ACHOCKABLOG: Awards: September 2004 Archives

Booktrust Early Years Awards

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on September 30, 2004 6:56 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

The Winners:

Baby Book AwardI love you! by David Ellwand and Mike Jolley (Templar)

Pre-School Award
The Snail and the Whale by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler (Macmillan)

Best New Illustrator Award
Polly and the North Star by Polly Horne (Orion)

The judges were: Wendy Cooling, Children's Book Consultant; Sarah Brown, consultant at Brunswick Arts, and married to the Chancellor of the Exchequer; Annette Faamausili, a Nursery Nurse; Giles Harrison, a Children's Librarian; Catherine Anholt, who has produced more than 90 bestselling children's books; and Ken Wilson-Max, creator of several award-winning picture books.

Medal For Blume

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on September 15, 2004 6:57 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

The New York Times > Books > Literary Prize for Judy Blume, Confidante to Teenagers

Judy Blume, whose frank portrayals of the travails of adolescence have won flocks of teenaged fans but whose books have sometimes been pulled from library shelves after being deemed inappropriate for preteens, has been selected by the National Book Foundation for its annual medal for distinguished contribution to American letters.

Blume is the first children's author to receive the medal.

Guardian Shortlist

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on September 4, 2004 10:54 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Guardian Unlimited Books | Special Reports | Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2004

Michael Morpurgo, Jan Mark, Kevin Brooks... have not made it onto the shortlist for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. The shortlist, of just four books, comprises:

Millions by Fank Cottrell Boyce