Running Girl giveaway!

Simon Mason, the author of Moon Pie, has written a new YA crime thriller. Follow the link below to the Guardian Children's Books website to find out how to get your free copy.

 

http://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/competition/2014/jan/28/teen-book-club-running-girl-giveaway

Recommended Website

Love Jacqueline Wilson books? Why not take a look at her new website at www.jacquelinewilson.co.uk/

Love Tom Gates books?

Solving the crime..

If you enjoy watching Sherlock on TV, maybe it's time to try reading a good detective story.  Follow this link for some ideas...

http://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2014/jan/06/book-doctor-sherlock-detective-novels-teens

Why not ask for a book in your christmas stocking?

Not sure what to read next? Follow the link for some great book ideas! http://www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/

 

Is Santa Claus Coming?

Follow the link below to enjoy some Christmas activities and learn some interesting facts about Santa!Take a look each day to receive updates from the North Pole../www.noradsanta.org/

Think you know about The Hobbit?

Follow this link and try the quiz...
http://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/quiz/2013/dec/11/hobbit-book-tolkien-quiz

Robin Etherington's top 10 comic books

Robin Etherington is one half of the Etherington Brothers and has been producing original comic material  since 2003. The brothers are the creative team behind Malcolm Magic, Monkey Nuts, Baggage, Tusk, and Walace and Gromit. Find out more at:

www.theetheringtonbrothers.blogspot.com

To see Robin's top 10 comic books, go to:
http://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2013/nov/28/robin-etherington-top-10-comic-books

Is something puzzling you?

Ever wondered.... How far away is space? Why can't I tickle myself? What makes me?  This book gathers over 100 real questions from children and puts them to some of our best-loved and most knowledgeable experts.

The Company of Ghosts

As the colder, darker nights are upon us, how about a mysterious ghost story to curl up with by the fire?
Award-winning Berlie Doherty tells this romantic ghost story set on a wild and uninhabited island.  Ellie is swept off to an island belonging to a family she hardly knows while she is struggling to come to terms with her parents’ divorce.  Here she meets a ghostly girl who changes the way Ellie thinks about the past,  present and future...