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The Children\u2019s Book Award blog tour has drawn to a close for 2025 and we are truly grateful to the authors for sharing their words with our fantastic team of bloggers. In case you missed this week\u2019s incredible line up, find the links below to the four pieces for the four shortlisted titles.<\/p>\n

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Grotti<\/em>, written and illustrated by Leonie Lord, published by Walker Books.<\/p>\n

A Wild Walk to School,\u00a0<\/em>written and illustrated by Rebecca Cobb, published by Macmillan<\/p>\n

The Bridges<\/em>, written by Tom Percival, published by Simon & Schuster<\/p>\n

My Friend Andy<\/em>, written and illustrated by Emma Chinnery, published by Little Tiger<\/p>\n

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Tom Slattery started our week off hosting Leonie Lord and her book, Grotti, published with Walker Books.<\/p>\n

Next we headed to Karen Wall\u2019s blog to discover more about Rebecca Cobb\u2019s book, A Wild Walk to School published with Macmillan.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/kandobonkersaboutbooks.blogspot.com\/2025\/03\/fcbg-blog-tour-rebecca-cobb-wild-walk.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Mary Rees, from Book Craic, hosted an interview with Tom Percival, author and illustrator of The Bridges, published with Simon & Schuster.<\/p>\n

Finally, our blog tour ended with debut author\/illustrator, Emma Chinnery sharing insights into her book, My Friend Andy, published with Little Tiger.<\/p>\n

Children across the UK are encouraged to get involved. Copies of the books can be purchased at a discount from our partner supplier Heath Books here https:\/\/www.heathbooks.co.uk\/federation-of-childrens-book-groups-childrens-book-award-2025\/ <\/a>and online voting will be opened at the conclusion of the blog tour. The deadline for voting is Friday 9th May and category winners and the overall winner of the most popular children\u2019s book published in 2024 will be announced at a ceremony in Birmingham on 7th June, attended by representatives from all our local groups and livestreamed on the FCBG YouTube channel.<\/p>\n

Thank you to the wonderful authors, publishers and bloggers for sharing these blogs as part of the CBA Blog Tour!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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