Children’s Literature News December 2025
Children’s book news for December 2025: award longlists and winners, a library card proposal, Book Nooks, bookshop plans, an MPs inquiry, and exhibitions in Chelmsford and Bedford.
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Emily Bearn is a British journalist and children’s author.
She has worked for Harpers & Queen, The Times and The Sunday Telegraph.
She is the author of the Tumtum and Nutmeg series. The first book, Tumtum and Nutmeg, was first published in January 2008.
Other books in the series include The Great Escape, The Pirates’ Treasure, A Christmas Adventure, A Seaside Adventure, A Circus Adventure and Trouble at Rose Cottage.
Tumtum and Nutmeg was a finalist for the 2008 Waterstones Children’s Book Prize.
Children’s book news for December 2025: award longlists and winners, a library card proposal, Book Nooks, bookshop plans, an MPs inquiry, and exhibitions in Chelmsford and Bedford.
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