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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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 [...]
Resources for Remembrance
It’s Remembrance Sunday this weekend, so I thought it might be useful to take a look at some resources that are available for teaching [...]
Celebrating Information Books
Information books books take centre stage during the month of November, with numerous awards and celebrations taking place, including the S [...]
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 [...]
