The winners of the 2017 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals have now been announced, with both winners coming from the United States for the first time.
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Give It A Go! Rabbit and Bear: Rabbit’s Bad Habits
By Julian Gough, with illustrations by Jim Field (Hodder Children’s)
Woken early from hibernation by a robber leaving her cave, Bear discovers a snowstorm raging outside. Well, if she can’t sleep, then she may as well do something she has always wanted to – build a snowman!
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Out Now: Attack Of the Alien Dung! (Pet Defenders 1)
By author Gareth P Jones and illustrator Steve May (Stripes Publishing)
Have you ever thought about what stands between Planet Earth and an alien invasion?
When a “dung circle” (yes, you read that right!) mysteriously appears in a field overnight, Mavis – an avid dung-spotter – suspects everything is not as it should be.
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Give It A Go! Murder Most Unladylike
Murder Most Unladylike – Robin Stevens
AR Level: 5.8
Back to the golden age of murder mysteries!
Books on the Bard: Wallbook Timeline of Shakespeare
What On Earth? Wallbook Timeline Of Shakespeare
A two metre fold-out timeline that showcases the plots of all Shakespeare’s plays.
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Books on the Bard: Explore! Shakespeare
Explore! Shakespeare
Not just about Shakespeare!
Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Award Shortlists 2017
The shortlists for the Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals for 2017 have now been released, and they present us with a host of new and familiar faces.
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Books on the Bard: Mr. William Shakespeare’s Plays
By Marcia Williams (Walker Books)
Colourful Storyboards of Seven Plays
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Great Reads Revisited: Plundering Paradise
By Geraldine McCaughrean (Oxford University Press)
A swashbuckling adventure set in the 1700s.
‘Cold gnawed on him like a rat.
Around him, the dun and grey blankets of the other beds rose and fell like the swell of a bleak, dirty sea.
Nathan had no idea what had woken him – he was still exhausted – and yet some upheaval had washed him up above the waterline of sleep. He was afraid, without knowing why.’
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Books on the Bard: Terry Deary’s Best Ever Shakespeare Tales
As Terry says in his introduction:
“Shakespeare wrote plays so people would be entertained.
He wanted people to have FUN!”
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