During the coronation weekend, The London Dungeon, York Dungeon and Edinburgh Dungeon are offering free entry for the first 75 visitors who hand in a copy of Spare.

Prince Harry’s memoir, Spare, which broke records as the fastest-selling nonfiction book on its January release, has slipped to 117th in the charts, having sold 1,862 copies last week. Arts Council England is awarding £165,000 to Libraries Connected, which will distribute the funds to England’s public library authorities. To mark the coronation, the government is sending primary school children wildflower seeds in collaboration with the Eden Project. In February 2022, Labour MP Dawn Butler sent a letter to the prime minister suggesting that the money should instead be spent on preventing further spread of Covid-19. Last June, the Department for Education sent out free copies of a book commemorating the Queen’s platinum jubilee to state primary school students in the UK, at a reported publication cost of £12m.

Adding this title to the Little People, Big Dreams stable certainly puts the achievements of Rosa Parks and Malala Yousafzai in perspective.” Actor Samuel West tweeted “Kids, you too can be a King if you work hard enough. “Books are a great way to talk to children about the event, while keeping young readers engaged and entertained.”Īfter King Charles’ April publication, a Glasgow bookshop boycotted the Little People, Big Dreams series. “The coronation news has been everywhere and children in particular will have many questions about what it is and what will happen,” said Hazel Maxwell, Waterstones children’s buyer. The Mr Men Little Miss series has also published a themed title, The New King. “Interestingly, most of them appear within the children’s market rather than the adult one,” said Philip Stone at Nielsen BookData, the company that publishes the UK book chart. Other coronation-themed titles to sell well last week include the Official Coronation Souvenir Programme, Winnie-the-Pooh Meets the King, and Nicholas Allan’s The King’s Pants, a follow-up to the 1993 book The Queen’s Knickers. It sold 15,786 copies in the seven days to 29 April, overtaking Marian Keyes’ novel Again, Rachel, a sequel to romcom Rachel’s Holiday. The nonfiction book, illustrated by Matt Hunt, is the first of the Little People, Big Dreams series to reach No 1.

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