‘Triumphant debut’ with environmental theme, illustrated by Levi Pinfold, is awarded £5,000 prize by the chain’s booksellersA timely adventure story that tackles environmental themes has been named winner of this year’s Waterstones children’s book prize.The Last Bear by Hannah Gold, illustrated... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-03-31 19:00:00 UTC ]
The author was repeatedly told that no one wanted to read fun books with disabled heroes. Now she has won the £5,000 Waterstones children’s book prize for her debut, A Kind of SparkWhen Scottish author Elle McNicoll was first trying to enter the publishing world, she was repeatedly told that... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-07-01 05:01:05 UTC ]
Elle McNicoll has been named overall winner of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2021 for her debut novel A Kind of Spark (Knights Of). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-06-30 15:03:18 UTC ]
Waterstones Children's Laureate Cresside Cowell and the Duchess of Cornwall have visited a school in Wandsworth, south London, to open a "life-changing" library. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-06-21 16:23:10 UTC ]
This August, former Waterstones children's laureate Malorie Blackman will release the conclusion to her Noughts & Crosses series, Endgame (Penguin Random House Children’s UK). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-05-29 00:40:24 UTC ]
"It's really special that, with a book about female friendship, we have genuinely become friends through doing it,” says Lauren Ace. She is talking about illustrator Jenny Løvlie, and the pair’s début picture book The Girls, which was published in 2018 and went on to win Illustrated Book of the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-01-08 01:57:49 UTC ]
Children’s author Zanib Mian, Waterstones children’s category specialist Georgina Mitchell, literary agent Hellie Ogden and Hachette Children’s Group’s senior commissioning editor Tig Wallace are to judge the Hachette Children’s Novel Award in 2021. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-12-18 18:51:25 UTC ]
A campaign designed to help create visibility and generate book sales for emerging children's authors and illustrators of colour has been launched by BookTrust Represents and Waterstones children’s laureate Cressida Cowell. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-10-05 01:01:07 UTC ]
Waterstones Children’s Laureate Cressida Cowell is running a virtual “Summer Camp” for youngsters featuring guest authors and illustrators. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-07-01 10:46:08 UTC ]
Hamnet author Maggie O'Farrell, How I Live Now writer Meg Rosoff and Waterstones children's laureate Cressida Cowell will feature during Independent Bookshop Week, online for the first time this year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-09 22:22:45 UTC ]
Waterstones Children's Book Prize winner Lisa Williamson returns with her fourth novel for teens, centring on three friends- and a kidnapped baby Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-04-24 08:01:36 UTC ]
BookTrust has extended Cressida Cowell's tenure at Waterstones Children's Laureate by a year, in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-04-15 17:01:56 UTC ]
Waterstones Children's Laureate Cressida Cowell has launched a digital hub with reading charity BookTrust to keep youngsters busy while schools are closed. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-22 17:38:05 UTC ]
Cressida Cowell, author and illustrator of the How to Train Your Dragon series and the Emily Brown picture books, has been crowned the Waterstones Children’s Laureate 2019-2021. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-07-09 08:31:07 UTC ]
The Boy at the Back of the Class is "a future classic", Waterstones Children's Book Prize judges say. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2019-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Authors and illustrators including Tomi Adeyemi, Sophie Anderson, Jessica Love and Onjali Q. Raúf are on the shortlist for this year’s Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, which is now in its fifteenth year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
A tour of former Children’s Laureates and a celebratory anthology are just some of the plans being put together to mark next year’s 20th anniversary of the Waterstones Children’s Laureate role. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-11-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Author, illustrator and Waterstones Children’s Laureate Lauren Child talks to us about her new book and balancing her workload. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Angie Thomas's The Hate U Give is this year's recipient of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2018-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Titles by Matt Carr, Lisa Thompson and Alice Broadway are on the shortlist for this year’s Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, meaning Scholastic has more books in the running than any other publisher. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]