Emily Drabble
@EmilyDrabs
Head of children's books promotion and prizes at BookTrust. Believer that books can save the world. All views expressed here are mine.
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http://www.booktrust.org.uk 18-12-2013 04:33:40
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#NewIllustrationoftheDay . ‘One Day WE are going to clean up the ocean for good.’ Heightened colour and relaxed brushwork in a beach scene from Ken Wilson-Max’s just-published picture book Aqua Boy, a follow-up to Astro Girl and Eco Girl. Ken Wilson-Max Otter-Barry Books
Emily Drabble BookTrust Quarto Kids Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 Robert Starling petr horacek Ruth Hearson Michelle Robinson Karl Newson 📚 nila aye 𝙰𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚊 𝙼𝚊𝚡 Otter-Barry Books Walker Books Curious Fox MY desk after the BookTrust Storytime Prize announcement!
The goodies we SO nice, I took out the good ware!
So wonderful to celebrate books and stories for the very young. 💚💚💚
Emily Drabble BookTrust Children's Laureate Joseph Coelho is laureating! Libs and Museums is just the BEST place to work and visit. I'm so glad you both had an amazing day, THANK YOU SO MUCH for coming and to @Haslamparkpri St Marys Deane Horwich Parish CE Primary School for taking part. ❤️
Thank you Anne Burns from myself and @booktrust for hosting an amazing day with our wonderful @uklaureate Joseph Coelho is laureating! at the incredible Bolton Central Library. The kids were fabulous and we all loved it so much! I still can’t believe you have an aquarium in the library!!!
What an honour to be a judge for the Branford Boase Award - it was so difficult to choose just 6 from such an amazing long list! I love our shortlist deeply, congratulations to everyone!
Huge thanks to our wonderful judges Lucas Maxwell Christine Marina Pillainayagam Amy McKay Emily Drabble - a difficult task to choose a shortlist for this year's #BranfordBoaseAward from so many great books on the longlist, but they did it! Thanks @CLPE1 for hosting branfordboaseaward.org.uk/shortlist-2024/
What a fantastic shortlist! Congratulations to all the nominees 👏
Our Head of Children's Books Promotion and Prizes Emily Drabble was delighted to be a part of the judging panel this year!
Emily Drabble BookTrust Quarto Kids Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 Robert Starling petr horacek Ruth Hearson Michelle Robinson Karl Newson 📚 nila aye 𝙰𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚊 𝙼𝚊𝚡 Otter-Barry Books Walker Books Curious Fox It was fantastic & I’m not just being brave, Guilherme was absolutely the winner - a gift to storytimes - I just wish I had it when I did baby & toddler groups for SureStart- I absolutely love it
25 novels by 25 outstanding debut authors for children - remind yourself of the #BranfordBoaseAward longlist via Bookshop.org or on our website before the annoucement of the shortlist, **Thursday 25 April**
branfordboaseaward.org.uk/2024-longlist/
Huge congratulations to Guilherme on winning this brilliant award! I loved Michelle Robinson's reading of it (and speech proceeding)! A fantastic day for picture book fans! Thank you Emily Drabble 💛📚
Congratulations to Gui on winning the BookTrust Storytime Prize for this fabulous interactive story about one (and possibly two) little monsters, read very amusingly at the ceremony by Michelle Robinson. Thanks also to Emily Drabble for hosting.
My desk after the @booktrust #booktruststorytime prize announcement! Thank you so much everyone who came! Congratulations Guilherme karsten Quarto Kids & all our shortlistees including Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 Robert Starling petr horacek Anna McQuinn Ruth Hearson Christianne Jones
We're delighted to announce that Are You a Monster? by Guilherme Karsten is our #BookTrustStorytime Prize winner! 🏆
It was voted for by librarians and families taking part in BookTrust Storytime and is perfect for sharing with under-fives!
More: booktrust.org.uk/news-and-featu…
Teachers! A message from me and Sarah McIntyre about BookTrust’s #LetterboxClub . ‘Otter Chaos’, the first of our #Adventuremice series, is included in this year’s bundle of books. BookTrust.org.uk/letterbox-club 🐭⚓️🦦
Meet the MORERAPS!
#PoetryPrompts is back, and this week Waterstones Children's Laureate Joseph Coelho is laureating! is showing us how to make a MORERAPS poem using lots of poetic tricks!
Have a go by watching the full video here 👇
booktrust.org.uk/what-we-do/chi…
Thanks WRDaboutbooks for featuring the #BranfordBoaseAward 25th Anniversary longlist! One week until the shortlist announcement 🗓️Thursday 25 April. Meanwhile, check out the brilliant books on the longlist branfordboaseaward.org.uk/2024-longlist/
We're delighted that one of Rob Biddulph's wonderful books is included in #LetterboxClub !
Find out more here 👇
booktrust.org.uk/what-we-do/pro…