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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Nikki Gamble – Exploring Children’s Literature
This is a task for first year students who are studying Primary Education 5 -11 years. You have been asked to read and consider the ideas i [...]
Some resources for teaching phonics
Students have been asking us about books for teaching phonics today, so I thought I’d quickly highlight two resources that may be use [...]
World Mental Health Day
As it’s World Mental Health Day today, I thought it would be good to highlight some of our resources, which can be used to encourag [...]
Are you ready for National Poetry Day (4th Oct)
Tomorrow is National Poetry Day and many teachers and librarians will be hosting poetry events in schools and libraries throughout the count [...]
Promoting reading for pleasure in secondary schools
Booktrust has a reading for pleasure programme for secondary schools, which is funded by the Arts Council. The programme offers a free Scho [...]
Newly published books
We are very excited about some new books that have been published and are eagerly awaiting their arrival at the Curriculum Centre. Here are [...]
Klaus Flugge Prize & more…
The winner of the Klaus Flugge Prize 2018 will be announced this evening (7.30pm)Â at an event in London. The Klaus Flugge Prize is awarded [...]
International Literacy Day – 8th September 2018
As we get ready to begin another academic year, we would like to extend a very warm welcome to all of our students and we look forward to me [...]
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 [...]
