Published as part of Nosy Crow’s ongoing partnership with the National Trust, 2023 Nature Month-by-month: A Children’s Almanac is a fantastic combination of hands-on learning and entertainment, packed with information and ideas. Beautifully illustrated in full colour throughout by Elly Jahnz and written by nature-lover and wild swimmer Anna Wilson, who in this very personal […]
In today’s guest blog, Sue Grabham, publisher of Weldon Owen Children’s Books has written about communicating facts and the use of visuals for National Non-fiction November. At Weldon Owen Children’s Books, we create highly illustrated, child-centred books for 3 to 12 year olds covering a myriad of topics from nature, science and history to art, […]
Susan Martineau has written several non-fiction books for b small publishing, all illustrated by Vicky Barker. They encourage young readers to think about and question what they are reading – the first steps to developing critical literacy skills. They are also full of fascinating and entertaining facts. Real-Life Mysteries (2017) won the Blue Peter Award for the […]
Author and publisher, Catherine Bruzzone has more than 30 years’ experience teaching languages to children and developing innovative language learning programmes. Here, she shares her passion for language learning, with tips on how to engage young children in new languages. Supporting Language Learning Yesterday I was with a friend whose little granddaughter understands Welsh, her […]
Announcement of the 2022 Information Book Award Winners During its 12 years’ history, the School Library Association’s Information Book Award ceremony (IBA) has become a highlight of National Non-Fiction November. As well as shining a spotlight on some of the best non-fiction publishing of the year, it also gives young readers their own voice by […]
Environmental activism through international narrative non-fiction World Kid Lit champion and literary translator Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp introduces four illustrated non-fiction books exploring environmental activism from various global perspectives, introducing conservationists and change-makers from Uruguay, Ecuador, Vietnam, and Kenya… Alongside my work as a translator of children’s books, I spend a lot of time advocating […]
Peter Wollheben manages a forest academy and an environmentally friendly woodland in the Eiffel in Germany, where he leads visitors and school groups and works for the return of primeval forests. We were delighted to have the opportunity to ask Peter some questions about his book Can You Hear the Trees Talking? which is a young readers’ […]
Representation is a huge topic in publishing, especially as publishers and readers want every child to have the opportunity to see themselves in a book. We have a guest blog today from Indi Deol about DESIblitz, a South Asian Literature Festival happening now in Birmingham. The DESIblitz Literature Festival, the UK’s leading South Asian Literature […]
Helen Cleaves is on this year’s Information Book Award judging panel. She is Librarian at Ibstock Place School, an independent co-educational day school for pupils aged 4 -18 located in Roehampton, south-west London. The Information Book Awards – a secondary school librarian’s view How did you get involved in the IBA? I spotted on […]
Discover what motivated Rachel Williams and Jenny Bloom to set up Magic Cat Publishing in 2019 and what drives their current publishing programme. Visit https://www.magiccatpublishing.co.uk for more information. Publishing non-fiction in the current climate The first book we published back in March 2020 was Slow Down, written by Rachel and illustrated by Freya Hartas. The idea came […]
