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Branford Boase Award Shortlist Announced

April 29, 2021 By achuka Leave a Comment

The shortlist for the 2021 Branford Boase Award has just been announced:

  • When Life Gives You Mangoes
    by Kereen Getten, edited by Sarah Odedina (Pushkin Children’s Books)
  • Witch
    by Finbar Hawkins, edited by Fiona Kennedy (Zephyr)
  • And the Stars Were Burning Brightly
    by Danielle Jawando, edited by Jane Griffiths (Simon and Schuster)
  • A Kind of Spark
    by Elle McNicoll, edited by Eishar Brar (Knights Of)
  • Run, Rebel
    by Manjeet Mann, edited by Carmen McCullough (Penguin)
  • Orphans of the Tide
    by Struan Murray, edited by Ben Horslen, illustrated by Manuel Sumberac (Puffin)
  • The Super Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates
    by Jenny Pearson, edited by Rebecca Hill and Becky Walker, illustrated by Rob Biddulph (Usborne)

 

The judges are:

  • Zoey Dixon, YLG Librarian of the Year 2020
  • Scott Evans, teacher, consultant and founder of TheReaderTeacher.com
  • Natasha Radford of Chicken and Frog bookshop, Brentwood
  • Liz Hyder, author of Bearmouth, winner of the 2020 Branford Boase Award.

The panel is chaired by Julia Eccleshare, children’s director of the Hay Festival.

Julia Eccleshare, co-founder of award and chair of the judges says, “The range of stories and voices on this year’s shortlist is thrilling. Each year the Branford Boase Award highlights the most exciting new talent and most gifted editors, and it regularly identifies changes in the direction of fiction for children. These seven books showcase all that children’s fiction can be. Here are stories that explain and provoke; reassure and challenge; that present the world through different eyes, or make us recognise what we knew but didn’t understand; and, of course, they entertain, all readers, and on repeated readings.”

The winner of the Branford Boase Award will be announced on Thursday 15 July. The winning author receives a cheque for £1,000 and both author and editor receive an inscribed plaque.

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UKLA Book Awards 2021 – The Shortlists

April 12, 2021 By achuka Leave a Comment

 

The Shortlists in full 

 3-6 

  • Look Up! Written by Nathan Bryon, illustrated by Dapo Adeola, Dapo (Puffin) 
  • Brenda is a Sheep written and illustrated by Morag Hood(Two Hoots) 
  • Tibble and Grandpa written by Wendy Meddour, Wendy, illustrated by Daniel Egnéus (Oxford)
  • I’m Not (Very) Afraid of the Dark written by Anna Milbourne, illustrated by Daniel Riley (Usborne)
  • It’s a No Money Day  written and illustrated by Kate Milner (Barrington Stoke) 
  • One Fox: a Counting Thriller written and illustrated by Kate Read (Two Hoots)

7-10+ 

  • The Highland Falcon Thief written by M.G.Leonard and  Sam Sedgeman, illustrated by Elisa Paganelli(Macmillan)
  • The Super Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates written by Jenny             Pearson, illustrated by Rob Biddulph (Usborne)
  • Owen and the Soldier written by Lisa Thompson, illustrated by Mark Lowery (Barrington Stoke)
  • Check Mates written by Stewart Foster (Simon & Schuster)       
  • The Girl Who Stole an Elephant written by Nizrana Farook (Nosy Crow)    
  • Lori and Max  written by Catherine O’Flynn (Firefly Press)

11-14+ 

  • Run Rebel written by Manjeet Mann(Penguin)
  • Burn written by Patrick Ness (Walker)
  • Clap When You Land written by Elizabeth Acevedo (Hot Key)
  • The Last Paper Crane written by Kerry Drewery, illustrated by Natsko Seki (Hot Key)
  • Bearmouth written by Liz Hyder(Pushkin)
  • The Enigma Game written by Elizabeth Wein(Bloomsbury)

Information Books 3 -14+ 

  • Big Ideas for Young Thinkers written by Jamia Wilson, illustrated by Andrea Pippins (Wide Eyed Editions)
  • The Missing written by Michael Rosen(Walker)
  • The Apartment written by Alexandra Litvina, translated by Antonia Bouis and illustrated by Anna Desnitskaya (Abrams Books for Young Readers)            
  • Exquisite : The Life and Poetry of Gwendoline Brooks written by Suzanne Slade, illustrated by Cozbi Cabrera (Abrams Books for Young Readers)            
  • The Undefeated written by Kwame Alexander, illustrated by Kadir Nelson (Andersen Press)
  • Hidden Planet written and illustrated by Ben Rothery (Ladybird)

12 teachers nominated from the 70 involved in the shortlisting will now form the final judging panel and have the challenging task of reading all the shortlisted books in all categories. The winner’s announcement will take place at the Virtual UKLA International Conference on July 2nd but it is hoped that a live celebration and presentation of the awards will take place later in the year.

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Carnegie and Greenaway Shortlists

March 18, 2021 By achuka Leave a Comment

The longlists for the Carnegie and Greenaway Awards (announced last month)—each containing 20 titles—have now been whittled down to shortlists consisting of 8 books contending for each award.

The shortlisted titles are as follows:
Titles marked with  have been ACHUKA Book of the Day picks.

2021 CILIP Carnegie Medal

  1. Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo (Hot Key Books)
  2. The Girl Who Speaks Bear by Sophie Anderson, illustrated by Kathrin Honesta (Usborne)
  3. The Girl Who Became A Tree by Joseph Coelho, illustrated by Kate Milner (Otter-Barry Books)
  4. On Midnight Beach by Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick (Faber)
  5. Run, Rebel by Manjeet Mann (Penguin Random House Children’s)
  6. Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds (Knights Of)
  7. The Fountains Of Silence by Ruta Sepetys (Penguin Random House Children’s)
  8. Echo Mountain by Lauren Wolk (Penguin Random House Children’s)

2021 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal

  1. Starbird illustrated and written by Sharon King-Chai (Two Hoots)
  2. The Bird Within Me illustrated by Sara Lundberg and translated by B. J. Epstein (Book Island)
  3. It’s A No-Money Day illustrated and written by Kate Milner (Barrington Stoke)
  4. How The Stars Came To Be illustrated and written by Poonam Mistry (Tate Publishing)
  5. Hike illustrated and written by Pete Oswald (Walker Books)
  6. I Go Quiet illustrated and written by David Ouimet (Canongate)
  7. Arlo The Lion Who Couldn’t Sleep illustrated and written by Catherine Rayner (Macmillan Children’s Books)
  8. Small In The City illustrated and written by Sydney Smith (Walker Books)

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YA Book Prize 2021 Shortlist

March 4, 2021 By achuka Leave a Comment

The YA Book Prize 2021 shortlist…

The 10 books in the running to win this year’s overall £2,000 award are:

  • Wranglestone by Darren Charlton (published by Little Tiger)
  • Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson (published by Electric Monkey)
  • And the Stars Were Burning Brightly by Danielle Jawando (published by Simon & Schuster Children’s Books)
  • Eight Pieces of Silva by Patrice Lawrence (published by Hodder Children’s Books)
  • Loveless by Alice Oseman (published by HarperCollins Children’s Books)
  • The Great Godden by Meg Rosoff (published by Bloomsbury)
  • Melt My Heart by Bethany Rutter (published by Macmillan Children’s Books)
  • Hold Back the Tide by Melinda Salisbury (published by Scholastic UK)
  • Cane Warriors by Alex Wheatle (published by Andersen Press)
  • A Snowfall of Silver by Laura Wood (published by Scholastic UK)

 

This year, the third ever YA Book Prize Special Achievement Award is given to “the Queen of UK YA”, Malorie Blackman, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the first novel in her seminal YA series, Noughts & Crosses.

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2021 Carnegie And Greenaway Longlists

February 18, 2021 By achuka Leave a Comment

20 books have been long listed for each of the 2021 Awards. The 40 long listed titles were selected from a total of 152 nominations.
Titles marked with  were ACHUKA Book of the Day picks.

2021 CILIP Carnegie Medal longlist (alphabetical by author surname):

  • Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo (Hot Key Books)

  • The Girl Who Speaks Bear by Sophie Anderson, illustrated by Kathrin Honesta (Usborne)

  • The Space We’re In by Katya Balen, illustrated by Laura Carlin (Bloomsbury)

  • The Short Knife by Elen Caldecott (Andersen Press)

  • The Girl Who Became A Tree by Joseph Coelho, illustrated by Kate Milner (Otter-Barry Books)

  • Beverly, Right Here by Kate DiCamillo (Walker Books)

  • Furious Thing by Jenny Downham (David Fickling Books)

  • Pet by Akwaeke Emezi (Faber)

  • On Midnight Beach by Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick (Faber)

  • Deeplight by Frances Hardinge (Macmillan Children’s Books)

  • And The Stars Were Burning Brightly by Danielle Jawando (Simon & Schuster)

  • In The Key Of Code by Aimee Lucido (Walker Books)

  • Run, Rebel by Manjeet Mann (Penguin Random House Children’s)

  • The Deathless Girls by Kiran Millwood Hargrave (Orion)

  • Burn by Patrick Ness (Walker Books)

  • After The War by Tom Palmer (Barrington Stoke)

  • Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds (Knights Of)

  • The Fountains Of Silence by Ruta Sepetys (Penguin Random House Children’s)

  • Somebody Give This Heart A Pen by Sophia Thakur (Walker Books)

  • Echo Mountain by Lauren Wolk (Penguin Random House Children’s)

2021 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal longlist (alphabetical by illustrator surname): 

  • Just Because illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault, written by Mac Barnett (Walker Books)

  • The Wind In The Wall illustrated by Rovina Cai, written by Sally Gardner (Hot Key Books)

  • The Misadventures Of Frederick illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark, written by Ben Manley (Two Hoots)

  • My Nana’s Garden illustrated by Jessica Courtney-Tickle, written by Dawn Casey (Templar)

  • Tibble And Grandpa illustrated by Daniel Egneus, written by Wendy Meddour (Oxford University Press)

  • Where Happiness Begins illustrated and written by Eva Eland (Andersen Press)

  • The Fate Of Fausto illustrated and written by Oliver Jeffers (HarperCollins Children’s Books)

  • The Child Of Dreams illustrated by Richard Jones, written by Irena Brignull (Walker Books)

  • Starbird illustrated and written by Sharon King-Chai (Two Hoots)

  • Lights On Cotton Rock illustrated and written by David Litchfield (Frances Lincoln) 

  • The Bird Within Me illustrated by Sara Lundberg and translated by B. J. Epstein (Book Island)

  •  It’s A No-Money Day illustrated and written by Kate Milner (Barrington Stoke)

  • The Girl Who Became A Tree illustrated by Kate Milner, written by Joseph Coelho (Otter-Barry Books)

  • How The Stars Came To Be illustrated and written by Poonam Mistry (Tate Publishing)

  • Hike illustrated and written by Pete Oswald (Walker Books)

  • I Go Quiet illustrated and written by David Ouimet (Canongate)

  • Arlo The Lion Who Couldn’t Sleep illustrated and written by Catherine Rayner (Macmillan Children’s Books)

  • Hidden Planet illustrated and written by Ben Rothery (Ladybird)

  • Small In The City illustrated and written by Sydney Smith (Walker Books)

  • Dandelion’s Dream illustrated and written by Yoko Tanaka (Walker Books)

One title, The Girl Who Became A Tree by former longlistee Joseph Coelho, illustrated by Kate Milner, is longlisted for both Medals.

The Carnegie list includes two first novels, Katya Balen’s The Space We’re In and Danielle Jawando’s And The Stars Were Burning Brightly.

The shortlists for both medals will be announced on Thursday 18th March 2021, with the winners announced on Wednesday 16th June 2021. Covid-19 guidelines permitting a socially distanced special daytime event will be held at The British Library and live-streamed online. 

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School Librarian Of The Year Award Honour List

February 17, 2021 By achuka Leave a Comment

The School Librarian of the Year Award is the School Library Association’s prestigious honour to recognise the excellent work that is carried out in school libraries every day, and to highlight the current practice of those whose work is outstanding.

Congratulations to the SLA School Librarian of the Year 2020/21 Honour List:

  • Claire Marris – Toot Hill School, Bingham (Nottinghamshire)
  • Terri McCargar – Latymer Upper School (London)
  • Éadaoin Quinn – Enniscorthy Vocational College, Co. Wexford (Ireland)
  • Rose Palmer – The Oaks Primary School, Ipswich (Suffolk)
  • Kristabelle Williams – Addey and Stanhope School (London)

On 3rd March 2021 a special webinar has been organised by the School Library Association to celebrate the work of the Honour Listed librarians working in secondary schools. They will discuss their schools, opportunities and challenges with Ros Harding, SLA School Librarian of the Year 2019.

Whilst schools are closed, the judging panel are unable to visit the librarians at work and the decision to name the School Librarian of The Year 2020/21 is on hold. However, as in previous years, we continue to acknowledge the work of the exceptional librarians on the Honour List, especially in these challenging times. Their work will be showcased and celebrated at the Leading School Libraries Conference (11-12th June 2021).

Further details on the SLA School Librarian of the Year Award and full details on each of the all-female  2020/21 Honour List Librarians can be found at www.sla.org.uk/slya-2020.

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Branford Boase Award 2021 Longlist

January 28, 2021 By achuka Leave a Comment

 

Here is the longlist for the 2021 Branford Boase Award, set up in memory of award-winning author Henrietta Branford and her editor Wendy Boase, one of the founders of Walker Books. The award is given annually to the author of an outstanding debut novel for children.Past winners and shortlisted authors have included Siobhan Dowd, Meg Rosoff, Mal Peet, Frank Cottrell Boyce and Patrick Ness as well as Frances Hardinge, M G Leonard and Philip Reeve.

Uniquely, the Branford Boase Award also honours the editor of the winning title and highlights the importance of the editor in nurturing new talent.

 

25 of the 60 submitted books have made it onto the longlist, making it the longest in the award’s history.

 

The 2021 Branford Boase Award longlist in full:

 

The Infinite by Patience Agbabi, edited by Jo Dingley (Canongate)

The Sky is Mine by Amy Beashel, edited by Shadi Doostdar (Rock the Boat, an imprint of Oneworld)

Wranglestone by Darren Charlton, edited by Katie Jennings (Stripes)

Tiger Heart by Penny Chrimes, edited by Lena McCauley (Orion)

Boy, Everywhere by A.M. Dassu, edited by Emma Roberts (Old Barn Books)

The Good Hawk by Joseph Elliott, edited by Annalie Grainger & Megan Middleton (Walker)

When Life Gives You Mangoes by Kereen Getten, edited by Sarah Odedina (Pushkin Press)

A Clock of Stars: The Shadow Moth by Francesca Gibbons, edited by Nick Lake (HarperCollins Children’s Books), illus by Chris Riddell

Last Lesson by James Goodhand, edited by Ben Horslen (Penguin)

Orla and the Serpent’s Curse by C.J. Haslam, edited by Frances Taffinder (Walker Books)

Witch by Finbar Hawkins, edited by Fiona Kennedy (Head of Zeus)

And the Stars were Burning Brightly by Danielle Jawando, edited by Jane Griffiths (Simon and Schuster)

The Wild Way Home by Sophie Kirtley, edited by Lucy Mackay-Sim (Bloomsbury)

The Wolf Road by Richard Lambert edited by Mikka Haugaard (Everything with Words)

The Strangeworlds Travel Agency by L.D. Lapinski, edited by Lena McCauley (Orion)

A Kind of Spark by Elle McNicoll, edited by Eishar Brar (Knights Of)

Run, Rebel by Manjeet Mann, edited by Carmen McCullough (Penguin)

Orphans of the Tide by Struan Murray, edited by Ben Horslen (Puffin), illus Manuel Sumberac

Anisha Accidental Detective by Serena Patel, edited by Stephanie King (Usborne), illus Emma McCann

The Super Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates by Jenny Pearson, edited by Rebecca Hill and Becky Walker (Usborne), illus Rob Biddulph

Are You Watching? By Vincent Ralph, edited by Tig Wallace (Penguin)

The Vanishing Trick by Jenni Spangler, edited by Jane Griffiths (Simon and Schuster), illus Chris Mould

The Unadoptables by Hana Tooke, edited by Naomi Colthurst (Puffin), illus Ayesha L. Rubio

The Pure Heart by Trudi Tweedie, edited by Kesia Lupo (Chicken House)

Diary of a Confused Feminist by Kate Weston, edited by Sarah Lambert (Hodder Children’s Books)

 

This year the judges are:

  • Zoey Dixon, YLG Librarian of the Year 2020
  • Scott Evans, teacher, consultant and founder of TheReaderTeacher.com
  • Natasha Radford of Chicken and Frog bookshop, Brentwood
  • Liz Hyder, author of Bearmouth, winner of the 2020 Branford Boase Award.

The panel is chaired by Julia Eccleshare, children’s director of the Hay Festival.

 

The Branford Boase Award is sponsored by Walker Books.

 

The shortlist  will be announced on Thursday 29 April 2020 and the winner on 15 July, COVID-19 rules permitting, at an award ceremony in London.

 

 

 

 

 

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When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller

January 25, 2021 By achuka Leave a Comment

2021 Newbery Medal Winner

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This masterpiece of magical realism is an evocative story of love, loss, and hope that brings Korean folklore to life. Through her halmoni’s Korean tales, Lily learns that with stories we can share our past and shape our future. 

KIRKUS summarised: “For many years, Lily’s Korean grandmother, Halmoni, has shared her Asian wisdom and healing powers with her predominantly White community. When Lily, her sister, Sam—both biracial, Korean and White—and their widowed mom move in with Halmoni to be close with her as she ages, Lily begins to see a magical tiger. What were previously bedtime stories become dangerously prophetic, as Lily begins to piece together fact from fiction.”
 

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Hans Christian Andersen Nominees – the full list

December 10, 2020 By achuka Leave a Comment

Sixty-two candidates from 33 countries have been nominated for the 2022 Hans Christian Andersen Award.
 
     Argentina: Author María Cristina Ramos; Illustrator Gusti
     Australia: Author Margaret Wild; Illustrator Tohby Riddle
     Austria: Author Heinz Janisch; Illustrator Linda Wolfsgruber
     Belgium: Author Thomas Lavachery; Illustrator Carll Cneut
     Brazil: Author Marina Colasanti; Illustrator Nelson Cruz
     Canada: Author Angèle Delaunois; Illustrator Sydney Smith
     China: Author Jin Bo; Illustrator Xiong Liang
     Colombia & Venezuela: Illustrator Ivar Da Coll
     Croatia: Illustrator Dubravka Kolanović
     Cyprus: Author Anna Kouppanou; Illustrator Dora Oronti
     Estonia: Author Andrus Kivirähk; Illustrator Piret Raud
     France: Author Marie-Aude Murail; Illustrator Gilles Bachelet
     Germany: Author Andreas Steinhöfel; Illustrator Nikolaus Heidelbach
     Greece: Author Maria Papayanni; Illustrator Iris Samartzi
     Hungary: Author András Dániel; Illustrator László Herbszt
     Iran: Author Jamshid Khanian; Illustrator Pejman Rahimizadeh
     Italy: Author Roberto Piumini; Illustrator Beatrice Alemagna
     Japan: Author Joko Iwase; Illustrator Ryoji Arai
     Republic of Korea: Author Yi Hyeon; Illustrator Suzy Lee
     Latvia: Illustrator Aleksejs Naumovs
     Lebanon: Author Fatima Sharafeddine; Illustrator Sinan Hallak
     Lithuania: Illustrator Kestutis Kasparavičius
     Netherlands: Author Tonke Dragt; Illustrator Sylvia Weve
     Poland: Author Marcin Szczygielski; Illustrator Iwona Chmielewska
     Russia: Author Sergey Makhotin; Illustrator Julja Gukova
     Slovenia: Author Peter Svetina; Illustrator Damijan Stepančič
     Spain: Author Jordi Sierra i Fabra; Illustrator Elena Odriozola
     Sweden: Author Annika Thor; Illustrator Anna Bengtsson
     Switzerland: Author Franz Hohler; Illustrator Catherine Louis
     Turkey: Author Behiç Ak; Illustrator Mustafa Delioğlu
     Ukraine: Author Halyna Malyk; Illustrator Kost Lavro
     United Kingdom: Author Marcus Sedgwick; Illustrator David McKee
     USA: Author Linda Sue Park; Illustrator Kadir Nelson

The Shortlist will be announced in January 2022 and the Winners at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in March/April 2022.

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David McKee and Marcus Sedgwick Nominated by IBBY UK for the Hans Christian Andersen Award 2022

December 8, 2020 By achuka Leave a Comment

IBBY UK have announced that author Marcus Sedgwick and illustrator David McKee will be the UK nominations for the 2022 Hans Christian Andersen Award. 

IBBY Press Release continues: “Sedgwick has an outstanding body of work which ranges from novels dealing with contemporary issues and philosophical ideas for young adults to humorous stories for a younger readership. David McKee is well-known both for his challenging picture books as well as for some of the best-loved and internationally recognised characters in the world of children’s books and has recently been honoured with the Book Trust Lifetime Achievement Award.”

Five books for each nominee are submitted for consideration by the jury.

Marcus Sedgwick:

Floodland, Revolver, She is not Invisible, The Ghosts of Heaven and Saint Death, all published by Hachette UK.

David McKee:

Not Now, Bernard, Elmer, Mr Benn: Gladiator, The Conquerors and Tusk Tusk, all published by Andersen Press.

Presented biennially by IBBY, the International Board on Books for Young People, the Hans Christian Andersen Awards are the most prestigious international awards in the children’s book world. The awards are presented to a living author and living illustrator whose complete works have made a lasting contribution to children’s literature. The nominations are made by each national section of IBBY and are judged by an international jury of specialists in children’s literature.

The shortlists for the awards will be announced in 2022 and the winners at the Bologna Book Fair 2022. The Awards will be presented at the 38th IBBY World Congress to be held in Putrajaya, Malaysia in September 2022.

Previous UK winners of the author award are Eleanor Farjeon (1956), Aidan Chambers (2002) and David Almond (2010) and of the illustrator award  Anthony Browne (2000) and Quentin Blake (2002). The 2020 winners were Jacqueline Woodson (USA), author award and  Albertine (Switzerland), illustrator award.

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