The Ice Children Shortlisted for Sheffield Children's Book Award 2024

The Ice Children has made it onto the shortlist for the Sheffield Children’s Book Award Shortlist 2024. This is such a wonderful award, run by the Schools Library service in Sheffield. I’m delighted that t The Ice Children, my frosty magical homage to winter, has been shortlisted in the Shorter Novels for 9-11 year olds category with two other fantastic books. I cannot wait to go to the Crucible Theatre for the award ceremony. Keep your fingers crossed for me and Penny Neville Lee the illustrator.

If you want to find out more about the award, follow this link.

BBC Authors Live - M. G. Leonard - Thursday 9 May 2024

I will be bringing my love of birds, storytelling, reading and detective mysteries to BBC Scotland, in partnership with the Scottish Book Trust, for Authors Live!

If you are a teacher or home educator in Scotland, you can watch the live stream in your classrooms when it’s first broadcast. And if you are outside of Scotland, the program will be available on the iPlayer to all of the UK for at least a year. It will be available to everyone to watch.

Authors Live is a series of world class children’s author and illustrator events brought directly to your classroom, library or home for free, live on the web. There are live events available to watch on demand from authors, including Cressida Cowell, Joseph Coelho and Mark Bradley. MORE HERE