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Carnegie & Greenaway nominations announced
Book Awards
Monday, November 2, 2020
Nominations have been published for the 2021 CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals, with 152 books nominated for the 2021 Medals.
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Astrid Lindgren nominations announced
Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Michael Rosen, Quentin Blake, David Almond, Juno Dawson, Malorie Blackman and Emily Gravett are among the UK authors and illustrators nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2021,the world's largest children's literature award (worth over USD 500k).
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Orphans with secrets to hide...
Monday, October 19, 2020
THE ORPHANS OF ST HALIBUTS is a fast-paced, hilarious debut about a group of orphans involving accidental deaths, some dark secrets and a bad-tempered goat, brilliantly illustrated by David Tazzyman.
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A journey through our world
Sunday, October 18, 2020
Come on a journey from the beginning of time to the present day in the new Britannica All New Children's Encyclopedia! Editor Christopher Lloyd tells us more!
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The history of Quidditch
Sunday, October 18, 2020
Ancient tapestries, news clippings, diagrams, photographs and illustrations bring JK Rowling's Quidditch Through the Ages alive, in this stunning illustrated edition by EMILY GRAVETT.
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Book Chat launches
Thursday, October 15, 2020
The Open University (OU) is launching Book Chat: Reading with your Child, comprising films and support materials to help parents, families and carers read books to children.
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Theme for Harry Potter Book Night 2021
Thursday, October 15, 2020
Diagon Alley is the theme for Harry Potter Book Night 2021, which will run for its seventh year, on Thursday 4th February 2021.
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SLA launches fundraising appeal
Thursday, October 15, 2020
The SLA is launch its first Patrons' Appeal to raise &pound2,500 to fund research into how school libraries reacted to and supported pupils during lockdown.
