The Kingdom Over the Sea by Zohra Nabi

Published in May, The Kingdom over the Sea, was Waterstones Children’s Book of the Month.  We are excited to share a guest blog from author, Zohra Nabi about her debut book. I love reading authors’ first books. There’s something electric about a debut novel, not written to a deadline, or with a clear idea of […]

Reading is Magic Festival 2023

Back for 2023, the Reading is Magic Festival was announced today! We are thrilled to share exciting details about this brilliant festival, set to take place 2nd-6th of October 2023. The Reading is Magic Festival, inspired by Cressida Cowell’s Waterstones Children’s Laureate Charter and programmed by Bath Children’s Literature Festival, returns for a 4th year […]

Where the Light Goes by Sara Barnard

A weekend treat for you in the form of a wonderful blog from author Sara Barnard.  Her book deals with suicide and she is often asked about her fear in writing about this topic. There’s this question that I keep getting asked about writing Where the Light Goes: Weren’t you scared? Weren’t you scared about […]

Q&A with Dean Lomax

An opportunity to chat to a palaeontologist and author was too good to pass up! We asked Dean Lomax a few questions about his job and his books! Dinosaurs are forever a favourite subject area for young readers- was that where your interest began as well? When did you decide this could be a career […]

Non-Fiction Booklist

The Federation of Children’s Book Groups has always spent time creating and curating booklists.  We are now in the process of updating these and ensuring we have the classics represented as well as the brilliant new books that have been published in the past few years. As we update them, we will be adding them […]