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It will take more than the new Children’s Booker Prize to arrest the dramatic decline in reading enjoyment

  • Written by Jessica Cook, Academic and Tutor, Children's Literature, University of Southern Queensland
It will take more than the new Children’s Booker Prize to arrest the dramatic decline in reading enjoymentYing Ge/Unsplash

The prestigious Booker Prize has announced a brand new category for children’s books worth £50,000.

Open to books written in English and published in England or Ireland, the Children’s Booker will recruit three child judges to join three adult judges in deciding which story deserves the accolade.

The announcement...

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