Joseph Delaney Giveaway

Win a set of all seven books in The Spook's Series by Joseph Delaney on the fantastic Wondrous Reads blog at http://tinyurl.com/2vxwcta. All you need to do is enter your name and e-mail address to be in with a chance!

Carnegie/Greenaway Winners

The winners of the CILIP Carnegie and Greenaway medals were announced today as:

Carnegie Winner -The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

Greenaway Winner - Harry & Hopper Illustrated by Freya Blackwood

You can watch a video from the awards ceremony and read more about the winners on the award's website.

Stewart and Riddell

Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell have written a new book Wyrmeweald: Returner's Wealth. Read the first chapter at http://tinyurl.com/39kwlxj

Book of the Week

Where I Belong by Gillian Cross

There are guns and bandits in this story. And supermodels. And there's drought and starvation too. Are you wondering how they can all come together? Well, that's how life is these days. Things don't happen neatly, in separate little places. We're all caught by the great spider's web of media that spans the world. That's where this story is set. The world. It's the story of Abdi and Khadija and Freya (that's me) and what happened to us because of Somalia ...

Find out more at http://tinyurl.com/23ehbxy

Best Ever Puffin Books

According to a new list from Puffin, to mark their 70th anniversary, Roald Dahl, Richard Adams, Eric Carle and Robert Louis Stevenson are among the writers of the 70 best-ever Puffin books for children. The list is split into categories such as:

The Best Blood and Guts

1. The Enemy by Charlie Higson

2. Dracula by Bram Stoker

3. Being by Kevin Brooks

4. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The Best Heroes

1. Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer

2. Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

3. Young Bond: SilverFin by Charlie Higson

4. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

The Best Alternatives to Twilight

1. Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl

2. Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead

3. The Luxe by Anna Godbersen

4. Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen

For the full list go to http://tinyurl.com/37lsfv7 .