Tuesday 21 February 2012
The Federation of Children's Book Groups
I'm pleased to say that RPS Library will be joining the St Albans and District Children's Book Group, which is part of the FCBG. We're really looking forward to taking part in the voting for next year's Red House book awards and getting to know some more of our local participants!
Saturday 18 February 2012
Red House Book Award
The winners of the Red House book award have been announced, with The Brilliant World of Tom Gates by Liz Pichon winning the award for the Younger Readers category, and A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness scooping up the award for Older Readers and winning the overall prize for the year.
What is particularly special about this award is that it's voted for entirely by children, so it really is a first-hand reader's choice of winner. I was delighted to see Ness win, as one of my concerns was that few younger readers would be able to access the gut wrenching emotions of his book, which seemed to be the case with our readers here, but it's wonderful to see that they can and do.
What is particularly special about this award is that it's voted for entirely by children, so it really is a first-hand reader's choice of winner. I was delighted to see Ness win, as one of my concerns was that few younger readers would be able to access the gut wrenching emotions of his book, which seemed to be the case with our readers here, but it's wonderful to see that they can and do.
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