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Children's Literature Culture News

November 18, 2020

Generous footballer and children’s champion has launched a kids’ book club

British footballer and champion for children and families, Marcus Rashford, has pledged to start a…

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Children's Literature Discussion and Recommendations News

February 27, 2020

Graphic novels and comics proven to encourage literacy

Graphic novels and comic books are being applauded for encouraging literacy in children. Graphic novels…

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December 22, 2019

UK Survey Finds Children Who Own Books Are Six Times More Likely to Read Above Expected Level

A study carried out by the National Literacy Trust, in the UK, has found that…

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Libraries News

November 13, 2019

Australian School Sees Big Improvement in Students After Resurrecting Its Dying Library

At the Caroline Chisholm Catholic College in Melbourne, Australia, the school's library was on its…

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Libraries News

August 1, 2019

Wash & Learn with the laundromat libraries!

Two particular things in a parent's life are constant- laundry and entertaining the kids. Many…

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Libraries News

July 6, 2019

Pew Research Shows Millennials Most Likely to use Public Libraries

A new analysis of Pew Research data has found that millennials in the USA are…

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Language News

April 16, 2019

Reading to your kids can boost their vocabulary by over a million words!

Reading aloud to your child can help boost their vocabulary by 1.4 million words according…

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Children's Literature News

October 3, 2018

Puffin and NLT Partner to Give 25,000 Books to Schools

Puffin Books, part of the Penguin Random House family that prints books vfor children is…

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News Political

September 17, 2018

John Bunn: “Through my nightmare I found my dream”- from wrongfully convicted to literacy advocate

John Bunn spent 17 years wrongfully imprisoned as a teenager, for a crime that occurred…

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Arty New Releases

September 9, 2018

Neil Gaiman: our daydreams could save the world

Neil Gaiman and Chris Riddell have joined forces once more to bring us a collection…

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