The Costa Book Awards for 2017 have just been announced, and our congratulations go to Katherine Rundell who scoops the Children’s Book category prize with her book The Explorer.
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‘The World Around Us’ – National Non-Fiction November 2017
It’s easy when thinking of books for children to only think of fiction titles, but every year the Federation of Children’s Book Groups (FCBG) celebrate a month of all things factual with National Non-Fiction November. The month is an opportunity to promote reading non-fiction for pleasure and encourage children to be curious about facts and information, as well as laud sections of our bookshops and libraries that are too often ignored.
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Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Award Winners 2017
The winners of the 2017 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals have now been announced, with both winners coming from the United States for the first time.
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Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Award Shortlists 2017
The shortlists for the Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals for 2017 have now been released, and they present us with a host of new and familiar faces.
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Costa Children’s Book Award 2016
The winners of the Costa Book Award categories have been announced, and Young Adult author Brian Conaghan has taken the Children’s Book prize with his third novel The Bombs That Brought Us Together.
Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Award Winners 2016
The winners of the Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Awards 2016 have been announced!
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The Lollies – New Children’s Book Award
Have you joined the ‘Lollies’?
The ‘Lollies’ is a new book award launched by Scholastic for funny children’s books.
Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Shortlists 2016 Announced
The CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medal shortlists have been announced, and there’s a fantastic range of authors and illustrators on them!
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