Encourage your junior bookworms to read six books and then vote for their favourite to win the Biblio-Buzz: Alexandra Palace Children’s Book Award.
Haringey Library Services and Alexandra Park and Palace Charitable Trust are collaborating to deliver the award, which is aimed at inspiring nine to 12-year-olds to read. The shortlisted novels are:
- Will You Catch Me? – Jane Elson
- Tin – Padraig Kenny
- Child I – Steve Tasane
- Kat Wolfe Investigates – Lauren St John
- The Lost Magician – Piers Torday
- Kick – Mitch Johnson
The reading challenge launches on Saturday 2 February at 11am with an exciting programme of activities in Wood Green Children’s Library including readings from the shortlisted authors and a workshop with a children’s book illustrator. The voting deadline closes on Sunday 31 March. Voting cards are available in the libraries.
Find out more about the award and the authors (external link).
Throughout February and March there will be more workshops, opportunities to meet with the authors, reading group sessions and prizes for the children who complete the programme. The winning author of the children’s vote will receive an award at a ceremony to be held at the recently opened Alexandra Palace Theatre on Tuesday 2 April.
Mark Civil, Head of Creative Learning at Alexandra Palace, says
“We are very excited to be delivering Biblio-Buzz and working with Haringey Library Services. As an avid reader I am passionate about promoting the joy of reading and engaging with creative activities. Evidence suggests that young people with a good reading habit have better prospects and are likely to succeed at school, participate in their communities and get good jobs. I’m not snobbish about what kids read from blogs to comic books to novels – I just want to get them reading!”
