Hetty Feather / Sapphire Battersea
Jaqueline Wilson and Nick Sharratt (Illustrator) Hetty Feather: London, 1876. Hetty Feather is just a tiny baby when her mother leaves her at the Foundling Hospital.The Hospital cares for abandoned children- but Hetty must first live with a foster family…
Carnegie and Greenaway Awards: Wrap Up
And the winner of the Kate Greenaway Award is… A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness and Jim Kay (illustrations) And the winner of the Carnegie Award is… A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness and Jim Kay (illustrations) Patrick Ness has…
Five Go Off In A Caravan
Enid Blyton A caravan holiday for the Famous Five is bound to be an adventure! And when they stumble across a circus troupe, the gang are thrilled. But some of the circus people have more sinister plans than just clowning…
Carnegie and Greenaway Awards: Can We Save The Tiger?
Martin Jenkins and Vicky White (illustrator) Tigers are big, beautiful and fierce. But, like many other animals, they are in danger of becoming extinct. With breathtaking illustrations this large-format picture book tells us about the threats to the many endangered…
Carnegie and Greenaway Awards: The Gift
Carol Ann Duffy and Rob Ryan (illustrator) In a quiet town, of a sort not found nowadays, lives a beautiful young girl. One summer day, she visits the woods with her mother and father. While her parents prepare the picnic,…
Theodore Boone: Half The Man, Twice The Lawyer
John Grisham A perfect murder A faceless witness A lone courtroom champion knows the whole truth . . . and he’s only thirteen years old Meet Theodore Boone In the small city of Strattenburg, there are many lawyers, and though…
Carnegie and Greenaway Awards: My Name Is Mina
David Almond There’s an empty notebook lying on the table in the moonlight. It’s been there for an age. I keep on saying that I’ll write a journal. So I’ll start right here, right now. I open the book and…
Carnegie and Greenaway Awards: Slog's Dad
Author: David Almond and Dave McKean (illustrator) Do you believe there’s life after death? Slog does. He reckons that the scruffy bloke sitting outside the pork shop is his dad come back to visit him for one last time- just…
Carnegie and Greenaway Awards: Midnight Zoo
Sonya Hartnett World War II, Eastern Europe: Tomas and his younger brother, Andrej, have fled their Romany encampment which has been besieged by the Germans; they carry Wilma, their baby sister, in a sack. In an abandoned, bombed-out town, the…
Carnegie and Greenaway Awards: Small Change For Stuart
Lissa Evans Stuart Horten – ten years old and small for his age – moves to the dreary town of Beeton, far away from all his friends. And then he meets his new next-door neighbours, the unbearable Kingley triplets, and…
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