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Beside the two Greenaway Medals, Janet Ahlberg was a "Commended" runner up three times, for Burglar Bill (1977), The Baby's Catalogue (1982), and The Jolly Postman (1986). [19] [b] According to Allan, their daughter Jessica inspired the latter two, and his own "Burglar Bill" book is autobiographical, The Boyhood of Burglar Bill (Puffin, 2007). [2]
BookTrust is a UK children's reading charity dedicated to getting children reading. [1] The charity works across England, Wales and Northern Ireland – its head office is in Leeds, England. BookTrust was founded in 1921 by Hugh Walpole, Stanley Unwin, Maurice Marston and Harold Macmillan. The Queen is BookTrust's patron.
The Booktrust Early Years Awards, originally the Sainsbury’s Baby Book Award(s), was a set of annual literary prizes for children's picture books. It was administered by Booktrust , an independent charity that promotes books and reading; from 1999 to 2004.
and concluded "A wonderful "read to me" book for nap time, story time, or bedtime." [2] Booktrust called it "reassuring and stunningly illustrated" [3] and The Guardian described it as "the best owl family" in a children's book. [4] Owl Babies has also been reviewed by Publishers Weekly, [5] Kirkus Reviews, [6] Books for Keeps, [7] and Early ...
Children's Laureate, now known as the Waterstones Children's Laureate, [1] is a position awarded in the United Kingdom once every two years to a "writer or illustrator of children's books to celebrate outstanding achievement in their field." The role promotes the importance of children's literature, reading, creativity and storytelling while ...
Scottish Book Trust is a national charity based in Edinburgh, Scotland promoting literature, reading and writing in Scotland. Scottish Book Trust works with and for a range of audiences, including babies and parents (through the Bookbug programme), children and young people, teachers and learning professionals, and writers and publishers.
Open Very Carefully won the 2014 Waterstones Children's Book Prize for picture books, [8] was shortlisted for the 2014 UKLA Book Award in the 3 to 6 category, [9] shortlisted for the 2014 Oscar's Book Prize, [10] and longlisted for the 2014 Kate Greenaway Medal. [11] It appears on the 2015 North Somerset Teachers' Book Award Booklist. [12] [13]
Russell was born in Chichester, Sussex [1] in 1960 and grew up in Kidlington, Oxfordshire.After school he worked as a postman, then in the Histopathology Department of the John Radcliffe Hospital before studying at Oxford Polytechnic and Exeter College of Art and Design where he gained a degree in Graphic Design.