Contents
- Audio (3)
- Junior (10)
- Non-fiction (5)
- Picturebooks (7)
- Poetry (4)
- Teenage (11)
As a children's book addict and advocate a recent conference with the title 'Something Old, Something New' had an important resonance for me. In my role as school librarian I am often trying to encourage children to read some of the old 'classics'. The fact that many of these are now being re-visited and re-written to make them accessible to the modern reader and the ways in which they retain their relevance and use for a modern child were the focus of the conference.
Moves, mergers, and all the rest of the industry news.
Rain may be perfect for the garden but it is not perfect for a garden book launch and on Thursday 14th May we were lucky that it held off when our editor, Louise Ellis-Barrett went along to the launch of Jan Pancheri's book 'Brother William's Year'.
Thursday 30th April the saw first Frances Lincoln Diverse Voices Children's Book Award, hosted by Seven Stories: The Centre for Children's Books.
101 Ways to get your Child to Read by Patience Thomson wins Quick Read Learners' Favourite Award 2009.
Paddington at the Zoo by Michael Bond
Paddington and the Marmalade Maze by Michael Bond
Mr Brown Can Moo! Can You? by Dr Seuss
Blue Fire and Ice by Alan Skinner
Breaker by Annemarie Allan
I Spy: The Constantine Caper by Graham Marks
Dragon Whisperer by Lucinda Hare
Puppet Master by Joanne Owen
Sons of Thor - Dane the Defiant by Magnus Bledwell
Timewalker by Justin Stanchfield
Pongwiffy: Back on Track by Kaye Umansky
Miguel De Cervantes Don Quixote retold by Martin Jenkins
Sand Dancers, Let the dance begin by Lynda Waterhouse
Green Fingers and Muddy Boots by Ivor Santer
Out of this World by Dan Green
Ten Things I can Do to Help My World by Melanie Walsh
Moon: Apollo 11 and Beyond... The Ultimate Guide To Our Nearest Neighbour by Stewart Ross
Ask Dr K Fisher about Weather by Claire Lewellyn
Go For It, Ruby!by Jonathan Emmett
Milo Armadillo by Jan Fearnley
One Pig Went for a Drive by Alan Durant
Salty and Button by Angela McAllister
The Shark in the Dark by Peter Bently
Urgency Emergency: Choking Wolf, Melting Snowman, Injured Spider by Dosh Archer
Brother William's Year by Jan Pancheri
A foot in the mouth by Paul Janeczko
A Kick in the Head by Paul Janeczko
I Had a Little Cat by Charles Causley
The Jumble Book by Roger Stevens (editor)
Life, Interrupted by Damian Kelleher
Killing God by Kevin Brooks
The Poison Garden by Sarah Singleton
Dido by Adele Geras
Saving Rafael by Leslie Wilson
Without Looking Back by Tabitha Suzuma
Jake Highfield: Chaos Unleashed by Alec Sillifant
Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan
The Ant Colony by Jenny Valentine
Rowan the Strange by Julie Hearn
Dragon Horse by Peter Ward
We still have a number of books to give away so please email me your great ideas for making a change, or your very own super heroes! Read Gwen Grant's review of 10 Things for inspiration!
Armadillo is edited by Louise Ellis-Barrett, written by a host of generous reviewers and web-edited by David Bevington. The original Armadillo image was created and donated by Jane Ray. Armadillo acknowledges The Bookseller as its principle source of Book World and Award News. For more information see the expanded credits.