With the latest edition of INIS, the magazine of Children’s Books Ireland, which arrived late last week, came a nomination form for the 2012-2014 Laureate na nÓg (The Children’s Laureate), and an invitation to complete the form. The term of office for the first Laureate na nÓg, Siobhán Parkinson, comes to an end in 2011.… Continue reading »
Jun
08
Julia Donaldson appointed seventh U.K. Children’s Laureate.
Warm congratulations to Julia Donaldson, author of over 120 books and plays for young people, who has been appointed the new UK Children’s Laureate. Julia has written many well-known books, including the perennially popular The Gruffalo and the award-winning teenage novel Running on the Cracks. In 2010, she was the most borrowed children’s author from UK… Continue reading »