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Children’s Book Award Older Readers Blog Tour Round-up
/0 Comments/by FCBG blogThe final leg of our blog tour took a look at the three amazing titles that our teenaged voters chose as their shortlisted books for older readers. Golden Books Girl, Amy, started by telling us about book number 1; Becoming Dinah Written by Kit De Waal Published by Hachette Amy began by telling us more […]
The Unstoppable Letty Pegg
/0 Comments/by FCBG blogCreated by Erin Hamilton. As an avid reader I am always in awe of the authors whose books I have enjoyed. I know they all put an incredible amount of time, effort and research into their works, ensuring they are relevant, factual and interesting. Recently, I have had the honour of putting some questions to […]
Perdu
/1 Comment/by FCBG blogGuest Post by Richard Jones, Author and Illustrator I began working for the library service just as I was finishing off a research degree. I’d moved down from the Midlands to study illustration seven years earlier, and after graduating somehow found myself enrolled on a PhD studentship. It was an inspiring, happy and often frighting […]
Children’s Book Award Confident Readers Blog Tour Round-up
/0 Comments/by FCBG blogOver the past couple of weeks, we have enjoyed reading posts from three more fantastic children’s book bloggers to help us celebrate the books in our Confident Readers category. Don’t worry if you missed any of them as we have put together a selection of the best bits from each. Rachel from Get Kids Into […]
UNPRECEDENTED DEMAND FOR CHILDREN’S CORONAVIRUS INFORMATION BOOK: DOWNLOADED OVER 100,000 TIMES IN 24 HOURS PUBLISHERS AROUND THE WORLD REQUEST RIGHTS IN 14 LANGUAGES
/1 Comment/by FCBG blogAward-winning independent children’s book publisher Nosy Crow has been overwhelmed by the worldwide response to its digital book for primary school age children, illustrated by best-selling Gruffalo illustrator Axel Scheffler. On Monday (6th April) afternoon Nosy Crow issued a digital book FREE for anyone to read on screen or print out, about the coronavirus and […]
Talking is Not My Thing! – The inspiration for my book about being non-verbal
/0 Comments/by FCBG blogGuest Post by Rose Robbins How would you cope if, no matter how much you had to say, you just couldn’t get the words out? For those of us used to being able to say what we feel whenever we like, this concept is unimaginably frustrating! There are some people for whom verbal communication has […]
Children’s Book Award Younger Readers Blog Tour Round-up
/1 Comment/by FCBG blogOver the past couple of weeks we have been lucky enough to have enlisted the help of three fantastic children’s book bloggers to help us celebrate the books in our Younger Readers category. If you missed any of them never fear! Here is a roundup of some of the things we’ve been treated to. We […]
The House On Hoarder Hill
/0 Comments/by FCBG blogGuest Post with Mikki Lish and Kelly Ngai. Collaboration: Hugh Jackman and Great Sister Flick Pass We met through Kelly’s brother, Doug Ngai, with whom Mikki had worked on the movie ‘Wolverine’. (Yes, Hugh Jackman is as lovely as he seems!) Mikki had a bunch of children’s story ideas and was looking for a writing […]
Children’s Book Award Younger Children Blog Tour Round-up
/0 Comments/by FCBG blogSince we announced the Top 12 titles for this year’s FCBG Children’s Book Award in February, three amazing children’s book bloggers have helped us to celebrate the picture books on our shortlist. Here is a roundup of some of the things we’ve been treated to. We kicked the tour off with a post from Fiona […]
The Good Hawk
/0 Comments/by FCBG blogGuest Post by Joseph Elliott I was fifteen when I first trekked across Scotland, as part of the Duke of Edinburgh scheme. I walked all the way from the west coast to the east – a similar journey to that made by the characters in my book. The thing I remember most about the trek […]
Demelza and the Spectre Detectors
/0 Comments/by FCBG blogGuest Q&A featuring Holly Rivers. In October last year it was revealed that publishers Chicken House had signed a three book deal with Holly Rivers for a middle-grade mystery series with the first publishing this February. I pitched questions to 1, Describe your book in 5 words. When science meets the supernatural. 2. In the […]
Children’s Book Award 2020
/0 Comments/by FCBG blogThis time of year is always really exciting for us at the FCBG as we find out which books our child voters have chosen for inclusion in the Top 50 Picks of the Year and which ones make it into the Top 12. If you are an old friend of the FCBG Children’s Book Awards […]
Grow : Secrets of our DNA
/0 Comments/by FCBG blogGuest Post by Nicola Davies My new book Grow: Secrets Of Our DNA, illustrated so beautifully by Emily Sutton, aims to open the world of genes to young readers and their grown-ups. But what do you think of when you hear the word ‘gene’? Maybe you think of GM ‘genetically modified’ crops; or of gene therapy for […]
WINNERS OF THE LAUGH OUT LOUD BOOK AWARDS ANNOUNCED
/0 Comments/by FCBG blogLondon – 5.30pm, Thursday, 6th February 2020. The winners of the Laugh Out Loud Awards (“The Lollies”), a set of awards created by Scholastic, the global children’s publishing, education and media company, to celebrate the funniest children’s books, have been announced today. The award is now in its fourth successful year, reaching over 6.5m children, […]
Sofa Surfer. How my story of the hidden homeless came to life.
/0 Comments/by FCBG blogGuest Post by Malcolm Duffy Having written my debut novel Me Mam. Me Dad. Me. I was confronted by the difficult question faced by all writers- now what? In the music industry it’s commonly called the tricky second album. Having thrown the kitchen sink and a few other appliances at your work, is there anything […]
Fearless
/0 Comments/by FCBG blogGuest Q&A with Author of Fearless Liam Hackett. Welcome to the FCBG blog! Fearless! is your debut book for young people – can you tell us about the book and what it means to you? The best way to describe the book is as the ultimate self-help bible to guide people along their own personal journey of […]
An invitation to join us for an Evening of Poetry and Music
/0 Comments/by FCBG blogby Chris Routh, FCBG Chair Our next conference, Sailing Forth: Inspiring Choices, hosted by Plymouth CBG, is taking place at Exeter University from 17 – 19 April 2020. For the second year running, there will be a celebration of poetry and music on the Friday evening, featuring some of the best children’s poets around, including: […]
Gregory Goose is on the Loose!
/0 Comments/by FCBG blogGuest Post by Hilary Robinson A new series of board books for young children. Author Hilary Robinson. Illustrator Mandy Stanley Publisher: Catch A Star Gregory Goose is on the Loose is a new, entertaining, ‘hide and seek’ adventure series for young children which aims to absorb and transport them to realms beyond that which they […]