David Almond wins Guardian Children's Fiction Prize

'A Song for Ella Grey', David Almond's magical tale of first love, has won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. This reworking of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth has won universal acclaim, beating novels by Frances Hardinge, Sally Nicholls and Kate Saunders to win the only children's book award that is judged by authors.

Last year's winner, Piers Torday, commented: "He takes one of the oldest stories there is...and brings it to compelling contemporary life on Tyneside and the Bamburgh coast, without sacrificing any of the mystery, poetry and mythical resonance of the original."

Read the full Guardian article here.

SLA Information Award

The School Library Association announced their annual Information Book Award this week. The overall winner was the amazing 'Shackleton's Journey' by William Grill (we loved the illustrations) whilst Nicola Morgan's 'The Teenage Guide to Stress' won the 12-16 Category. Both books are available in the library.

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Kimquestors win the 'Sport of Reading'

The Kimquestors with Wayne, the quizmaster

Members of Kimbolton School’s reading group have been practising hard for the Central England heat of the Kids’ Lit Quiz to excellent effect! The Kimquestors won the heat by a tight margin whilst the Kimbookworms came a creditable 4^th, just 2.5 marks behind the leaders.

The Kids’ Lit Quiz is a hugely popular annual literature competition that spans 5 continents. Teams have to answer 100 questions on children’s literature divided into 10 weird and wonderful categories such as Anatomy (What body part was the Pobble missing?) and Sea Monsters (What kind of whale was Moby Dick?). Teams work collaboratively to answer each question put to them by the New Zealand Quizmaster Wayne Mills.

Having beaten 22 teams from schools all around the region, the Kimquestors now go on to the National Final to be held in Oxford in December. There is a real determination to do well, not least because the grand final will be in Auckland, New Zealand!

The two teams