CBBC show Blue Peter has a brand new badge - a Book Badge. The badge is to celebrate reading and was designed by one of the UK's best-known illustrators, Sir Quentin Blake. It will be awarded to ...

The Train of Dark Wonders, by Alex Bell and illustrated by Beatriz Castro, is Blue Peter's Book Club choice for October 2025. Settle in for a suitably spooky adventure, perfect for a Halloween read!

Departing Blue Peter presenter Konnie Huq is planning to write a book about the show. She will apparently reveal insider gossip about the series - including its phone-in scandals. "I’d like to write a ...

Children could get free access to hundreds of major attractions this summer, saving parents a significant sum when planning how to fill the six-week school holidays. All you have to do is be ...

Books have unique significance for kids – they hold the power to shape values, dreams and aspirations for later life, as well as simply being good fun. With this in mind (and to celebrate World Book ...

Whether you’ve collected foil for one of their appeals, used sticky-back plastic to create your very own Tracy island or bagged yourself a highly coveted badge, Blue Peter would have played a part in ...

Starting in September this year, Blue Peter will reveal a new look and format that aims to appeal to existing and new audiences Blue Peter is such an iconic part of children's television, and we’re ...

The comic has been nominated for the Best Book with Facts category alongside Jenny Broom and Katie Scott's Animalium and Andy Seed and Scott Garrett's The Silly Book of Side-Splitting Stuff. The ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...