Congratulations to this year’s winners! Fiction 4-7 Winner Flooded by Mariajo Ilustrajo (The Quarto Group) Sometimes the indirect message is far more powerful than being hit between the eyes. Mariajo Ilustrajo’s debut picture book uses a limited palette of greys, vivid blue and a touch of yellow extremely effectively along with sparse text to tell…
We are proud to present the shortlist for the 2023 English 4-11 Picture Book Awards. Established in 1995, the awards are presented by the English Association to the best children’s picture books of the year. Awards are given to Fiction and Non-Fiction in age ranges 4-7 years and 7-11 years. The winning books are chosen…
Ending the Reading Wars: Reading Acquisition From Novice to Expert – Anne Castles, Kathleen Rastle, Kate Nation, 2018 (sagepub.com) Castles, A., Rastle, K., & Nation, K. (2018). Ending the Reading Wars: Reading Acquisition From Novice to Expert. Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 19(1), 5–51. https://doi.org/10.1177/1529100618772271 This paper is a comprehensive overview of what is…
This book, written by one of Australia’s most talented picture book writers, is a reminder that we should be kind to all creatures. The author has written an excellent introduction for readers aged 3 to 6 years old about the diversity of the animal kingdom. Double page spreads allow the reader to meet and encourage…
Although this might appear an expensive purchase for a hard back simple book, it can offer quite a lot to the early years and early key stage 1 classroom, (aged 2 -6 years). With simple text Reception children, (aged 4-5 years), will be able to read/decode the important words linked to the growth of a…
When a surfer decides to drive to the beach, he does not imagine that he will pick up so many passengers on the way. From Superheroes to Alligators and Criminals to Police, they all want a lift to the seaside. Eventually the inevitable happens and the tyres burst on the car; leaving them all stranded…
This is a story that will be familiar to many parents and children captured in a delightful, comical, and accepting way. On finding his mum’s lipstick, a little boy does what all children do and applies it to himself. Liking what he sees he is led astray by the lipstick which has a mind of…
Chirton Krauss and his sister Myrtle are burdened by the labels their parents have given them. Chirton eats his broccoli, washes his hands properly, goes to bed without argument and cleans out the rabbit regularly even when it isn’t his turn; he is ‘a good child, the very goodest’. Myrtle, however, is a lost cause both…
The Fussy Flamingo is a very well and boldly illustrated book that tells the story of a baby flamingo who does not like flingo weed, which its parents eat in the African Lake. So it sets off to the forest where it meets different wildlife eating different foods.These foods have caused it to become a…