Barefoot Books Activity Resources for Bookshops & Libraries

Barefoot Books has uploaded a huge selection of Activity Resources for Bookshops and Libraries to use over the Summer.  Click Here

Niamh Sharkey & Valerie Coughlan at Images Beyond Borders

Images Beyond Borders from Peter Salisbury on Vimeo.

J. Smith by Fougasse

Walker Books has published an edition of the handwritten and illustrated  'J.Smith'
The book was created exclusively for the Queen Mary Doll House in 1922 by one of the foremost cartoonists of the day, Fougasse, real name Cyril Kenneth Bird. He went on to edit the satirical magazine Punch and is best known for his Careless Talk Costs Lives posters, drawn for the British Government during the second world war
Irish Independent  feature from April 2012

Dermot Bolger - The Irish Times

Nice article from Dermot Bolger from last Saturday's Irish Times.
"Cutbacks in Library budgets are a false economy"
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2012/0526/1224316730197.html

There was a misguided comment from one reader after this article so I've added a piece too.

School Library Association Award Shortlist 2012

The School Library Association in the UK announced the 2012 Awards shortlist today.
And what a list it is!

Under 7s

1      A Stork in a Baobab Tree by Catherine House, illustrated by Polly Alakjja, published by Janetta Otter-Barry Books (Frances Lincoln)

2      A Walk in London by Salvatore Rubbino, published by Walker Books ISBN 9781406337792

3      Dolphin Baby by Nicola Davies, illustrated by Brita Granström, published by Walker Books ISBN 9781406321197

4      Who Has What by Robie H. Harris, illustrated by Nadine Bernard Westcott, published by Walker Books ISBN 9781406336771

 7-12

1      Beatrice's Dream by Karen Lynn Williams, illustrated by Wendy Stone, published by Frances Lincoln ISBN 9781847800190

2      Can we Save the Tiger by Martin Jenkins, illustrated by Vicky White, published by Walker Books ISBN 9781406319095

3      Nature Adventures by Mick Manning and Brita Granström, published by Janetta Otter-Barry Books (Frances Lincoln)

4      North by Nick Dowson, illustrated by Patrick Benson, published by Walker Books ISBN 9781844287758

 12-16

1      Afghanistan from War to Peace: Our World Divided by Philip Steele, published by Wayland ISBN 9780750265737

2      Charles Dickens: A Lifetime of Storytelling by Catherine Wells-Cole, illustrated by Ian Andrew, Caroline Anstey and Diz Wallis, published by Templar ISBN 9781848771178

3      Star: from birth to black hole by Alan Dyer, published by Templar ISBN 9781848771994

4      Terezin – A Story of the Holocaust by Ruth Thomson, published by Franklin Watts ISBN 9780749695996

Childrens Books Ireland Conference 2012

The Childrens Books Ireland Conference opened on Saturday with former Laureate Siobhan Parkinson in conversation with the newly appointed Laureate na n-Og Niamh Sharkey.  Niamh gave the audience an insight into how she began her career in illustration and some of the ideas and projects she will tackle over the next two years. Keep watching http://www.childrenslaureate.ie/