It's a long time away but we're so excited to be kicking off Wantage Literary Festival on 31 Oct with a treat, not a trick! We'll be performing our show CLARE & CORY SHARE A (GLORIOUS) STORY and signing copies of our picture book & we can't wait! Tickets on sale now wantageliteraryfestival.co.uk/thursday-31-oc…

Aurora' Northern Lights over the sadly missed tree #sycamoregap by UK artist and printmaker Rebecca Vincent #WomensArt

🌟 Picture Book Shortlist 🌟

Congratulations to Harry Woodgate, Rachel Bright Books & Nadia Shireen, Jack Kurland, Robert Tregoning (he/him) 🌈 & Pippa Curnick, Benji Davies and mariesa dulak 🐯 & Rebecca Cobb

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🌟 Children's Fiction Shortlist 🌟

Congratulations to Alice Oseman Updates, A.M. Dassu (Az)⚡️(also on Insta: @a.m.dassu ), Hiba Noor Khan, Sam Sedgman, Matt Goodfellow & Joe Todd-Stanton and Frank Cottrell-Boyce & Steven Lenton

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On May 23, get involved with #OutdoorClassroomDay and join thousands of schools around the world in celebrating outdoor learning and play.

Sign up now or take a look at the replies to discover some ideas for the day — only two weeks to go! ⏰

Sign up 👉 outdoorclassroomday.com

Our free #30dayswild pack is here (on David Attenborough’s birthday)! We love all the great tips and suggestions for new adventures - plus some herb seeds to plant! This year’s challenge is extra special as we both mark 10 years... sign up now with The Wildlife Trusts and go wild!

Just one month to go until the #GreatBigGreenWeek . 🍃🐝💚

Between 8th and 16th June, people up and down the country will come together in a wave of action to protect the planet. Let’s #SwapTogether for good. 💪

Find a local event near you. 👉 greatbiggreenweek.com

Look out! Roy and Maggie are on a school trip to a maritime museum when they get whisked away to a once beautiful tropical island, and encounter a dastardly litterbug pirate captain, hunting for gold!
Join us at Redbridge Drama Centre on Tue 28 May at 11 and 1.30 visionrcl.org.uk/event/plundere…

Warmest thanks to Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 and Francine Wolfisz for an entirely engaging and 'food for the soul' talk this morning to start off the second day of our #BarnetLibrariesLitFest . Thanks also to all our attendees for joining us and for asking some wonderful questions.

We make up 100s of these beautiful same title paired book bundles for prisons on our Share a Story programme.

A special pair is chosen by families on visit days. 1 for the child at home, 1 for the parent in prison, to keep bedtime stories alive & family ties strong over calls.

Sign up for #30DaysWild and connect to nature every day in June! 💚

You’ll get a free pack full of wild goodies AND support from a thriving community of nature-lovers. 👉 wildlifetrusts.org/30dayswild

Ahoy there! Fearsome crew members needed to set sail this May #halfterm ! Join the search for legendary treasure as we plunder @redbridgedrama on Tue 28 May at 11am and 1.30pm. Consider yourself press ganged... visionrcl.org.uk/event/plundere…
#childrenstheatre #kidstheatre #familytheatre

It’s time! 🕗
Our #PrimarySchoolBookClub 📚Pick (April ‘24) we’ve voted to read over May is...

THE ISLAND AT THE EDGE OF NIGHT Lucy Strange
Cover: Katie Hickey

See you to discuss&vote in next #PrimarySchoolBookClub 📚on Thursday 30th May.

Thanks for voting&happy reading!

Tonight is Art Group. Come join us!

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#art #london #n8

We are delighted to announce Fleur Sinclair of Sevenoaks Bookshop as the BA’s new President, who will be supported in her new role by Mairi Oliver of Lighthouse - Edinburgh’s Radical Bookshop and Debbie James of Kibworth Books as Vice Presidents.

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WE’RE TEN! Today marks ten years since we formed our little theatre company. We mark our official birthday on 21 July which was when we gave our first performance in 2014 but we wanted to say a really big thank you to all our lovely friends and supporters today. Have some cake! X

A really big landmark for us tomorrow evening… getting the glitter ball ready! 🪩

We’ve just signed up to #30dayswild ! Head to The Wildlife Trusts and sign up too to take part this June. This wonderfully wild challenge is celebrating its tenth year this summer - as are we!

#NewIllustrationoftheDay . ‘One Day WE are going to clean up the ocean for good.’ Heightened colour and relaxed brushwork in a beach scene from Ken Wilson-Max’s just-published picture book Aqua Boy, a follow-up to Astro Girl and Eco Girl. Ken Wilson-Max Otter-Barry Books

We’re excited to welcome Really Big Pants Theatre Co (live & online shows!) to RDC next month with their environmental quest PLUNDERED! 🏴‍☠️

⏰ Tuesday 28 May 11am & 1.30pm
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#childrenstheatre #kidstheatre #familytheatre #mayhalfterm #redbridge #redbridge dramacentre