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Reading Rights campaign: “One child saw a book and said: ‘What’s that?’”
Find out what happened when Waterstones Children's Laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce visited a school nursery in Liverpool to see why story-sharing interventions during the Early Years are so vital for children.
Sharing stories: The incredible bond
Find out what Frank Cottrell-Boyce took from his visit to the University of East London's Baby Lab, where he watched what happens to a baby's brain when they're read to.
Writer in Residence Patrice Lawrence announces her writing competition
Send in your stories or poems to enter her writing competition.
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