Carnegie and Greenaway Awards: Puffin Peter
Petr Horacek Peter and Paul are the best of friends, but when Peter gets lost in a terrible storm he can’t find Paul anywhere. With the help of a big blue whale Puffin Peter set off to find him. They…
Carnegie and Greenaway Awards: Everybody Jam
Ali Lewis Danny Dawson lives in the middle of the Australian outback. His older brother Jonny was killed in an accident last year but no-one ever talks about it. And now it’s time for the annual muster. The biggest event…
Carnegie and Greenaway Awards: There Are No Cats in this Book
Viviane Schwarz Our furry friends from There Are Cats in This Book – Tiny, Moonpie and André – have returned, and this time they are filled with the spirit of adventure – they are off to see the world! They…
Carnegie and Greenaway Awards: Between Shades Of Gray
Ruta Sepetys One night fifteen-year-old Lina, her mother and young brother are hauled from their home by Soviet guards, thrown into cattle cars and sent away. They are being deported to Siberia. An unimaginable and harrowing journey has begun. Lina…
Carnegie and Greenaway Awards: Solomon Crocodile
Catherine Raynor Poor Solomon is looking for some fun but no one wants to play. The dragonflies tell him to buzz off, the storks get in a flap, and the hippo? Well, the less said about the hippo, the better!…
Carnegie and Greenaway Awards: Trash
Andy Mulligan Raphael is a dumpsite boy. He spends his days wading through mountains of steaming trash, sifting it, sorting it, breathing it, sleeping next to it. Then one unlucky-lucky day, Raphael’s world turns upside down. A small leather bag…
Carnegie and Greenaway Awards: A Monster Calls
Patrick Ness and Jim Kay (Illustrator) based on an idea by Siobhan Dowd At seven minutes past midnight, thirteen-year-old Conor wakes to find a monster outside his bedroom window. But it isn’t the monster Conor’s been expecting — he’s…
Carnegie and Greenaway Awards
Across the country children and school librarians are waited with bated breath. Tuesday the 27th of March marks the day of the release of the shortlists for the annual Carnegie and Greenaway Awards. These awards are among the top awards…
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