British Childhood

How Our Children Live Now

AvFrank Cottrell-Boyce

Häftad, Engelska, 2027

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'No home, no school, and especially no library should be without this story and this book' - Michael Morpurgo'Original, surprising and compassionate without being earnest . . . Frank's book left me enraged, informed and moved' - Sathnam Sanghera'Lively and frequently moving . . . A British Childhood makes a stirring case for children as central to any national story' - The TimesDuring his time as Children’s Laureate, the bestselling author Frank Cottrell-Boyce travelled the country, meeting children and young people where they were: in schools and libraries, in young offenders’ institutions and prisons, many of them living in extremely precarious conditions.As he met these children, he began to reflect on stories from his own childhood and on children’s lives in Britain during his lifetime – the imaginative connections we make and the sense of community that are so vital to our future adult selves.A British Childhood tells the story of what it means to be young in modern Britain. It is at once a searing condemnation of our failure to look aftfter the nation’s most vulnerable citizens, and a call to arms to all of us to protect the innocence, and the imagination, of childhood.'Especially powerful on poverty, reading and imagination' - The i'This clarion call about the loss of delight and safety in children’s lives is also a reminder of the sheer magic of reading' - Guardian

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Utgivningsdatum:2027-04-29
Mått:130 x 197 x 10 mm
Vikt:195 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:192
Förlag:Pan Macmillan
ISBN:9781035080762

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Frank Cottrell-Boyce, UK Children’s Laureate 2024–2026, is a multi-award-winning children’s book author and screenwriter. Millions, his debut children’s novel, won the prestigious CILIP Carnegie Medal. His other books include Cosmic, Framed, The Astounding Broccoli Boy, Sputnik’s Guide to Life on Earth, Runaway Robot, Noah’s Gold and The Wonder Brothers. His books have been shortlisted for a multitude of prizes, including the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize, the Whitbread Children’s Fiction Award, the Roald Dahl Funny Prize and the Blue Peter Book Award. Along with Danny Boyle, he devised the Opening Ceremony for the London 2012 Olympics. He lives in Merseyside with his family.

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Drawing on stories gathered across the country, alongside memories of his own Liverpool upbringing, Cottrell-Boyce examines what childhood in Britain looks like now. Part memoir, part manifesto, it is especially powerful on poverty, reading and imagination

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