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Get Ahead Fred
Fred has written to tell us all about his new collection of hats... Greetings hatfans! I'm Fred, the man about…
Featured Poem: Block City by Robert Louis Stevenson
It probably doesn’t sound great to start the week by looking towards its end, but there is a valid reason…
Estelle Morris To Chair School Libraries Commission
A commission to examine the future of school library provision in England is being launched by the Museums, Libraries and…
The World’s Youngest Library Member?
He may not be able to read yet but eight hour old Charlie Harris could be entered into the Guinness…
Featured Poem: The Mad Gardener’s Song by Lewis Carroll
The period between Christmas and New Year is very peculiar indeed. For six days or so, everything seems to have…
Featured Christmas Poem: A Christmas Carol by George Wither
The tree is up and decorated to within an inch of its life, the cards and Christmas greetings have been…
Jackanory should go back to roots, says Cribbins
Bernard Cribbins has said that the BBC should restore the central role of storytelling in children's television by returning Jackanory…
Anne Rooney at the Royal Literary Fund Read to Lead Training Course
Anne Rooney, who is a children's author (but does also write stuff for grown-ups), is on our Read to Lead…
Letters to the Editor
Not a letter to the Editor of The Reader, but a letter from the Editor of The Reader to the…
Perform a Poem
Perform-a-Poem is a unique poetry website, launched this week by Michael Rosen, allows children in London to write, choose, perform,…
Literacy Changes Your Brain
The Mind Hacks blog reports on a study showing that literacy has a measurable physical effect on the structure of…
Mal Peet Wins Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize
Mal Peet, the author of last year's Liverpool Reads has won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, for his latest book…
