Monthly Archives: August 2009
Booktrust Early Years Awards
The Booktrust have recently announced their shortlists for their annual Early Years Awards. The aim of the awards is to celebrate, reward and publicise the exciting range of children’s books, specifically aimed for pre-school children. These are the books which … Continue reading
Popular Children’s Books
The children’s books genre is a vast one, not that any other of the particular sections of reading are narrow, but the difference between books in this section is huge. A child’s reading will change dramatically over time, what may … Continue reading
Reading on the Move
We are in the midst of the summer school holidays here in the UK. There will be many families doing many miles all over these isles, via various modes of transport, as they travel from place-to-place, in their respective attempts … Continue reading
Anne Fine says there is no hope in modern children’s books
It would seem, and certainly for Anne Fine, that an era of magical children’s books, that were predominantly based on hope, in part by continually providing unrealistic happy endings, have been replaced by on kids bookcases by books where gritty … Continue reading →