We enjoyed wine and Christmas cake at Christchurch South Library on Wednesday night while we listened to the opinions of Helen O'Carroll, Jilaine Johnson and Gavin Bishop about this year's crop of books for children (young and old).
I will not share the "worst" - what was said in the library, stays in the library!
However it was agreed that some of the best were:
Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears by Emily Gravett
Tahi: one lucky kiwi by Melanie Drewery, John O'Reilly and Ali Teo
Crusade by Elizabeth Laird
Castle Corona by Sharon Creech
Here Lies Arthur by Philip Reeve (see new review below)
I'm the Biggest Thing in the Ocean by Kevin Sherry
Dreamquake by Elizabeth Knox
The Killing Sea by Richard Lewis (Jilaine thought this would be great to use for as a book for a disaster theme study about year 8)
Shadows in the Ice by Des Hunt
Where Cuckoos Call by Des Hunt
Sleeper Code by Tom Sniegoski
Sleeper Agenda by Tom Sniegoski
The Transformation of Minna Hargeaves by Fleur Beale
And, although Gavin did not express an opinion, everyone agreed that Snake and Lizard by Joy Cowley with illustrations by Gavin Bishop was definitely one of the best books of the year.
This is only a fraction of the number of books that were referred to. If anyone who was there (or indeed anyone who was not there!) feels I have left out a book that definitely should be included, please feel free to add it in the comments. See How to comment on the readers blog if you are unsure how to do this.
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