Storm Whale is short-listed for the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards!
October 17, 2018 at 3:00 pm | Posted in Book Awards, Book reviews, Buying my books, Prime Minister's Literary Awards 2018, Shortlist Book Awards, Storm Whale | Leave a commentTags: poetry, Prime Minister's Literary Awards 2018, Storm Whale
I’m sooooo excited! Storm Whale, my beautiful children’s book illustrated by Jane Tanner and published by Allen and Unwin, has just been short-listed with five other books for the Children’s Literature category of the Australian Prime Minister’s Literary Awards 2018! I’m so grateful to Jane for her stunning paintings, and the work of Allen and Unwin’s children’s team, led by Erica Wagner, and to my agent Julie Watts, who all made the book possible! We find out who wins in each category some time in November! Cross your fingers for me! If you want to read the lovely comments made by the panel, just click here! If you’d like to see one of the pages in our lovely book, here it is below:
And if you’d like to buy a copy, you can purchase here!
Wow! Storm Whale short-listed for the 2018 Teach Primary Book Awards UK!
March 7, 2018 at 9:32 am | Posted in Awards, Best sellers, Shortlist Book Awards, UK publications | Leave a commentTags: Books about whales, Old Barn Books, Storm Whale, Teach Primary Book Awards 2018
I’m so excited! The UK’s Teach Primary Book Awards UK has just published its shortlist and Storm Whale (published in the UK by Old Barn Books) is one of just 6 titles on the Key Stage One Shortlist! Here’s an extract from their newsletter:
“The Teach Primary Book Awards are unique in recognising and rewarding books that children genuinely love to read, but that also support learning – for example, by opening up topics for discussion; encouraging language play; and making innovative use of illustration. All 21 shortlisted titles can be confidently recommended to pupils by teachers, and lend themselves brilliantly to classroom activities, too.
The next stage of the competition involves a panel of judges assessing the selected books according to a set of criteria that includes ‘breadth of appeal’ and ‘learning opportunities’; the final results will be announced in Teach Reading & Writing magazine, Teach Primary magazine, and First News, in May. Find out more at teachwire.net/bookawards
KEY STAGE 1
Museum Mystery Squad and the Case of the Hidden Hieroglyphics (Mike Nicholson, Young Kelpies)
Pigsticks and Harold in the Incredible Journey to… the Ends of the Earth! (Alex Milway, Walker)
The Incredible Dadventure (Dave Lowe, Piccadilly Press)
After the Fall (Dan Santat, Andersen Press)
The Big Red Rock (Jess Stockham, Child’s Play)
Storm Whale (Sarah Brennan/Jane Tanner, Old Barn Books)
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