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We launch new research on children’s reading in lockdown with Puffin plus a free guide for parents with children’s own top tips for sustaining a love of reading over the summer.View details about Our new research with Puffin shows a rise in children’s reading during lockdown has supported their mental wellbeing and inspired them to dream big -
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We’re supporting the very first Reading Together Day on 16 July, which invites children and families to take part in a celebration of shared reading.View details about Families across the UK invited to take part in a Reading Together Day on 16 July -
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On 5 July, the NHS turns 72! We are supporting Together’s national campaign which encourages families to download and colour one of many thank you card templates provided by top...View details about Top illustrators celebrate 72nd birthday of the NHS with thank you card templates free for everyone to colour and display -
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Today, we publish new research which shows that more children are listening to audiobooks during lockdown than before and that audiobooks have benefits for children's literacy...View details about Our new research shows audiobooks benefit children’s literacy and mental wellbeing -
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This National Writing Day, we’ve published new research on children’s writing before and during lockdown and its link to mental wellbeing.View details about Our new research shows children’s creative writing during lockdown provides vital support for wellbeing -
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The winners of the third annual Premier League Writing Stars poetry competition have been announced!View details about Budding young poets India and Jonathan named Premier League Writing Stars competition winners! -
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A list of Blackpool’s top 100 children’s books has been published to encourage pupils across the resort to try new books voted for by their peers.View details about Blackpool’s top 100 children’s books revealed -
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Today, the shortlists for the Telegraph Sports Book Awards categories have been announced, including the brand new Children’s Sports Book of the Year category in partnership with...View details about Shortlist for inaugural Children’s Sports Book of the Year category announced! -
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The Sun’s 50th anniversary charity grant scheme is enabling our Young Readers Programme to get books into the hands of 1,000 children across Tyne and Wear, supported by the Greggs...View details about Young Readers Programme is gifting 1,000 pupils across Tyne and Wear books of their own thanks to The Sun -
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We’re working with a group of magazine publishers who are helping us distribute over 30,000 magazines for all ages across 11 of our Literacy Hubs.View details about Publishers come together to help us gift 30,000 magazines to communities across our Literacy Hubs -
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We've teamed up with Premier League Primary Stars and children’s author Dan Freedman to bring children a week-long series of free football themed reading and writing challenges.View details about Premier League lines up a fantastic football takeover of Family Zone -
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We team up with Mayor’s Fund for London and HarperCollins to gift 9,000 brand new children’s books to London families alongside their food parcels.View details about New partnership gifts thousands of free children’s books to London families supported by food provision scheme this summer -
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Bloomsbury is donating thousands of copies of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone to children in Years 4, 5 and 6 across our Literacy Hubs.View details about Thousands of children will receive a copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone donated by Bloomsbury -
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In response to the COVID-19 crisis, our partner KPMG is donating Instant Libraries to 50 primary schools.View details about KPMG donates Instant Libraries to 50 primary schools -
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We’ve teamed up with Morrisons and our publishing partners to donate more than 175,000 brand new children’s books to families across the UK who are relying on food banks during this...View details about We team up with Morrisons to gift 175,000 books to families through food banks -
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In response to school closures, we've launched Zone In, a free online platform for young adult learners aged 13+.View details about We launch our new Zone In platform for young adults -
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We're thrilled to be exclusively hosting Katherine Rundell’s new collection of stories, poems and illustrations from more than 110 children’s writers and illustrators to...View details about Katherine Rundell launches ‘The Book of Hopes’: a free children’s book by over 110 authors and illustrators -
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Our friends at Touch-type Read and Spell are offering free online literacy resources to families of NHS workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as discounts for schools and...View details about Free online literacy resources for NHS families -
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We’ve teamed up with super children’s authors Greg James and Chris Smith to launch a new ‘Author of the week’ series of exclusive videos, activities and free digital books for...View details about We team up with Greg James and Chris Smith to launch new series of weekly author exclusives -
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In response to school closures, we have today launched our brand new Family Zone.View details about We launch ‘Family Zone’ to help parents during school closures