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Children’s Book Award Blog Tour- Supa Nova by Chante Timothy

  Today is the last day for the blog tour celebrating our shortlisted titles in the Books for Younger Readers category. We welcome Chante Timothy to the blog answering our questions about Supa Nova, the last of the shortlisted titles in this category! How does it feel to be nominated for the Children’s Book Award? […]

Children’s Book Award Blog Tour- Gozzle by Julia Donaldson and Sara Ogilvie

Welcome back to the blog tour for our shortlisted titles in the Books for Younger Children category.  Today we feature a Q&A with renowned author, Julia Donaldson about her shortlisted book, Gozzle.  Gozzle was illustrated by Sara Ogilvie and is published with Macmillan Children’s Books. How does it feel to be nominated for the Children’s […]

Children’s Book Award Blog Tour- The Torto-saurus by Katie Cottle

Today begins the blog tour for the four titles shortlisted in the Books for Younger Children category.  Four widely known picture books feature on this shortlist and each day this week, we will bring you a Q&A with the creators of each book.  Do watch out for more each day. The Torto-saurus by Katie Cottle, […]

The Children’s Book Award shortlist for 2026

  The Children’s Book Award shortlist for 2026   We’re delighted to announce the Children’s Book Award 2026 shortlist today. Children from the 10 FCBG testing groups read almost 500 books submitted by the publishers and registered almost 58,000 votes, from which the Top 10 has been selected. The full shortlist is as follows: Books […]

Stories in the Panels- Our new booklist on Graphic Novels, Comics and Manga

Stories in the Panels – The New Graphics, Comics and Manga Booklist NNFN Co-ordinator, Jasmine Brown and NSSM Co-ordinator, Louisa Farrow, have been collaborating on re-creating our booklists for the National Year of Reading. Stories in the Panels is the newest booklist and we are pleased to say it is ready to download from our […]

National Non-Fiction November Competition Winners

Welcome to the blog today which features an announcement on the winners of the National Non-Fiction November Competition.  Our NNFN co-ordinator, Jasmine Brown, has written a piece sharing the news!   I am very pleased to showcase some of the entries from the NNFN competition. Thank you to everyone who sent in their entries! The […]