Last year we followed the fortunes of Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford as he campaigned for a continuation of free school meals during the pandemic; launched his own reading club;… Read more »
A charity offering books to deprived households in several East London boroughs has this week celebrated its 7000th drop-off—and they’ve all been delivered by bicycle. BookBike was established by Emdad… Read more »
Last October, we wrote about the UK government’s plan to create a new children’s book in honour of Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee, which would be given away free to… Read more »
A book in the popular Biff & Chip children’s series has been withdrawn from sale by Oxford University Press, following complaints that its pages depicting a “scary” country were “no longer appropriate”.… Read more »
“Wot, No Books?” Milton Keynes library saved after protesters check out its entire stock
In the past decade, nearly 800 UK libraries have been forced to close since austerity measures were launched by the Conservative Party in 2010. Public spending cuts continue to bite hard… Read more »
It is easy to feel helpless in times like these. What can we realistically do to help in a small way, as an estimated two million people flee Ukraine? How… Read more »
Happy World Book Day to one and all! WBD is traditionally a time when dressing up and school visits rule the day – but one unusual organisation is getting in… Read more »
Jan Pieńkowski, whose mischievous visuals illuminated the lives of millions of children, has died at the age of 85. He was best known as the illustrator of the best-selling Meg &… Read more »
The next, hottest, must-read author is from Idaho. Dillon Helbig has been on television talking about his Christmas themed, time-travel inspired graphic novel, and his rise to success has been written about by The… Read more »
This week the Newcastle Chronicle brought heartening news from Northumberland, UK, as local mum and Usborne Publishing sales partner Rachel Shayler donated £300 worth of children’s books to a women’s refuge in… Read more »