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Read the first chapter of Khaled Hosseini’s And The Mountains Echoed

We're celebrating the publication of And The Mountains Echoed, the latest novel from Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner, with an exclusive chance to read the first chapter... Read more →

The Honest Toddler on food shopping, part two…

In part two of our extract, The Honest Toddler looks at the difficulties parents may face communicating with their child on a shopping trip, and how to avoid them... Read more →

The Honest Toddler on food shopping, part one…

In the first of a two part extract, The Honest Toddler guides parents through the potential minefield that is shopping at a supermarket... Read more →

Sprout’s BookClub, 18/5/13

Sprout's bathtime is interrupted by another author visit... Read more →

Sprout’s BookClub, 11/5/13

Looks like Bram Stoker and Stephenie Meyer have buried the hatchet... Read more →

Judge a book by its cover

Award-winning book jacket designer Richard Norgate gives us a look into the process of creating the perfect cover... Read more →

Sprout’s BookClub, 4/5/13

Thoreau reads for Sprout - who has some incisive comments of her own to make... Read more →

Seven tips to help you spend more time with the books you love

Jordan Milne and Martin Bjergegaard, the authors of Winning Without Losing: 66 Strategies for Building a Wildly Successful Business While Living a Happy and Balanced Life give you seven simple steps to get things done and make more time for reading... Read more →

Sprout’s BookClub, 27/4/13

Sprout gets to the heart of Henry David Thoreau's sadness... Read more →

Grammar with Attitude, Or How Gwynne’s Grammar Came to be Published

Tom Hodgkinson, editor of the Idler, tells us how Latin lessons for his children led to publishing the perfect pocket primer... Read more →

Why would anyone walk Hadrian’s Wall in full Roman military kit?

Historical novelist Ben Kane tells us why he's doing exactly that, and how you can help... Read more →

Sprout’s BookClub, 20/4/13

Sprout escapes a "heated debate" between Bram Stoker and Stephanie Meyer by going for a walk... Read more →

Sprout’s BookClub, 13/4/13

In week twenty of our exclusive comic strip from Nye Wright, Sprout is stuck in the middle of an awkward altercation between Bram Stoker and Stephanie Meyer... Read more →

It turns out Twitter isn’t always a waste of time after all…

Back in January, sixteen year-old Franky Rogers sent a tweet to her local Waterstones bookshop in Folkestone. Just two months later, she was guest of honour at the Waterstones Children's Book Prize ceremony... Read more →