Blitz One Family’s War by Martin Impey

We have a touching blog from Martin Impey today all about Blitz, One Family’s War.  Martin explains why this is a deeply personal and incredibly relevant book to share with younger readers. The Beginning To say that creating BLITZ – One Family’s War was a ‘journey’ is a bit of an understatement. It began after […]

Coram Beanstalk Reading Helpers

Coram Beanstalk have written a post for us about why being a reading helper is such a gift for teachers and students.   Why having a Coram Beanstalk reading helper is a gift for teachers Working as a class teacher and literacy lead in an inner-London primary school for many years, I witnessed a consistently […]

National Non-Fiction November Competition- Winners Announcement

National Non-Fiction November Competition The theme of this year’s National Non-Fiction November certainly highlighted the wealth of creativity and diverse range of interests being pursued by children up and down the country! From hair braiding to fishing, model making to gymnastics, badminton to reading, real tennis to animation, the joy these activities bring made judging […]

How to be a Revolutionary by Lucy Ann Unwin

We have a brilliant blog from author Lucy Ann Unwin all about her book, How to be a Revolutionary! It will certainly make you pause to consider your family circumstances.   Growing up I was utterly obsessed with Disney’s version of The Little Mermaid. If you’d asked me then what I loved about it I […]

Writing scary stories for children by Rachel Burge

Readers of all ages seem to be reading more scary stories and we are so pleased to share a guest post from Rachel Burge about exactly writing and reading scary stories. Reading and Writing Scary Stories for Children It’s widely known that reading helps children develop empathy. But did you know that fiction does more […]

Faedom by Agnes Monod-Gayraud and Lorna White

So many stories and films feature fae, fairies and whimsical creatures and if you love those, then this is the book for you! Check out the blog from the authors below all about Faedom! When we set out to write Faedom, our goal was to share our love and admiration for the natural world and […]

The River Thief by Hannah Peck

Hannah Peck is writing for a variety of audiences and in today’s blog, she tells us a bit more about how she does this! Writing The River Thief Things nobody tells you about writing for an older age group when you’ve previously only written for five to nine-year-olds: you will probably be bad at it. […]

Fantastically Festive Children’s Books

Kate Thompson and Loretta Schauer, creators of Yetis Don’t Exist have collaborated to bring us some “fantastically festive books” just in time for December! Our Favourite Fantastically Festive Children’s Books By Kate Thompson and Loretta Schauer Christmas time is coming! Even now, as an alleged ‘grownup’, these four words make me bubbly with excitement! And […]