Mending a very important bear

The Singing Bear by Amy Sparkes, illustrated by Katie Hickey is the second heart-warming visit to television's The Repair Shop

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An allegory of capitalist greed

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre by B. Traven is a novel about greed and human avarice but it’s also about the nature of hope and despair in the hearts of people who have been made into outsiders and life’s perennial losers.

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An exclusive interview with Jamie Smart!

We are thrilled to present an exclusive interview with the author and artist, Jamie Smart. Jamie has illustrated comics for The Sunday Times, The Dandy and The Beano. His well-loved Bunny vs Monkey and Looshkin stories are regularly published in The Phoenix comic, and as best-selling graphic novels.

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Forbidden Classroom

What child could resist the idea of a secret classroom hidden in their school? Tony Bradman shows us how even the most ordinary looking place might reveal exciting secrets.

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Maigret and his shadow

In My Friend Maigret by Georges Simenon, the urbane French detective finds himself investigating a murder while he's being followed around by a British counterpart.

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The watcher in the sky

Cosmic Wonder: Halley’s Comet and Humankind by Ashley Benham-Yazdani tells the story of the Comet and it's many journeys past Earth 

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