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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Author Archives: Laura Brett
Online resources available
NATE have made a range of teaching resources and publications available online for staff and students. These include teaching resources for [...]
Carnegie & Kate Greenaway shortlist 2020
The shortlist for the Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals were announced today. There were 8 books selected for each category. It is particul [...]
Teaching ideas on Cast of Thousands
A new website has been created by a former teacher, writer and creative learning consultant which is aimed at educators working with childre [...]
Wordfest and Vashti Hardy
There are a few author visits/reading festivals taking place in public libraries this month which are well worth going to. Wordfest is curre [...]
Shortlisted books for the Children’s Book Award 2020
We hope you are all enjoying stories and activities for World Book Day today! Earlier this week, the shortlist for the Children’s Book Awa [...]
Creative writing resources
There are plenty of creative writing teaching resources available online, which can be very useful if you are planning a lesson for a writin [...]
Longlist for Carnegie/Kate Greenaway Medals
The longlists for CILIP’s Carnegie Medal and Kate Greenaway Medal 2020 were announced yesterday. This year marks the first year that a [...]
Reading Well for children booklist
The Reading Agency have launched a Reading Well for children booklist to coincide with Children’s Mental Health Week which is currentl [...]
Shortlist for 2020 Waterstones Children’s Book Prize
The shortlist for the 2020 Waterstones Children’s Book Prize was announced this morning. There are three categories for these book a [...]
Read for Empathy Book Collections 2020
The Read for Empathy Book Collection 2020 was announced yesterday. This is a collection of 50 books which have been chosen for their value i [...]
Upcoming children’s literature talks
Students can avail of the opportunity to attend some interesting children’s literature talks in January. Read to Inspire &# [...]
