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Carnegie Kate Greenaway Award Winners 2018
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Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Award Winners 2018

The Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Award winners for 2018 were announced yesterday, as well as the Amnesty CILIP Honour commendations; this is the third year that the Medals are joined by the commendations, which are given to the book on each shortlist that most distinctively illuminates, upholds or celebrates freedoms.

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Curiosity Mars Rover picture book review
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Curiosity: The Story of a Mars Rover | Picture Book Review

By Markus Motum, with expert advice from Stuart Atkinson (Walker Studio)

 

‘Wherever you are in the world right now,

I’m a very long way away.

I’m not even on the same planet as you.

I’m a Mars Rover. This is my story.’

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Chocolate Factory Ghost review
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Out Now: The Chocolate Factory Ghost

By author David O’Connell, with illustrations by Claire Powell (Bloomsbury Publishing)

When Archie McBudge finds out that he is heir to a sweet-making dynasty, it takes him and his Mum completely by surprise.

Everything from now on should be perfect; after all, isn’t it every child’s dream to own a sweet factory?

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BFG Illustration
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‘The BFG in Pictures’ Visits Canterbury Beaney

The Beaney House of Art and Knowledge is currently hosting a wonderful exhibition called ‘The BFG in Pictures’; 40 original illustrations by Quentin Blake for Roald Dahl’s book The BFG, courtesy of the House of Illustration gallery in London.

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