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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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- 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
- Pamela Lewis on Writing to ants
- Chloe on Writing to ants
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 [...]
CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals Shortlist 2018
The shortlist for the CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals were announced this morning. So it’s time for the shadowing groups to [...]
2018 Children’s Book Award – Voting Now Open!
Voting has opened for the 2018 Children’s Book Award, the only book award voted for entirely by children. The award is coordinated by [...]
Happy World Book Day 2018
Congratulations to the winners of the Blue Peter Book Award 2018. Winner of Best Book: The Wizards of Once by Cressida Cowell Winner of Best [...]
World Book Day Competition
Lesson plans, teaching guides, activity sheets, costume ideas, quizzes, audio extracts, videos… Teachers have a plethora of World Book Day [...]
Longlist for CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals
The CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway longlist for 2018 were revealed this morning. The shortlists for both will be announced on the 15th o [...]
Creative Writing Competitions
Creative writing competitions can provide children with some motivation for writing a story, poem or play. Many public libraries and schools [...]
Women’s Suffrage Centenary
On the 6th February 1918, the “Representation of the People Act” received royal assent and passed into law, giving some women in the UK [...]
National Storytelling Week 27th Jan – 3rd Feb
Saturday marks the start of National Storytelling Week and many venues will be hosting storytelling events throughout the country. The Soci [...]
Writing to ants
Listening to Liz Chamberlain speaking about inspiring children to write yesterday, brought one of our new picture books to my mind. In A Rai [...]
