Children’s Book Award Round Up!
It has been an incredible first week in the blog tour celebrating the top ten titles as chosen by children for the FCBG Children’s Book Award.
This week was all about the 4 shortlisted picture books!
Each of our brilliant bloggers was sent a guest blog from a shortlisted author or illustrator to share a bit more about their shortlisted title.
We started with My Rhinoceros by Jon Agee hosted by Erin Hamilton and her blog, My Shelves Are Full.
FCBG Children’s Book Award Blog Tour
Jon Agee writes about his love for this book and why it is one of his favourites.
We then moved to Kate Heap, who hosted Olaf Falafel and his book, Blobfish, on her site, Scope for Imagination. Olaf Falafel shares insights into school visits and the joy of children during those sessions.
FCBG Children’s Book Award Blog Tour ~ Blob Fish by Olaf Falafel
The Blue-Footed Booby by Rob Biddulph was next hosted by Jacqui Sydney on her blog, Mrs Sydney’s Famous World’s Smallest Library. Rob Biddulph writes about where the idea started and how the process led to this story.
FCBG Children’s Book Award Blog Tour
We rounded off the first week with Where Has All the Cake Gone? by Andrew sanders, hosted by Jo Cummins on her site, Library Girl and Book Boy. Andrew Sanders shares his inspiration behind getting silly with his nominated title.
Thank you to the book bloggers, authors, illustrators and publishers for all their support this year!
Children across the UK are invited to read all four books and decide who they would like as their winner.
Remember only children’s votes are allowed!
Join us next week for the second part of our blog tour, where we look at the books for younger readers!
The Children’s Book Award is the only national award for children’s books that is voted for entirely by children. It is owned and coordinated by the Federation of Children’s Book Groups and is highly respected by teachers, parents and librarians. It has brought acclaim and strong sales to past winners such as J.K. Rowling, Patrick Ness, Andy Stanton, Malorie Blackman, Anthony Horowitz and Michael Morpurgo, who has won a record four times. The award has often been the first to recognise the future stars of children’s fiction and has the ability to turn popular authors into bestsellers.
Who will win? Children nationwide are now invited to vote for their favourite of the ten shortlisted books. The deadline for online voting is 12 noon on Friday 12th May. The category winners and the author of the best children’s book published in the 2022 nomination period will be announced at a glittering awards ceremony which takes place in Central London on Saturday 10th June, and will be live-streamed.
Vote online here – www.fcbg.org.uk/childrens-book-award-2023/.
