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Crafts &amp; activities

How to make a Christmas Eve box

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Features

Our top tips to get kids settled on Christmas Eve

12 of the best Christmas quotes from children's books

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Children's reading lists

14 books for sports-obsessed kids

Download a festive Ladybird activity pack!

Bake Snowman biscuits with Biscuiteers

The best Christmas characters of all time

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Download and colour in Duggee and his friends

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23 of the best books for kids who love science

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12 thought-provoking quotes from Watership Down

The benefits of listening to audiobooks for kids

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Make a skeleton mask for Halloween

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Make your own Funnybones costume

Books to blast off with: 19 books for space-loving kids

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How to rotate the bedtime routine

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Fun facts

14 extraordinary facts about Mary Seacole

Extracts

Space Band by Tom Fletcher

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10 books for kids that love dinosaurs

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13 inspiring Roald Dahl quotes

Make your own wolf mask

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Daisy Wells' guide to going back to school

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Make a Percy Jackson-inspired cake

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How to play the best game of hide and seek ever

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12 of the best book and storytelling podcasts for kids

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Sleepovers by Jacqueline Wilson

5 audiobooks for car journeys over the summer

5 audiobooks for long car journeys

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The Double Trouble Society by Carrie Hope Fletcher

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