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Eurotoolbox

Eurotoolbox

Special Theme 2019 The Environment

2019

English Collection

French Collection

2019 | English Collection | Eurotoolbox


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Eurotoolbox – What is that?

A handy tool pack for travelling by car in Europe? - an investment package for saving your hard-earned Euros? - or a free resource for librarians and teachers who need to inspire children with the latest children’s books in European languages?

If you chose the last of these options you’d be right on the button.

Eurotoolbox is a resource collection which has been put together by Eurolis a group of expert librarians in the cultural centres of France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Poland and Spain with the assistance of CILIP (Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals) in the UK.

All the books in the collection have been specially chosen for you, they are the very best recently published in the following original languages: French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese and Spanish. The English language is represented as well, thanks to a donation by CILIP of the books shortlisted for the Carnegie and Kate Greenaway children’s books awards in the current year.

With many years of production experience and feedback from the users, the expert team of librarians have built a resource which enables librarians and teachers to use over 90 books in each collection for individual reading or group sessions in their own library or the schoolroom for a month at a time at no cost to their organisation other than onward transportation to the next location in the UK.

Enquiries for all bookings to:

Maria Riccobono [email protected]

Tel: 0207 3964 425


Contents

Special Theme 2019: The Environment ............................................................................. 3

The Lost Words........................................................................................... 3 Children’s Books (3+)................................................................................................................... 4

The House With Chicken Legs .................................................................... 9 The Day the War Came ............................................................................. 10 Ocean Meets Sky ........................................................................................ 11

Books for Teenagers (12+) ...................................................................................................13 The Poet X ................................................................................................... 14 Bone Talk ..................................................................................................... 15 A Skinful of Shadows .................................................................................. 16 Things a Bright Girl Can Do ....................................................................... 17 Long Way Down ......................................................................................... 18 Suffragette: The Battle for Equality........................................................... 19 The Land of Neverendings......................................................................... 20

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Special Theme 2019: The Environment

The Lost Words By Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris

All over the country, there are words disappearing from children's lives. These are the words of the natural world -- Dandelion, Otter, Bramble and Acorn, all gone. The rich landscape of wild imagination and wild play is rapidly fading from our children's minds. The Lost Words stands against the disappearance of wild childhood. This enchanting book captures the irreplaceable magic of language and nature for all ages

The Lost Words Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris

Hamish Hamilton

ISBN:978-0241253588

Published: 05 October 2017

The author: Robert Macfarlane is the author of several award winning books which have been adapted for television by the BBC. The Lost Words won the Books Are My Bag Beautiful Book Award and the Hay Festival Book of the Year. He is a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and writes on environmentalism, literature and travel. Jackie Morris grew up in the Vale of Evesham, dreaming of becoming an artist and living by the sea. She studied at Hereford College of Arts and at Bath Academy. As a children's author & artist, she has created over forty books and collaborated with Ted Hughes. Jackie now lives in a cottage on the cliffs of Pembrokeshire.

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2019 | English Collection | Eurotoolbox | Children’s Books (3+)


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Children’s Books (3+)

English Collection



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Beyond the Fence By Maria Gulemetova

Piggy lives in a large house with Thomas. Thomas knows exactly what Piggy needs. But a chance meeting with a wild pig changes everything, and Piggy finds out what lies outside the four walls, beyond the fence. A gentle book about freedom and friendship.

The author and illustrator: Maria Gulemetova was born in Sofia, Bulgaria. Her father was an illustrator, and her mother is an art historian. Their house was full of beautiful illustrated books, and she remembers spending many hours absorbed in the pictures. She attended a specialized high school, majoring in Textiles, and went on to study Textiles at the Art Academy in Sofia. Gradually, however, she discovered a love of communicating ideas through stories, which led her to the MA course at Anglia Ruskin. Currently she lives in Eugene, Oregon, with her husband and two kids, where they enjoy plenty of rain, wildlife and natural beauty.

Beyond the Fence Maria Gulemetova

ISBN 978-1846439308 Child‘s Play International, October 2017

Recommended Age: 3+



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The Wolf, the Duck and the Mouse By Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen

When a woeful mouse is swallowed up by a wolf, he quickly learns he is not alone: a duck has already set up digs and, boy, has that duck got it figured out! Turns out it’s pretty nice inside the belly of the beast – there's delicious food, elegant table settings and, best of all, dancing. And there’s something more: no more fear of being eaten by a wolf! Life's not so bad, considering the alternatives. That is, until a hunter shows up...

The authors and illustrator: Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen have made three books together: Sam and Dave Dig a Hole, which won a Caldecott Honor and was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal; Extra Yarn, which won a Caldecott Honor, an E. B. White Read Aloud Award and a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award; and Triangle. They both live in California, USA, but in different cities.

The Wolf, the Duck and the Mouse Jon Klassen and Mac Barnett

ISBN: 978-1406377798 WalkerBooks, October 2017

Recommended Age: 3+



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Julian is a Mermaid By Jessica Love

While riding the subway home with his Nana one day, Julian notices three women spectacularly dressed up. Their hair billows in brilliant hues, their dresses end in fishtails, and their joy fills the train carriage. When Julian gets home, daydreaming of the magic he’s seen, all he can think about is dressing up just like the ladies and making his own fabulous mermaid costume. But what will Nana think about the mess he makes – and even more importantly – what will she think about how Julian sees himself?

The author and illustrator: Jessica Love is an illustrator and Broadway actress. She has a BA in studio art from the University of California, as well as a graduate degree from Juilliard. ‘Julian Dreams of Mermaids’ is her first picture book.

Julian is a Mermaid Jessica Love

ISBN: 978-1406380637 Walker Books, June 2018

Recommended Age: 4+



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You’re Safe With Me By Poonam Mistry and Chitra Soundar

When the moon rises high and the stars twinkle, it is bedtime for the baby animals of the Indian forest. But tonight, when the skies turn dark and the night grows stormy, the little ones can't sleep. SWISH-SWISH! CRACK-TRACK! FLASH-SNAP! goes the storm. Only Mama Elephant with her words of wisdom can reassure them, "You're safe with me."

The illustrator: Poonam Mistry is a freelance illustrator living in Leicester who graduated in 2010 with a degree in graphic design and illustration from the University of Hertfordshire. Her style incorporates her love of nature and her Indian roots and explores the relationships between pattern, shapes and colour.

The author: Chitra Soundar is an Indian-born British author and storyteller. She has published more than 30 books and is inspired by the rich heritage of epics and folktales from India as well as India's natural beauty.

You’re Safe with Me by Poonam Mistry and Chitra Soundar

ISBN: 978-1911373292 Lantana Publishing, May 2018

Recommended Age: 4+



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The House With Chicken Legs By Sophie Anderson

Marinka dreams of a normal life, where her house stays in one place long enough for her to make friends. But her house has chicken legs and moves on without warning.

For Marinka's grandmother is Baba Yaga, who guides spirits between this world and the next. Marinka longs to change her destiny and sets out to break free from her grandmother's footsteps, but her house has other ideas...

The author: Sophie Anderson grew up with stories in her blood, from her mother, who is a writer, to her Prussian grandmother, whose own storytelling inspired The House with Chicken Legs.

Born in Swansea but now living in the Lake District with her family, Sophie loves walking, canoeing and daydreaming. Her dream is to create stories that help children to explore the world and fall in love with its beautiful diversity.

The House With Chicken Legs Sophie Anderson

ISBN: 978-1474940665 Usborne Publishing

May 2018

Recommended Age: 5+



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The Day the War Came By Rebecca Cobb and Nicola Davies

Imagine if, on an ordinary day, war came. Imagine it turned your town to rubble. Imagine going on a long and difficult journey – all alone. Imagine finding no welcome at the end of it. Then imagine a child who gives you something small but very, very precious...Nicola Davies started a campaign for which artists contributed drawings of chairs, symbolising a seat in a classroom, education, kindness, the hope of a future. The book should prove a powerful aid for explaining the ongoing refugee crisis to younger readers.

The author: Nicola Davies is an award-winning author of children‘s books. Nicola graduated in zoology, studied whales and bats and then worked for the BBC Natural History Unit. She lives in Crickhowell, Wales.

The illustrator: Rebecca Cobb graduated from the Falmouth School of Art in 2004. She has collaborated with authors Julia Donaldson and Helen Dunmore and film-maker Richard Curtis on Christmas titles. Rebecca was the winner of the 2013 Waterstones Prize.

The Day the War Came Rebecca Cobb and Nicola Davies

ISBN: 978-1406376326 Walker Books, June 2017

Recommended Age: 5+



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Ocean Meets Sky By by Eric and Terry Fann

Finn lives by the sea and the sea lives by him. Every time he looks out his window it's a constant reminder of the stories his grandfather told him about the place where the ocean meets the sky. Where whales and jellyfish soar and birds and castles float. Finn's grandfather is gone now but Finn knows the perfect way to honor him. He'll build his own ship and sail out to find this magical place himself!

And when he arrives, maybe, just maybe, he'll find something he didn't know he was looking for.

The authors and illustrators: Eric Fan is an artist and writer who lives in Toronto, Canada. Born in Hawaii and raised in Toronto, he attended the Ontario College of Art and Design, where he studied illustration, sculpture and f ilm. He has a passion for vintage bikes, clockwork contraptions and impossible dreams. ‘The Night Gardener’ is his f irst children’s book. His brother, Terry Fan received his formal art training at Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto, Canada. His work is a blend of traditional and contemporary techniques, using ink or graphite mixed with digital. He spends his days creating magical paintings, portraits and prints. The Night Gardener is his first book. Born in Illinois, he now lives in Toronto.

Ocean Meets Sky Eric and Terry Fann

ISBN: 979-10-235-1120-8 Seuil Jeunesse, 2018

Recommended Age: 6+



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Rebound By Kwame Alexander

Before Josh and Jordan Bell were streaking up and down the court, their father was learning his own moves. In this prequel to Newbery Medal winner The Crossover, Chuck Bell takes center stage, as readers get a glimpse of his childhood and how he became the jazz music worshiping, basketball star his sons look up to.

A novel in verse, Rebound goes back in time to one pivotal summer when young Charlie is sent to stay with his grandparents where he discovers basketball and learns more about his family's past.

The author: Kwame Alexander is a poet, educator, and New York Times best-selling author of 21 books, including Booked and The Crossover, which received the 2015 John Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award Honor. He lives with his family in Virginia.

Rebound Kwame Alexander ISBN 978-0544868137

HMH Books for Young Readers

02 April 2017

Recommended Age: 10+



Books for Teenagers (12+)

English Collection



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The Poet X By Elizabeth Acevedo

Xiomara has always kept her words to herself. When it comes to standing her ground in her Harlem neighbourhood, she lets her fists and her fierceness do the talking. But X has secrets – her feelings for a boy in her bio class, and the notebook full of poems that she keeps under her bed. And a slam poetry club that will pull those secrets into the spotlight.

Because in spite of a world that might not want to hear her, Xiomara refuses to stay silent.

The Poet X Elizabeth Acevedo

ISBN 978-1405291460 Electric Monkey, May 2018


The author: Elizabeth Acevedo was born and raised in New York City and her poetry is infused with Dominican bolero and her beloved city’s tough grit. With over twelve years of performance experience, Acevedo has been a featured performer on BET and Mun2, as well as delivered several TED Talks. She has performed internationally Acevedo is a National Slam Champion, Beltway Grand Slam Champion, and the 2016 Women of the World Poetry Slam representative for Washington, D.C, where she lives and works.

2019 | English Collection | Eurotoolbox | Books for Teenagers (12+)


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Bone Talk By Candy Gourlay

The Philippines, 100 years ago. A boy called Samkad wants to become a man. He is desperate to be given his own shield, spear and axe. His best friend, Luki, wants to be a warrior too - but she is a girl and that is forbidden. Then a new boy arrives in the village and everything changes. He brings news that a people called 'Americans' are bringing war right to his home…

Bone Talk Candy Gourlay

ISBN: 978-1788450188 David Fickling Books, December 2018

Recommended Age: 12+ The author: Growing up in the Philippines, Candy Gourlay wondered why all the books she ever loved only featured pink-skinned children who lived in snow-covered worlds that didn’t resemble her steamy, tropical home in Manila. As a result, it took her years to fulfil her dream of becoming an author – and years to learn that Filipino stories too, belong in the pages of books. Candy’s novels for young readers have been published to acclaim and listed for many prizes such as the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Children’s Book Prize. Both novels won the Crystal Kite Prize for Europe. She lives in London with her family, where she wages war on the snails in her garden.



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A Skinful of Shadows By Frances Hardinge

When a creature dies, its spirit can go looking for somewhere to hide. Some people have space inside them, perfect for hiding. Makepeace, a courageous girl with a mysterious past, defends herself nightly from the ghosts which try to possess her. Then a dreadful event causes her to drop her guard for a moment.

And now there's a ghost inside her. The spirit is wild, brutish and strong, but it may be her only defense in a time of dark suspicion and fear. As the English Civil War erupts, Makepeace must decide which is worse: possession – or death.

A Skinful of Shadows by Frances Hardinge

ISBN: ISBN: 978-1509835508

Macmillan Children‘s Books, May 2018

Recommended Age: 12+ The author: Frances Hardinge spent her childhood in a huge old house that inspired her to write strange stories from an early age. She read English at Oxford University, then got a job at a software company. However, a few years later a persistent friend finally managed to bully her to send her first children's novel to a publisher. The book went on to publish to huge critical acclaim and win the Branford Boase First Novel Award. Known for her beautiful use of language, she has since written many other critically acclaimed novels



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Things a Bright Girl Can Do By Sally Nicholls

Through rallies and marches, in polite drawing rooms and freezing prison cells and the poverty-stricken slums of the East End, three courageous young women join the fight for the vote. Evelyn is seventeen, and though she is rich and clever, she may never be allowed to follow her older brother to university. Enraged that she is expected to marry her childhood sweetheart rather than be educated, she joins the Suffragettes, and vows to pay the ultimate price for women's freedom. May is fifteen, and already sworn to the cause, though she and her fellow Suffragists refuse violence. When she meets Nell, a girl who's grown up in hardship, she sees a kindred spirit. Together and in love, the two girls start to dream of a world where all kinds of women have their place.

Things a Bright Girl Can Do Sally Nicholls

ISBN: 978-1783446735 Andersen Press, February 2018

Recommended Age: 12+ The author: Sally Nicholls grew up in Stockton-on-Tees, and after school, travelled the world, working for a period at a Red Cross hospital in Japan. Sally's first novel, Ways to Live Forever, won the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and she has been shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and the Costa Children's Book Award. She lives in Oxford.



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Long Way Down By Jason Reynolds & Chris Priestley

After Will's brother is shot in a gang crime, he knows the next steps. Don't cry. Don't snitch. Get revenge. So he gets in the lift with Shawn's gun, determined to follow The Rules. Only when the lift door opens, Buck walks in, Will's friend who died years ago. And Dani, who was shot years before that. As more people from his past arrive, Will has to ask himself if he really knows what he's doing.

Long Way Down Jason Reynolds & Chris Priestley

ISBN: 978-0571335121 Faber & Faber, August 2018


The author: Jason Reynolds is a critically acclaimed American writer and poet and winner of the Kirkus Prize for Young Readers. This is the first of his books to be published in the UK.

The illustrator: Chris Priestley was born in Hull in 1958, spent his childhood in Wales and Gibraltar, and his teens in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He has been a successful illustrator for many years, working mainly for newspapers and magazines. His first book as author, Dog Magic!, was published in 2000 and shortlisted for the Children’s Book Award. Since then he has written several books for children, both fiction and non-fiction, and lives and works in Norfolk with his wife and son.



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Suffragette: The Battle for Equality By David Roberts

The year 2018 marks a century since the first women won the vote in the United Kingdom, and Suffragette tells the story of their fight. This is a tale of astounding bravery, ingenuity and strength.

David's writing is accessible and his artwork full of rich detail, bringing to life the many vivid characters of the women's suffrage movement – from the militant activist and wheelchair user Rosa May Billinghurst to the world-famous Emmeline Pankhurst, Millicent Fawcett and Emily Wilding Davison.

Suffragette: The Battle for Equality David Roberts

ISBN: 978-1509839674 Two Hoots, May 2018


The author and illustrator: David Roberts was born in Liverpool. He always loved drawing from an early age and couldn’t wait to escape high school and go to art college. There he developed a keen interest in pottery and fashion and went on to study a degree in fashion design at Manchester Metropolitan University. After university he worked as a milliner and began to get work as a fashion illustrator, but always felt his true calling was in children’s book illustration.



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The Land of Neverendings By Kate Saunders

What if there exists a world powered by imagination? A world of silliness, where humans and their toys live on long after they've left the Hard World… and what if the door between that world and this one was broken?

Welcome to the Land of Neverendings.

Moving, raw and funny in all the right ways, The Land of Neverendings is a rip-roaring adventure, but it also gives an honest portrayal of grief for young readers and shows us that whilst sadness does exist in the world, it doesn't have to cancel out happiness, or silliness, even when you lose someone you love.

The Land of Neverendings by Kate Saunders

ISBN 978-0571336562 Faber & Faber, July 2018


The author: Kate Saunders is an English author, actress and journalist. She has worked for newspapers and magazines in the UK. She has also been a regular contributor to radio and television, with appearances on the Radio 4 programmes Woman's Hour, Start the Week and Kaleidoscope.

Saunders has also written multiple books for children and for adults.



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