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Carnegie Winner Thumps The Tub For Vocabulary

Geraldine McCaughrean, who was announced the winner of this year's Carnegie Medal for her novel Where The World Ends at an event earlier today at the … Read Full Piece

Profile of Waterstones Book of the Month Author, Adam Baron

Adam says he wasn't given a particular reason why Waterstones picked Boy Underwater for their Children's Book of the Month, but believes it's the … Read Full Piece

Scholastic Biography Of President Trump Protest #StepUpScholastic

Scholastic is being taken to task by a growing army of educators, librarians, and parents not for what [a biography recently published] says about … Read Full Piece

Having the power to keep stories alive: Young [AUS] Booksellers of the Year: Dani Solomon from Readings Kids

About a year after I started working on the floor in the kid’s section at Readings Carlton I looked at the sales of one of my favourite books; I had … Read Full Piece

Federation Of Children’s Book Groups Celebrates 50 Years

The Federation of Children's Book Groups is celebrating its half-centenary this year. ACHUKA has been fortunate to be present at many of the annual award presentations, splendid occasions when … More

Lollies Award Shortlist

The shortlist for the 2018 Laugh Out Loud Awards (The Lollies) -a set of awards, now in its third year, created by Scholastic UK, to celebrate the funniest children’s books - was announced … More

2018 Children’s & Teen Choice Book Award Winners [US]

Another award for The Hate U Give The 2018 Children’s & Teen Choice Book Awards winners are: K–2nd Grade Book of the Year: Poor Louie, written and illustrated by Tony Fucile … More

YA Book Prize 2018 Winner

Winner of the YA Book Prize 2018 Will Hill was announced the winner of the 2018 YA Book Prize at an event at the Hay Festival this afternoon. The presentation was broadcast in a live stream on … More

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