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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By author Greg Rucka and illustrator Phil Noto (Disney-Lucasfilm Press via Egmont UK Ltd.)
“Before the Awakening…
A stormtrooper struggles with his conscience…
A desert scavenger strikes it rich…
An ace starfighter pilot discovers a sinister plot…”
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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?
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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Congratulations to Meg Rosoff on winning the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award!
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The shortlists for the 2018 CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Awards have been announced, and there’s a great range of authors and illustrators up for them!
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By author Steven Butler and illustrator Steven Lenton (Simon & Schuster Children’s UK)
Are you a ghost tired of going bump in the night? Perhaps a troll who wants a break from the all the goats trip-trapping over your bridge? Then head for the best holiday destination for magical creatures, and Brighton’s best kept secret, The Nothing to See Here Hotel!
By Aaron Blabey (Scholastic)
If you haven’t caught up with the Bad Guys yet, then you really don’t know what you are missing!
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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.
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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