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Useful Links for Schools and Libraries

SEAL Resources for Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning

Schoolzone provides teacher resources, research and information to the education sector in the UK
Schoolzone

Micro Librarian Systems develop and provide library management system software, such as Junior Librarian for schools
Micro Librarian Systems

Renaissance Learning is a provider of literacy and numeracy solutions for primary and secondary schools across the UK.
Renaissance Learning

Woodlands Junior School website is one of the most visited school websites in the UK – it has activities, resources, games, homework help, parent and teacher zones.
Woodlands Junior School

The Good Schools Guide International (http://www.gsgi.co.uk) - a spirited, candid and very direct guide for Western families moving abroad. Like its sister publication -the acclaimed Good Schools Guide, it's completely independent, written by parents for parents and tells users about the top British, American, and international schools worldwide that cater to English-speaking expatriates. Includes articles with expat and educational advice for over 50 cities in 35+ countries (so far), and information on differences in curricula, systems, accreditations, exams etc plus real-time updates and alerts. Also offers a personal advisory service that helps parents pick the right school for their children.

The Good Schools Guide (http://www.goodschoolsguide.co.uk/) - for two decades, the definitive, completely independent and best selling schools guide in the UK. Written by parents for parents, forthright, occasionally irreverent, it pulls no punches; covers almost 10000 of the top state and independent schools; includes the comprehensive and imminently readable Good Schools Guide-Special Education Needs - with definitions, resources and detailed guidance for statements, schools, tutoring and moral support.

Aventis Prizes for Science Books (Junior)
The Royal Society, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AG
Tel: 020 7451 2576
www.royalsoc.ac.uk/bookslanding.asp?id=6317

Berkshire Children's Book Award
www.berkshire-els.gov.uk/bba/

Blue Peter Children's Book Awards
www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/bluepeter/bookclub

Books for Children Newcomer Award
Contact Books for Children Book Club at BCA for more information.
Tel: 020 7760 6500

Booktrust Early Years Awards
www.booktrust.org.uk/prizes/eya/index.html

Booktrust Teenage Prize
www.bookheads.org.uk/

Branford Boase Award
www.branfordboaseaward.org.uk/

British Book Awards
www.britishbookawards.com/

Carnegie Medal
www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk



Children's Laureate
www.childrenslaureate.org

CLPE Poetry Award
CLPE Webber Street, London SE1 8QW
Tel: 020 7401 3382/3
www.clpe.co.uk

Commonwealth Writers' Prize
www.commonwealthfoundation.com/culturediversity/writersprize/

Eleanor Farjeon Award
The Children's Book Circle, c/o Rachel Wade, Hodder Children's Books, 338 Euston Road, London NW1 3BH
Tel: 020 7873 6000

Guardian Children's Fiction Award
books.guardian.co.uk/childrensfictionprize2007

Hans Christian Andersen Awards
International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), Nonnenweg 12 Postfach, CH-4003-Basel, Switzerland
Tel: (+4161) 272 2917
www.ibby.org/index.php?id=273

Harvey Darton Award
Miss Sarah Mahurter, Secretary, 66 Idmiston Square, Worcester Park, Surrey, KT4 7SY
Tel: 020 8330 6084

Hillingdon Secondary School Book of the Year Award
Schools Library Service, London Borough of Hillingdon, Central Library, 14-15 High Street, Uxbridge, UB8 1HD
Tel: 01895 250715

Kate Greenaway Medal
www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk



Kelpies Prize
Kelpies Prize 2005, Floris Books, 15 Harrison Gardens, Edinburgh EH11 1SH
www.florisbooks.co.uk/kelpiesprize

Kurt Maschler Award
Booktrust, Book House, 45 East Hill, London SW18 2QZ
Tel: 020 8516 2972
www.bookawards.bizland.com/kurt_maschler_award_for_children.htm

Lancashire County Library Children's Book of the Year Award
Lancashire County Council, Lancashire County Library Headquarters, PO Box 61, County Hall, Preston, PR1 8RJ
Tel: 01772 534040
www.lancashire.gov.uk/libraries/services/children/cboty/default_new.asp

Macmillan Prize for Children's Picture Book Illustration
www.panmacmillan.com/About%20Us/displayPage.asp?PageTitle=Macmillan%20Prize

Man Booker Prize
www.themanbookerprize.com

Macmillan Writers Prize for Africa
Macmillan Writer's Prize for Africa, Macmillan Oxford, Between Towns Road, Oxford OX4 3PP
Tel: 01865 405700
www.writeforafrica.com/about-the-prize.html

Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation
The National Centre for Research into Children’s Literature, Digby Stuart College, University of Surrey Roehampton, Roehampton Lane, London SW15 5PU
Tel: 020 8392 3008

Mary Vaughan Jones Award
Welsh Books Council, Castell Brychan, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 2JB
Tel: 01970 624151
www.cllc.org.uk/child_mary_vaughan.html

National Book Award
www.bookcritics.org/?go=awards

Nestlé Smarties Book Prize
Booktrust, Book House, 45 East Hill, London SW18 2QZ
Tel: 020 8516 2977
www.booktrusted.co.uk/nestle/



Newbery Medal
Association for Library Service to Children at the American Library Association,
50 East Huron Street, Chicago, IL 70711-2795 USA
Tel: +1 312 280 2163
www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/newberymedal/newberymedal.htm

Nobel Prize in Literature
nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/index.html

Nottingham Children's Book Awards
Nottingham City Council Library Service
Tel: 0115 915 4681
www.nottinghamchildrensbookaward.co.uk

Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction
www.orangeprize.co.uk/

PEN/Faulkner Awards
www.penfaulkner.org/awardforfiction.htm

Portsmouth Book Award
Portsmouth School Library Service, Saxon Shore Infant School, Jubilee Avenue, Paulsgrove, Portsmouth PO6 4QJ
Tel: 023 9232 6612
www.portsmouth.gov.uk/learning/1034.html

Pulitzer Prize
www.pulitzer.org/2007/2007.html


Red House Children's Book Award
The Federation of Children's Book Groups, c/o Jo Williams, The Old Malt House, Aldbourne, Marlborough, Wiltshire, SN8 2DW
Tel: 01453 756877
www.redhousechildrensbookaward.co.uk/

Rotherham Children's Book Award
Schools Library Service, Maltby Library HQ, High Street, Maltby, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S66 8LD
Tel: 01709 813034

Sainsbury’s Baby Book Award
Booktrust, Book House, 45 East Hill, London SW18 2QZ
Tel: 020 8516 2972

Salford Children's Book Award
Schools' Librarian, Salford Schools' Library Service, The Broadwalk Centre, 51 Belvedere Road, Salford M6 5EJ
Tel: 0161 778 0936
www.salford.gov.uk/leisure/libraries/library-children/childrensbookaward.htm

Scottish Arts Council Children's Book Award
Literature Officer, Scottish Arts Council, 12 Manor Place, Edinburgh EH3 7DD
Tel: 0131 226 6051
www.scottisharts.org.uk/1/latestnews/1004508.aspx

Sheffield Children's Book Award
Book Award Co-ordinator, c/o Schools Library Service, Sheffield
Tel: 0114 2506 844
www.sheffield.gov.uk/libraries

Signal Poetry Award
The Thimble Press, Lockwood Station Road, South Woodchester, Stroud, Gloucestershire GL5 5EQ
Tel: 01453 873716

Special Educational Needs Books Awards
www.nasen.org.uk

Stockport Schools’ Book Award
Head of Library Services to Children, Stockport School Library Service, Dialstone Centre, Lisburne Lane, Stockport SK2 7LL
Tel: 0161 474 2253
www.stockport.gov.uk/content/

Stockton Children's Book of the Year Award
Children & Youth Services Officer, Stockton Borough Libraries, 1 East Precinct, Billingham, Stockton-on-Tees TS23 2JZ
Tel: 01642 358544
books.stockton.gov.uk/cboty.aspx

Times Educational Supplement Information Book Awards
The Co-ordinator, The Times Educational Supplement Book Awards, 66–68 East Smithfield, London E1W 1BX
Tel: 020 7782 3269

V&A Illustration Awards
The Secretariat, The National Art Library, Victoria & Albert Museum, South Kensington, London SW7 2RL
Tel: 020 7938 8313
www.vam.ac.uk/activ_events/events/illustration_awards/index.html

Costa(Whitbread) Children's Book of the Year Award
http://www.costabookawards.com/awards/index.aspx


Wirral Paperback of the Year Award
Wirral Schools' Library Service, Wirral Education Centre, Acre Lane
Bromborough, Wirral CH62 7BZ
Tel: 0151 346 6502
www.wirral-libraries.net/reviews/

Write a Story for Children Competition
The Academy of Children's Writers, PO Box 95, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE28 5RL
Tel: 01487 832752
www.childrens-writers.co.uk/competition.htm