Childrens book blog by Children\'s Books Ireland Inís Magazine co-editor about children\'s books, illustration, publishing and writing in Ireland and the UK
Childrens book blog by Inís Magazine co-editor, childrens book commentator, writer and general layabout David Maybury
Mary Shine Thompson, in the Irish Times, reviews Anna Carey’s The Real Rebecca and Denise Deegen’s And by the Way… A Butterfly Novel. Their skill shows in their deft handling of plot and in their characters’ credible responses to their teen emotional crises. In particular, both writers have considerable insight into the minefields of adolescent [...]
A report from Dundee University indicates that children reading throughout primary and secondary education move away from difficult books from the age of 10 onwards.
Indies Choice Book Awards | E.B. White Read-Aloud Awards#
Check out the shortlists for both the Indies Choice Book Awards and the E.B. White Read-Aloud Awards - votoing is only open to booksellers - but no harm in looking, right??
And By the Way: A Butterfly Novel | Denise Deegan#
Sarah Webb reviews Denise Deegan’s And By the Way: A Butterfly Novel - The dialogue is sharp (if a little too authentically littered with Joseph O’Connor “likes”), the writing tense, and emotion ripples through every page.Deegan nails Alex’s caustic teen voice, and leaves the reader rooting for her heroine throughout. Think 90210 with a sprinkling [...]
Who doesn’t look forward to reading Imogen Russell Williams’ posts on The Guardian Book Blog - this time it’s on Old stories for young readers… from Kevin Crossley Holland to Rosemary Sutcliff.
Philip Ardagh reviews Rebecca Stead’s When You Reach Me - characters really come alive during those few months we spend with them, when their lives are shaped for ever.
The conversation over Bitch Media’s feminist reads list rages on -and is generating an interesting idea of how people register books. Check out Karen Healy’s alternative list - and reaction to the whole debate.
The very smart ladies who read have a great post on the controversy over Bitch Magazine’s 100 Books for the Feminist YA Reader. Namely - the list was altered after certain books were re-read and were found to be… challenging. As is said elsewhere - Bitch, Please. No, really. Please.
Publishers services at Bowker/PubTrack presented a new study on how kids decide what to read - sponsored by Random House, Macmillan, Penguin, Scholastic, and Little, Brown in the US. The study examines consumer attitudes toward purchasing children’s books in adults buying for children ages 0–6, adults buying for children ages 7–12, and teen consumers ages [...]
The Library Chronicles continue at the FP Blog - with comic and graphic novel recommendations flooding the intertubes (and postal service). Looking for some suggested reads? Or have a library to update? This is a great place to start!
The Telegraph is reporting that more than one third of all books lent out by UK libraries are children’s titles. A whopping 69 million children’s books!