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Monster family
Sunday, September 27, 2020
When an orphaned brother and sister stumble across a secret house hidden in the woods, there they discover a family that is very different from any other... Author PADRAIG KENNY tells us more about THE MONSTERS OF ROOKHAVEN.
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Nursery rhymes giveaway
Sunday, September 20, 2020
We're celebrating poetry and nursery rhymes for younger children with a giveaway of Jeanne Willis's feminist retellings of nursery rhymes in What Are Little Girls Made Of, illustrated by Isabelle Follath, and A Treasury of Nursery Rhymes and Poems by Frann Preston-Gannon, both published by Nosy C...
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Encouraging children as poets
Sunday, September 20, 2020
We asked Charlotte Hacking, central learning programmes leader at CLPE, to provide some tips for inspiring children to enjoy poetry, and encouraging them to write their own.
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Shadowers' Choice Awards Vote
Friday, September 18, 2020
Voting is now underway for Shadowing Group's favourite book from the Carnegie and/or Kate Greenaway shortlists to win the Shadowers' Choice Awards!
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Rising star of picture books
Friday, September 18, 2020
Eva Eland has won the 2020 Klaus Flugge Prize, awarded for the most exciting and promising newcomer to children's picture book illustration, for her picture book When Sadness Comes to Call (Andersen Press).
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Sainsbury's Children's Book Awards
Friday, September 18, 2020
The shortlist for the Sainsbury's Children's Book Awards has been announced. The award aims to highlight the best children's books for families to share together, and to encourage parents and carers to spend more time reading with their children.
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Living wild
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
October lives in the woods with her dad; they take care of the trees and grow their own food. Until the day that Katya has to go and live with her mother in the city. Author KATYA BALEN tells us more about OCTOBER, OCTOBER.
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Branford Boase Award winner announced
Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Liz Hyder and her editor Sarah Odedina of Pushkin Children's Books have won the 2020 BRANFORD BOASE AWARD for her debut novel, Bearmouth. The award recognises the author and editor of an outstanding debut novel for children.
