Are You a Monster? by Guilherme Karsten and published by Happy Yak has been designated as the best new book for sharing with young children by BookTrust. Are You a Monster? was awarded the BookTrust Storytime 2024 Prize at a ceremony in London after voting by librarians and families up and down the country. The announcement of […]
The shortlists have been announced for the UKLA Book Awards, the only national UK children’s book awards judged entirely by teachers. The Awards highlight texts from a ‘wide and inclusive range’ of publishers that ‘recognise a broad range of perspectives, experiences and voices’ but first and foremost the judges are looking for well written, engaging […]
The shortlists for the Yoto Carnegies, formerly the Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals have been announced. The shortlists were revealed at a special event at the London Book Fair on 13 March by a panel including Jake Hope, Carnegie Awards Executive, 2024 Chair of Judges Maura Farrelly, and 2023 Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing winner, […]
The shortlist for the Children’s Book Award 2024 has been announced. The Children’s Book Award is the only national award for children’s books that is voted for entirely by children and authors in the running this year include Rob Biddulph, Michael Rosen, Sarah McIntyre and Philip Reeve and Alex Falase-Koya. Children nationwide are now invited […]
New charity Inclusive Books for Children has announced Too Green!, You’re So Amazing! and Meet the Maliks, Twin Detectives: The Cookie Culprit as the winners of their inaugural £30,000 book prize. Too Green!, written by Sumana Seeboruth and illustrated by Maribel Castells, was named winner of the Baby and Toddler category. You’re So Amazing!, written by James and Lucy Catchpole […]
If The World Were 100 People, written by Jackie McCann and illustrated by Aaron Cushley, has been named winner of the 2023 ALCS Educational Writers’ Award. The ALCS Educational Writers’ Award is the UK’s only award for creative educational writing recognising educational writing that inspires creativity, encourages students to read widely and builds up their […]
Broadcasters Greg James and Chris Smith have been named winners of the Ruth Rendell Award 2024 for their work promoting reading in schools. Launched in 2016 by ALCS and the National Literacy Trust, the Ruth Rendell Award honours best-selling crime author and literacy advocate Ruth Rendell, who passed away in 2015. It recognises those who […]
The longlist for the 2024 Klaus Flugge Prize is announced today (Thursday 15 February 2024). Established in 2016, the Klaus Flugge Prize is awarded to the most promising and exciting newcomer to children’s picture book illustration. It honours Klaus Flugge, founder of publisher Andersen Press and a supremely influential figure in picture books. The Klaus […]
The longlists for the 2024 Yoto Carnegies, the UK’s longest running book awards for children and young people, have been announced. From 129 nominations, a total of 36 books have made the longlists; 19 for the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing, and 18 for the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration, formerly the Kate Greenaway Medal. […]
Seven finalists have been announced in the annual Pupil Library Assistant of the Year Awards (PLAA) run by the School Libraries Group of Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP SLG) and the School Library Association (SLA). Open to pupils who assist in school libraries across the UK, the award recognises the impact of […]
EmpathyLab has revealed its 2024 Read for Empathy book collection. It features 65 books for 3-16-year-olds by authors including Waterstones Children’s Laureate Joseph Coelho, Hannah Gold, Phil Earle and Nadia Shireen, as well as Neil Gaiman and Jeffrey Boakye. There are 40 recommended books for 3-11-year-olds, and 25 for 12-16-year-olds. EmpathyLab want the books to […]
CLPE, the National Poetry Centre for Primary Schools has announced the judges for this year’s CLiPPA, together with plans for the year’s poetry celebrations. The CLiPPA, the CLPE Poetry Award, is the UK’s foremost award for published poetry for children. Award-winning poet Liz Berry will chair the 2024 judging panel. She is joined by teacher […]
Bookshop.org, the online bookshop that supports local, independent bookshops, has launched a charitable initiative Read It Forward, in partnership with BookTrust. During February Read It Forward will see 10% of every sale of a children’s book made via the platform donated to BookTrust, a scheme that will also support independent bookshops. Read It Forward encourages […]
Caffè Nero has announced the category winners for the inaugural Nero Book Awards, which celebrate outstanding books and writers from the UK and Ireland across four categories: Children’s Fiction, Debut Fiction, Fiction and Non-Fiction. Beth Lincoln has been named the winner of the £5,000 Children’s Fiction category for The Swifts, illustrated by Claire Powell. A rip-roaring […]
The longlist for the 2024 Branford Boase Award has been announced. Set up in memory of award-winning author Henrietta Branford and her editor Wendy Boase, one of the founders of Walker Books, the Branford Boase Award is given annually to the author of the year’s outstanding debut novel for children. The Branford Boase Award is […]
The International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) has announced the shortlist for the 2024 Hans Christian Andersen Award. Established in 1956, the IBBY Hans Christian Andersen Award, is the world’s most prestigious international children’s book award. Given every other year, the Awards recognize lifelong achievement and are presented to an author and an illustrator […]
Inclusive Books for Children (IBC) has today revealed the 13 brilliant books that made it onto the shortlists for their new inclusive children’s book awards. Inclusive Books for Children aspires for mainstream children’s books to be inclusive, and for inclusive children’s books to be mainstream. Along the way, they hope to nurture a new generation […]
Five ‘original and beautiful and mind-expanding’ books The Authors’ Licensing & Collecting Society (ALCS) and the Society of Authors (SoA) have announced the shortlist for the 2023 ALCS Educational Writers’ Award. The UK’s only award for educational writing, it recognises books that inspire creativity, encourage students to read widely and build up their understanding of […]
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