Dread Wood is Jennifer Killick’s latest middle grade novel and reviews are claiming it brilliant! We recently sent Jennifer a few questions and we love her answers! You have been dubbed The Queen of Middle Grade Horror- what do you think about that title and accolade? I absolutely don’t deserve it, but I absolutely […]
This has been an exciting month for the FCBG Children’s Book Award. We have learned of the shortlisted titles and seen an entire blog tour dedicated to our three shortlists and 10 shortlisted titles. We invited 10 incredible bloggers to get involved and host content from the authors or illustrators of one book and […]
The Ship of Doom is a promising beginning to an exciting series for young readers. It prompts the question about those small moments that have great impact. Read on for an insightful piece from author, M.A. Bennett, about this series. My new book for readers ages 10+ is called The Ship of Doom and it’s […]
FCBG Asks is a regular feature on our blog, where we send well known authors and illustrators questions about their work and future plans! This month, we are thrilled to feature Laura Ellen Anderson, author and illustrator of several brilliant series. You create such vivid and memorable characters in all of your books. Where does […]
Marcus Rashford began a book club to encourage and nurture a love of reading in children, and this launched in June 2021 with its first title, A Dinosaur Ate My Sister by Pooja Puri, illustrated by Allen Fatimaharan. The second book from this team, A Robot Squashed my Teacher, has been added to the book […]
The Children’s Book Award Blog Tour has now come to an end! Now the voting can truly get underway with only children being able to cast votes! This week we have celebrated the shortlisted titles in our Older Reader Category! Three fantastic bloggers have hosted content from the authors of these shortlisted titles! Amy […]
Debut picture book author, Emily Ann Davison, shares her story with us today- her love of books and her hopes of becoming an author! Every Bunny is a Yoga Bunny is written by Emily, with illustrations by Deborah Allwright. It is published by Nosy Crow. Every Bunny is a Yoga Bunny I have […]
The Children’s Book Award is the only national award voted for solely by children from start to finish. It is highly regarded by parents, teachers, librarians, publishers and children’s authors and illustrators as it represents the children’s choice. Thanks to the support of the publishers, around 800 new fiction titles are donated to be read and […]
Using ‘The Boy in the Post’ in the classroom Hello wonderful teachers! ‘The Boy In The Post’ is an epic postal adventure across land, sea and sky which follows siblings Orinthia, Séafra and Taber as they go in search of a missing homing pelican! Readers will […]
We were so pleased to see another FACTopia book published and have news- there are more to come! We recently asked author and fact finder, Kate Hale, some questions! FACTopia published with 400 facts and was in a fun and engaging new format for readers. How easy or challenging was it to create this […]
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