The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis is the Best Children’s Book of all Time, according to a new survey. read more...
The fantasy novel which was written back in 1950 has beaten modern day classics such as Harry Potter and The Gruffalo to the top spot.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle takes second place in the poll. The picture book is said to have sold one copy every minute since it’s publication in 1969.
Frances Lincoln Limited and Seven Stories, The Centre for Children’s Books have announced that they have created an award in memory of Frances Lincoln (1945 – 2001). read more...
The purpose of the Frances Lincoln Diverse Voices Children’s Book Award is to:
Take positive steps to increase the representation of people writing from or about different cultural perspectives, whose work is published in Britain today.
The Eleanor Farjeon Award is made for distinguished service to the world of children’s books and is given to someone whose commitment and contribution is deemed to be outstanding. The spirit of the award is to recognise the unsung heroes who contribute so much to every aspect of children’s books. Members of the Children’s Book Circle vote for the person they think deserves the award. read more...
The festival has lined up many of the biggest names in children’s publishing to entertain and inspire audiences. Festival confirmations so far include Children’s Laureate Jacqueline Wilson, Eoin Colfer, Lauren Child, Anthony Horowitz, Allan Ahlberg, Louise Rennison, Garth Nix, Darren Shan, Julia Donaldson, Francesca Simon, Geraldine McCaughrean, Martin Brown, Cathy Cassidy, David Almond, Jenny Nimmo, Philip Reeve and Joanne Harris.
Booktrust today announces the appointment of Viv Bird as the new Director of Booktrust to take over from Chris Meade when he steps down in September. read more...
The new Children’s Laureate, Michael Rosen, is to chair the judging of a nationwide poetry competition for 7-11 year olds. The Competition is organised by the Children’s Poetry Bookshelf, a poetry book club for young people run by the Poetry Book Society. To link with National Poetry Day on Thursday 4 October, children will be asked to write a poem no longer than 25 lines on the theme of ‘Dreams’. read more...
The new EJK Foundation website has been launched and is ready to be used by school children, teachers, librarians, scholars and parents interested in knowing more and Ezra Jack Keats, his work and his foundation. We are proud to say that special attention has been given to making the site easy to use, full of new information and visually engaging. Luckily we had the artwork of Keats to draw on, as well as the expertise of web designer Dan Sullivan. read more...
Bookstart has stepped up the promotion of their free book gifting programme by launching an online marketing campaign. read more...
Under the strapline ‘You Baby Book Magic’ the Bookstart campaign is designed to increase awareness of the free book scheme, which provides three packs of free books to every child at key stages of their development. Packs are distributed to children at 7 months, 18 months and 3 years old through health visitors, libraries and nursery schools.
