Here is an archive of our newsletters
Browse our archive to find out about our focus books with creative book based activities in action, new activity pages and book recommendations for children 0-11.
Each edition also includes special articles on a range of topics about supporting children’s reading and children’s books. These are listed below:
2025
Remembering Allan Ahlberg
Celebrating ten years of Lovemybooks
Stories online
Frank Cottrell Boyce on reading as a national health priority
2024
Our top ten picturebooks for 2024
Reading for pleasure in decline
Books to inspire creative cookery
Books about starting school
Summer story fun
Fantasy stories for older children
Taking first steps in reading
2023
Top ten picturebooks 2023
Favourite Christmas books
Remembering Myra Barrs
Head teacher and Lovemybooks patron Sonia Thompson on embedding a reading for pleasure culture in your school.
Scary stories
Head teacher and Lovemybooks patron Sonia Thompson advices to parents on reading with their children
Great summer reads young readers tell us about their favourites.
Author and Illustrator James Mayhew on his book Katie’s Pictures and inspiring children through art and visits to galleries.
Chitra Soundar on traditional tales
2022
Top ten picturebooks 2022
Interview with author and Lovemybooks patron SF Said about his new book Tyger
Books for newly independent readers Nikki Gamble Director of Just Imagine writes for us
Q and A with Lovemybooks patron and picturebook maker Mini Grey about her new book The Greatest Show on Earth
Teaching children about dementia through picturebooks we interview Lovemybooks contributor and picturebook maker Joan Thurgar about her new book ‘Where’s Grandma Gone?’
Professor John Potter tells us about a research project into children’s play during the pandemic.
Family review How War changed Rondo by Romana Romanyshyn and Andriy Lesiv
March 2022
We interview Keven and Katie Tsang about their Dragon Realm series.
English Coordinator Jon Biddle tells us how he is putting independent bookshops on the map
Books in series – we consider the reasons they are so popular.
2021
Top ten new picturebooks 2021
Favourite Christmas books
Young reader review of Great Britons by Imogen Russell Williams
Spooky fun with puppets
Rhyme time in the City of London
Books to inspire action against climate change
Remembering Jill Murphy
Top ten books for baby’s first bookshelf
Meet our new patron Head Teacher Sonia Thompson
#EYPicturebookclub with East London Early Years and Schools partnership
How to ‘play the story’ we describe our approach to creative fun with picturebooks
Books for Spring
Top ten illustrated novels
Lovemybooks during Lockdown
Make a book with animal years
Marcus Rashford on access to books
2020
Our top ten picturebooks 2020
Christmas stories
Helen Jones UCL on comics and graphic books and reading for pleasure
October 2020
Make a shadow puppet theatre
Mary Roche on the importance of sharing books with children and toddlers
Support your child with their reading as they go back to school
Addressing discrimination through children’s books
Celebrating five years of Lovemybooks
Meet our new patron Frank Cottrell Boyce
Make a puppet theatre
Make a reading den
Our downloadable activity books
Explore a classic poem
Join the national bear hunt
Our top links for home learning
Finding new favourite books with Anne Thompson
Home learning with Lovemybooks
Top ten books about children in conflict
How do children learn to read in their head
2019
Top ten picture books 2019
Doorstep Library promotes Lovemybooks
Making Links with Early years students
Make storytime statutory – we look at research from Egmont publishers
Family review Corey’s Rock by Sita Brahmanchari and Jane Ray.
Starting School – books to reassure and help the transition
We look at the DfE initiative ‘Hungry Little Minds’
Mini Grey on the power of picturebooks to make things happen
Meet our new patron Imogen Russell Williams
Bedtime stories for over 8s
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt celebrates its 30th birthday
March 2019
Grow young scientists through picturebooks
Research into Early intervention to prevent reading difficulties
The Very Hungry Caterpillar is 50 years old
We interview Steve Antony about his book Please Mr Panda
Michael Rosen on why children like funny books
Remembering John Burningham
2018
Top ten picture books 2018
Visit our traditional tales collection
introducing our new patron Joseph Coelho
Stories for Halloween
How to talk about picture books
A pre school setting sets a reading challenge for families
Starting school
Counting books
Case study
Message from. our patron Michael Rosen on our 3rd anniversary
Summer holiday story fun
Learning to read with picture books
Our patron Chitra Soundar on the inspiration for her new book, ‘You’re Safe With Me’
How parents can support children with their writing
Top ten stories with ‘Girl Power’
Reading workshops at a North London Primary School
Lovemybooks at the Nursery World Show
Choosing books for children
Meet our new patron Chitra Soundar
2017
2016
2015
December 2015
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