The Costa Book Awards have announced their shortlists. The award is the only major UK book prize limited to only authors residing in the UK and Ireland. Here are the titles shortlisted for the Children’s Book Award:
Bone Talk by Candy Gourlay
The Colour of the Sun by David Almond
Orphan Monster Spy by Matt Killeen
The Skylark’s War by Hilary McKay (published as Love to Everyone in the US)
Here are some of the top items I shared on Twitter and Pinterest the last two weeks:
CHILDREN’S LIT
The 10 Best YA and Kids’ Books of 2018 https://buff.ly/2DKoycR #kidlit #yalit
25 Wondrous And Festive Christmas Books for Kids https://buff.ly/2Dv3plO #kidlit
50 Must-Read Historical Fiction Books for Kids https://buff.ly/2TKZ6IM #kidlit
Alison Lester wins the $60,000 Melbourne Prize for Literature https://buff.ly/2zXliq0 #kidlit
Bookstore’s Tweet On The Sale Of A Children’s Book After 27 Years Goes Viral https://buff.ly/2A1Xm4R #Reading
Children’s and teens roundup: the best new picture books and novels https://buff.ly/2AhVYey #kidlit #YALit
Netflix to adapt Roald Dahl classics to small screen https://buff.ly/2AyGVND #kidlit
The Picture Books That Defined 2018 & What They Say About Us https://buff.ly/2QO4Srk #kidlit
PW’s African-American Interest Young Readers’ Titles, 2018–2019 https://buff.ly/2TCt9SO #kidlit #YALit
Rest Easy Knowing ‘Spider-Man: Into the SpiderVerse’ Does Miles Morales Solid Justice – Black Nerd Problems https://buff.ly/2KE9eif #kidlit
Romper: The Gender Gap In Children’s Books Is Way Worse Than You Think https://pwne.ws/2TflIRt
SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK Is Coming Back! https://buff.ly/2KmpAfD #kidlit
Tablet – The Best Jewish Children’s Books of 2018 https://buff.ly/2FLL9r0 #kidlit
Wanda Gág awarded Original Art Lifetime Achievement Award | News, Sports, Jobs – The Journal https://buff.ly/2zYsq5D #kidlit
Washington Post’s best children’s books of 2018 https://buff.ly/2PyoIdq #kidlit
LIBRARIES
Chester’s award-winning library is at the heart of a cultural transformation https://buff.ly/2Sdz4MA #libraries
The Competitive Book Sorters Who Spread Knowledge Around New York https://buff.ly/2PvlJ5o #libraries
TEEN LIT
Author of The Poet X, Elizabeth Acevedo accepts the 2018 National Book Award https://buff.ly/2TkchQM #yalit
The B&N Teen bloggers’ 50 favorite YA books of 2018. https://t.co/iMgWuAT5Yu
Booklist: Read-a-Likes for Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy – The Hub https://buff.ly/2BzFzEb #YALit
BookRiot – 2019 YA Books Starring Queer Girls https://buff.ly/2TVuULg #lgbtq #yalit
Epic Reads – Best YA Books 2018: The 50 Top New Books to Read in 2018 https://buff.ly/2FA2ByV #yalit
Waking Brain Cells 