come. (I can always ignore her.)

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Book Thirteen - Tom Gates: Epic Adventure (Kind of)

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Book 13 in the BRILLIANT Tom Gates series! Having two sets of grandparents is turning out to be very good for me. The Wrinklies are keen on giving presents AND they're planning a family outing which is going to be EPIC! Even Delia wants to come. (I can always ignore her.)

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Philip admires comedian Harry Hill and aspires to be like him. He and his best friend Ang practice jokes on each other. His number one fan his his Mum, until nothing he does makes her laugh anymore and she cries instead.

Yes his mother has cancer. And yes, it is hinted at but he doesn't figure it out until half way through the book. But was he does the story gets more human, more poignant and I almost cry in some places.

Good book, if for nothing else, to speak to kids whose mothers have cancer....more

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Philip admires comedian Harry Hill and aspires to be like him. He and his best friend Ang practice jokes on each other. His number one fan his his Mum, until nothing he does makes her laugh anymore and she cries instead. Yes his mother has cancer.

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One of the most important and distinctive voices in YA fiction, Juno Dawson turns her forensic gaze upon the iniquities of the fashion industry in the emotionally searing Meat Market. Jana Novak is an ordinary girl from a London estate catapulted into the glamorous yet ultra-competitive world of high fashion. Exposed and vulnerable, Jana will discover that the glittering allure of modelling has a very definite dark side.

Winner of the YA Book Prize 2020
Jana Novak's history sounds like a classic model cliche: tall and gangly, she's uncomfortable with her androgynous looks until she's unexpectedly scouted and catapulted to superstardom.

But the fashion industry is as grimy as it is glamorous. And there are unexpected predators at every turn.

Jana is an ordinary girl from a south London estate, lifted to unimaginable heights. But the further you rise, the more devastating your fall ...

Honest and raw, Meat Market is a timely expose of the dark underbelly of the fashion industry in an era of #TimesUp and #MeToo. It might just be Juno Dawson's most important book yet.

MEDIA REVIEWS

'Dawson has a gift for writing believable teenagers characters, and Meat Market is a powerful counterweight to light-hearted literature that still portrays modelling as the stuff of dreams' - The Guardian

'Juno Dawson slashes through the glamour of the fashion industry ... combining blockbuster appeal with piercing commentary on modelling, body image and consent' - The Observer

"This book is a voice...listen..."

After reading Clean last year and spending the year obsessing over how awesome and raw it is I was thrilled to hear Juno had a new book coming out. If you've read and loved Clean then I thoroughly recommend Meat... More

"A raw and important book."

As a young teen, much like a lot of girls, I'd always looked at models and wanted to look like them and be 'perfect'. The industry had always seemed so glamorous and perfect, everyone's dream... More

"#IBelieveJana"

Juno Dawson's latest book follows the dizzying highs and crippling lows of Jana Novak's time in the fashion industry. The protagonist reads as a real and relatable teenager from South London and is exactly... More

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One of the most important and distinctive voices in YA fiction, Juno Dawson turns her forensic gaze upon the iniquities of the fashion industry in the emotionally searing Meat Market. Jana Novak is an ordinary girl from a London estate catapulted into the glamorous yet ultra-competitive world of high fashion.

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A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson (12+)

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A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson (12+)

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Winner of the British Book Awards Children's Fiction Book of the Year 2020

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Watch your favourite authors at home with Authors Live on Lockdown -  Scottish Book Trust

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Clackmannanshire Council eBook Library Service

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Clackmannanshire Council eBook Library Service

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Clackmannanshire Council has a fantastic free eBook and eAudio library service is available at all times every day, so you can bring the library into your home!

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eBooks and eResources

Our eBook and eAudio service is provided via the Borrowbox App for members who live, work or study in Clackmannanshire.

After downloading the free app from the Apple or Google Play stores all you need to do is enter the Library name, card number, email address and pin.

To get a new pin or for any help using the service please email the Library Service at libraries@clacks.gov.uk.

Accessing eBooks

The eBook and eAudio service is free and is designed to be used by library members outside the library 24 hours a day 7 days a week.

You can download fiction, non-fiction and children's books to an e-reader, tablet or smart phone.

You can download up to 6 titles at a time and can choose between a 1-21 day loan period. At the end of this period, the eBook will stop working and be available in the eBook catalogue. However, you can if you wish return the item early.

Create an account

You will need a library card to create your account. Sign in with the usual library card login.

To get a library card click on the join the library link.

Download and set-up guides

Newsbank

Newsbank gives users access to current and past news from a variety of national, local and regional papers. This facility is being trialled for a short time and to access Newsbank you need to go into your local library.

Related Publications & Documents

For Further Information Contact

Library Services
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Tel: 01259 452262 Fax: 01259 723365
Email: libraries@clacks.gov.uk

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The eBook service is free and is designed to be used by library members outside the library 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Due to licensing restrictions, this service is available only to members who live, work or study in Clackmannanshire.

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Papercutz-the Kids Graphic Novel Publisher

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With the scary times we are in right now and with more schools moving to remote learning every day, we at Papercutz want to help ease the tension a bit as we can with some great graphic novels! Click the button below to access some of our great titles, such as
GEEKY FAB FIVE, DINOSAUR EXPLORERS, CHLOE, and THE SMURFS!
We hope you enjoy them as we get through this!

You can also order the next volumes in these series here:
Chloe
Dinosaur Explorers
The Smurfs
Geeky F@b Five
There are activity guides available for GEEKY FAB FIVE and DINOSAUR EXPLORERS as well, so you can learn along the way.

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COVID-19 E-Book Care Package - Papercutz-the Kids Graphic Novel Publisher

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With the scary times we are in right now and with more schools moving to remote learning every day, we at Papercutz want to help ease the tension a bit as we can with some great graphic novels! Click the button below to access some of our great titles, such as GEEKY FAB FIVE, DINOSAUR ...

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Welcome! I hope this website will help readers, parents, teachers and librarians find out more about me and my children's books. And you can subscribe to my termly e-newsletter here or email to ask me something particular here or use my contact form here.

I am the author of three Puffin football children's series, A More awards Football Academy, Foul Play and The Squad and 14 books for Barrington Stoke. Foul Play was short listed for the 2009 Blue Peter Book Award. n excellent fast-paced detective novel" The Times. here.

NEW Home-learning

FREE videos of reading from my books,new ones added daily here
FREE reads - first chapters of my books here
FREE colouring here
FREE literacy resources here

And on Tuesday 5th May (from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.) I will be hosting a chat on Facebook Live on my facebook page

Spitfire Fund 29 April - 7 May 2020

I have been writing with the RAF Museum (as their Children's Writer in Residence) a five-part free story to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. Download from their website here.

And if you like that, you might also enjoy reading Spitfire more here.

COMING SOON- After the War

My next book "After the War" will be published in 2020 by Barrington Stoke. I have been heavily researching and writing this with Grasmere school and the kind support the Lake District Holocaust Project. It's about the three hundred child concentration camp survivors who came to the Lake District nearly 75 years ago (known as the Windermere Boys).

(Apologies - this publication is slightly delayed from May in the interests of keeping publishers and printers safe. )

Awards Latest ...

I was thrilled to be awarded the Ruth Rendell Award for Services to Literacy by the National Literacy Trust in association with the ALCS.

I am delighted Armistice Runner has just won the older readers category prize at the FCBG Children's Book Awards!! And Armistice Runner was nominated for the 2020 CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL and has been listed for twelve other UK prizes including the shortlist for the UKLA Book Awards 2020. Thank you!

More awards news here

Read on about all my books for children here.

Latest : D-Day Dog

Jack can't wait for the school trip to the D-Day landing beaches to learn more about the war heroes he has always admired - brave men like his dad. But when his dad is called up to action Jack questions all he believes about war. Finding comfort in his loyal dog, Finn, Jack is drawn to the heart-wrenching true story of one particular D-Day paratrooper. More here

"A book I read with my heart in my mouth and tears in my eyes, this is undoubtedly one of the most thought-provoking stories I've ever read." Madge Reviews

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Latest : Roy of the Rovers Fiction 4 : On Tour

Something strange is afoot. As Rovers head off on a pre-season tour, Roy's treated differently, and kept apart from the team. What's going on, and why are Rovers bringing in new players? With his family life hitting a rough patch and everything in flux at Mel Park, it's time for Roy of the Rovers to fight for his team, his family - and his career in football... Read chapter 1 here
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Malorie Blackman ~ Author of Noughts and Crosses

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Welcome to my website! If you're trying to find out more about me, what I've written or what I'm up to now, then you're in the right place. You can browse my books, read extracts, watch trailers, and even write your own reviews - I'd love to hear what you think.

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Where the World Turns Wild by Nicola Penfold

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Where the World Turns Wild by Nicola Penfold

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A gripping adventure with a subtly delivered ecological message, Penfold's beautifully judged novel pits a pair of resourceful siblings against ruthless human forces and the awesome dangers of an unknowable wilderness.

Animals, trees, flowers, our city forbids them all...
Juniper Greene lives in a walled city from which nature has been banished, following the outbreak of a deadly man-made disease many years earlier. While most people seem content to live in such a cage, she and her little brother Bear have always known about their resistance to the disease, and dream of escaping into the wild. To the one place humans have survived outside of cities. To where their mother is.
When scientists discover that the siblings provide the key to fighting the disease, the pair must flee for their lives. As they journey into the unknown, they soon learn that there's cruelty in nature as well as beauty. Will they ever find the home they're searching for?
A thrilling and thought-provoking ecological adventure from a fresh new voice in children's fiction. Perfect for fans of THE EXPLORER, THE LAST WILD and THE ISLAND AT THE END OF EVERYTHING. "Some books are excellent story-telling, and some books broaden your knowledge and mind, and some just ought to be written and this book is all three. I loved it." - Hilary McKay, author of THE SKYLARKS' WAR " WHERE THE WORLD TURNS WILD is a journey between extremes of grey and green, propelled by a bold and timely concept, and written with sharp, intelligent prose. A truly heartfelt and very striking novel." - Darren Simpson, author of SCAVENGERS "A beautiful, memorable story about all the important things - love, family, loyalty, and courage - contained inside a brilliant adventure, WHERE THE WORLD TURNS WILD can't fail to enthrall any reader lucky enough to encounter it." - Sinead O'Hart, author of THE EYE OF THE NORTH and THE STAR-SPUN WEB "Wondrous, warm-hearted, wildly exhilarating [...] The world is familiar and frightening, the relationships between characters beautifully rendered - Nicola Penfold is an author to watch." - Nizrana Farook, author of THE GIRL WHO STOLE AN ELEPHANT "This novel packs a powerful punch. It calls on the 'wild' in all of us through the characters of these two brave children. We cannot help being drawn in by their epic struggle." - Cath Howe, author of ELLA ON THE OUTSIDE "It is extraordinary! This compelling book has future classic written all over it!" - Lindsay Galvin, author of THE SECRET DEEP

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"Some books are excellent story-telling, and some books broaden your knowledge and mind, and some just ought to be written and this book is all three. I loved it." -- Hilary McKay, author of THE SKYLARKS' WAR
" WHERE THE WORLD TURNS WILD is a journey between extremes of grey and green, propelled by a bold and timely concept, and written with sharp, intelligent prose. A truly heartfelt and very striking novel." -- Darren Simpson, author of SCAVENGERS
"It is extraordinary! This compelling book has future classic written all over it!" -- Lindsay Galvin, author of THE SECRET DEEP
"A beautiful, memorable story about all the important things - love, family, loyalty, and courage - contained inside a brilliant adventure, WHERE THE WORLD TURNS WILD can't fail to enthrall any reader lucky enough to encounter it." -- Sinead O'Hart, author of THE EYE OF THE NORTH and THE STAR-SPUN WEB
"Wondrous, warm-hearted, wildly exhilarating [...] The world is familiar and frightening, the relationships between characters beautifully rendered - Nicola Penfold is an author to watch." -- Nizrana Farook, author of THE GIRL WHO STOLE AN ELEPHANT
"This novel packs a powerful punch. It calls on the 'wild' in all of us through the characters of these two brave children. We cannot help being drawn in by their epic struggle." -- Cath Howe, author of ELLA ON THE OUTSIDE

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Looking for your child's next book or a reading list on a certain issue? Discover some of the best new books, as well as the children's classics waiting to be re-discovered. From babies to teenagers, we've got it covered!

Great Books Guide

Our 100 favourite children's books from the past year, for teeny babies all the way up to 11 year olds. The right book is what a child wants to read - and we hope this guide helps you find it.
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Looking for your child's next book or a reading list on a certain issue? Discover some of the best new books, as well as the children's classics waiting to be re-discovered. From babies to teenagers, we've got it covered! Our 100 favourite children's books from the past year, for teeny babies all the way up to 11 year olds.

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Katherine Rundell grew up in London, Zimbabwe and Belgium, and since 2008 has been a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, where she works on Renaissance literature, specialising in John Donne. Her books for children include The Girl Savage (2011), Rooftoppers (2013), The Wolf Wilder (2015), The Explorer (2017) a picture book illustrated by Emily Sutton, One Christmas Wish (2017) and The Good Thieves (2019). She has also written a book for adults Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old And Wise (2019). Her work has been translated into thirty languages and has won, among others, the Costa Children's Book Award, the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, the Blue Peter Book Award, the Boston Globe Horn Book Award in America, the Andersen Prize in Italy and Le Prix Sorcières in France.

In 2016 she wrote a play, Life According to Saki, which won the Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh award and transferred to New York. She worked on a short film about a tortoise, 'Henry', for Oculus Rift, which went on to win an Emmy for Outstanding Original Interactive Programme. She has been selected as one of the Aarhus39 - 39 of the leading children's writers from across Europe - and one of the Hay30 'writers and thinkers'. In her spare time she is learning, extremely slowly, to fly a small aeroplane, and goes climbing across the rooftops old buildings, secretly, late at night.

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Katherine Rundell grew up in London, Zimbabwe and Belgium, and since 2008 has been a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, where she works on Renaissance literature, specialising in John Donne. Her books for children include The Girl Savage (2011), Rooftoppers (2013), The Wolf Wilder (2015), The Explorer (2017) a picture book illustrated by Emily Sutton, One Christmas Wish (2017) and The Good Thieves (2019).

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Home / Books / Teen / Family / Lark

£7.99 £5.99

Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal 2020

Reading Age: 9 Interest Age: Teen

ISBN: 978-1-78112-843-5

Things are getting tense at home for Nicky and Kenny as they wait for a visit from their estranged mum. To escape, they go for a walk on the moors, taking their little Jack Russell terrier with them. But what should have been a laugh, a lark, turns deadly when the weather changes and they are caught in a blizzard. Nothing will ever be quite the same again ...

Follow Nicky and Kenny's story in Brock, Pike and Rook.
Cover artwork and chapter vignettes by Nick Hayes
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Information for Adults: This book has a dyslexia-friendly layout, typeface and paperstock so that even more readers can enjoy it. It has been edited to a reading age of 9. If you would like to bulk order copies for your school please contact schools@barringtonstoke.co.uk for more information.

AR Level = 4.2

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Lark by Anthony McGowan - Barrington Stoke

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When Good Geeks Go Bad by Catherine Wilkins

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Ross MacKenzie is the author of The Nowhere Emporium, winner of the Blue Peter Award and the Scottish Children's Book Award. He lives in Renfrew, where he grew up, with his wife and two daughters, but spends much of his time in another world.

Arrange a Visit

Would you like to arrange a visit with Ross MacKenzie to your school, library, bookshop or festival? Email marketing@florisbooks.co.uk and we can help you get that set up. If you need help with funding, check to see if Ross MacKenzie is on Scottish Book Trust's Live Literature register.

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The Super Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates By Jenny Pearson

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The Super Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates By Jenny Pearson

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The List of Things That Will Not Change by Rebecca Stead

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The List of Things That Will Not Change by Rebecca Stead

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The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse by Charlie Mackesy

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The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse by Charlie Mackesy

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Derek Landy is far too modest to talk about any awards or accolades his books may have won. He will not, for instance, mention the fact that his first book, Skulduggery Pleasant, won the Red House Children's Book Award, or that his second, Playing With Fire, won an Irish Book Award for Children's Book of the Year, or that his third, The Faceless Ones, is his mother's personal favourite.

He lives in Ireland with a variety of cats, a German Shepherd, and two geriatric Staffordshire Bull Terriers who keep peeing on his kitchen floor because they think it's funny.

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Derek Landy is far too modest to talk about any awards or accolades his books may have won. He will not, for instance, mention the fact that his first book, Skulduggery Pleasant, won the Red House Children's Book Award, or that his second, Playing With Fire, won an Irish Book Award for Children's Book of ...

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Do you like comics?  You can read four brilliant and completely FREE online comics using the link below!

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Moose Kid Comics created and edited by Jamie Smart. Editorial Advisors: Chris Garbutt and Andy Davidson. Design advice: Matt Baxter. Website built by Sam Hardacre. All works and characters contained herein are copyright 2015 to their respective artists. This has been a Fumboo Ltd production.

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A seven-day online festival in partnership with Waterstones from 8 - 14 June for families to celebrate the power of imagination and Puffin's 80th birthday – watch on Puffin Facebook and YouTube channels.

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A seven-day online festival in partnership with Waterstones from 8 - 14 June for families to celebrate the power of imagination and Puffin's 80th birthday - watch on Puffin Facebook and YouTube channels.
Join authors, illustrators and real Puffins for a week of events, travel through Puffin's 80 year history and get oodles of ideas to keep children dreaming after screen-time. Illustrator in Residence Nick Sharratt will be drawing your dreams all week. Send in your kids' most wild and extraordinary dreams using the hashtag #PuffinDreamer, in the video comments or via email PuffinDreamer@penguinrandomhouse.co.uk until Friday 12 June. Terms and conditions can be found here.

Let us know you will be attending by clicking going on the Facebook event page here. Then, watch with your kids, twice a day at 10.30am and 3.30pm for a 15 - 20-minute video which will include a creative activity that you can try at home. The festival will culminate in a live weekend extravaganza at 11am on 13 and 14 June. Watch here on either Puffin books Facebookor YouTube.

Sign up for your Puffin Festival of Big Dreams kit

Get ready for the Puffin Festival of Big Dreams event kit, there's everything you need to start dreaming at home, including the show schedule, Puffin templates and a guide to finding your official big dreamer name.
See which dreams Nick Sharratt's been drawing every weekday in the 3.30pm show.
Monday - Dream Big
10.30am - Creative Writing Challenge
Bring your incredible imagination and get those creative juices flowing with Yassmin Abdel-Magied's Creative Writing Challenges, inspired by her short story Kandaka from The Puffin Book of Big Dreams. Yassmin is the author of You Must Be Layla.
3.30pm - Mix-Up a Fairy Tale
Dream big and get ready to mix-up some fairy tales with Nick Sharratt and Pippa Goodhart, there'll be a special reading from You Choose Fairy Tales and a draw-along with Nick Sharratt at the end.

Tuesday - Dream Wild

The Puffin Festival of Big Dreams events will not be streamed on Tuesday 9 June out of respect for George Floyd's funeral. Events will be rescheduled to Wednesday when we hope that you can join us. To find out more about how to support black independent bookshops, publishers and writers please click here.

Wednesday - Dream Extraordinary
10.30am - Build An Adventure Workshop
Join this extraordinary workshop to create a wild and mind-blowing adventure story from scratch and join in a draw-along with Frostheart author and illustrator Jamie Littler.
11am - Animal Quiz
Play along and test your knowledge with Sam Copeland's paw-some Animal Quiz, featuring Charlie Changes Into A Chicken.
3.30pm - Very Hungry Caterpillar Craft-Along
For a very special, Very Hungry Caterpillar craft-along, you will need paper, paint, a paintbrush or sponge, scissors, pencil and glue. Join Lucy Walters and get colourfully creative making a beautiful butterfly inspired by Eric Carle's famous collage illustration technique!

4pm - Great Illustrators Draw-Off

Get ready to dream wild and see some drawing tips, as Nadia Shireen and Ed Vere battle it out in the Great Illustrators Draw-Off! Featuring doodles from How to be a Lion and Billy and the Dragon.

Thursday - Dream Magic

10.30am - Puppet Theatre Workshop

Grab a cardboard box and join Hana Tooke for a brilliantly magical and giggle-filled puppet theatre workshop inspired by The Unadoptables.

3.30pm - Magic Pony Draw-Along

Get your pens and paper ready and your magic dreaming hats on for a draw-along of Jonathan the Magic Pony with Stuart Heritage and Nicola Slater.

Friday - Dream Bold
10.30am - Storytime with Jacqueline Wilson
Settle down for a superb storytime with Jacqueline Wilson as she reads the winning story from the public vote!

3.30pm - Amazing Alphabets

Grab your festival kit and be inspired to dream bold and write your own A-Z of Amazing poem, as Rashmi Sirdeshpande explores Amazing Alphabets from The Puffin Book of Big Dreams. Rashmi is the author of Never Show A T-Rex A Book!

WEEKEND LIVE CREATIVE EXTRAVAGANZA at 11AM, 50 minutes

Puffin presenter Radzi will be reading out dreams and shout-outs throughout the show, so send them in using #PuffinDreamer or email PuffinDreamer@penguinrandomhouse.co.uk

Saturday - Dream Curious

Get ready for a LIVE show where anything could happen! Puffin presenter Radzi will once again be joined by Nick Sharratt, who'll be sharing his dream drawings. Then the exceptional Robin Stevens will be kicking off Saturday's show with a mystery-making workshop - grown-ups, you can vote for your kids' picks in the comments if you watch together on Facebook or watch on YouTube without comments. After that, hop aboard a boat and take a trip to meet real Puffins with the RSPB before going on an exclusive tour of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid studio with Jeff Kinney.

During Robin Stevens' event, she'll be showing viewers how to write a murder mystery story by voting A or B. Robin's books are recommended for children 9+. If you have younger children, you may want to join at 11:15 to meet the Puffins at Coquet Island.

Sunday - Dream Forever

Get your pen and paper ready for a draw-along of Rocket, the hero of Look Up!, with illustrator Dapo Adeola. Then author Nathan Bryon will give you a sneak peek of their brand new story After that, its time for some backstage secrets from Carrie Hope Fletcher, who'll be reading from Ballet Shoes, before Lucy Hawking beams in with an intergalactically awesome space quiz. Illustrator in Residence, Nick Sharratt, will be back to share his collage of big dreams inspired by all the dreams you've been sending in. Plus, the winners of the National Book Tokens and Puffin Big Dreamers Writing competition will be announced.
The Puffin Collage of Big Dreams
Thank you Puffin Dreamers for sharing hundreds upon hundreds of dreams throughout the festival. We are delighted to present the Puffin Collage of Big Dreams, illustrated by Nick Sharratt and created with the power of your imagination. See if you can spot your dream...

Books for 6 - 8 year olds

Books for 9 - 12 year olds

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A seven-day online festival in partnership with Waterstones from 8 - 14 June for families to celebrate the power of imagination and Puffin's 80th birthday - watch on Puffin Facebook and YouTube channels. Join authors, illustrators and real Puffins for a week of events, travel through Puffin's 80 year history and get oodles of ideas to keep children dreaming after screen-time.

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Kid Normal and the Rogue Heroes by Greg James and Chris Smith, illustrated by Erica Salcedo

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Kid Normal and the Rogue Heroes by Greg James and Chris Smith, illustrated by Erica Salcedo

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Planet Stan by Elaine Wickson and illustrated by Chris Judge

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Planet Stan by Elaine Wickson and illustrated by Chris Judge

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I Swapped My Brother on the Internet by Jo Simmons and illustrated by Nathan Reed

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I Swapped My Brother on the Internet by Jo Simmons and illustrated by Nathan Reed

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Cranachan Publishing have launched a free and fabulous lockdown-themed anthology of poems and prose for children by 40 writers in Scotland! Check it out!! 👀 📖 ⬇️ ❤

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Edited by Katherine Rundell, with contributions from more than 100 children's writers and illustrators

Completely free for all children and families, the extraordinary collection of short stories, poems, essays and pictures has contributions from more than 110 children's writers and illustrators, including Lauren Child, Anthony Horowitz, Greg James and Chris Smith, Michael Morpurgo, Liz Pichon, Axel Scheffler, Francesca Simon and Jacqueline Wilson.

The collection, published by Bloomsbury, is dedicated to the doctors, nurses, carers, porters, cleaners and everyone currently working in hospitals.

The Book of Hopes is currently available to read online only. Bloomsbury intends to publish a gift book based on the project in the autumn in support of NHS Charities Together. Please visit @KidsBloomsbury for further updates on this.

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Edited by Katherine Rundell, with contributions from more than 100 children's writers and illustrators Completely free for all children and families, the extraordinary collection of short stories, poems, essays and pictures has contributions from more than 110 children's writers and illustrators, including Lauren Child, Anthony Horowitz, Greg James and Chris Smith, Michael Morpurgo, Liz Pichon, Axel Scheffler, Francesca Simon and Jacqueline Wilson.

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Rise Up: Ordinary Kids With Extraordinary Stories by Amanda Li and Amy Blackwell

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Rise Up: Ordinary Kids With Extraordinary Stories by Amanda Li and Amy Blackwell

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I Bet I Can Make You Laugh: Poems by Joshua Seigal and Friends, illustrated by Tom Wesson

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Born in a refugee camp, Subhi has never seen the outside world. At night, he dreams that the sea finds its way to his tent, bringing with it unusual treasures. And one day it brings him Jimmie: an illiterate young girl who lives near the refugee camp.

The Bone Sparrow is a beautiful, heartbreaking, hopeful and deeply moving novel that explores a tragic and relevant topic with incredibly skill. Fraillon doesn't shy away from showing the bleakness of the refugee camp, but the novel is anything but. Subhi's irrepressible spirit brightens the camp, and the novel itself. Subhi and Jimmie's discovery of friendship is a joy to read, and Subhi's relationship with his older sister and closest friend in the camp are also wonderfully depicted.

The Bone Sparrow is one of those rare, special books that will break your heart with its honesty and beauty, but is ultimately hopeful and uplifting.
Winner of the CILIP Amnesty Honour 2017.

Since asylum can be a confusing issue for children (and even adults), here are some books that explore what it really means to flee your home and have to start your life over.

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Forced to flee his home in Syria, a young boy and his family face the dangers of civil war. A moving story of conflict and hope, winner of the UKLA Book Award.