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Tad’s Guide to Pond Dipping

How to go Pond Dipping: Gather your things and find a pond to dip in. First look carefully to see what creatures you can spot around the water e.g. birds and insects.Ask an adult to fill your container with pond water for the creatures you find.Find a good spot where… Read More

What if a packet of Surprising Seeds made a head sprout?

A beautifully written, incredibly original and wickedly funny novel for readers of 10 and older, Bloom is for everyone who has ever felt like they didn’t fit it, and for anyone who has ever wanted a little more colour and wildness in their lives. Nicola Skinner introduces her debut children’s… Read More

Win a full set of David Walliams books and a signed copy of Fing!

Design your own monster for the Monsterpedia for your chance to WIN a whole set of David Walliams novels, plus a SIGNED copy of Fing!   Mr and Mrs Meek will do anything for their darling daughter Myrtle. But when Myrtle declares that she wants a ‘FING’, there’s only… Read More

Fing Competition T&Cs

  This competition is promoted by HarperCollins Publishers Limited (“HarperCollins”), 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF This promotion is open to all UK residents except employees of HarperCollins and their immediate families, who are not allowed to enter the competition. You must be 18 to enter this competition. How… Read More

Win your own starter gardening kit with Bloom!

Bloom is the beautifully written, wickedly funny debut from Nicola Skinner, for everyone who has ever wanted more wildness in their lives… Sorrel Fallowfield is the most well-behaved pupil at Grittysnits School. She’s so well-behaved that even the teachers come to her when they need help remembering the school… Read More

Bloom Competition T&Cs

This competition is promoted by HarperCollins Publishers Limited (“HarperCollins”), 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF This promotion is open to all UK residents except employees of HarperCollins and their immediate families, who are not allowed to enter the competition. You must be 18 or over to enter this competition. Read More

How to Rob a Bank Teaching Resources

Download these brilliant teaching resources for ages 11+ featuring the hilarious crime-caper How to Rob a Bank by Tom Mitchell. Create a storyboard, write a diary extract, test your vocabulary and MUCH MORE!… Read More

WIN! A Heist Haul Worth Over £170!

Some people rob banks because they’re greedy. Others enjoy the adrenalin rush. Me? I robbed a bank because of guilt. Specifically: guilt and a Nepalese scented candle… When fifteen-year-old Dylan burns down the house of the girl he’s trying to impress he thinks only a big gesture can make it… Read More

How to Rob a Bank Competition T&Cs

  This competition is promoted by HarperCollins Publishers Limited (“HarperCollins”), 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF This promotion is open to all UK residents except employees of HarperCollins and their immediate families, who are not allowed to enter the competition. You must be 18 to enter this competition. How… Read More

No Berries, No Cake. No Cake? No Way!

‘Mini Rabbit is a bit like an animal representation of myself when I was a child’ John Bond introduces his deliciously funny debut. ‘Mini Rabbit was created during a series of self-initiated illustrations, back in 2015. I was having fun experimenting in Photoshop, merging photographic textures with digital painting techniques… Read More