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The start of the first week of Authors on Tour and we are looking forward to welcoming Alastair Chisholm and #alexwillmore @HodderBooksinto Leicester schools today to talk about their book One Hungry Dragon and Caryl Hart, Children’s Author Bloomsbury Kids & YA UK to talk about her book Meet The Weather.

Thank you to our fantastic authors Alastair Chisholm, #alexwillmore Hodder & Stoughton (no longer active) and Caryl Hart, Children’s Author Bloomsbury Kids & YA UK for joining us in person today. Thank you to Mellor Community Primary School, Barley Croft Primary School, Catherine Infant Sch and Imperial Avenue Infant School for hosting!

Day 2 of Authors on Tour and Caryl Hart, Children’s Author Bloomsbury Kids & YA UK will be joining us again live in Leicester schools today to talk about her book Meet the Weather.

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Day 3 of Authors on Tour and we are pleased to welcome Sarah Coyle from E W Literary Agency who will be joining us live in Leicester schools today to talk about her fantastic book Pick A Story – A Wizard + Astronaut + Pyramid Adventure Farshore.

Thank you to our fantastic authors Sarah Coyle for joining us on her Authors on Tour visits today. A huge thank you to Dovelands Primary School and Granby Primary for hosting Sarah and we hope your pupils enjoyed the sessions!

We are looking forward to welcoming our final authors of the week in schools today for Authors on Tour Alice Hemming Scholastic UK to talk about her book That’s My Flower! & Sharon Hopwood Farshore to talk about her book Little Mouse is Absolutely, Completely, Totally Fine!

Thank you to Alice Hemming Scholastic UK and Sharon Hopwood Farshore for joining us in person today. Thank you also to our schools EyresMonsellPrimary, Scraptoft Valley Primary School and King Richard III Infant and Nursery School for hosting our authors.

Leicester WiT Alice Hemming Scholastic UK Farshore EyresMonsellPrimary King Richard III Infant and Nursery School Thank you so much for inviting me and Little Mouse! We had such a wonderful time at King Richard III Infant and Nursery School 🐭🐭🐭

What a great morning at King Richard III Infant and Nursery School!!! Thank you Leicester WiT Farshore 🐭

The start of another exciting week of Authors on Tour and we are looking forward to welcoming @JustoneSteve, bali rai and Joseph Elliott live in schools and #kereengetten and Carrie Sellon who will be joining schools virtually today.

This was a lovely piece of news I had to wait until now to share! Nush and the Stolen Emerald just won the #readingrampage2025 Book Award! Thank you to all the students across Leicestershire schools who voted for her!! Absolutely thrilled!!! Chicken House

Thank you to @JustoneSteve, bali rai, Joseph Elliott, Carrie Sellon and #kereengetten for their author visits. and to all our schools both for hosting our authors both in person and virtually.

We are looking forward to welcoming @JustoneSteve, Joseph Elliott and Carrie Sellon again into Leicester schools today along with onjali rauf

Thank you to our fantastic authors @JustoneSteve, Joseph Elliot, Carrie Sellon and onjali rauf and to Rolleston Primary School, Stokes Wood Primary School, Montrose School, St John the Baptist Primary School, Rushey Mead Primary School, Caldecote CPS and EvingtonValleyPS for hosting our authors.

Thank you to Radhika Sanghani , Helen Rutter, Andy Seed and Ian Eagleton for joining us today, and to Spinney Hill Primary School, Inglehurst Junior School, Catherine Junior School, Slater Primary School, Wyvern Primary School, Herrick Primary School and @SandfieldClose for hosting.

On our final day of Authors on Tour and we are looking forward to welcoming back Helen Rutter Barrington Stoke and Andy Seed Nosy Crow into Leicester schools today along with A M Howell Usborne Publishing who will be joining us virtually.

Thank you to our fantastic authors Helen Rutter, Andy Seed and A M Howell for their author sessions and to Mellor Community Primary School, Mayflower Primary, Hazel Community Primary School, Rolleston Primary School, Parks Primary School - Leicester and Wolsey House Primary School for hosting our authors.

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Massive thanks to Mathew Tobin for joining us at yesterday's Reading Champions' Conference - wow, what an incredible session!! Schools - don't forget to check out the Klaus Flugge Prize!