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…
The Mozart Question
Michael Morpurgo and Michael Foreman A boy’s passion for music unlocks a painful secret — and draws his family together — in a multilayered tale by an outstanding author-illustrator pair. Like any young boy, Paolo becomes obsessed with what he…
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: 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: 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…
The Knife Of Never Letting Go
Patrick Ness Prentisstown isn’t like other towns. Everyone can hear everyone else’s thoughts in an overwhelming, never-ending stream of Noise. Just a month away from the birthday that will make him a man, Todd and his dog, Manchee – whose…
Some Dogs Do
Jez Alborough All dogs walk and jump and run, but dogs don’t fly – it can’t be done … or can it?’ This is a heart-warming story of a little dog named Sid who from sheer happiness manages to fly…
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