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
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 [...]
Exciting new picture books
We hope you all enjoyed World Book Day yesterday, especially those of you who were running activities with children or dressing up as book c [...]
Shortlist for the Children’s Book Award 2019
The shortlist for the Children’s Book Award was announced earlier this week. The Children’s Book Award is run by the Federation of Child [...]
Longlists for Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Medals
The longlists for the Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals have been revealed today. Poetry and verse novels feature heavily on the longlist [...]
Winners of the Lollies Award 2019
The winners of the Lollies Award 2019 were announced this morning. Lots of schools tuned into the livestream to hear the results. Congratul [...]
IBBY Honour List 2018
The IBBY Honour List is a biennial selection of outstanding, recently published children’s books honouring writers, illustrators and trans [...]
Longlist for the Branford Boase Award 2019
The longlist for the Branford Boase Award 2019 has just been announced. The award, which marks its 20th anniversary this year, celebrates th [...]
