06 Jun What to Read Now
This month's glimpse into what we're reading now. Do get in touch if you - or a young person you know - would like to write a review. Arctic Star by Tom Palmer (suggestion for ages 9+) 'You do know that some men who go out...
Author: Lucy
04 May Mini Book Club – Year 7 Transition
We’ve teamed up with Hachette and Speakers for Schools to offer this free exciting activity for children transitioning into Year 7. We know that this year it will be particularly important to support pupils during the summer and that being a confident reader is vital...
04 May What to Read Now
This month, we have three very different but equally arresting books. What are your current recommended reads? Featherlight by Peter Bunzl (suggestion for ages 9+) This is a beautiful tale that evokes the stories of the real heroines like Grace Darling and Ida Lewis who risked...
04 May National Teen Book Club
National Teen Book Club is a free UK-wide virtual book club for teenagers launched by Book Clubs in Schools and educational equality charity Speakers for Schools. Schools and individual pupils can register here National Teen Book Club aims to make reading and discussing a book more...
29 Apr Blog Tour Review – Jane Austen Investigates
Jane Austen Investigates is a new series of books by award-winning author Julia Golding. The book arrived in a beautiful parcel with a letter, tea and chocolate - a perfect package. The Abbey Mystery is part glorious historical fiction and part gothic mystery. Add a young...
24 Apr Schools Library Services in London and the UK
SLS-UK is a collective of Schools Library Services covering the length and breadth of the UK. Through our subscriptions, consultancy and librarian services, we work with schools to help them develop hubs for learning, exploration and self-development. In London, our aim is to offer every...
15 Apr Review – The Strays of Paris
Jane Smiley is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist whose latest novel The Strays of Paris is hard to pin down genre-wise. An animal adventure story, it reads like a fable and is perfect for readers aged eleven and over. Paras is a spirited young racehorse who in...
14 Apr The sky’s the limit with the Author of Tomorrow short story award
Our friends at the Wilbur and Niso Smith Foundation run the most amazing adventure story competition for young people up to 21 years old, and they have kindly written a blog about it. Last year's winners are featured in the pictures. The closing date this...
04 Mar World Book Day reflections and reading for pleasure in lockdown
Book leaders going a chosing a book at a bookshop, ...
23 Feb What to Read Now
Here's our latest pick of books to escape with. For ages nine and over to 16 plus. The Humiliations of Welton Blake by Alex Wheatle (suggestion for ages 9+) This book made me laugh out loud. It follows the trials and tribulations of Welton Blake. He finally...