Welcome to our inaugural Debut Feature! The world of children’s literature is a welcoming and bustling community of talented authors and illustrators. Being a new author or illustrator in this community is something special and we want to highlight new voices each month! This month, we welcome Karin Akesson, author and illustrator of The Rainbow […]
Today is an exciting day for the Federation of Children’s Book Groups! The winners of the Children’s Book Award have been announced today in a special and exciting event held at the CLPE Library in London. The live-streamed event can be watched back via the link. https://www.youtube.com/@federationofchildrensbookg8427 The Children’s Book Award is the only national […]
Away with Words by Sophie Cameron is one girl’s story of moving to a country where the language is new and unfamiliar. Sophie Cameron shares her own experiences of learning a new language and culture in her guest blog for the FCBG today. Catalan culture recommendations Away With Words is about an 11-year-old […]
Published in May, The Kingdom over the Sea, was Waterstones Children’s Book of the Month. We are excited to share a guest blog from author, Zohra Nabi about her debut book. I love reading authors’ first books. There’s something electric about a debut novel, not written to a deadline, or with a clear idea of […]
Back for 2023, the Reading is Magic Festival was announced today! We are thrilled to share exciting details about this brilliant festival, set to take place 2nd-6th of October 2023. The Reading is Magic Festival, inspired by Cressida Cowell’s Waterstones Children’s Laureate Charter and programmed by Bath Children’s Literature Festival, returns for a 4th year […]
A weekend treat for you in the form of a wonderful blog from author Sara Barnard. Her book deals with suicide and she is often asked about her fear in writing about this topic. There’s this question that I keep getting asked about writing Where the Light Goes: Weren’t you scared? Weren’t you scared about […]
An opportunity to chat to a palaeontologist and author was too good to pass up! We asked Dean Lomax a few questions about his job and his books! Dinosaurs are forever a favourite subject area for young readers- was that where your interest began as well? When did you decide this could be a career […]
The Federation of Children’s Book Groups has always spent time creating and curating booklists. We are now in the process of updating these and ensuring we have the classics represented as well as the brilliant new books that have been published in the past few years. As we update them, we will be adding them […]
Today marks the end of a brilliant month long celebration of stories based around our theme of Sail Away in a Story! We end with a cracking blog and book from Cath Howe! I’m so pleased to be asked to share a story for National Share a Story Month. My book “Call the Puffins!” is […]
I’ve always loved the sea. When I was young, anytime the weather forecast gave the hint of a storm, my mum and dad, me and my sister, would pull on our cagoules and head for the beach. Our favourite place was Porthcawl in south Wales. The waves would crash up and soak us. It was […]
