tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post3244796851089647724..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: Celebrating children's non-fiction at the House of Commons - Anne RooneyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-48185343224245059122015-01-10T14:31:34.171+00:002015-01-10T14:31:34.171+00:00I love the look of these. Thanks, Anne!I love the look of these. Thanks, Anne!Katherine Langrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-60218220978804361492015-01-09T14:49:06.256+00:002015-01-09T14:49:06.256+00:00I got You Choose for Oskar, the older one, and he ...I got You Choose for Oskar, the older one, and he really enjoyed it. But good idea - Casper would probably like it too.Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-47000021708057386492015-01-09T14:13:35.778+00:002015-01-09T14:13:35.778+00:00Thanks for this - I've just ordered one of the...Thanks for this - I've just ordered one of the titles! And I hadn't heard of any of them before reading your post, which sadly rather supports your case...Emma Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02718171070716804800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-83488594343362187182015-01-09T12:10:43.884+00:002015-01-09T12:10:43.884+00:00Sue, had you thought about Pippa Goodhart's Yo...Sue, had you thought about Pippa Goodhart's You Choose for your grandson? I don't know what you would call it regarding fiction/non-fiction as it has lots of things to look at, discuss and choose between, which sounds like the kind of thing he would like. It's pretty hard to sell pre-school non-fiction to publishers in this country, so I'm not surprised you are finding better books abroad. It's a shame, though.Stroppy Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16560035800075465845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-31266825883915111582015-01-09T09:01:21.154+00:002015-01-09T09:01:21.154+00:00Thanks for this, Anne - will be sending for the An...Thanks for this, Anne - will be sending for the Animal Kingdom one for my elder grandson.<br /><br />I was looking in a bookshop the other day for a non-fiction book for the younger one, who's three. He loves books with spreads with lots of things for him to look at and muse over - a bit like the Richard Scarry ones used to be. I couldn't find anything that was right for him - there were non-fiction books, but nothing like the range of fiction. He lives in Belgium, and when it was his birthday he was given some beautiful French non-fiction - I haven't been into a book shop there lately, so I don't know if they have more generally, but I was very impressed by the standard.Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-8854552472820037372015-01-09T06:29:57.299+00:002015-01-09T06:29:57.299+00:00The possible reasons for those big bookshops not h...The possible reasons for those big bookshops not having the titles are that most booksellers assume that all children's books are fiction and that when they do get in non fiction they don't know what to do with it. Kids certainly do love non fiction, but the chances of their finding any individual title in a bookshop display are low. It's why so few trade publishers are buying non fic these days, here in Australia anyway. Over the last few years, most of the shortlisted books in the Eve Pownall Award, the non fiction section of the Children's Book Council Awards, have been published by museums and other such organisations. Museums can stick them in their specialised bookshops and have a good chance of selling them.Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.com