The inaugural Premier League Primary Stars Reading Festival will take place between 12 and 16 July 2021, giving primary school teachers across England and Wales the opportunity to access fun, free author events for pupils which combine football, sport and reading. Working alongside the National Literacy Trust, the five-day event gives
Pupils from Springwell Park Primary School in Bootle have recently set up an initiative at its school to share its love of reading. The school have set up the 'Springwell Community Library', where the parents can help themselves to novels of all genres during drop off and pick up time at no cost at
Award winning children’s authors Frank Cottrell Boyce, Joseph Delaney and Patrice Lawrence, alongside twelve other judges, have revealed the winning entries to the popular Alsop High School 500 Word Writing Competition. Launched on World Book Day, Alsop’s many entrants submitted their stories in the hope of winning their particular category: KS3,
Edge Hill University has supported the hugely successful book bench project in Chorley town centre by creating a book bench trail to inspire children and their parents to start reading for pleasure. The What’s Your Story, Chorley? Festival provides literary fun for all the family and includes the book bench trail,
The NSPCC have announced their partnership with Ladybird to publish the charity’s first children’s book. Pantosaurus and the power of PANTS is set to hit the shelves in July following a crowdfunding campaign last year which saw NSPCC supporters raise £46,440 to help the children’s charity with the project. Based on the
