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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.
A review in Publishers Weekly of Open Very Carefully wrote "This is a lively read with many prompts for interactivity and a format that makes it a good choice for both lap reads and preschool circle time ...", [1] while Kirkus Reviews called it "A blandly nonthreatening alternative to Emily Gravett’s Wolves (2006) and like encounters with metafictional characters."
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.
The Knife of Never Letting Go is a young adult science fiction novel written by British American author Patrick Ness.It was published by Walker Books on 5 May 2008. It is the first book in the Chaos Walking series, followed by The Ask and the Answer and Monsters of Men.
"The Pet Goat" (often erroneously called "My Pet Goat") is a grade-school-level reading exercise composed by American educationalist Siegfried "Zig" Engelmann and Elaine C. Bruner. It get attention for being read by US President George W. Bush with a class of second-graders on the morning of September 11, 2001.
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 ...
[26] Julia Lipscombe, writing for CBC.ca, lists the book as #1 on a list of "great kids' books" with protagonists of colour. [30] Susie Wilde lists it as one of the best 2017 children's books, with the review, "her journey from dreams to reality has powerful imagery children will relate to". [ 24 ]