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Anne Fine

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Carnegie Medal

Children's Laureate 2001-2003

Carnegie Medal 1989, 1992

Whitbread Award 1993, 1996

Guardian Fiction Award 1990

YOUNGER READERS

 It's so cheering to write for young children.

For one thing, you know you're helping them along the road to reading fluency, which changes lives for the better. Reading's a mechanical skill, just like skateboarding or playing football, and the more young children do of it, the easier and faster it becomes.

It's also good fun because I stay off all the heavy stuff. Who, of this age group, needs to be encouraged to worry about the problems of the world? They have no real power, so it simply serves to make them anxious. What's the point of that?

So what I try to do is provide a good laugh, or a comforting read, or tell of a challenge safely mastered. There's time enough later for all the subtleties and disappointments of life.

Of course some of the children in these books aren't living in ideal set-ups. All families are different and I do try to reflect the world around me. But for this age group I don't make a problem of it. Or of anything else.

You'll find no dubious or dismal endings here.

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From chapter books to beginning readers to picture books for reading together, Anne Fine has written plenty of books which will appeal to younger children. Click any cover below to find out more.

Jamie and Angus Forever Scared of a Rainbow Jamie and Angus Together The Jamie and Angus Stories Let it Snow! Magic Ball Press Play Friday Surprise Under the Bed Out for the Count The Gingerbread Star The Party Club The Killer Cat Runs Away Nag Club Care of Henry How to Cross the Road and Not Turn Into a Pizza The Haunting of Pip Parker Under a Silver Moon The Same Old Story Every Year The Worst Child I Ever Had Only a Show Stranger Danger? 'It Moved!' Countdown The cover of 'Ruggles', 2010 edition Poor Monty

Your bookshop or library can order any of these books for you. Ask your librarian for a 'request card'.