It's the UK's largest dedicated children's literature festival... Barnes Children’s Literature Festival, the largest children’s literature festival in the UK, returns on the weekend of 21st & 22nd ...

Autumn 1945 - With war over, the Blitz Kids are moving on with life but things are far from getting back to normal… “Across Britain, signs of renewal are stirring. Though rationing still holds firm, ...

Every Tuesday at 6.45pm in The Club with Luke, we speak to our toy expert, Toyologist Pete! So make sure you tune in to find out about the coolest toys around right now. This week our toy expert is ...

Sir Sidney McSprocket takes a trip in the Victory Vault to find his parrot Polly, and finds himself at Bletchley Park – the UK’s wartime code-cracking HQ and an iconic early computer being put through ...

May 1945 - The Blitz Kids celebrate the end of war in Europe, with parties and celebrations across the country. Some things are changing fast, but other things will take time to put right. “My dear ...

Sir Sidney McSprocket takes a trip in the Victory Vault to find his parrot Polly, and discovers the ball point pen and superglue. Och hello there… Sir Sidney McSprocket here! My parrot Polly is still ...

June 1944 - The Blitz Kids have been aware of a buzz about the preparations for D-Day but it’s all hush hush. No one wants the Germans to know. “D-Day has come. Early this morning, under the command ...

Learn everything you need to know about satellites in these facts... Have you ever looked up at the night sky and wondered what’s flying around up there (besides stars and planets)? Well, believe it ...

Och hello there… Sir Sidney McSprocket here! My parrot Polly is still in the Victory Vault. It’s my latest invention, a totally tremendous time machine that can take us to explore incredible ...

May 1943 - The Blitz Kids are in town – after a trip around a near empty National Gallery, they’ve gone to the cinema to enjoy a film and talk about how their favourite pass-times have been changed by ...

Sir Sidney McSprocket takes a trip in the Victory Vault to retrieve his perky parrot and finds Polly’s not the only one to take flight – he arrives just in time to see the first demonstration of a jet ...

The Blitz Kids are wondering how Alice is faring on Jersey in the Channel Islands, which has been occupied by the German Forces since June 1940. The Blitz Kids worry about their friend Alice, who ...