As the directors of Edinburgh's festivals returned to their day jobs, it was the turn of Children's laureate Julia Donaldson and three of her best-known illustrators to take to the Book Festival spotlight.

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Currently lawsuits are all the rage in the tech industry, however it's somewhat of a sad day when the ill-effects of corporate hardball trickle down to children's toys.

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It has organised the project to coincide with World Children's day on 20 November with the aim of raising children's understanding of war and focus attention on the plight of children in war zones.

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It will feature all the national youth and children's orchestras in a two-day celebration of jazz, brass and choral work.

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Percy follows the children around all day, sits in the front porch when it's raining, hangs around the dinner ladies looking for snacks, and peers through the assembly windows to listen to the songs.

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"It's never been a regular day in Chicago when it comes to our children dying this way, " said Diane Latiker, a Chicago mother of eight children who became a CNN Hero nominee for her work trying to keep kids away from violence.

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And I think working together to find some agreement about this matter's very important but at the end of the day it is about the children, it is about reducing the threat and it is about the best way of achieving that and we have some disagreement on this essential point at this stage of the game.

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It is really important in this day and age, with all that's going on, that children should be allowed to dream.

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"The people dealing with children in classrooms every day are telling their union that workloads are unsustainable and it's time the Scottish government listened and provided the help and guidance that teachers want, " he said.

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