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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Category Archives: Book awards
Diverse Book Awards 2020
The winners of the Diverse Book Awards have just been announced. In the Children’s Book category, in third place is Planet Omar: Accid [...]
Sabina Radeva talks about art, science, inspiration, and the power of the picture book
Life on earth is diverse and complex. Currently, there are eight million or so species which all evolved from a simple, single-celled orga [...]
Little Rebels Award 2020
The 2020 shortlist has just been announced. The Little Rebels Award celebrates children’s fiction which challenges stereotypes, promotes [...]
Book news
Tribute to a literacy champion For any readers who missed it, here is yesterday’s Guardian obituary and tribute to the inspirational W [...]
Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Award 2020 winners announced
Congratulations to Shaun Tan and Anthony McGowan, who have won the prestigious Kate Greenaway and Carnegie medals with these wonder [...]
Recommended reading
With two weeks to go before the winners of the prestigious Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Awards are announced, here is a look at two of the [...]
Klaus Flugge shortlist
The Klaus Flugge shortlist was announced this week. Set up to honour Klaus Flugge, founder of Andersen Press, this award is [...]
Shortlist for the Branford Boase Award 2020
The shortlist for the Branford Boase Award 2020 was released last week. This award celebrates debut authors in the world of children’s [...]
Shortlist for the UKLA Book Awards 2020
The shortlist for the UKLA book awards 2020 were announced earlier this week. This year, teachers involved in selecting titles for the short [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
