Youth Libraries Group
07 November 2008
CKG Longlists
The CKG Longlists are now available on the website - www.ckg.org.uk . You can find them in the "Press Desk" section. Some interesting books on here - and I'm proud to see that nearly all of the books that the South East committee chose for our discussion Read More...
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30 October 2008
Recollections
Today, at our CKG training day, we were invited by way of an "icebreaker" to talk briefly about a book - or the book - that influenced childhood reading. This is always a fascinating exercise, not least because, if you are like me, the task seems so impossible. Read More...
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17 October 2008
The Robber Baron's Daughter
A note or two on a book that surprised me. This was a book with some quite dark subject matter and a cover to match, but when I took it with me on a train, envisaging an hour or so of mild depression, it turned out to come at those issues from a different Read More...
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24 September 2008
Picture Books
Talking of CKG… Our YLG branch had our nominations session and we were blown away by some of the potential Greenaway titles. I shall try to say something about this, but it’s hard without the books to wave around. (The best way to explain how wonderful Read More...
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03 September 2008
CKG Nominations
Well, we have rreached that time in the year when CKG nominations can be sent in. This has never seemed to me to be easy - and today I suspect is made even more difficult as authorities move away from approvals and reviewing new books before they are Read More...
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