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Blue Peter Book Award Winners Announced 2010

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  • Blue Peter

Frozen in TimeFrozen in Time by Ali Sparkes is the winner of this year’s Blue Peter Book Awards. The results were announced on a special episode of Blue Peter broadcast 3 March on BBC One in honour of World Book Day.  read more...

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Do! wins 2010 Bologna Ragazzi New Horizons Award

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Do! coverTara Books, the independent publisher from Chennai, south India, has won the 2010 Bologna Ragazzi Award for the handmade children's title, Do!  read more...

The award, which will be presented at the Bologna Children's Book Fair in March, is designed to acknowledge publishing houses from the Arab countries, Latin America, Asia and Africa that show great innovative talent.

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The Red House Children's Book Award 2010 Shortlist announced

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Red House Children's Book Award 2010  read more...

Ten books are on the short-list for this year's Red House Children's Book Award, announced today, Monday 22nd February.

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Every primary pupil deserves a school library, says new Charter

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The School Library Association (SLA) this month launches a new Primary School Library Charter arguing that investment in school libraries must start early, and quoting the UK Convention on the Rights of the Child to make its case.  Articles 13 of the Convention (‘freedom to see, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers’) and 17 (‘encourage the . . . dissemination of children’s books’) imply effective library provision, the SLA states.  read more...

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Katie Davies wins Waterstone’s Children’s Book Prize 2010

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Kate Davies wins Waterstone's Children's Book prize  read more...

Debut author Katie Davies has won the Waterstone’s Children’s Book Prize 2010 for The Great Hamster Massacre (Simon and Schuster), a tale of a girl’s relentless quest for a pet hamster.

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Frances Lincoln buys Barn Owl Books - January 2010

Frances Lincoln have announced their acquisition of Barn Owl Books.  read more...

Ann Jungman, a popular author, started Barn Owl Books in 1999, carefully selecting out–of-print titles remembered as good reads by teachers, parents and grandparents alike, bringing the books back into print for a new generation of readers. She has been doing this, almost single-handed, ever since. Frances Lincoln have been Barn Owl’s distributors from the start.

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Write Away Annual Conference May 2010

Write Away Annual Conference May 2010  read more...

READ, PLAY, THINK, CREATE: generating delight in learning

This conference for teachers and librarians will provide:

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The Tower Hamlets Book Award 2009

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  • Tower Hamlets

Winner:

DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES

by Jeff Kinney, Puffin  read more...

The award is aimed at children aged 9 to 12 and the winning title is chosen by children in the borough. The award is now in its third year, with the selection and judging process running from March through to December.

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Winners of Royal Mail 2009 Awards for Scottish Children’s Books

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John Fardell, Lari Don and Keith Gray have been named as this year’s winners for the 2009 Royal Mail Awards, Scotland’s largest children’s Book Prize which is voted for exclusively by Scottish children themselves.  read more...

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The 2009 Eleanor Farjeon Award

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  • Children's Book Circle

Sponsored by the Eleanor Farjeon estate.

was won by Moira Arthur who received her award on Tuesday 17th November 2009.

www.childrensbookcircle.org.uk

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