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PRH Children's scoops 'explosive' YA debut from Alvarez

Penguin Random House Children’s Books has scooped Lies Like Wildfire, the “compulsive and explosive” debut YA novel from Jennifer Lynn Alvarez.... Read more
HCG to uncover northern picture book talent with Commonword

Hachette Children’s Group is partnering with Commonword, the largest writing development organisation based in Manchester, in a bid to find more northern Black, Asian and minority... Read more
HarperCollins Children's Books takes two from Skinner

HarperCollins Children’s Books has signed two novels by middle-grade author Nicola Skinner. Read more
DK donates 1,000 books to Manchester United Foundation

DK has donated 1,000 copies of Life Cycles to youth education charity the Manchester United Foundation. Read more
Scholastic revenues plunge 32% but trade sales up in second quarter

Scholastic saw revenues plunge 32% year on year to $406.2m and operating income fall 54% in the second quarter, as its business continued to be... Read more
Egmont signs Authorfy star's festive middle-grade series

Egmont has landed a debut middle-grade fiction series from Authorfy star Mel Taylor-Bessent, about a girl whose family spreads Christmas cheer 365 days a year.... Read more
Kinney pens new Wimpy Kid and spin-off for Puffin

Jeff Kinney is releasing Diary of a Wimpy Kid spin-off Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories with Puffin in 2021, ahead of the 16th title... Read more
Child brings back Clarice Bean for 'Christmas classic' with HCCB

Lauren Child is bringing back Clarice Bean in a “spectacularly cinematic Christmas classic” for HarperCollins Children's Books. Read more
Puffin scoops ''magical' Stachera debut

Puffin has scooped The Ice Whisperers, a "haunting and magical" debut novel from Helenka Stachera, in a two-book deal. Read more
BookTrust launches Christmas appeal

Reading charity BookTrust has launched its 2020 Christmas fundraising appeal, calling on members of the public to help vulnerable children across the country. Read more
MCB swoops for McKay's The Swallows' Flight

Macmillan Children’s Books has acquired The Swallows’ Flight, the companion to Hilary McKay’s award-winning First World War novel The Skylarks’ War (MCB).... Read more
Bloomsbury Children's acquires Atinuke history in 'hotly contested' auction

Bloomsbury Children’s Books has acquired Atinuke's The Brilliant Black History of Britain, a "spectacular new narrative for primary schoolchildren," which will be illustrated by Kingsley... Read more
Electric Monkey pre-empts romantic fantasy from Doyle and Webber

Electric Monkey has pre-empted an “utterly compelling” romantic fantasy about twin princesses separated at birth, by authors and future sisters-in-law Catherine Doyle and Katherine Webber.... Read more
Roald Dahl Story Company revenues grow 7.5% thanks to screen deals

The Roald Dahl Story Company achieved revenue growth of 7.5% in 2019 thanks to growth in film, publishing and stage income. Read more
Penguin Books acquires 'life-affirming' memoir about growing up Black and queer

PRH Children's imprint Penguin Books has acquired All Boys Aren’t Blue, a series of personal essays exploring childhood, adolescence and college years growing up under the duality of being Black... Read more

Children’s blogs

Why are we squeezing creative writing out of schools?

By Liz Hyder

Writer, creative workshop leader and freelance PR consultant at Various

Publicist and debut children's author Liz Hyder calls on publishers to be more vocal about the negative impacts of creative writing being sidelined by the current education... Read more
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Twenty years of the Branford Boase Award

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Books beyond the shadow of Brexit

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Getting children reading

Hilary Murray Hill C.e.o. at Hachette Children's

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Official Children's Chart

1.
Gigantosaurus: Dino Spot: World Book Day 2021

by Jonny Duddle
2.
Protect the Planet!: World Book Day 2021

by Jess French; Aleesha Nandhra
3.
The River Whale

by Sita Brahmachari
4.
The What the Ladybird Heard Play: World Book Day 2021

by Donaldson, Julia; Monks, Lydia
5.
Luna Loves World Book Day: World Book Day 2021

by Coelho, Joseph; Lumbers, Fiona
6.
Planet Omar: Operation Kind: World Book Day 2021

by Zanib Mian; Nasaya Mafaridik
7.
Little Badman and the Radioactive Samosa: World Book Day 2021

by Humza Arshad & Henry White; Aleksei Bitskoff
8.
Skysteppers: World Book Day 2021

by Katherine Rundell; Marie-Alice Harel
9.
There's a Wolf in Your Book: World Book Day 2021

by Tom Fletcher; Greg Abbott
10.
One Hundred Steps

by Captain Tom Moore; Adam Larkum