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The Good Thieves by Katherine Rundell announced as Independent Booksellers’ Children’s Book of the Month for June.
31/05/2019
The BA Children’s Bookselling Group has announced
The Good Thieves
by Katherine Rundell as its Independent Booksellers’ Children’s Book of the Month for June.
From the author of
The Explorer
and
The Wolf Wilder
,
The Good Thieves
is the story of Vita Marlowe, who sails to New York to take back the home taken from her grandfather by the sinister Victor Sorrotore.
On the book’s selection, Katherine Rundell said,
"I’m so delighted that The Good Thieves has been chosen as the Independent Booksellers Children’s Book of the Month for June; Independent Bookshops have been so generous in championing my work ever since I began writing. In promoting the out-of-the-way gems and marvels along with the bestsellers, independent bookshops do such formidable cultural work; they stretch and stretch our horizons, and I am intensely grateful to them.”
Emma Bradshaw, Head of Campaigns at the BA, commented:
“The Good Thieves is a thrilling heist story. I adore the brave and resourceful Vita. I l’m a big fan of Katherine’s and I love this book. I’m so pleased that the panel has selected it for Children’s Book of the Month.”
Chosen by a panel of independent booksellers from a range of new children’s titles, the Book of the Month showcases independent bookshops’ expertise at promoting and selling children’s books.
Independent bookshops around the UK and Ireland will be promoting
The Good Thieves
throughout June. The BA will be supporting the promotion of the Children’s Book of the Month through social media and promotional materials, including teachers notes, signed copies and more. Booksellers will also be supporting the Children’s Book of the Month on social media.
Rundell will tour bookshops in celebration of her new book
The Good Thieves
, including Forum Books (Corbridge), Booka Bookshop (Shropshire), Mostly Books (Abingdon), and Winchester Writers’ Festival with P&G Wells bookshop. In addition to this, Rundell is releasing a powerful short essay for adult readers on the importance of children’s literature,
Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise
, is a hardback gift book, exclusively available in independent bookshops
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