It Takes a Village: How we can all support children’s reading in their Early Years and beyond! In June last year, I hosted a very successful webinar titled It Takes a Village: How we can all support children’s reading in their Early Years and beyond! It brought together a diverse list of speakers, who all […]
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Humbled to be shortlisted for the Ruth Rendell Award 2026, in partnership with the National Literacy Trust and The Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society. “The Ruth Rendell Award seeks to celebrate authors who go above and beyond to champion literacy, and to support children, young people or adults to develop their literacy skills and to
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My Words, My Book presents! It Takes a Village ~ How we can all support children’s reading in their Early Years and beyond! A free webinar for educators, teachers, parents, childminders, librarians, authors, publishers and anyone who is interested in supporting children with their reading. At least a few times a year there is either
Popular children’s content creator Laura Henry-Allain has created My Words, My Book, in Partnership with Tapestry-Childhood Education Platform and The Quick Brown Fox Video Production an original children’s podcast aimed at supporting children’s love of books and reading, the first episode will launch on World Book Day. This comes at a time of national decline
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Laura, How Do I? Is back for 2024! Every day I receive either an email or a direct message on one of my socials asking a ‘How Do I?’ question. These are usually accompanied by a request to either meet in person or have a virtual coffee. How do you get a book published? How
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I am delighted to have been asked by Ladybird Books to write The Early Years reading timeline: How to support your child. This guide supports recent research from Ladybird Books and reveals parents’ views on quality time and bonding as the top benefits of reading with children. Please feel free to share with parents, educators,
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My new children’s book series, Maya and Marley, will be with you in July 2024! I have worked on this for two years! From researching the images to share with the super talented, illustrator, Yabaewah Scott, I knew how I wanted Maya and Marley & Co to look – from their hair, clothes, shoes (check
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Laura, How Do I? Every day I receive either an email or a direct message on one of my socials asking a ‘How Do I?’ question. These are usually accompanied by a request to either meet in person or have a virtual coffee. How do you get a book published? How do you get a
Delighted to be doing an author’s story session at this years Stepping into Stories festival. My session is on Sunday 5th February at 15:00, venue Station Hall, Herne Hill. Book via this link:
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Looking forward to this FREE panel event: No imagination without representation, in children’s books. With my esteemed colleagues, Dapo Adeola and Marcus Ryder. Tuesday 29th November 2022. 19:00 GMT. Brixton Library. Book via this link:
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An emotional morning at North Kensington Library with the Grenfell Quilt team, on Tuesday. A few months ago, Eddie Nestor from BBC Radio London issued a call to action on Twitter: the Grenfell Quilt team needed a new home for the weekly sessions and to store their resources. I thought, why not ask RBKC libraries
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Ooh, it is National Story Telling Week! Getting ready for a range of online and in person events, over the next few months. Includes a school in Japan! *Author readings *Assemblies *Author Q&A *Literacy workshops *Sessions for parents and/or educators/teachers 💻Please email my PA: Admin@LauraHenryAllain.Com Follow the conversation: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook @LauraHAllain
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