children’s book week – Library Mice

Showing: 1 - 4 of 4 RESULTS

Jack Draws Anything

Jack Henderson(Hodder Children’s Books) This is not a children’s book in the way that it doesn’t tell a story but little Jack ‘s story is very inspirational indeed and deserves a big mention. When Jack’s little brother Noah became a regular in-patient at The Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh, Jack (6) decided to …

author visits authors children's book week Joe Craig

CHILDREN’S BOOK WEEK 2011: The author’s perspective

Today, I am very chuffed to welcome Joe Craig, author of the Jimmy Coates series, to Library Mice. Joe was kind enough to agree to write a piece for me about his experience of school author visits. I’ve been doing events at schools since my first ‘Jimmy Coates’ book came out in 2005. There was …

author visits book week children's book week schools

CHILDREN’S BOOK WEEK 2011: The school librarian’s perspective

I am a school librarian,of course, but I was intersted in hearing another librarian’s prespective on Children’s Book Week. I contacted Becky, aka The Bookette, and she mentioned a post she had written back in May 2010. So today’s post, courtesy of Becky, is her Bookette’s Guide to Planning a Book Week. The Bookette’s Guide to Planning …

children's book week

CHILDREN’S BOOK WEEK 2011

Today is the beginning of Children’s Book Week, which always takes place during the first full week of October. This year, for the first time in many years, Booktrust have been unable to provide all primary schools with their wonderful printed free resources due to lack of funding. This is a great loss for schools, …