BookTrust have highlighted 24 of their favourite children's books.
Look behind the windows to see if you agree.
Friday, 11 December 2015
Shami Chakrabarti lecture: On Liberty, Reading and Dissent
On 30 November 2015, Shami Chakrabarti, Director of human rights campaign group Liberty, gave the fourth Reading Agency annual lecture at the British Library.
Read what she had to say here.
Monday, 7 December 2015
Kids' Lit Quiz National Final
The Kimquestors visited Oxford on Friday to take part in the National Final of the Kids Lit Quiz. We managed to fit in a tour of some of the places of literary significance including Christ Church College's dining hall (Harry Potter) and the Bodleian Library before quizzing began. More photos and details available here.
With Mary Hoffman
Sunday, 6 December 2015
The power of reading
Frank Cottrell Boyce, the celebrity author at the National Kids' Lit Quiz Final on Friday, gave a truly inspirational speech before the teams did battle. The analogy of reading being like the effect of sunshine whose energy was released during the Industrial Revolution was very powerful. Read an abridged version of his David Fickling lecture in this Guardian article.
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