Rainbow Grey & The Met Office Activity Sheets
We have been working in collaboration with The Met Office to create two sets of education resources based around the Weatherlands. Read More
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Announcing The Farshore Reading for Pleasure Teacher Award winners
The winners of The Farshore Reading for Pleasure Teacher Awards 2022, in association with the Open University and the UK Literacy Association (UKLA), have been announced, revealing how teachers have found innovative ways to inspire reading for pleasure in the classroom. Each year since its launch in 2017, the awards… Read More
Children’s gift giving guide: Middle grade recommendations
The festive season is here and what better gift to give than the gift of reading. We have compiled a list of some of our best-selling middle grade fiction, perfect for holiday reading! Amari and the Night Brothers by BB Alston When… Read More
Electrifying Books for Spooky Season
A spooky reading list is as essential to Halloween as the age old traditions of rewatching Hocus Pocus for the 80th time and adding pumpkin spiced flavouring to literally everything. So, naturally, we had to sprinkle some Halloween energy onto our recommended reads for October. Discover why these thrilling… Read More
It’s Galentine’s Day so we want to celebrate some of our favourite female heroes
Our top female heroes to celebrate Galentine's Day Read More
Join our celebrations for the 95th Anniversary of Winnie-the-Pooh
Subscribe and win! Enter our giveaway to win a limited edition Steiff Bear when you sign up to our Winnie-the-Pooh newsletter to be the first to hear about exciting news and exclusive competitions Read More
The Reading for Pleasure Teacher Awards 2021
One year on from HarperCollins UK’s acquisition of Egmont Books (formerly Egmont UK Ltd) from the Danish media group, Egmont, we are delighted to announce our new identity: Farshore.
Originally known as The Egmont Reading for Pleasure Teacher Awards (2018-2020), the award was renamed The Farshore Reading for Pleasure Teacher Award in 2021. Read More
10 Books to Read for National Non-Fiction November
To celebrate National Non-Fiction November we’ve raided the Egmont shelves and compiled a list of our top ten non-fiction books for children of all ages to read. Read More
The Wonder Tree author Teresa Heapy meets Screech Owl Wildlife Park
We can think of no better way to have a HOOT then a chat about all things owls in the presence of an actual owl. That’s exactly what Teresa Heapy got to do when she spoke to Karen, Paula and Honey the Tawny owl from Screech Owl Wildlife Park. Read More
The Importance of Classic Characters to the Licensed Book Market
Classic characters are big business in the children’s book market. Read More
Creating the Once We Were Witches cover with Fabi Santiago
This week we revealed the magical cover for Once We Were Witches - the brand new fantasy series from author of The Huntress trilogy, Sarah Driver. Read More
Author Aisha Bushby’s top four video games for kids
In the middle-grade fantasy A Pocketful of Stars, protagonist Safiya finds herself transported from her mum's hospital bedside and into a dream world, landing in her mum's childhood home in Kuwait. Read More