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Reading aloud to young children is great for their literacy, but studies show that young children can learn more vocabulary from conversation at the dinner table, according to The Family Dinner Project .

They say, children who eat dinner with their families have better skills for developing literacy than those who don’t eat with their families.

Kate Stephens, Devon County...

Following in the footsteps of Roald Dahl and David Walliams, best-selling children’s author and McFly front-man Tom Fletcher is the new Happy Readers author for McDonald’s UK and Ireland, with an exclusive range of story books available for families to collect in McDonald’s Happy Meals.

The first four of eight exclusively written stories will be available from Wednesday October 7th...

If you’ve suddenly found yourself with a bit more time on your hands, now’s perfect for sinking your teeth into a new book.

There’s so much choice it’s often hard to know where to begin, which is why prizes like The British Book Awards – or Nibbies – are ideal inspiration.

The awards ceremony is now set for June 29. Philip Jones, editor of The Bookseller and chair of the...