Blog Books for under 7s
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‘The Snail and the Whale’ comes to the stage
Exciting news for Julia Donaldson fans – this Christmas sees the West End arrival of the stage adaptation of ‘The Snail and the Whale’!
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Girls Can Do Anything: another five inspirational women
Award-winning author Caryl Hart discusses the lives and achievements of five more women who have inspired her.
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Girls Can Do Anything: five more inspirational women
Award-winning author Caryl Hart discusses the lives and achievements of another five women who have inspired her.
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Girls Can Do Anything: five inspirational women
Award-winning author Caryl Hart discusses the lives and achievements of five women who have inspired her.
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Our picture book picks
We have some fantastic picture books perfect for summer reading. Check out our current favourites!
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Hip Hip Hooray for Elmer Day!
Celebrate everyone’s favourite patchwork elephant on Elmer Day on 26th May.
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Our highlights from your May Book Club
Whether you’re looking for Donaldson or Walliams we’ve got something for you! Here are a few of our favourite reads from the May Book Club to see you through to the bank holiday weekend.
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Discover the favourite children’s authors and illustrators of all time!
The votes are in! Find out who was voted as the favourite children’s authors and illustrators of all time in our recent poll.
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Enjoying the dark humour of children’s books
Primary school teacher Jonny Walker tells us why funny books for children are so delightfully and darkly humorous, and recommends some of his favourites.
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Lollies Nominees Visit A School
Last week we sent Lollies nominated author Alan Macdonald and illustrator Sarah McIntyre, creators of The Prince of Pants, to a school. Find out what they got up to!
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Story Cures for Scholastic
Ella and Susan, who wrote The Story Cure: How to Keep Children Happy, Healthy and Wise, have put together a selection of great books to see your kids through the difficult stages in their lives.
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Christmas Gift Guide – Books for 0-7
In this gift guide for the 0-7s we try to find new books to match to the youngest readers in your life…
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How to Breeze Through ‘Back to School’
What to do and what not to do to help get your child ready for the new term.
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Starting School – what you need to know, from a teacher and parent of a four-year-old.
The PE kit is packed, the uniform is labelled – you’re all set right? Or maybe not! If you’re feeling the wobbles about your child starting school, here’s Jo Cummins, teacher and parent of her own school starter, to tell…
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Announcing the Lollies shortlist!
After months of deliberation by our esteemed judges, we’re delighted to announce the shortlist for the Laugh out Loud Awards 2017, the Lollies!
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Enter our half-term giveaway!
As it’s half-term week, we’re celebrating with another giveaway! This time, you could win our classic picture book pack.
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Keep Reading Week 2: Supertato – Run, Veggies, Run! Book Review
Our Spring Book Club has arrived and we want you to #KeepReading with us! So, for this Club, we invite you to join us in sharing a new book each week and reviewing it together to #KeepReading.
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Keep Reading Week 1: Dogger Review
Our Spring Book Club has arrived and we want you to #KeepReading with us! So, for this Club, we invite you to join us in sharing a new book each week and reviewing it together to #KeepReading.
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Ronda & David Armitage celebrate the 40th anniversary of The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch
To celebrate the 40th anniversary year of The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch, Ronda and David Armitage are spilling the secrets behind creating a picture book that stands the test of time
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Top 100 Children’s Books for Teachers – ages 5-7
In our second post in the Top 100 series, discover the top picks for children ages 5-7.
Earlier this academic year, we conducted a survey with over 1000 book-loving teachers across the UK and Ireland to find out which…
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Top 100 Children’s Books for Teachers – ages 3-5
After the Childwise 2016 report published yesterday highlighted that parents spend £8 on books for their preschool daughters a month but only £6 on their preschool son’s books, we asked parent of a pre-schooler and digital…
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Find reviews and reading lists for your kids at Toppsta.com
At Scholastic, we know how hard it can be to find the right books for children. Toppsta.com is a book reading community website we love, because it helps book buyers to discover recommended reads by like-minded parents and…
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The importance of reading spaces – and a giveaway!
We’re excited to have a guest post from our friends at Big Game Hunters today – and a very exciting giveaway! Read on to find out why they think cosy reading spaces are so important for children, and how you can win one of…
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The 10 for £10 sale is back!
You loved it last year, so we thought we’d bring it back for 2017! We’ve handpicked a selection of beautiful books from the January Digital Book Club, and you can choose any 10 of them for just £10.
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Celebrate National Storytelling Week
It’s National Storytelling Week! No matter what age you are, there’s nothing quite like listening to a story read aloud. Join the fun and celebrate an ancient tradition by making sure you read aloud to your children this…