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 RowlandOur library catalogue
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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 [...]
IBBY Honour List 2018
The IBBY Honour List is a biennial selection of outstanding, recently published children’s books honouring writers, illustrators and trans [...]
Longlist for the Branford Boase Award 2019
The longlist for the Branford Boase Award 2019 has just been announced. The award, which marks its 20th anniversary this year, celebrates th [...]
National Storytelling Week 2019
As we are in the heart of National Storytelling Week, celebrating the oral tradition of telling stories, I thought it would be appropriate [...]
The return of Mouse and Mole!
Some very exciting news has recently come to light – Graffeg are publishing a new larger hardback format of the classic picture book s [...]
Celebrating the work of John Burningham (1936 – 2019)
Yesterday we heard the sad news that John Burningham had passed away. It was only last year that he received the Booktrust lifetime achievem [...]
2017 IBBY OBYPD Selection : Category 3
The Curriculum Centre is currently hosting the 2017 IBBY Selection of Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities. Our previous blo [...]
2017 IBBY OBYPD Selection : Category 2
The 2017 IBBY Selection of Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities, which is currently on display in the Curriculum Centre, con [...]
2017 IBBY Selection of Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities
The 2017 IBBY Selection of Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities, an international touring exhibition, will be on display i [...]
Shortlisted books for the Costa & Blue Peter Book Awards
Yesterday evening, the shortlist for the Costa Book Awards were announced. Congratulations to all of the following authors, who were selec [...]
Reading fiction with Year 3
A student asked me to write a post about fiction books, which would be suitable for reading with children in Year 3. So I’m going to t [...]
