The Beaney House of Art and Knowledge is currently hosting a wonderful exhibition called ‘The BFG in Pictures’; 40 original illustrations by Quentin Blake for Roald Dahl’s book The BFG, courtesy of the House of Illustration gallery in London.
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It’s easy when thinking of books for children to only think of fiction titles, but every year the Federation of Children’s Book Groups (FCBG) celebrate a month of all things factual with National Non-Fiction November. The month is an opportunity to promote reading non-fiction for pleasure and encourage children to be curious about facts and information, as well as laud sections of our bookshops and libraries that are too often ignored.
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Author Cressida Cowell, best known for the How To Train Your Dragon books, visited Waterstones book store in Canterbury on Thursday 21st September to promote her new book The Wizards of Once, the first entry in her new series of the same name.
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