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Top 5 children’s books for summer
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Top 5 children’s books for summer

How books can help children understand the crushing challenges of poverty
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How books can help children understand the crushing challenges of poverty

Top 5 children’s books set on islands, selected by children’s author Lucy Strange 
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Top 5 children’s books set on islands, selected by children’s author Lucy Strange 

Top 5 most important children’s books, selected by The School of Life
Children's books

Top 5 most important children’s books, selected by The School of Life

5 books to make kids care about the climate, selected by comedian and author James Campbell
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5 books to make kids care about the climate, selected by comedian and author James Campbell

War Horse author Michael Morpurgo warns cost of living crisis is denying kids the ‘right to read’
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War Horse author Michael Morpurgo warns cost of living crisis is denying kids the ‘right to read’

Mog’s Christmas: Behind the scenes of this year’s must-watch festive animation
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Mog’s Christmas: Behind the scenes of this year’s must-watch festive animation

Tabby McTat: Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler and Jodie Whittaker on their new Christmas treat
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Tabby McTat: Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler and Jodie Whittaker on their new Christmas treat

Top 5 children’s books about animals, selected by Oscar’s Lion author Adam Baron 
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Top 5 children’s books about animals, selected by Oscar’s Lion author Adam Baron 

Top 5 seaside stories for kids, chosen by Anthony Browne
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Top 5 seaside stories for kids, chosen by Anthony Browne

Top 5 gothic tales for kids, selected by Jon Klassen
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Top 5 gothic tales for kids, selected by Jon Klassen

The best kids’ books for summer 2023
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The best kids’ books for summer 2023

Top 5 books about portal adventures for under-12s, chosen by Ben Miller
Children's books

Top 5 books about portal adventures for under-12s, chosen by Ben Miller

Enid Blyton’s racism doesn’t deserve to be in libraries. Read Terry Pratchett instead
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Enid Blyton’s racism doesn’t deserve to be in libraries. Read Terry Pratchett instead

World Book Day: The best books for kids to read during a teachers’ strike
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World Book Day: The best books for kids to read during a teachers’ strike

Editing Roald Dahl isn’t ‘woke’. It’s capitalism
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Editing Roald Dahl isn’t ‘woke’. It’s capitalism

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Top 5 books to teach children about the Holocaust, chosen by Jeremy Dronfield
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Top 5 books to teach children about the Holocaust, chosen by Jeremy Dronfield

The best children’s books of 2022… from Oliver Jeffers to Dara McAnulty and more
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The best children’s books of 2022… from Oliver Jeffers to Dara McAnulty and more

Greg James on delivering the Radio 1 response to the Queen’s death: ‘You gotta earn your money on days like that’
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Greg James on delivering the Radio 1 response to the Queen’s death: ‘You gotta earn your money on days like that’

Top 5 children’s books about fashion accessories, chosen by Anthony Moss
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Top 5 children’s books about fashion accessories, chosen by Anthony Moss