Books & Quizzes

It’s that time of year again where we announce the shortlist for the What Kids Are Reading Quiz Writers’ Choice Awards! Every academic school year, the What Kids Are Reading report offers insight to what books school children have read and enjoyed the most. The Quiz Writers’ Choice Award is given to the authors who were the […]

Now in its eleventh year, our annual What Kids Are Reading report is worth making a big deal out of!

Here at Renaissance, we’re getting excited for next week’s launch of our annual What Kids Are Reading report!

2018’s What Kids Are Reading event was a smashing success. We celebrated 10 years of our What Kids Are Reading report, which looks at the reading habits of school children. Also at the event, the two winners of the Quiz Writers’ Choice Award were announced. We had two astounding and very different winners this year. […]

Each year, the What Kids Are Reading report shows us the book-reading habits of students across the United Kingdom. We can see which books are most popular in every year group, and which are the most highly rated by students. Sometimes, though, the most exciting new books don’t reach the top of the list in […]

At 3pm yesterday, whilst Doris was wreaking havoc across the UK scores of teachers, librarians, authors, publishers and a good helping of Renaissance staff were raising the roof at Sadler’s Wells for the launch of the 9th annual What Kids Are Reading report and 3rd annual awards.