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Magic Times
book News, views and interviews from Bookstart to help make sharing books with your children even more magical. book
Pirates Ahoy!
Oliver Jeffers - How to Catch a Star
National Bookstart Day takes place on Friday 10 October and the theme is Pirates Ahoy! Thousands of parties will be held around the country for Bookstart's biggest celebration of the year.
Bookshops, libraries and children's centres will all be holding events for the under fives, with rhyme times, song and story-telling sessions and appearances from the Bookstart Bear.
We hope you'll join us in the festivities and help celebrate the fun of book-sharing.
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Bookstart Book Crawl
The Bookstart Book Crawl aims to encourage parents to take their children to a local library.
There are now ten brand new Book Crawl certificates to collect, in support of the National Year of Reading.
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Interview
2008 National Year of Reading
Anthony Browne is one of the UK's best-loved picture book authors.

We talk to Anthony about his career and where he finds his inspiration.
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Best Picture Books
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Booktrust has teamed up with Rough Guides to produce a guide to 35 of the very best children's picture books.
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Competition
Children's Books
Here's your chance to win some wonderful new children's books in this month's competition.
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