ACHUKA: February 2007 Archives

Pullman Quoted

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Faith | Special reports | Guardian Unlimited

Philip Pullman quoted in long Guardian article about the 'battle between believers and non-believers':

Children's author Philip Pullman argues that atheism should be taught in schools. "What I fear and deplore in the 'faith school' camp is their desire to close argument down and put some things beyond question or debate. It's vital to get clear in young minds what is a faith position and what is not, so that, for instance, they won't be taken in by religious people claiming that science is a faith position no different in kind from Christianity. Science is not a matter of faith, and too many people are being allowed to get away with claiming that it is."

Life In The Day

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A Life in the Day: Michael Morpurgo-Arts & Entertainment-Books-TimesOnline

No childen's book of the week this week. Instead:

A Life in the Day: Michael Morpurgo
The 63-year-old former children’s laureate is writer in residence at London’s Savoy hotel.

Writers In Russia

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Weblog - enCompass Culture

Matt Whyman and Jamila Gavin are on a British Council trip to Russia and giving regular blog reports.

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Database Locked

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Most of our book listing pages are out of action this morning because the database has become locked. We're working to resolve the situation as soon as posible.

Scandal Of The Scrotum

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Librarians ban top children’s book for using the ‘Sword’-News-World-US & Americas-TimesOnline

An award-winning children’s book about a ten-year-old girl seeking answers about life has provoked an uproar in America because it uses the word “scrotum” on the first page. ...

Jacqueline Wilson feature

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A girl's own story-Arts & Entertainment-Books-TimesOnline

A Jacqueline Wilson feature in The Sunday Times, ahead of publication of her autobiography, Jacky Daydream, out next month

Cabot To Scholastic

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Scholastic to Publish Mega-Bestselling Author Meg Cabot

Scholastic, the global children's publishing, education and media company, has won the rights to publish Meg Cabot, one of today's most popular and bestselling authors for teens. The deal was negotiated on behalf of Meg Cabot by Laura Langlie of Laura Langlie Literary Agency...

Atom Wiki Agent

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ATOM BOOKS - Achukawiki

All praise to the Wiki work being done by Atom books :)

Vikings, We Like You

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The new Viking invasion - Books - Times Online

EVERY CHILD IN Britain learns about the Vikings in school, yet until recently there was little fiction to bring their exploits to life between Oliver Postgate’s Noggin the Nog and Rosemary Sutcliffe’s retelling of Beowulf....

Amanda Craig reviews some recent Viking fiction:


Troll Blood by Katherine Langrish, final book in the trilogy


How To Treat A Dragon's Curse by Cressida Cowell


The Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer
[a sequel, The Silver Apples, is due in October]

Room 652

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The Herald : News: HEADLINE NEWS

Room 652 in the Balmoral Hotel, Edinburgh, is a place which most people, save the lucky few who can afford the ?300-a-night room fee, could expect to know little about. Until yesterday, that is. We now know, for example, that the room comes adorned with a marble bust, that it was the chosen site for JK Rowling to pen the final instalment of her latest novel and that, on January 11, she wrote the last sentence in the last chapter of what is already the biggest publishing phenomenon in history....

Recommended - rest of article includes quotes from Julie Bertagna, Keith Gray and Julian Baggini


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Notables 2007

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ALA | Current Notable Children's Books List

According to ALSC policy, the current year's Newbery, Caldecott, Sibert, Geisel, and Batchelder Award and Honor books automatically are added to the Notable Children's Books list.

Annual list of notable children's books, as issued by the Amercian Library Service to Children:

For your convenience, Notable Children's Books that have also received other ALA awards, such as the Coretta Scott King Award, Michael L. Printz Award, Schneider Family Book Award, and/or were named a Best Book for Young Adults are noted on this list...

Harry Potter Date Announced

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Publishing News - News Home Page - Bloomsbury sets Potter date

BLOOMSBURY HAS ANNOUNCED the publication date of the seventh and final Harry Potter title. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows will be published around the world at 00.01 British Summer Time on Saturday, 21 July.

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