The Kelpies Design & Illustration Prize — Shortlist Announced
by Floris Books • 21 February 2014 • Awards, Children's Books, Kelpies • 0 Comments
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Helpful tips for sharing wordless picture books
by Floris Books • 10 February 2014 • Children's Books, Steiner-Waldorf Education • 0 Comments
(From the Scottish Book Trust) 1. Describe what you see Describing the pictures encourages us to use language that is different from how we normally speak. This will expose children to a rich variety of language. 2. Point things out Take your time and point things out in the pictures. Pointing and labelling helps children to...
Read more →What is a Tomte?
by Floris Books • 27 January 2014 • Children's Books • 0 Comments
The tomte (or nisse in Norway and Denmark) is a creature from Scandinavian myth. Tomtes are generally thought to be small, bearded men who wear brightly coloured caps, although there are many regional variations to the story. They are rarely seen by humans so it is very difficult to obtain an accurate description! Traditionally,...
Read more →Floris Books celebrates International Talk Like A Pirate Day for Pyrate’s Boy
by Floris Books • 19 September 2013 • Children's Books • 0 Comments
Arrrrr, me scurvy Floris seadogs! Did ye ken that Thursday 19th September is International Talk Like A Pirate Day? Wha’ d’ye mean ‘NO’? Would ye like t’ try again? Did ye savvy it’s also th’ day Pyrate’s Boy by E.B. Colin, a handsome pirate yarn from the beauties at Floris Books, can fin’lly be...
Read more →Eggstraordinary tale rules the roost at Kelpies Prize 2013
by Floris Books • 22 August 2013 • Awards, Children's Books • 0 Comments
After piles of entries, six months of reading, three shortlisted authors and one glamourous awards ceremony, we are finally able to announce the winner of the Kelpies Prize 2013. A hearty congratulations to Alex McCall and his cracking tale of fowl play, Attack of the Giant Robot Chickens! Joined by Barbara Henderson and Shona...
Read more →Floris announce shortlist for Kelpies Prize 2013
by Floris Books • 18 July 2013 • Awards, Children's Books • 0 Comments
Every year as part of the Kelpies Prize, we look for the best unpublished children’s fiction with a Scottish twist. Since February, our editors have been working their way through a record number of entries to find our three finalists for this year’s prize – and they certainly weren’t disappointed. We’re delighted to announce...
Read more →Kelpies Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary
by Floris Books • 10 July 2013 • Children's Books • 0 Comments
This year we are celebrating the 10th anniversary of our Kelpies imprint of Scottish children’s novels. Floris took over the Kelpies list from fellow Scottish publisher Canongate in 2002 but it wasn’t until 2003 that we published our first original Kelpie, The Chaos Clock by Gill Arbuthnott. To celebrate this milestone we gathered our...
Read more →Floris Hits the Headlines
by Floris Books • 27 June 2013 • Awards, Children's Books • 0 Comments
We were thrilled to be featured in an article in The Herald newspaper following the announcement that we published all three books in the shortlist for the Scottish Children’s Book Awards 2013 Younger Readers category (8-11 years old). All the Floris team are proud of our three talented shortlisted authors Caroline Clough, Janis Mackay...
Read more →Floris Books write history at the Scottish Children’s Book Awards 2013
by Floris Books • 19 June 2013 • Awards, Children's Books • 0 Comments
Floris Books have made history by being the first publisher to publish all three shortlisted books in one category at the Scottish Children’s Book Awards. The three shortlisted books are: • Black Tide by Caroline Clough • The Accidental Time Traveller by Janis Mackay • Really Weird Removals.com by Daniela Sacerdoti All three books,...
Read more →The Importance of Fairy Tales
by Floris Books • 18 March 2013 • Children's Books, Steiner-Waldorf Education • 0 Comments
Throughout literary history, one type of story has seen continued popularity – the fairy tale. Recent years have seen a wealth of TV and movie adaptations. So what accounts for this continued adoration? Why, over 200 years since they were alive, do the stories of the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen remain a...
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