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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Author Archives: Laura Brett
Life outside of technology
BookTrust published some disturbing research this week, showing that a quarter of parents now use technology to give their children a bedtim [...]
Shortlist for the Klaus Flugge Prize
The shortlist for the 2019 Klaus Flugge Prize was announced last night. This award highlights the most promising and exciting newcomer to pi [...]
Launch of Pen&inc. & Round Table Books
In 2017, only 4% of the children’s books published featured BAME characters and only 1% had a BAME main character. These were the al [...]
Shortlist for Branford Boase Award
The shortlist for the 2019 Branford Boase Award was announced yesterday. The Branford Boase Award identifies outstanding authors at the st [...]
CLiPPA & Foyle Young Poets Award
CLiPPA (Centre for Literacy in Primary Poetry Award) celebrates poetry that has been published for children in the UK and the shortlist for [...]
Shortlist for the Little Rebels Children’s Book Award
The shortlist for the Little Rebels Children’s Book Award was announced last week. This award celebrates children’s fiction (0 [...]
FCBG Conference 2019 : Opening Doors
The Federation of Children’s Book Groups held their annual conference over the weekend and I was delighted to be able to attend. It was an [...]
Shortlisted books for the UKLA Book Awards 2019
The shortlists for the UKLA book awards were revealed this morning. The UKLA book awards are judged entirely by teachers, who are looking t [...]
International Children’s Book Day & Hans Christian Andersen
Annually, on the 2nd of April we celebrate International Children’s Book Day. Each year a different National Section of IBBY sponsors the [...]
Waterstones Children’s Book Prize Winners
Last week, The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q Raúf was announced as the overall winner of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize [...]
Shortlists for 2019 CILIP Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Medals
The shortlists for the 2019 CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals were announced this morning. CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal s [...]
