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Scholastic buys Baker Books business

Scholastic UK has acquired Baker Books' business that supplies school book clubs in the UK and internationally. Read more
S&S Children’s buys two more from Butler and Lenton

Simon & Schuster Children’s UK has bought two more titles in The Nothing to See Here Hotel series written by Steven Butler and illustrated by... Read more
Lonely Planet, HarperCollins and Pullman to speak at The Bookseller Children’s Conference

The programme for this year’s The Bookseller Children’s Conference is now live, with speakers including Philip Pullman, HarperCollins, Penguin Random House and CLPE lined up... Read more
Canongate acquires next in Scarlett Thomas's Worldquake series

Canongate has signed a new book in Scarlett Thomas's Worldquake children's book series. Read more
Gray and Field strike deal for new picture book series

Kes Gray and Jim Field, the author and illustrator behind the Oi! brand, are planning a new picture book series with Hachette Children’s Group.... Read more
Teenage blogger Lucy Powrie strikes three-book deal with Hachette

Hachette Children’s Group has acquired a three-book teen series from founder of #UKYAChat, blogger and YouTuber Lucy Powrie in a pre-emptive deal. Read more
Publishers should 'hire more BAME staff' to improve representation in children’s books

Hiring more employees of colour and seeing stories with BAME characters as normal, not niche, are just some ideas suggested by the book industry following... Read more
Dara Ó Briain to release second children's book

Scholastic will this autumn publish a second children’s book by comedian Dara Ó Briain. Read more
'Alarming' study reveals only 4% of children's books feature a BAME character

Only 4% of all the children’s books published in the UK last year featured a black, Asian or minority ethnic (BAME) character, according to “alarming”... Read more
'Hogwarts' unveiled as theme of Harry Potter Book Night 2018

Bloomsbury Children’s Books has revealed that 'Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry' will be the theme for Harry Potter Book Night 2019. Read more
Morpurgo joins Jonathan Bryan at launch of 'powerful' memoir

Michael Morpurgo has joined Jonathan Bryan at the launch of "powerful" memoir, Eye Can Write. Read more
Hachette creates new award for northern children's writers

Hachette Children’s Group and New Writing North are creating a new award for debut children’s writers from the North of England. Read more
Little Tiger imprint calls for artists from under-represented groups

Caterpillar Books, an imprint of the Little Tiger Group, is looking for illustrators from under-represented backgrounds for a new pre-school series. Read more
Pullman and Fickling to speak at The Bookseller Children’s Conference

Philip Pullman and David Fickling will talk about the author/editor relationship at this year’s The Bookseller Children’s Conference, which is taking place in London this... Read more
Macmillan wins six-way auction for series by Leonard and Sedgman

Macmillan Children’s Books has won a six-way auction for a series by M G Leonard, author of the Beetle Boy trilogy (Chicken House), and digital producer... Read more

Children’s blogs

Always look to the future

By Vanessa Harbour

Author at Firefly Press

Vanessa Harbour shares how being disabled has allowed her to achieve her dream of being a writer. Read more
Reflecting Realities: why so surprised? An open letter from a small press

Katrina Gutierrez Director of projects and communications at Lantana Publishing
'You don’t need to be a superhero to change the world'

Angie Thomas Author at Walker Books
Why CLPE's Reflecting Realities project matters

Louise Johns-Shepherd Chief executive at Centre for Literacy in Primary Education
No Room on the Broom

Axel Scheffler Illustrator at

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Official Children's Chart

1.
The World's Worst Children 3

by David Walliams & Tony Ross
2.
The Creakers

by Tom Fletcher & Shane Devries
3.
Secrets of a Sun King

by Emma Carroll
4.
The Ugly Five

by Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler
5.
The Midnight Gang

by David Walliams & Tony Ross
6.
Birthday Boy

by David Baddiel & Jim Field
7.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

by J K Rowling
8.
Oi Cat!

by Kes Gray & Jim Field
9.
One Of Us Is Lying

by Karen McManus
10.
Biscuits, Bands and Very Big Plans

by Liz Pichon

The Bookseller 17th August 2018

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