Bestselling author Elle McNicoll joins us on Authors Live to share her YA debut, Some Like it Cold!

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Do you know a Bookbug Hero?The Bookbug Hero Award in association with Walker Books is now in its sixth year and celebrates ...

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Songs and rhymes are a great way to have fun with your child – and they’re also one of the best things you can do to support their development. You can find songs and rhymes to suit different moods or ...

Use your baby’s hand and do the actions. Help them create a fist (‘in a peapod pressed’). Then as ‘one grew, two grew’, touch their fingers and uncurl them. In a group, try using a piece of Lycra or ...

I am a multi award-winning author of books for children, including The Nowhere Emporium, which won both the Blue Peter Book Award and Scottish Children's Book Award. Stories have always been important ...

Highlight the counting aspect of the song, holding up three fingers from the start, curling two down to leave one raised as you sing ‘The first craw…’, raising a second for ‘The second craw…’ etc ...

This is a complete toolkit of resources and activity ideas to help you run a paired reading project in your school, library or education setting. It is split into two sections. The first for those ...

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