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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.
The Booktrust Teenage Prize was an annual award given to young adult literature published in the UK. The prize was administered by Book Trust, an independent charity which promotes books and reading. The Booktrust Teenage Prize was last awarded in 2010 and is no longer running.
A Booktrust review of The True Tale of the Monster Billy Dean wrote "This is not an easy read, not least because Billy tells his story in non-standard, phonetic language to which readers need to adjust. .. Complex and difficult issues are reflected in both narrative style and content."
A Booktrust review of The Boy Who Climbed Into the Moon wrote "Beautiful colour illustrations complement a surreal modern fairytale, which fluent young readers will enjoy on their own but which could equally well be read aloud."
Booktrust described Sylvia and Bird as "a story that gently explores themes of expectation, loneliness, friendship and valuing others". [1] and The Daily Telegraph called it a "strange and simple story". [2] Kirkus Reviews, in its review, wrote "Though pleasant enough, no new ground is broken on the subject, and the plot turns are far from ...
A New York man was indicted Tuesday for allegedly hiring someone to kill his estranged husband, a wealthy art dealer, who was found brutally stabbed in Brazil last year.
Booktrust, in a review of Solomon Crocodile, wrote that "Catherine Rayner's lovely artwork vividly depicts a lively cast of animal characters in this gorgeous picture book," found similarities in the illustrations to those of Quentin Blake, and concluded, "this is a picture book to treasure."