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(Above, from left: Daniel Bradley (9), Nahla Burke (3), Martha Quinn (9) and Benjamin Bradley (9) in Dublin’s Royal Hibernian Academy, launching the 23rd Children’s Books Ireland Book of the Year Awards.)
That changes TODAY.
Children’s Books Ireland has announced its shortlist for the Book of the Year.
And what a page-turning 12 months it has been in children’s writing.
The shortlisted include:
The Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket by John Boyne and illustrated by Oliver Jeffers
The Weight of Water by Sarah Crossan
Hóng by Anna Heussaff
Na Laochra is Lú by Laoise Ní Cléirigh and illustrated by Steve Simpson
Spellbound by Siobhán Parkinson and illustrated by Olwyn Whelan
Mise agus an Dragún by Patricia Forde and illustrated by Steve Simpson
Dark Warning by Marie Louise Fitzpatrick
Oh No, George! by Chris Haughton
This Moose Belongs to Me by Oliver Jeffers
Grounded by Sheena Wilkinson
And we have all TEN to give away to the favourite niece/nephew of YOUR choice in a competition that could help you win their affection for at least a YEAR.
To enter, complete this sentence.
I would like to give my [niece/nephew]___________the Children’s Books of the year because________________
Lines close at 3pm.
Winner announced in comments section by 5pm.
(Photocall Ireland)
If you’re any class of a parent, aunt or uncle, you’ll have examples of junior’s artistic endeavour up on the fridge or stashed away inside a book for posterity.
Ah. But for €100, Crayon Creatures will make a 3D printed figurine of it.
That one at the bottom, there. That’s a hamster in a speedboat. But you knew that.
(Hat tip: Brain Colhoun)
7pm, Thursday September 25th, 2012.
One day last month, more than more than 500 Irish kids filmed a moment in their lives and submitted the footage to producers Macalla Teo for inclusion in the documentary series Life’s Like This.
The results, in the form of 12 three-minute documentary films, will be broadcast tomorrow (Tuesday 6th November ) on the hour, every hour between 8am and 7pm on RTÉ2 – each three-minute compilation transmitted at the same hour of the day it was filmed.
South African nursery school teacher Melanie Minnie, stopped by police in Pretoria last Thursday with 19 small children packed into her Renault Clio: three in the front, ten in the back, six in the boot.
Police were alerted by concerned citizen who saw Minnie unload 12 children from her car in a play area before returning to the school to pick up 19 more.
Fined 1500 Rand (€132), the teacher has promised never to do it again.
Tra la la…
Niall Gubbins writes:
Last week, we met up with some friends who were visiting Cork and took ourselves and the kids to the West Cork Model Railway Village in Clonakilty.
Unsurprisingly it started to lash rain soon after we arrived and we ended up in their indoor playroom. There were a load of books there for the children to read and I came across this charming volume and was genuinely taken aback by what it contained.
Sure, it had the usual bible stories but I was disgusted by the “I deserve God’s punishment” piece. I’m not an expert on child abuse but telling a child that they deserve Gods punishment sounds like something a predatory abuser would say to ensure their victim remains silent.
I wonder does the Child Evangelism Fellowship have a position on the upcoming Childrens referendum?
Anyway, just wanted to share my sadness at such brainwashing of little kids.
‘Life’s Like This’ is an upcoming documentary by independent producer Macalla Teoranta for RTÉ Young Peoples Television – a series of ‘snapshots’ designed to offer a flavour of what life was like for the children of Ireland in the course of a single day.
That day is today.
The producers are inviting every child in the country to film a short sequence of their own choosing that represents some aspect their experience on this day: a hobby, a daily routine, a family gathering, a personal philosophy, a prank, a game, anything goes.
The snippets (which can be shot on phones or cameras) can be uploaded here and will be shortlisted and compiled in the documentary to be screened on RTÉ Two.
If you have kids or know kids, tell them.
If you yourself are a kid, pick up your damn room.
Aoife Murray from Children’s Books Ireland writes:
Thought you guys might like the awesome poster illustrator Steve McCarthy created for our Children’s Book Festival which happens in October.
