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Books

Mrs Mad's Book-a-Rama

Book reviews, games stories and jokes. You can search for reviews to match your age and interests.

Stories on the web

Read stories or email authors, write reviews or your own stories and poems and see them displayed on the gallery. Also has activities, games and competitions.

CBBC: Blue Peter Book Club

Reviews, stories, Book Awards, quiz, vote and chat to your favourite authors.

Children's Book Sequels

A great site for finding the next book in a series from A Series of Unfortunate Events to Young Bond. Includes links to author's websites.

Eric Carle

Official Eric Carle site. Most famous for The Hungry Caterpillar, this site includes information about Eric's other books alongside frequently asked questions, new publications and a biography.

Gillian Cross

Home page of the writer of the Demon Headmaster. Lots of author information and book details. You will also find information about the TV series.

Roald Dahl

Includes information about the author and his works and a special no adults allowed section which includes puzzles, games and virtual tours.

Anne Fine

Website of the award winning author.

Jan Pienkowski

Official site of Jan Pienkowski, the co-author of Meg and Mog among many others. The site includes a biography, book lists and fun and games.

Shoo Rayner

Shoo Rayners site includes sites within the site. Including the Ginger Ninja website, the Rexfiles website and the award winning Alien Abduction. You can also listen to Shoo's songs and stories.

Dr Seuss

Welcome to Seussville, Dr Seuss's playground. The site includes games to play online, games to print and play later. A biography and the Seussville story maker.

Young Writer Magazine

Young people get the chance to interview famous writers.

Artemis Fowl

Companion website to the books by Eoin Colfer.

Goosebumps

Games and activities, video clips and meet the author R. L. Stine.

Harry Potter (film site)

This site is run by Warner Brothers who produce the Harry Potter films. There are plenty of games and activities to enjoy and you can see the trailers for the films.

The Leaky Cauldron

The Leaky Cauldron is a Harry Potter Weblog, updated almost daily it includes news about the books and the films. For all the latest Harry Potter gossip, this is the site.

Bloomsbury Harry Potter pages

Bloomsbury are the UK publishers of the HP books and this site includes a biography of J. K. Rowling, reviews, news and lots more.