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Welcome to our mid-month blog packed with the latest news from the world of children’s books and what’s new on Lovereading4kids. Read on for news on the winner of the Branford Boase debut prize ; find out how children could become a judge in the Costa Book Awards , and check out two new features on the website
Branford Boase Prize winning news
Debut novels are always exciting and ‘the’ award to win for a debut author is ‘The Branford Boase’. This year’s award has just been announced and it’s a book Lovereading4kids has been wild about since its first publication. It’s the incredibly moving Before I Die by Jenny Downham, buy it today with a 25% discount. We also have information and free extracts of all the excellent titles on the shortlist.
New features – ‘Poetry’ and ‘Books for Reluctant Readers’
At Lovereading4kids we want to make sure every child, however reluctant or struggling to begin with, is given the chance to become a voracious bookworm. And publishers Barrington Stoke, who are celebrating their 10th birthday this year, have some of the very best books to get your child excited about books and reading. Please have a look at this launch selection of books for reluctant and struggling readers and download some free Opening Extracts. We think your children will like them and then you can buy them with a 25% discount off the RRP.
Next, we’re also hugely excited to introduce a poetry category, particularly apt because July is the Rhythm and Rhyme month in this year’s National Year of Reading. Poetry is a great way for kids to learn about the fun and inventiveness of language and the whole section is supported and introduced by the current Children’s Laureate, and poet, Michael Rosen.
We have poetry for toddlers to teens… and many in betweens…
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A fresh look at Green Reads and Children’s Essential reading
Our noble Green Reads category is further graced by 101 Ways to Save the Earth, by the legendary naturalist David Bellamy. This lovely, colourful book has simple suggestions for kids aged 6+ to help save energy and water, and protect natural habitats.
Also, don’t forget to relook at our Essentials category from time to time – these are timeless books that never go out of date and should be part of growing up for every generation. They are books that are just as much fun today as they were for previous generations as well as some contemporary titles that we feel have timeless written all over them.
Wanted – Children judges for the next Costa Children’s Book Prize!
The Costa Children’s book award is looking for 3 child judges
to help choose this year’s winner.
The competition is open to children aged 9 – 13 and all they need to do is write a review of any book (max 200 words) – but they will need to get their skates on as the competition closes on 8th Aug 2008. Click here to find out more.
More fantastic Pre-publication books, to discover before the hordes:
 The Shadow of Malabron
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 Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox
Eoin-Colfer The 6th and possibly last Artemis Fowl book. |
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 The Meaning of Life
Joanna Nadin
A hilarious teenage novel about ‘doing it’. |
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Laura Owen A riotous slapstick adventure with the popular Winnie the Witch.. |
So download some Opening Extracts and see which books you and your kids like the look of. Order from Lovereading4kids with a 25% discount and your kids can spend all summer having extraordinary literary adventures.
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We are wearing out the naughty step Mick Inkpen Good fun for all in this story about too much naughtiness! The children are endlessly on the naughty step, everyone is misbehaving and Mummy is nearing the end of her tether…In fact, she snaps! Even she ends up on the … Download free opening extract |
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Ping Pong Pig Caroline Jayne Church A wonderful story about the importance of friendship that is guaranteed to have your children laughing out loud as they follow Ping Pong Pig on his mission to fly, but surely pigs can’t fly can they? His fellow farmyard animals … Download free opening extract |
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Marvin Gets Mad Joseph Theobald Marvin Gets Mad will have you and your toddler laughing out loud uncontrollably not just because of the silly things Marvin the sheep, gets himself into but also because of the wonderfully original, bright and wacky illustrations that help to … Download free opening extract |
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Captain Flinn and The Pirate Dinosaurs: Missing Treasure! Giles Andreae All aboard my hearties! Sail away on a rollicking pirate adventure as Flinn sets off to fight the Pirate Dinosaurs on the high seas! A wonderful imaginary adventure that transports Flinn and his friends from the classroom to the high … Download free opening extract |
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Gormy Ruckles: Monster Boy Guy Bass This roaringly funny new series for 5+ year olds is from a fresh new talent. Girls and boys alike will love Gormy, the endearing central character who learns the importance of being earnest. Short, easy to read chapters, these fun … Download free opening extract |
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Whizz-bang Winnie Laura Owen It was with a thrill and eager anticipation that we at Lovereading4kids saw this fabulous new series of young fiction 5+ age range. Finding good books for those children moving on from picture books is always a tough call … Download free opening extract |
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Jiggy McCue: Kid Swap Michael Lawrence Brilliantly funny and typical of the author, it’s full of his razor sharp wit. Jiggy McCue is much loved by boys and girls alike and when Jiggy finds he’s been signed up by his parents for a reality TV show … Download free opening extract |
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Charlie Small: Charlie and the Underworld Charlie Small Children who are looking for action and adventure will love Charlie Small. There aren’t many children who at 8 years old are literally swept off their feet, who travel to the ends of the earth, fight battles, meet fascinating people, … Download free opening extract |
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An Awfully Beastly Business: Werewolf versus Dragon Beastly Boys For fans of dragons, giants and werewolves, this new series entitled An Awfully Beastly Business will we believe be a sure-fire hit with even the most reluctant reader. Short snappy sentences with pages that are overflowing with action, adventure, mystery … Download free opening extract |
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Artemis Fowl and the Time Paradox Eoin Colfer This is the jaw-dropping, eagerly anticipated sixth book in multi-award-winning block buster Artemis Fowl series. Artemis finds himself travelling back in time to fight his younger self and save his mother from a dangerous illness. Fast, funny and as usual … Download free opening extract |
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Amazing! Hilary Mckay A hugely entertaining story of boys’ friendships that will have you laughing out loud throughout most of it. Peter is sure that he is the most boring boy in his class just because he doesn’t do all the things that … Download free opening extract |
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The Vampire of Croglin Terry Deary A comical mystery from one of the UK’s best known novelists, Terry Deary. Be prepared however, for fear will also run through your veins in a plot so sinister and frightening that you will be glued to the page. Fast-moving … Download free opening extract |
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Secrets at St Judes’: New Girl Carmen Reid A raucous, hilarious and heart-warming tale of modern boarding school life from one of the UK’s bestselling authors of women’s fiction. Packed full of friendship, fun, entertainment, love and hope, it will have huge appeal to the early teenager. … Download free opening extract |
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Two Words Tanya Landman A tense story of how life can change from one moment to the next. Best friends Matt and Jake are near the end of their hike; their sore feet are desperate for a rest. But, in one split second, Matt … Download free opening extract |
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Before I Die Jenny Downham Winner of the Branford Boase Award 2008. This is a haunting yet truly amazing read but don’t read it too young. Definitely not for someone less than 14 years old. If you knew you were going to die what would … Download free opening extract |
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The Meaning Of Life Joanna Nadin Laugh out loud funny from the first page, The Meaning of Life, will be devoured by teenagers and adults in equal measure just as the Diaries of Adrian Mole hit the spot for a different generation. A spot-on teenage voice … Download free opening extract |
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Stop In The Name Of Pants Louise Rennison You can’t stop laughing at and with Georgia Nicolson. Now she’s back with a new diary in which, as ever, she charts the ups and downs of her intense – sometimes imaginary – sex-kitten life as it ricochets from the … Download free opening extract |
Before I Die by Jenny Downham, edited by David Fickling and published by David Fickling Books, has won the Branford Boase Award, awarded for an outstanding debut novel for children. Managing to be both heart breaking and life-affirming, it is the story of a girl trying desperately to fit a life time of experiences into the few weeks left before she dies. For David Fickling, it is two winners in a row, with A Swift Pure Cry by Siobhan Dowd having taken the prize last year. Finding Violet Park by Jenny Valentine, edited by Stella Paskins at Harper Collins, was Highly Commended.
Philip Pullman presented Jenny Downham with her award (a cheque for £1,000 and a hand crafted silver-inlaid box) at the ceremony, hosted by Walker Books at 6.30pm on Wednesday 9th July. The glittering line up of past winners, many of whom attended, includes Meg Rosoff and Mal Peet, both of whom have gone on to win the Carnegie medal.
Philip Pullman observed of the winner: “Before I Die is a truly remarkable book, and one that shows that as well as being able to pick authors of startling and undeniable talent, David Fickling has lost none of the enormous tact and skill that makes him such a fine editor. I very much look forward to seeing what Jenny Downham goes on to write next – as well, of course, as seeing what David Fickling discovers!”
David Fickling’s enthusiastic response was “Winning The Branford Boase once was a great honour. Winning it twice in a row, this time with Jenny, has left me nearly speechless. I love this award because it recognises the finest of our new writers for young children and in my view is chosen by people I deeply respect according to criteria which my own publishing heart responds to (if publishers can be said to have a heart!). Jenny Downham’s book is an absolute wonder and Jenny herself a real writer. You could say she sprang into our midst like Athena from the head of Zeus, at any rate, one moment she wasn’t there and then suddenly there she was on our children’s book Mount Olympus!”
Jenny Downham’s reaction on hearing the good news: “I am deeply moved to have won the Branford Boase Award. For any children’s novelist whose first book is out there in the world, but whose next is still only half-realised, it provides an enormous confidence boost. Unique in honouring the author/editor relationship, this award is also a tribute to David Fickling – a sensitive and energetic champion. He tells me, ‘I believe in you, keep going.’ This award seconds that in the most wonderful way possible.”
Weekly comics used to be part of a lot of children’s lives, and the characters they created live on in our hearts and minds. Comics can also be a brilliant way for reluctant readers to really get into the beauty and imagination of stories.
But comics of late have, quite rightly, been criticised as having little literary or educational merit – until now!
The publishing maverick David Fickling, who discovered Philip Pullman, has createda brand new high quality weekly comic aimed at 8-12 year olds and we love it!
The DFC is 36 pages packed with superb stories from some of the greatest storytellers in the world, including Philip Pullman and Nick Sharratt to name but two. Rest assured it will bew full of excitement, adventure, humour, robots and monsters!
site and get a special offer just for Lovereading4kids members!
Charlie Small
Beastly Business: Werewolf versus Dragon by Beastly Boys
Summer’s officially here and there’s no better way for kids to learn and grow than
by reading a good story so why not download some free Opening Extracts and choose some books that will make your children’s summer holiday one to remember. We have something for the most avid reader through to the most reluctant.
First up hot news about the most prestigious prizes in children’s books. The winners of the Carnegie and Greenaway awards have jsut been announced at the British Library in London. The Carnegie Award was won by Philip Reeve’s epic novel Here Lies Arthur and the Greenaway Award, for the best picture book, by the delightful Little Mouse’s Big Book of Fears. Find out more in our special sectionwhere you can read free extracts of all the 14 short-listed books.
Author of the Month
Author of the Month is the versatile Sue Limb, who has her finger very firmly on the pulse of children and teenagers. Author of bestseller Girl: 15 and, for younger readers, the Ruby Rogers series. Her latest book begins a new series for teens, Zoe and Chloe: Out to Lunch , follows two teenagers who hatch a plan to go and have a wild holiday in Newquay. Terrific humour that really hits the spot. Wannabe gangster Ruby Rogersalso returns and will provide plenty of inspiration to any go-getter 7+ year old.
Georgia Nicolson – Free Prize Draw
Next up, Lovereading4kids are running a special free to enter prize draw to celebrate the forthcoming release of new movie, Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging. The film is based on the feisty but troubled teenager,Georgia Nicolson created by the brilliant Louise Rennison. We have lots of her adventures on the site ready to discover and the prize draw details are on the all of featured titles.
Books of the Month for July
Our Books of the Month category is there to highlight the books we think deserve special attention and this month we have picked out five absolute corkers to give you and your kids plenty of reading inspiration:
Debuts of the Month for July
We also have some terrific new books from debut authors:
Emma Clayton’s Roar – a thought-provoking story, with a very current message but set in the future for 9+ readers.
The Island of the Phantoms by Stephen Alter is a wonderfully rich and intelligent fantasy that weaves together the destinies of three children, through the pages of some books, an eccentric librarian and a ghostly island. For 10+ year olds.
And Savvy by Ingrid Law – Charming, warm-hearted and original, this is an incredibly clever story about a family with a magical secret.
Finally, the final part of the Icemark Chronicles, Last Battle of the Icemark by Stuart Hill, is published on 8 July so we have decided to make the three books our Series of the Month. It’s epic and hugely exciting to read – find out more today.
So download some Opening Extracts and see which books you and your kids like the look of. Order from Lovereading4kids with a 25% discount and your kids can spend all summer having extraordinary literary adventures.
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