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The latest National Literacy Trust research into children’s reading habits is out, with its Chief Executive Jonathan Douglas describing the data as ‘stark’ and claiming that, ‘We are witnessing the lowest levels of reading enjoyment and daily reading in a generation – a critical challenge for literacy, wellbeing, and life chances.’ In the sort of […]
Congratulations to Ross Montgomery who has been voted the Overall Winner of the 2025 FCBG Children’s Book Award with I Am Rebel. Now in its 45th year, the Children’s Book Award is the only national award voted for entirely by children. I Am Rebel, a heartwarming adventure about the unbreakable bond between a dog and […]
Sometimes you just wake up… and you’re not in the mood. You can’t say why, you can’t make it go away. It’s just there. Hedgehog knows that feeling all too well. When his friends come knocking with suggestions — dancing! dress-up! fishing! sky-diving! — Hedgehog isn’t having any of it. And while the activities become […]
How to pronounce the title of Luke Palmer’s new novel? Is it ‘Live’ as in how we live now, or ‘Live’ as in live music? As it’s the story of young musicians, who live to play, it could be either. The central characters are all young people who love music and creating it. George writes […]
IBBY UK has announced the nomination of Michael Rosen, author category, and Emily Gravett, illustrator category, for the Hans Christian Andersen Award 2026. In the portfolio supporting Michael’s submission, Professor Kimberley Reynolds writes, ‘Michael Rosen has been entertaining, educating, promoting and expanding writing for children in the UK in original, radical ways for half a […]
The Week Junior Book Awards have unveiled the 2025 shortlist, celebrating the best in children’s literature across 13 categories, including audiobooks, graphic novels and hobbies. There’s also a category highlighting new and debut authors. Now in its third year, The Week Junior Book Awards were created to celebrate the very best in books for young readers, […]
Shit Bag by Xena Knox (Hachette) and I Am, You Are by Ashley Harris Whaley, illustrated by Hannah Wood (Ladybird Books, Penguin Random House) are the entries selected by IBBY UK for inclusion in the 2025 Outstanding Books for Children with Disabilities List. This list comprises forty titles selected from 200 submissions from IBBY sections […]
There is a lot to like about this debut novel. Janeen Hayat skillfully moves between two stories. A modern tale about the developing friendship of Maryam and Evie, who are in the same class at school, and another about the friendship of their great grandmothers Kathy and Safia, across lines of race and religion in […]
Here’s another wonderful fantasy for teens. It’s set in an alternative world where there are actually four interlinked worlds, one of which was destroyed by a deadly plant invasion seven years previously. The heroine Maeve has lived a life of pretence and secrecy since then, as her father was accused of causing the destruction of […]
Everything about this information book is worth five stars! Congratulations to all the team involved, including Professor Beverley Glover and Dr Sally Lee from Cambridge University Botanic Garden. Here we see Nosy Crow collaborating again with the University of Cambridge. This is the first book in a fascinating new series entitled Think Big and will […]
When you mix magic and the incredibly popular Regency England there is the potential for some breath-taking plots and some heart stopping romance. This is the story of two magical families who are fated to be enemies, due to a curse made by Heston Nightly affecting his magical ‘tether’ called Mathilde Wycherley; unfortunately, the curse […]
This, as the title suggests, is Samim’s story. Samim is thirteen and the book begins with him in an adult detention centre – because he is tall. He has been travelling since he was nine years old and left Afghanistan following the death of his family. His journey has taken him from Afghanistan to Iran […]
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