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Books Galore!

Feb 1, 2023

If your child is in Grade R this year, this set is essential. Homeschoolers and teachers in particular won’t regret spending some money on this, as the extra resources are worth it! This set introduces young children to high-frequency sight words thr

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Story Magic

Sep 6, 2023

⇨ THE STORY OF CONSERVATION by Catherine Barr and Steve Williams, illustrated by Amy Husband (Frances Lincoln) is about something near and dear to our hearts – conservation! This book is illustrated in a beautiful and charming ‘childlike’ style and t

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Dear DOCTOR

Feb 5, 2020

Chris Young works as a children’s specialist for Golden Hare Books, an independent bookshop based in Edinburgh – this involves trying out all sorts of ways to get kids into reading. She also works as a part-time librarian, doing a similar job! She ha

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Reading Corner

Jun 1, 2021

KEY: HB HARDBACK ★ PB PAPERBACK ★ BB BOARD BOOK Deborah Chancellor and Julia Groves RRP £10.99 (HB) www.scallywaygpress.com The first, in a topical collection of four titles, helping children to understand where their food comes from and how precious

Cricket Magazine Fiction and Non-Fiction Stories for Children and Young Teens

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The Letterbox

Apr 1, 2020

Dear Everybuggy, My nonna recently found my mom’s old Cricket magazines. I was reading them one day when a story from the October 1976 issue caught my eye. “Minnie Maloney and Macaroni” is about a family who buys seven boxes of macaroni every day for

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Once Upon a Time…

Jan 31, 2021

I cried when I tore the cover of my favourite childhood storybook. It was the first book I’d been given as a “big girl” – a compendium of fabulous stories by Ruth Ainsworth, with gorgeous illustrations by Shirley Hughes. It included a wealth of short

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Reading Corner

Mar 1, 2024

Cao Xenxuan & Yu Rong RRP £ 8.99 (PB) www.uclanpublishing.com Have you ever felt small and low? Can Wawa the bird find a way to help her friend see that being different can be a strength, giving a child the courage to fly a kite at the town’s fest

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Its A Gift

Mar 1, 2024

Looking for a fun game for the whole family? Weldon Owen Children's Books has the solution. Wake Up The Beast! is a new card game (RRP £14.99) that challenges the whole family to test their dinosaur knowledge against one another. A fabulously fun gam

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Check It Out

Feb 25, 2021

Rebecca Robinson is a librarian at the Troy Public Library in New York. Written by B. G. Ford, Illustrated by Tom Cooke Join beloved Sesame Street characters Bert and Ernie on a trip to the supermarket! Follow them as they go through all the steps of

The Millions

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A Year in Reading: Jennifer Croft

Dec 13, 2023

What I have read the most, and over and over and over, is children’s literature, and more specifically, board books. The post A Year in Reading: Jennifer Croft appeared first on The Millions.

Ladybug Stories, Poems, and Songs Magazine for Young Kids and Children

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A Very Merry Library

Feb 1, 2023

Have you ever spent an afternoon playing and listening to stories and songs? You may have done this at home or at school . . . or even at the library. Libraries are filled with stories! You can find book after book about all sorts of things: magical

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READER Reviews

Dec 3, 2020

by Laura Dockrill and illustrated by Gwen Millward Piccadilly Press, £9.99 Review by Esmeralda, age eight This story is called Butterfly Brain. It is written in verse, and it is about a little boy called Asparagus – or Gus for short – who always

Writing Magazine

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Winning Tales

Apr 4, 2024

There were an amazing 165 entries for the Picture Book category of the Writing Magazine Children’s Prize last year. Many congratulations to everyone who entered and to those writers whose stories were longlisted and shortlisted. Congratulations to ou

Creative Steps

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We're Going On A Bear Hunt

Mar 1, 2024

In the spirit of playtime, the sets and props for We’re Going on a Bear Hunt Live on Stage are entirely made of items you can find at home or in the classroom - and so is this mask! This classic craft is super easy to customise, so let your creativit

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Reading Corner

Dec 1, 2021

Great books for growing minds KEY: HB HARDBACK ★ PB PAPERBACK ★ BB BOARD BOOK www.simonandschuster.co.uk Wherever you’re going, I’m going too. We fit together, just me and you. Bear and squirrel make the prefect pair. But when chicken wants to join t

The Christian Science Monitor

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Flights Of Imagination Take Wing With Picture Books

Dec 1, 2021

With illustrated books, the connection between reader and listener – as well as the interplay of text and image – can create powerful memories. These books are enriched by the experience of sharing them, with read-aloud time spurring a child’s curios

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Reading Corner

Sep 1, 2023

RRP £7.99 (PB) www.farshore.co.uk Come and meet four magical friends who control the seasons in this fairy inspired series. The sun is shining, and the little friends are on their way to the beach, playing games on the way. Summer starts to feel ho

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Dear Doctor

Feb 6, 2019

I like to write stories and draw pictures to go with them, and then give them to people for birthday presents. Sometimes I have loads of ideas for stories, and sometimes I don’t. I asked my teacher about it and she said that imagination is like a mus

The Writer

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Talk To The Practitioner: Jane Park

Jan 29, 2022

I met Jane Park during a children’s literature happy hour over Zoom. In one of the breakout rooms, she mentioned that her latest picture book, Juna and Appa, was coming out in 2022. It’ll be her second publication with Lee & Low publishers, and her f

Pick Me Up Special

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5 Questions With…

Aug 10, 2023

1. How did you start writing? It all started at school when the wonderful poet Jean Binta Breeze visited my school for a poetry reading. I was inspired and I wanted to silence a crowd with words. I started writing poems in my spare time and I haven’t