Elizabeth Wein
The Edinburgh International Book Festival is drawing near and I am, once again, looking forward to introducing and chairing events. One of these is with…
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There’s a Monster in Your Book by Tom Fletcher and Greg Abbott
There is a very cute monster in this brand new picture book by Tom Fletcher and Greg Abbott from Puffin. And it turns out he’s…
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One Book, Many Editions
I recently received a copy of Anne of Green Gables from Alma Books. As anyone who has known me for more than a few moments…
The Hippo at the End of the Hall by Helen Cooper
“Come now or come never!” it says on the back of the invitation to the Gee Museum. The invitation lands on Ben’s doorstep along with…
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Be Creative
With the summer holidays fast approaching in Scotland, I thought I’d take the opportunity of sharing some books with you for children and young people…
Stylish Fairy Tales
Although I know more now than I did fifteen years ago, I still don’t consider myself to be any kind of expert on illustrated fiction.…
Nosy Crow
One of the best things to happen in publishing recently is Nosy Crow. The independent publisher of children's books and apps launched in January 2011…
Black Ships Before Troy by Rosemary Sutcliff and Alan Lee
Following on from yesterday's piece about the Carnegie Medal I'd like to draw your attention to a book that won its sister Medal. The Kate…
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Collecting the Carnegie
I first made an abortive attempt to collect a copy of every winner of the Carnegie Medal back in 2007 when I was involved in…
Interesting Animals
Earlier on this week Paul at GMC sent me a couple of books published by Sterling Children's Books. I couldn't choose between them so, as they…
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