There’s nothing better than the sounds of kids giggling and having fun when they are telling each other short jokes and ...

All children, no matter what their ability. 500 Words is now one of the most successful story-writing competitions for kids in the world. Nearly half a million pupils have written a story for us ...

This makes a short story really tight. “Pulling out a word, pulling out a sentence, pulling out a paragraph, pulling out a page should be really difficult,” says the author, “whereas ...