An interview with Abiola Bello, author and also founder of Hashtag Press and The Diverse Book Awards and a chat with Sarah Stuffins from The Federation of Children’s Book Groups about their Children's Book Award.

Abiola’s Middle Grade Books

Emily Knight I am…
Emily Knight I am... Awakened
Emily Knight I am... Becoming
The Very Merry Murder Club
The Very Sunny Murder Club

Abiola’s YA Books

Love in a Winter Wonderland
Only for the Holidays
The Love Dare

The FCBG Children’s Book Award Shortlist 2024

Books for Younger Children
Gigantic, Rob Biddulph
The Big Dreaming, Michael Rosen and Daniel Egneus
The Fastest Tortoise in Town, Howard Calvert and Karen Obuhanych
The Princess and the (Greedy) Pea, Leigh Hodgkinson

Books for Younger Readers
Adventure Mice: Otter Chaos, Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre
Marv and the Killer Plants, Alex Falase-Koya and Paula Bowles
Press Start! Game On, Super Rabbit Boy!, Thomas Flintham

Books for Older Readers
Code Name Kingfisher, Liz Kessler
Deadlock, Simon Fox
The Final Year, Matt Goodfellow and Joe Todd-Stanton

Books we have been reading
The Eyes and the Impossible, Dave Eggers
Keedie, Elle McNicoll
When I Feel Red,Lily Bailey
The Song Walker, Zilla Bethel
Secrets of the Snake Stone,Piu DasGupta
Tariq and the Drowning City, Sarwat Chadda

Death Under a Little Sky and Death in a Lonely Place, Stig Abell
Sufferah, Alex Wheatle

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