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Dragon Stew

Steve Smallman (text) & Lee Wildish (illustrations)(Little Tiger Press) Five bored Vikings went out hiking,Looking for an adventure. something bold and new.So they they’d hunt a dragon.and then tie it to their wagon,Take it home and chop it up to makea dragon stew! On the way our rather clueless vikings meet a sort-of kraken and a …

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Red House Children’s Book Awards 2011 shortlists

Younger ChildrenGilbert the Hero ~ Jane Clarke & Charles FugeAnnie Hoot and the Knitting Extravaganza ~ Holly Clifton-BrownYuck! That’s Not A Monster! ~ Angela McAllister & Alison EdgsonDragon Stew ~ Steve Smallman & Lee Wildish Younger Readers The Great Hamster Massacre ~ Katie Davies Time Train to the Blitz ~ Sophie McKenzie Shadow ~ Michael Morpurgo …

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RHCBA Ceremony

Last week-end I was lucky enough to be able to attend the Red House Children’s Book Awards ceremony with my son and a student from my school. It was a great day, set in the lovely Botanical Gardens in Birmingham. We got to meet lots of great authors and illustrators (I got to meet Allan …

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The London Eye Mystery

Siobhan Dowd(Random House Children’s Books) Ted and Kat’s cousin Salim is visiting them in London from Manchester. He is on his way to the USA where he is emigrating with his mother.They decide to show him around London and decide to go on the London Eye, Ted’s favourite attraction. They accept a free ticket from …

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A Dog Called Rod

Tim Hopgood(Macmillan Children’s Books) Elsa would love to have a dog as a pet, but she lives with her dad on the 24th floor of a big apartment block and her dad thinks that dogs are too much trouble anyway: they are noisy, smelly, needy …. But Rod the dog isn’t like that. He likes …