Playing by the book

Reviews of kids' books and the crazy, fun stuff they inspire us to do

A book award where the kids (YOUR KIDS!) decide who wins

The Red House Children’s Book Awards (which have been given every year since 1981) are special and fairly unusual in the world of children’s literature prizes; the recipients of the award are selected entirely by (UK) children, not by adults. There are three categories – Younger Children, Younger Readers and Older Readers – and from [...]

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Pelican Post – how you can directly help to foster a culture of reading in an African school

For the last two years I’ve published a list of charities whose work focuses on reading and literacy (here’s the most recent list). It’s now time for me to start work on updating my list (so if you notice a charity I haven’t included, and who doesn’t appear in the comments please let me know). [...]

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Win 10 fabulous books!

***THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED*** To celebrate the launch of Tesco Magazine‘s new story-telling videos for their Kids’ Book Club I’ve got a tremendous giveaway today. You can be in with a chance of winning not one, not two, but ten books simply by leaving a comment on this post. The books included in this [...]

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