Congratulations to Steyning CofE Primary School which has been named The Peter Usborne Primary School Library of the Year by the The School Library Association (SLA)! In the face of national pressures around budgets, staff recruitment and the content of children’s fiction, a number of schools across the country have proved how much impact school libraries can make by connecting young people, families and communities with the power of books and reading. Over the past five years, borrowing at Steyning’s school library has increased by 600% thanks to a concentrated drive to turn reluctant readers into joyful ones. SLA judges complimented the school’s “organic, evolving” approach to integrating the library in the curriculum and assemblies, its outside reading shed for use at breaktimes, the enriching atmosphere created around literacy, and the service’s meaningful inclusion of pupil voices, not least through its confident set of Year 6 librarians. Our MD Nicola Usborne says: “Usborne are honoured to sponsor the Peter Usborne Primary School Library of the Year Award. My late Dad, founder of Usborne, believed passionately in the importance of school libraries and librarians and their impact on literacy. The primary school libraries on the shortlist are all inspirational and should be very proud of the work they do to encourage such positive reading cultures within their schools. Congratulations to them all but particularly the worthy winner Steyning CofE Primary School.” Well done to all the staff at Steyning CofE Primary School, in particular school librarian Leia Sands 👏👏👏 Find out more about the award here: https://bit.ly/4eVnPDc #SLAcelebrates #peterusborne #schoollibraries #schoollibraryassociation #readingforpleasure
Usborne Publishing
Book and Periodical Publishing
London, Clerkenwell 40,908 followers
Usborne is one of the world’s leading independent book publishers, creating irresistible books for children of all ages.
About us
Usborne is the largest and most successful independent children's book publisher in the UK. Named Children's Publisher of the Year in 2020, Usborne has been publishing brilliant books for children of all ages for 50 years. There are over 3,000 Usborne books in print, from books for babies to young adult novels, and we publish around 30 new book every month. Books featuring the Usborne name and our iconic, rainbow hot-air balloon logo are read all over the world. As well as English, we also publish in French, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Brazilian Portuguese, Korean and Mandarin Chinese. The Usborne head office is in London, UK. There are also Usborne design/editorial offices in Oxford and Wolverhampton. Usborne Community Partnerships is the direct sales division of Usborne Publishing, also based in our Oxford office. Please note that we do not directly approach potential hires and we never ask for money as part of a recruitment process. Any such contact is highly likely to be fraudulent and should be disregarded. If in any doubt, please contact [email protected].
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- Industry
- Book and Periodical Publishing
- Company size
- 201-500 employees
- Headquarters
- London, Clerkenwell
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 1973
- Specialties
- children's books, children's non-fiction books, children's fiction books, children's activity books, illustrated children's books, and baby books
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83-85 Saffron Hill
London, Clerkenwell EC1N 8RT, GB
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Fryer Street
Unit 47 The Chubb Building
Wolverhampton, West Midlands WV1 1HT , GB
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Stanton Harcourt Road
Unit 8, Oasis Park
Eynsham, Oxfordshire OX29 4TU, GB
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🌱✨ A big round of applause for Friendship Survival Guide by Caroline Young for winning Children’s Book of the Year: Wellbeing, Published by Usborne, this "useful, warm and chatty" book wowed our judges. #TWJBookAwards #Wellbeing Usborne Publishing
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To celebrate Black History Month in the UK, the Usborne Quicklinks team have selected some brilliantly kid-centric websites where you can celebrate the achievements of Black people from Mary Seacole and Walter Tull to Dina Asher-Smith and Malorie Blackman. 💛 Discover what Black History Month UK is all about 💛 Celebrate the achievements of Black Britons today including Maggie Aderin, Marcus Rashford and Malorie Blackman 💛 Explore influential Black people in British History 💛 Find out about key figures in Black History, in Britain and the World #BlackHistoryMonth #ReclaimingNarratives
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It's NEW BOOKS THURSDAY, with lots of great new stuff for curious kids... including SEE INSIDE THE FUTURE, by Futurist Tom Cheesewright. Growing up reading Usborne books helped to shape Tom's career predicting future trends and threats, and so we are thrilled that he's now written his own Usborne book to inspire a new generation. See the book that inspired a young Tom Cheesewright here: https://bit.ly/4ezWLcj ...and Tom's own children's book from Usborne, SEE INSIDE THE FUTURE: https://bit.ly/4gFicuk Discover all our new books for October here: https://bit.ly/3W7cQMS #newbooks #childrensbooks #future #author #books
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🚨 WE'RE HIRING! 🚨 We are looking for a motivated, highly organised and proactive individual with excellent administrative and communication skills to join our Export Sales team as Junior Export Sales Assistant. This exciting opportunity will involve supporting our sales to India, South Africa and Latin America as well as supporting the team with administrative and operational activities. This is a junior, entry level role and we are therefore not specifically seeking an individual with extensive knowledge or experience of Export Sales or publishing. However, having a strong interest in children’s books is a must. 📍 Location: London (Farringdon) - 3 days in the office per week, 2 WFH 💷 Salary: £29,904 pa 📅 Closing date: Wednesday 9th October 2024 Please see full details including benefits, and a link to apply via Applied, on our website. Applied is recruitment software to debias the recruitment process. Usborne is dedicated to building a diverse taskforce that reflects the wide range of communities that read our books globally. Decisions are made based on the individual’s skills and experiences and we particularly encourage applications from demographics underrepresented in publishing. See answers to more FAQs about careers at Usborne here: https://bit.ly/3wKmLkV #jobsinbooks #publishingjobs #creativejobs #entryleveljobs Creative Access Society of Young Publishers Independent Publishers Guild
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As a organisation, Usborne exists to inspire kids' insatiable curiosity. As such, getting our books into the hands of children all over the world is really important to us. It's always exciting to see finished copies of our books in translation and here are some which arrived this week - (left to right): 📕 First Sticker Book Families by Holly Bathie and Alice Beecham, illustrated by Joanne Partis 📗 Little First Stickers Chinese New Year by Kristie Pickersgill and Amy Chiu, illustrated by BlueBean 📙 First Sticker Book Feelings by Holly Bathie, illustrated by Joanne Partis All have been translated into Chinese Mandarin (with complex characters) by Holiu Creative, who will be publishing them in Taiwan soon. Congratulations to Irene Olivo in our Rights team who looks after our Taiwanese customers. #translation #childrensbooks #publishing
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An opinion piece I wrote for Metro.co.uk celebrating World Afro Day! 🪮👩🏾🦱🤩 https://lnkd.in/eEWCR6AG
My teacher asked one question that left me wanting to hide
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It's World Afro Hair Day! ME AND MY HAIR by Kimberley K., illustrated by Jessica Gibson and Sandra Becker Borrée, is a heart-warming journey of learning to love the hair you have, and the person you are. Follow Kyra as she shares her thoughts and feelings about her amazing Afro hair, and the facts she learns about all kinds of hair types and styles. After a trip to the hairdresser's, Kyra's school friends have lots of questions for her, and she has lots for them too. Learn about straight hair and coily hair, red hair and black hair, cornrows and french braids and more in this celebration of all things HAIR. Visit Usborne Quicklinks for brilliantly kid-centric websites to support this book, including: 💜 A song about the joy of Black hairstyles 💛 Hair science including why the rain can make hair curlier 💙 How-to hairstyle tutorials 👩🏫 TEACHERS: Download our FREE Teachers’ Notes now! https://bit.ly/4bPR2y4 Thanks to The Halo Collective who consulted on this book. #childrensbooks #childrensillustration #bookillustration #worldafrohairday
Me and My Hair | Usborne | Be Curious
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We’re a not-for-profit organisation and our mission is to help as many kids as possible learn through games, which is why we run this special promotion to give away our reading apps completely FREE! These two apps are usually £12.98, but are FREE until Wed September 11th - download the apps now to get this special offer! https://tym.st/nRr Please tell as many parents and teachers as you can and help us achieve our mission. These games are also free to play on computers.
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Congratulations to Independent Usborne Partner Catherine Acton, who has helped St John's C of E Primary School in Totnes to receive over £2,000 worth of brand new Usborne books in a single academic year, without spending a single penny of their reading budget - WOW! Catherine says: "It has been an absolute pleasure to work with this school, which is committed to supporting reading, and proactive in organising book events for their pupils. The events that we planned together focused on the importance of reading for pleasure and after each event, our relationship grew. It is a wholesome feeling to be recognised by the children there, who now stop me to say hello to talk about books. The school held an incredible Sponsored Read, received a very special visit from author Jenny Pearson that captivated students and staff alike, and finished the year with a fabulous book fair. From the assembly where pupils were hypnotised when I read out extracts from 'Anisha: Accidental Detective' by Serena Patel, to the book fair where I introduced a wide range of new books to all year groups, it has been a wonderful year of celebrating reading. I can't wait to see what we can do together in this new academic year." The school's Reading Lead, Louise Wright says: “We worked with our local Independent Usborne Partner Catherine Acton to create a brilliant Sponsored Read. The money that our pupils raised, plus the additional 60% in free books provided by Usborne Publishing, totalled an astounding £1.6k, which bought us more than 350 new books - from just one event! Huge thanks to Catherine for facilitating these fabulous opportunities for our children - I can't wait to share the next exciting event (a book fair) with her, to continue to celebrate and encourage a lifelong love of reading in our children and their families!” 👏👏👏 Well done Catherine! 👏👏👏 If you work in a school and would like to speak to your local Independent Usborne Partner, connect with them here: https://bit.ly/3T9gAxW #schools #teachers #freebooks #childrensbooks #Totnes #Devon #indepedentusbornepartner