Summer Term 2011 Dates

Hello all!

The dates for the summer term 2011 are:

Sticky Stories
This term we shall be exploring books shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Award.
16 May: Me and You, Anthony Browne and Jim, Hilaire Belloc and Mini Grey
13 June: April Underhill, Tooth Fairy, Bob Graham and The Heart and the Bottle, Oliver Jeffers
11 July: Ernest, Catherine Rayner, Big Bear, Little Brother, Carl Norac and FArTHER, Grahame Baker-Smith

Prologue
This term we are finishing off Prologuers taking it in turns to choose a book, and then shadowing the Carnegie Medal.
16 May: What Katy Did, Susan Coolidge
13 June: The Death-Defying Pepper Roux, Geraldine McCaughrean - Carnegie title
11 July: Prisoner of the Inquisition, Theresa breslin - Carnegie title

Epilogue
This term we are exploring British Detective Story Classics - from 1860s to the present.
9 May: The Moonstone, Wilkie Collins
6 June: The Hound of the Baskervilles, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
4 July: Strong Poison, Dorothy L. Sayers
w/c 25 July: tbc

Looking forward to having you with us next term!
Kate x

April Fool's Day 2011

It's April Fool's Day and Literary Labyrinth is launching a competition to find the funniest fictitious book title that might be published today.

How about:

The Art of British Tea-Time by Victoria Sponge
The Vegetarian Cook by Harry Co-beans
Geology for Beginners by Howie Urthvurkz
Never Be Late Again: Top Tips for Busy People by Justin Time

Email your funny book titles to me at kateferryswainson@gmail.com. Competition ends 8 April. I'll post the funniest ones up here. See your name in lights!

Enjoy! Kate x

Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals - 2011 Shortlist Announced!

Today's the day! The 2011 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway shortlists have been announced. We're all very enthusiastic about the lists, and hope that you'll join us in shadowing these medals. Take a look at our webpage on the Carnegie Shadowing site: http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/grouphomepages/index.php?GroupID=8036

This is what we were up to last year - can't wait to get going this year!

This website is open to all Literary Labyrinth members, and at our next meeting, I'll explain more about how it works!

But now the bit you've been waiting for...

The Carnegie Shortlist:
Prisoner of the Inquisition, by Theresa Breslin
The Death Defying Pepper Roux, by Geraldine McCaughrean
Monsters of Men, by Patrick Ness
The Bride's Farewell, by Meg Rosoff
White Crow, by Marcus Sedgwick
Out of Shadows, by Jason Wallace


Kate Greenaway Shortlist:
FArTHER, by Grahame Baker-Smith
Me and You, by Anthony Browne
April Underhill Tooth Fairy, by Bob Graham
Jim, by Mini Grey (text by Hilaire Belloc)
The Heart and the Bottle, by Oliver Jeffers
Big Bear, Little Brother, by Kristin Oftedal (text by Carl Norac)
Ernest, by Catherine Rayner
Cloud Tea Monkeys, by Juan Wijngaard (text by Mal Peet and Elspeth Graham)


The winners will be announced on 23rd June.