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Shortlisted Most Promising New Talent 2012 - My Bear Griz by Suzanne McGinnes
By Catherine O'Dolan on 20/05/2012 13:47:17
It's bear hugs all round with a giant bear who's a boy's best friend
that their child has been scribbling on the book, naughty, naughty!). A homage to the power of a young child's imagination – as the final image of Griz depicts him no longer as a giant grizzly bear, but as a cuddly soft bear!My Bear Griz by Suzanne Mc
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Winner of the Best Classic Book 2012: Winnie-The-Pooh
By Helen McKay-Ferguson on 20/05/2012 13:12:23
Why the bear with very little brain has been winning hearts for generations…
. This is the ultimate timeless classic for children and adults alike to enjoy again, and again, and again...Winnie-The-Pooh by AA Milne, illustrated EH Shepard (Egmont, £6.99)Who won Picture Book Of The Year 2012?Illustration copyright 2012 E H Shepard and Egmont Ltd.
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Best Classic Book 2011
By Helen McKay-Ferguson on 20/05/2011 17:55:56
*Winner*Miffy At The Gallery by Dick Bruna (Egmont, £3.50), 2+Read our interview with Dick Bruna.
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Shortlisted Picture Book Of The Year 2012: Who Ate Aunt Iris?
By Catherine O'Dolan on 20/05/2012 13:36:25
How safe is a cuddly chinchilla when her neighbours all have sharp teeth and a mischievous look in their eyes?
Shaw (Frances Lincoln, £11.99).Who won Picture Book of the Year 2012?There's an interesting miscellany of animal tenants in the apartment block where Auntie Iris (a chinchilla) lives with her family. For a start, there's the grumpy cohort of bears
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The Jolly Postman
By Lucy Phillips on 14/06/2011 14:37:04
See why The Jolly Postman was Highly commended in our Best Classic Book category
children’s book can be a small masterpiece,” says Allan. And we wholeheartedly agree. Read about our other Highly Commended Best Classic Book, Giraffes Can't Dance
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Shortlisted Picture Book Of The Year 2012: The Big Adventure Of The Smalls
By Catherine O'Dolan on 20/05/2012 13:34:56
There's drama and adventure on a grand scale in the storybook about Sally and Paul Small
Grand Ball, a grand gathering of ladies in ballgowns and men folk all suited and booted. No wonder Sally and Paul are tempted to peep through the bannisters to see what's going on. But then disaster strikes. Paul's beloved teddy bear, Mr Puddles, falls
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Shortlisted Picture Book Of The Year 2012: Sir Scallywag And The Golden Underpants
By Catherine O'Dolan on 20/05/2012 13:44:01
Witty wordsmith Giles Andreae pens a rip-roaring tale of a golden-underpanted King Colin
Paul (Puffin, £6.99).Who won the Picture Book of the Year 2012? Which of Giles Andreae's classic books was nominated in the Junior Design Awards 2011?
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Rebecca Elliott on creating Zoo Girl
By Helen McKay-Ferguson on 30/05/2011 19:18:08
Highly Commended in our Junior Design Awards category Picture Book Of The Year, author and illustrator Rebecca Elliott gives us the back story to her latest book, Zoo Girl
it into a solid picture book.I always try to write about what excited me as a child in the hope that children will share that same excitement. Stories of feral Mogli-esque children have always fascinated me and as a child I adored animals and daydreamed
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