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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This blog was originally created in 2014 by Lucy RowlandBooks all teachers need to know
The Curriculum Centre's staff blog will also be complemented by posts from Pamela Lewis, Senior Lecturer in the School of Education on books all teachers need to know.
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- Anonymous on 2018 Carnegie & Greenaway Medal Winners
- Laura Brett on Read For Empathy Day
- Pamela Lewis on FCBG Conference – A Golden Treasury: Hidden Gems Bright Futures
- Pamela Lewis on Read To Inspire : Roger Stevens
- Pamela Lewis on Longlist for CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals
Review of recent book award winners
There were a number of book award winners announced last week. The 2018 winners of the Branford Boase Award were announced on Wednesday 4th [...]
2018 Carnegie & Greenaway Medal Winners
The winners of the Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals were announced this morning: 2018 CILIP Carnegie Medal Where the World Ends – Ge [...]
Poetry and picture books celebrating fathers
With Fathers Day just around the corner, here are some picture books which celebrate dads: Daddy Long Legs – Nadine Brun-Cosme & A [...]
World Cup 2018
The World Cup is underway and this football competition can provide a real stimulus for getting children reading. Children’s author Tom Pa [...]
Read For Empathy Day
After a successful pilot last year, Empathy Day, established by EmpathyLab, will now be a national event and will take place on the 1 [...]
A selection of some of our new books
We recently received some new books at the Curriculum Centre. Here is a quick look at some of them. They include stories suitable for pla [...]
Recommended resources for traditional tales
This month is National Share-A-Story Month, an annual celebration of the power of storytelling, run by the Federation of Children’s Book G [...]
Shortlists for Branford Boase Award/Little Rebels Award
There was some exciting news relating to book awards this week, as the shortlist for both the Branford Boase Award and the Little Rebels Aw [...]
Shortlisted books for CLiPPA 2018
This morning, the shortlist for the Centre for Literacy in Primary Poetry Award (CLiPPA) was revealed. There is a free shadowing scheme, w [...]
FCBG Conference – A Golden Treasury: Hidden Gems Bright Futures
As part of their golden anniversary celebrations, the Federation of Children’s Book Groups held a very special conference last weekend in [...]
Book awards: recent winners and shortlists
The past week has seen lots of activity relating to children’s book awards, with both winners and shortlists being announced. If yo [...]
Read To Inspire : Roger Stevens
Roger Stevens treated our trainee teachers to an entertaining, interactive and inspiring event on poetry this morning. Performing poetry fro [...]
