The Week Junior

The Week Junior is a multi award-winning current affairs magazine for 8–14 year olds.

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The latest issue of #TheWeekJunior is out now!

In it, children can:

📚 Discover the shorlist for The Week Junior Book Awards 2026
🌗 Learn more about NASA's plan for a permanent Moon base
🧪 Read about series two of @CBBC's Horrible Science

And lots more!

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Help! Aliens Stole My Grandad by Hannah Moffatt is our #BookoftheWeek!

Also on our #BookClub pages, discover five books about football in time for the 2026 men's World Cup, & a Week Junior reader reviews Horrible Geography: Odious Oceans.

📷 © Rory Walker and © Holly Ovenden

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📚 In this week's issue, our #BookoftheWeek is Lily Tripp: Diary of an Accidental Time Traveller, written by Amelia Tait.

You can also read an interview with CBeebies presenter Andy Day about his best-selling Dino Dad series. 📚

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Inside the new issue of #TheWeekJunior, children can:

⚽️ Read all about the World Cup
🦔 Learn how tech is helping hedgehogs
📚 Find out about London Children's Literature Festival @kidslitfest

And much more!

#Kidsmagazine #SomethingWorthTalkingAbout #TalkingIsGoodNews

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The latest issue of #TheWeekJunior is out now!

In it, children can:

📖 Find out about the book that @MichaelRosenYes and @MrMCGrammar have written together
🐘 Read about a new elephant sanctuary
🌻 Learn how to grow a sunflower

And lots more!

#Kidsmagazine #Currentaffairs

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📚 In this week's issue, our #BookoftheWeek is Renegades: The Magic Awakens. Also, find five books for cat lovers and read an interview with MC Grammar and Michael Rosen about their new book, Ridiculous Raps and Rhymes. 🎶🐈‍⬛

© Devin Elle Kurtz · Andrea Vandergrift #Renegades

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Inside the latest issue of #TheWeekJunior, children can learn:

All about bees ahead of #WorldBeeDay 🐝
Plaid Cymru's win in Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
The British Book Awards #Nibbies

And much more!

@thenibbies #SomethingWorthTalkingAbout #TalkingIsGoodNews

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📚 Our #BookoftheWeek is Holomonsters by @leenewberybooks.

In our Q&A, Lee talks about video games, faeries & cake.😋

Also on the #BookClub pages, meet insect expert Richard Jones whose new book, Buzz, is bursting with bug facts. 🤩🐞

© Alessandro D'Urso #ChildrensPublishing

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🐉 Dragonflare by Jamie Hammond is our #BookoftheWeek! Inside, readers can find lots of illustrations, including a map, mazes and plenty of dragons.

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Inside the latest issue of #TheWeekJunior, children can learn:

💯 All about Sir David Attenborough, who is celebrating a special birthday today
🪴 How to make Venus flytrap friends
😤 Why it's ok to be angry

And lots more!

#SomethingWorthTalkingAbout #TalkingIsGoodNews

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Happy 80th birthday @MichaelRosenYes!

Here's a lovely photo of Michael taken at The Week Junior Book Awards 2025. Thanks for coming and doing so much for children's books and reading.🥳📚🏆

@WalkerBooksUK © Lucy Young
#MichaelRosen #GoAllIn #poetry #childrenspoetry #poetryfun

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NEWS! We're so proud that @theweekjunior the best news magazine for kids, is joining in the fun of the UK's biggest kids' books festival on Saturday 27 & Sunday 28 June. So who's joining us?🙋 https://t.co/990Hw9b8SR

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📚Our #BookoftheWeek is Alex Abbott is [Un]Dead.

Also on our #BookClub pages are five books that you can watch on screen, and an interview with illustrator Anita Mangan.

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The latest issue of #TheWeekJunior is out now!

In it, children can:

🥇 Read about this year's history-making London Marathon
🫏 Find out what it's like to work at a donkey sanctuary
🍰 Follow our step-by-step guide to making a Victoria sponge cake

And lots more!

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📚 Our #BookoftheWeek is Monster Diaries: The Cyclops and the Worst Party Ever by Anne Miller, illustrated by Sam Caldwell & published by @HarperCollinsCh.

Plus, we have 5 books about monsters for you 🧌

© HarperCollins Publishers Ltd 2026 #Bookclub

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Inside the latest issue of #TheWeekJunior, children can find out about:

🥳 A party for the year's best games @BAFTAGames
🪩 Why dancing makes you feel great 💃
🦋 How climate change affects butterflies 🌎

And more!

#SomethingWorthTalkingAbout #TalkingIsGoodNews

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📚Our #BookoftheWeek is Kamizen: Fortress of Lost Memories by William Yamaguchi Dobson, illustrated by Sawa and published by @scholasticuk.
Also on our #BookClub pages, author Sophie Anderson shares her tips for writing a fairy tale🏰, and there are 5 books for #EarthDay. © Sawa

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📚 Our #BookoftheWeek is A Heist before Bedtime by Richard Coles, illustrated by Eve O'Brien and published by @wrenandrookbook.

In our Q&A, Coles shares his favourite fact.🧐

Also on our #BookClub pages, find five books about thrilling heists!

📸 © Eve O'Brien #Kidsmagazine

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The latest issue of #TheWeekJunior is out now. Inside, children can:

🌚Learn about the Artemis 2 mission
🎲Debate whether board games top video games
⚽️Meet Erica Meg Parkinson who has joined the #Lionesses

And more!

#SomethingWorthTalkingAbout #TalkingIsGoodNews #Kidsmagazine

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Our #BookoftheWeek is Feather Vane by Beth O'Brien, published by HarperCollins.

In our Q&A, O'Brien chats about fairies & her favourite poem.

Our #BookClub pages also feature an interview with Stephen Krensky on writing about the Moon landing.

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