About this blog
Welcome to the Curriculum Centre's blog on children's literature. The blog is designed for trainee teachers in the School of Education at the University of Brighton and aims to keep students up to date with new and recommended children's books for use in their teaching practice. The blog also aims to encourage the use of children's literature to make links across all subject areas.
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Shortlist for the Little Rebels Children’s Book Award
The shortlist for the Little Rebels Children’s Book Award was announced last week. This award celebrates children’s fiction (0 [...]
FCBG Conference 2019 : Opening Doors
The Federation of Children’s Book Groups held their annual conference over the weekend and I was delighted to be able to attend. It was an [...]
Shortlisted books for the UKLA Book Awards 2019
The shortlists for the UKLA book awards were revealed this morning. The UKLA book awards are judged entirely by teachers, who are looking t [...]
International Children’s Book Day & Hans Christian Andersen
Annually, on the 2nd of April we celebrate International Children’s Book Day. Each year a different National Section of IBBY sponsors the [...]
Waterstones Children’s Book Prize Winners
Last week, The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q Raúf was announced as the overall winner of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize [...]
Shortlists for 2019 CILIP Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Medals
The shortlists for the 2019 CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals were announced this morning. CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal s [...]
British Science Week
British Science Week runs from 8th to 17th March. To celebrate, we have put up a display of fiction and non-fiction books which could be u [...]
Exciting new picture books
We hope you all enjoyed World Book Day yesterday, especially those of you who were running activities with children or dressing up as book c [...]
Fairy tales from over the sea
Recent news reports have raised concerns about the decline of language learning in our schools, so with World Book Day fast approaching, her [...]
Shortlist for the Children’s Book Award 2019
The shortlist for the Children’s Book Award was announced earlier this week. The Children’s Book Award is run by the Federation of Child [...]
Longlists for Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Medals
The longlists for the Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals have been revealed today. Poetry and verse novels feature heavily on the longlist [...]
Winners of the Lollies Award 2019
The winners of the Lollies Award 2019 were announced this morning. Lots of schools tuned into the livestream to hear the results. Congratul [...]
