We love Chris Riddell!

See how Chris Riddell illustrated Sarah Crossan's 'One' whilst he was at the Carnegie/Greenaway ceremony.

Carnegie Winner 2016

Pupils from schools across Cambridgeshire came together today at Impington Village College to debate the Carnegie Medal shortlist as they awaited the results of the medal winner. A huge intake of breath followed by cheers greeted the announcement that Sarah Crossan had won this prestigious award for her poignant story about conjoined twins, told entirely in verse.
Read more about the award and about the Kate Greenaway Medal awarded this year to Chris Riddell on the BBC News site.

Gemma Malley

Author Gemma Malley visited the First Form today after 1B wrote to her about her superb Dystopian story, ‘The Declaration’. Gemma talked about her career as a journalist, an excellent preparation for life as an author (meeting deadlines, self-discipline, writing imaginatively on boring topics!). 

Her books tackle some big questions and stem from Gemma’s interest in Philosophy, for instance, “Would you take a drug that stopped you from growing old?” Her talk sparked lots of interesting questions from the First Form and from the Reading Group and Gemma responded with further ideas and wonderful analogies to explain her answers in a very entertaining way.

More information about Gemma Malley and her books is available at http://www.gemmamalley.com/