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A Victorian Christmas
Saturday, November 14, 2020
In Sally Nicholls's latest book, A CHRISTMAS IN TIME, two children go back in time to discover what a real Victorian Christmas would have been like. We asked Sally Nicholls to tell us more!
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Representation in Children's Books
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
Research into representation in children's books has found that there is still some way to go before books fully reflect society, with just 10% of children's books published in 2019 featuring characters of colour.
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Online storytimes
Reluctant Readers
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Publisher Andersen Press and the Seven Stories centre are collaborating on weekly digital storytimes to share on the centre's Facebook page, where stories will be read and available to share for free during the latest lockdown in England.
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Information Book Award winner
Book Awards
Friday, November 6, 2020
Africa, Amazing Africa by Atinuke and illustrated by Mouni Feddag (Walker Books) is the overall winner of the School Library Association Information Book Award 2020.
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Finding new uses for old rubbish
Tuesday, November 3, 2020
Imagine living on a floating island in the sea, and recycling rubbish to make the everyday things you need. This is the life of the Tindims. But what happens when there's just too much rubbish at sea?
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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.
