The UK’s 2016 Little Rebels Award shortlist has been announced – and once again it sets a challenge for the judges… It presents a good mix of books for all ages. There are some big names among the books’ creators – and notable is Gill Lewis’s Gorilla Dawn, …
On 6th October I went to the beautiful West Yorkshire town of Ilkley to attend a presentation by picture book author and illustrator Jessica Souhami as part of The Children’s Bookshow, which …
The UK’s 2015 Little Rebels Award shortlist has been announced – and it’s an exciting, diverse selection of eight books, featuring both new and well-established book creators.
From the press release by the …
However you’ve been celebrating International Book Giving Day, I hope it’s been a good one. It’s still not too late to join in – get some ideas here…
I took part in Zoe’s Continue reading …
I somehow missed this – if you did too: sound the fanfare! The Nami Concours 2015 winners have been announced!
Congratulations to Grand Prize winner Marcelo Pimentel from Brazil, for the illustrations from his first self-authored (wordless) picture …
‘Should children’s books only deal with happy things? What about death, violence and sexuality? What about darkness and ugliness? Some people think we should protect children from the nasty things in life for as long as possible, whereas others hold that …
