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The Reading Tree Challenge, our first school Reading Champions Challenge for this academic year, was a huge success and the winning school from our prize draw has been revealed!View details about The Reading Tree Challenge flourishes across schools and prize draw winning school revealed! -
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To celebrate 15 years of working with WHSmith Trust and WHSmith, we launched the WHSmith Ultimate Writing Challenge and we are delighted to announce the winners!View details about National Literacy Trust, WHSmith and WHSmith Trust celebrate 15 year partnership which has given away over 70,000 books to children who need them most -
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We are delighted to extend the Behind the Cover audiobook club to provide additional support during the holidays for young women in partnership with Lancôme.View details about We relaunch our Behind the Cover book club this winter and celebrate our initiatives with Lancôme! -
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Since the first lockdown started in March, Read Manchester has gifted more than 22,000 books and magazines to help keep children readingView details about Read Manchester set to donate 30,000 books by the end of the year -
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This year we launched The Great Copyright Hunt © – a brand new competition for children and young people aged 5 to 14 to hunt down the famous copyright symbol in their homes in...View details about Winners of the Great Copyright Hunt revealed! -
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Hip hop artist, author and poet Karl Nova wins Ruth Rendell Award 2020 for his outstanding contribution to supporting young people’s literacyView details about Karl Nova wins Ruth Rendell Award 2020 for outstanding contribution to literacy -
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Milan Kumar from Bolton, has given months of his time this year to support other children whose literacy and learning have been most affected by COVID-19 and now puts his amazing...View details about Eight year old Milan publishes new book as part of his amazing work this year to raise over £3,000 for the National Literacy Trust -
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Christmas crafts with Hungry Little Minds and Manchester Art GalleryView details about Christmas crafts with Hungry Little Minds and Manchester Art Gallery -
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We publish new research into diversity in children’s literature as part of our Christmas fundraising campaign alongside a new booklist which champions representation in children’s...View details about This Christmas, we launch new research which reveals a third of children don’t see themselves in the books they read -
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Today, with the generous support of the Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS), we are delighted to launch a national reading campaign called Reading Champions.View details about We launch a series of national reading challenges and a schools book quiz -
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We’ve teamed up with Bupa Foundation to gift 15,000 paperback copies of The Book of Hopes (Bloomsbury Publishing) to thousands of primary schools across the countryView details about We gift 15,000 copies of The Book of Hopes to 5,000 primary schools with Bupa Foundation -
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Today, we published a comprehensive review of literature looking at the impact of COVID-19 on families’ wellbeing and how this impacts the home learning environment.View details about We consider the impact of COVID-19 on families and the home learning environment -
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We are launching a new initiative called Connecting Stories across our 14 Hub areas thanks to funding from Arts Council EnglandView details about We launch Connecting Stories thanks to Arts Council England funding -
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Our Chief Executive Jonathan Douglas CBE gave evidence to the Education Select Committee as part of their inquiry into the educational underachievement of pupils from disadvantaged...View details about Education Select Committee appearance -
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Pippi Longstocking burst into children’s lives 75 years ago and has inspired generation after generation to seek adventures and follow their dreams.View details about Pippi Longstocking celebrates 75 years of inspiration -
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We launch a brand new children’s radio and podcast series Story Explorers, all about stories for 7 to 11-year-olds, available on Fun Kids.View details about Top authors join Story Explorers: a new podcast for kids, by kids -
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Last week, we launched the Local Literacy Leaders’ Network, a national network for local leaders.View details about We launch the Local Literacy Leaders’ Network -
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Sale of 5 commemorative prints to celebrate 85 years of Penguin’s design and illustration heritage, now extended!View details about More time to buy a piece of design history as Penguin extends sale of commemorative prints to celebrate 85th anniversary -
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Our new research shows that podcasts can be used to support children’s learning, giving them greater access to a whole world of topics inside and outside of the classroom.View details about Our new research reveals the positive power of podcasts on children’s reading, as lockdown sees rise in listenership