Judged entirely by children from shortlist to final overall winner, the votes have been counted and the winners of the Red House Children's Book Award 2010 are:
Overall Winner:
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Category Winners
Younger Readers:
Mondays are Murder by Tanya Landman
Younger Children:
Bottoms Up! by Jeanne Willis & Adam Stower
Well done to our five keen readers who read and voted for their favourite among the shortlisted titles for the Older and Younger Readers categories. The books are available for loan from the Library.
For more reading ideas see the Pick of the Year for Older Readers.
25 May 2010
19 May 2010
Book awards news
Forty years after it was first published, Troubles, by J G Farrell, has been announced as the winner of the Lost Man Booker Prize - a one-off prize to honour the books published in 1970, but not considered for the prize when rules about publication dates changed.
The Branford Boase Award was set up to encourage new writers and is given each year to the most promising work of fiction for children by a first time novelist. The books on the shortlist for the 2010 award are:
Devil’s Kiss by Sarwat Chadda
Stolen by Lucy Christopher
Life, Interrupted by Damian Kelleher
Guantanamo Boy by Anna Perera
Big and Clever by Dan Tunstall
Numbers by Rachel Ward
Paradise Barn by Victor Watson
The Branford Boase Award was set up to encourage new writers and is given each year to the most promising work of fiction for children by a first time novelist. The books on the shortlist for the 2010 award are:
Devil’s Kiss by Sarwat Chadda
Stolen by Lucy Christopher
Life, Interrupted by Damian Kelleher
Guantanamo Boy by Anna Perera
Big and Clever by Dan Tunstall
Numbers by Rachel Ward
Paradise Barn by Victor Watson
14 May 2010
Top Reads
Following a recent survey which reported that increasing numbers of children are starting school without having been read to, The Guardian published five lists of books by age group The best children's books ever.
With the enormous number of books available it can be difficult to make a choice which is why browsing is so important. Another help to selection is recommendation which is why we recommend books to each other in Library lessons. I also issue Reading Suggestions regularly and have many lists by genre.
Online - look at the Book Choosers which are linked on the right in this blog, or visit the selections I have made at Lovereading4schools.co.uk. I have lists of recommendations for years 7, 8 and 9 which you can see here http://www.lovereading4schools.co.uk/viewschool/1870/favourite.
This is the website of a children's online independent bookstore which features only children's books. It's free to register and obviously there is no obligation to buy. The sister site http://www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/ can be searched by many categories, features over 5000 opening extracts, profiles authors and offers the useful Author Like for Like.
With the enormous number of books available it can be difficult to make a choice which is why browsing is so important. Another help to selection is recommendation which is why we recommend books to each other in Library lessons. I also issue Reading Suggestions regularly and have many lists by genre.
Online - look at the Book Choosers which are linked on the right in this blog, or visit the selections I have made at Lovereading4schools.co.uk. I have lists of recommendations for years 7, 8 and 9 which you can see here http://www.lovereading4schools.co.uk/viewschool/1870/favourite.
This is the website of a children's online independent bookstore which features only children's books. It's free to register and obviously there is no obligation to buy. The sister site http://www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/ can be searched by many categories, features over 5000 opening extracts, profiles authors and offers the useful Author Like for Like.
11 May 2010
Puffin celebrates 70 years
Puffin Books are celebrating 70 years of publishing for children. To celebrate this anniversary year the publisher has set up Happy Birthday Puffin site. Both websites feature writers new and old, beloved by generations of readers, plus opportunities to read, listen or watch Puffin's latest news.
26 April 2010
Shadowing News
The Carnegie Medal is awarded by children's librarians for an outstanding book for children and young people. Shadowing involves school students reading the books, assessing them using the same criteria that the judges will use, and writing a review.
Many schools have, like us at Our Lady's Abingdon, set up a shadowing book group, and meet regularly to change books, exchange views and opinions, and write reviews. The reviews are posted on a special website.
On Tuesday we will meet with students from other local schools, and take part in a Carnegie ‘Tea’, here at OLA, for initial reactions to the shortlisted books, and tips on reviewing books. As usual cake will play an important part in helping our critical skills!
Many schools have, like us at Our Lady's Abingdon, set up a shadowing book group, and meet regularly to change books, exchange views and opinions, and write reviews. The reviews are posted on a special website.
On Tuesday we will meet with students from other local schools, and take part in a Carnegie ‘Tea’, here at OLA, for initial reactions to the shortlisted books, and tips on reviewing books. As usual cake will play an important part in helping our critical skills!
21 April 2010
Friday 23 April - International World Book Day
We will be celebrating International World Book Day on Friday with a number of fun activities in school, all with PRIZES!
1. Decorate-a-Door-as-a-Book. This popular and delightful competition will be judged at 1 pm, and to make sure the judges see all the doors I need to have the entry forms by the end of Friday morning break.
2. There will be a Match the Book Cover to the Book competition in the Library
3. Dress up as a Book Character at lunchtime in the Library. Character parade starts at 1.30 in the Library.
It is also St George's Day, the feast day of St George, patron saint of England as well as of Catalonia in Spain. The origins of World Book Day come from Catalonia, where roses and books are given as gifts to loved ones on St. George’s Day – a tradition started over 80 years ago on the feast day of their patron saint, and the anniversary of the great Spanish writer Cervantes who wrote Don Quixote.
It is also the anniversary of William Shakespeare, a fitting day to celebrate books and reading.
1. Decorate-a-Door-as-a-Book. This popular and delightful competition will be judged at 1 pm, and to make sure the judges see all the doors I need to have the entry forms by the end of Friday morning break.
2. There will be a Match the Book Cover to the Book competition in the Library
3. Dress up as a Book Character at lunchtime in the Library. Character parade starts at 1.30 in the Library.
It is also St George's Day, the feast day of St George, patron saint of England as well as of Catalonia in Spain. The origins of World Book Day come from Catalonia, where roses and books are given as gifts to loved ones on St. George’s Day – a tradition started over 80 years ago on the feast day of their patron saint, and the anniversary of the great Spanish writer Cervantes who wrote Don Quixote.
It is also the anniversary of William Shakespeare, a fitting day to celebrate books and reading.
20 April 2010
Orange Prize 2010 shortlist
The shortlist for the 2010 Orange Prize for Fiction has been announced. The authors and titles are:
Rosie Alison The Very Thought of You
Barbara Kingsolver The Lacuna
Attica Locke Black Water Rising
Hilary Mantel Wolf Hall
Lorrie Moore A Gate at the Stairs
Monique Roffey The White Woman on the Green Bicycle.
The Orange Prize for Fiction is awarded to the woman of any nationality who, in the opinion of the judges, has written the best full-length novel in English during the previous year. The winner will be announced on 9 June.
More information
Rosie Alison The Very Thought of You
Barbara Kingsolver The Lacuna
Attica Locke Black Water Rising
Hilary Mantel Wolf Hall
Lorrie Moore A Gate at the Stairs
Monique Roffey The White Woman on the Green Bicycle.
The Orange Prize for Fiction is awarded to the woman of any nationality who, in the opinion of the judges, has written the best full-length novel in English during the previous year. The winner will be announced on 9 June.
More information
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)