Guardian Unlimited: Arts blog - books: Coming to the rescue of children's books
Jane Nissen was this year's recipient of the Eleanor Farjeon award...
Awards: November 2007 Archives
The 2007 Royal Mail Awards for Scottish Children’s Books, a nationwide search for the best Scottish children’s books of 2007, reached its conclusion on Thursday, November 22), with the winning authors and titles announced at a ceremony in Glasgow.
Thousands of young readers from around Scotland had voted for their favourite books in three categories. The winning books are as follows:
Early years (age 0 - 7)
Katie’s Moose written by James Robertson and Matthew Fitt and illustrated by Karen Sutherland (Itchycoo, an imprint of Black and White Publishing).
Younger readers (age 8-11)
Chill by Alex Nye (Floris Books).
Older readers (age 12-16)
Scarlett by Cathy Cassidy (Puffin).
Meet the winner of the Booktrust Teenage Book Prize review | Children's Books - Times Online
It was a close-run thing (writes Amanda Craig) but after plenty of argument the judges have decided on the winner of the Booktrust Teenage Book Prize. The award — the only national prize for teenage fiction — goes to Marcus Sedgwick's My Swordhand is Singing...
