Introduction
We're the Pembroke Pageturners and meet to read our way through the longlists and then shortlists for Carnegie Medal and Greenaway Award. We love to talk about what we've read and give our opinions on the books, even if we don't always agree.
The club meets every week from March to June.
Watch, read and listen to more about this year's shortlists
Latest Winners
Our verdict: The group was divided between Patrick Ness for The Ask and the Answer, Julie Hearn's Rowan the Strange and Terry Pratchett's Nation. There Are Cats in this Book by Marc Craste and Helen Ward was the hot favourite for the Greenaway Award.
The Carnegie Medal was won by Neil Gaiman for The Graveyard Book. The Kate Greenaway Medal was awarded to Freya Blackwood for Harry and Hopper.
[Information source: official press releases at http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/pressdesk/]
What's On, New and In
- #NLD12 Murder Mystery on Weds, Read-In Party on Thurs, & book cover competitions, a 'why I love my school library' tree #LoveLibraries 08:45 PM
- Doctor Who Club is back today! Xmas ep to discuss, anagrams to solve, Jammie Dodgers to share & new webpage http://t.co/ugPOgXEx to launch 08:45 PM
- Great to see Y12 English students' bibliographical skills developing as they work on their footnotes for Atonement/Grand Mealnes essays 08:45 PM
Have you seen?
- The film of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is due out on 23 March and is surely set to be one of the 2012 highlights.
Take a look at the trailer on our Screen Reads page.
If you haven't yet read them, get down to your Library and read the series!
Word of the Week
This week's English and Welsh words are:
miasma
llipa
Thanks to Levi and Jake for this week's words!
Tell us what either or both words mean and you can choose a word for next week!
Funky Fact
- A snowflake can take up to an hour to land.
Funky Fact from How to Survive a Wombat's Bum by Mitchell Symons (find it on the Funky Facts spinner in the Library!)
Hot Quote
I pray no child of mine should ever descend into such a place as a Library. They are indeed most dangerous places and unfortunate is she or he who is lured into such a hellhole of enjoyment, stimulus, facts, passion and fun.
Willy Russell
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