US news! We won the Charlotte Huck award!

Oh my goodness! Here we were having an ordinary day, packing lunch boxes, looking for lost shoes and wondering why we’re always out of bread WHEN EVERYTHING CHANGED! We just found out our book Room On Our Rock has won the prestigious Charlotte Huck award for fiction that has the power to change children’s lives – we can’t think of a better thing to win an award for. So we stopped worrying about the dirty dishes and started brimming with pride! This award is very special because it’s chosen by the National Association of Teachers of English in the US. These are the people that know better than anyone the role that fiction can play in empowering children both in terms of literacy but also as critical thinkers and compassionate young humans. Thank you.