Guardian Unlimited Books | By genre | Review: The Printer's Devil by Paul Bajoria
Philip Ardagh pronounces The Printer's Devil by Paul Bajoria "a sparkling debut"...
Reviews: December 2004 Archives
EducationGuardian.co.uk | eG weekly | Critics' choice
Lindsey Fraser's book choice in yesterday's Guardian was Plain Rude by Linda Aronson, a book undeservedly overlooked in recent Christmas roundups:
The book opens with a hilarious set piece - a school assembly to mark World Recycling Day, which Ian unwittingly sabotages when he is whacked across the chest by his heart's desire, unleashing the sheep's eyes he's holding (in order to dramatise a point) amongst his delighted fellow pupils. LINDSEY FRASER
Santa’s greatest stories - The Herald
Anne Johnstone's roundup of books for the very young, from yesterday's Herald...
Sunday Times Children's Book Of The Week
Into The Forest by Anthony Browne
Unusually, imagination is represented in grey and is obsessively detailed, while reality is in colour and more simple ? a brilliant way of conveying psychological anxiety. NICOLETTE JONES
Wolves, Vampires, Dinosaurs...
Amanda Craig's wide-ranging end-of-year roundup from The Times...
Scotsman.com News - News Archive - Maturing nicely off the shelves
My top ten teenage novels of the year, as published in The Scotsman today. (You need to have a password to access the page, but registration is free and painless.)
Here's the list, but you'll need to hit the link for my comments on the books. The competition entry that came closest was entered by 'fscully':
1. Kissing The Rain by Kevin Brooks (The Chicken House)
published January
2. Skarrs by Catherine Forde (Egmont)
published August
3. The Moth Diaries by Rachel Klein (Faber)
published January
4. Knife Edge by Malory Blackman (Doubleday)
published February
5. Boy Kills Man by Matt Whyman (Hodder)
published March
6. Gangsta Rap by Benjamin Zephaniah (Bloomsbury)
published September
7. The Simple Gift by Stephen Herrick (Egmont)
published January
8. Freaky Green Eyes by Joyce Carol Oates (Collins)
published November
9. Looking For JJ by Anne Cassidy (February)
published February
10. Be More Chill by Ned Vizzini (Collins)
published July
The Scotsman chose to omit my choice for tied 10th place so, for the record, this was it:
=10. Sugar Rush by Julie Burchill (Macmillan)
published September
Don?t believe the ?explicit content? sticker on this book?s cover. It?s just a publishing come-on. Burchill successfully catches the highs and lows of a close female friendship and it?s only the book?s rather unconvincing climax that is at all lurid.
Michael Thorn
AManda Craig's roundup of some recent children's non-fiction titles...
Economist.com | Children's books
A roundup of children's books from The Economist magazine...
The one thing Christmas roundups frequently negelect to cover, ironically, is books that are sepecifically seasonal, so full marks to the Times Educational Supplement publishing a review (by Jane Doonan) of 11 recent Christmas titles.
I shall try and remember to publicise the online link, when it goes live next week (the TES have a policy of delaying online publication by 7 days to enocourage purchase of the print copy).
Sunday Times Christmas Roundup
categorised as follows:
0-3 year-olds; 4-6 year olds; 7-9 year olds' 10-12 year olds; 12+
Thre are no surprises here...
Telegraph | Arts | Journey to the dark side of the nursery
The Daily Telegraph published its Chrsitmas roundup of children's books yesterday. The toplink is to:
Lavinia Greenlaw reviews Heavy Words Lightly Thrown by Chris Roberts and Lavender's Blue compiled by Kathleen Lines
also:
Toby Clements reviews The Akhenaten Adventure by PB Kerr
Fatema Ahmed reviews Brilliance of the Moon by Lian Hearn
and Jake Kerridge reviews fantasy fiction
A guide to children's books that make great gifts - a review roundup from TheDay.com
The New York Times > Books > Sunday Book Review > Children's Books: Notable Books of 2004
Notable Books of 2004 - New York Times
Nicholas Tucker, with a general roundup in The Independent...
A page of reviews by John Burns from Straight.com
