Two U.K. Awards Seek to Encourage Reading for Pleasure in Children and Adults

The Booker Prize Foundation launches The Children's Booker Prize. The Jhalak Prize celebrates its 10th anniversary and announces shortlists for the three award categories. 
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Many, many books by R.M. Ballantyne – including FIGHTING THE FLAMES and THE LIGHTHOUSE – can be downloaded for free from @gutenberg_org

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/333

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Books by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

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Ballantyne’s research led him to spend 16 days on the Bell Rock lighthouse:

“I did not think that any building made by man could have withstood the terrific sea that has been swirling and roaring round and pounding against us.”

https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/past-times/4783307/rm-ballantyne-bell-rock-lighthouse/

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“One thing that Ballantyne did, which sets him apart from contemporary children’s authors, was carry out detailed research for his novels […] He worked in a Cornish tin mine (Deep Down: a Tale of the Cornish Mines), went to the bottom of the Thames in a diving suit (Under the Waves), and for Fighting the Flames worked in a London fire station.”

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RM Ballantyne (1825–1894) was born #OTD, 24 April. Best known today for THE CORAL ISLAND – which influenced Robert Louis Stevenson, JM Barrie, William Golding, & others – he wrote more than 100 books.

In this blog post, National Library of Scotland Curator Graham Hogg introduces Ballantyne’s 1867 novel FIGHTING THE FLAMES: A Tale of the London Fire Brigade

https://blog.nls.uk/curators-favourites-r-m-ballantynes-fighting-the-flames/

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The wildest stories often hold the truest lessons. A reminder that kindness, self-worth, and heart are anything but ordinary.
Read here: https://www.dannasouthwellauthor.com/a-tall-story-life-lessons-childrens-stories/

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Winnipeg-born author Jon Klassen wins nearly $750K Swedish prize for children's literature
Jon Klassen, the Winnipeg-born children's book author and illustrator of I Want My Hat Back, has won a Swedish book prize worth nearly $750,000.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/jon-klassen-astrid-lindgren-award-childrens-literature-9.7167120?cmp=rss
Winnipeg-born author Jon Klassen wins nearly $750K Swedish prize for children's literature
Jon Klassen, the Winnipeg-born children's book author and illustrator of I Want My Hat Back, has won a Swedish book prize worth nearly $750,000.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/jon-klassen-astrid-lindgren-award-childrens-literature-9.7167120?cmp=rss
Winnipeg-born author Jon Klassen wins nearly $750K Swedish prize for children's literature
Jon Klassen, the Winnipeg-born children's book author and illustrator of I Want My Hat Back, has won a Swedish book prize worth nearly $750,000.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/jon-klassen-astrid-lindgren-award-childrens-literature-9.7167120?cmp=rss
Mark Hiscock's travels with his dog inspired a children's book. After his death, his wife has completed it
In the months following the death of her late husband, Mark Hiscock, Kelly Traverse worked to complete and publish Dory the Doodle: Backpacking in Newfoundland, a children's book written by Hiscock and completed by Traverse.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/traverse-hiscock-dory-book-9.7156870?cmp=rss