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Carnegie Medal 2025 shortlists for writing and illustration - recommended for children and young adults in primary and secondary schools.

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Children’s books, to a great extent because they are written for those who cannot participate in the market, can offer...

Children’s books, to a great extent because they are written for those who cannot participate in the market, can offer...

First professor of children’s poetry at Cambridge, who also worked to promote the teaching, dissemination and understanding of Caribbean poetry

If you’d like to talk about my books or send me mail about them then you can get in touch with me via my UK publisher: Pushkin Children’s, Somerset House, London, WC2R 1LA.  For all othe…

A cross-sector group of 49 leading organisations including environmental, farming, water and business representatives, are today calling on the Labour Government to prioritise the reintroduction of be...

So here's a mystery: for as long as I've been writing poems for children, I've been doing poetry writing workshops for primary and seconda...

We all have the capacity for creativity and growth. Hold on to this potential when life seems bleak Something quite peculiar has happened to my Facebook feed, and I like it. (Yes, I am still on Facebook; I like to call it “research”.) One day, a few…

Our Writer in Residence Patrice Lawrence recommends eight books that might help children going through changing circumstances.

Matt Phelps | Lead Ecologist As is becoming increasingly familiar in the depths of winter, recent news headlines have been dominated by the impacts of flooding: stranded school children, sodden homes ...