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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Tag Archives: Booklists
Useful booklists
We had some students in the Centre recently looking for picture books that they could use to enrich a music lesson. You can search our catal [...]
Science through story
Our latest booklist is a catalogue of good quality picture books that would enrich many a science topic. Click here for the full lis [...]
Recommended books for challenging transphobia
Wednesday 17th May 2017 was International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia and I was fortunate enough to join the related se [...]
Brilliant books for Autism Awareness Week
March 27th to 2nd April 2017 is School’s Autism Awareness Week. The National Autistic Society has free teacher resource packs from Ear [...]
May is National Share-a-Story Month
May is National Share-a-Story Month (NSSM), an annual celebration of storytelling and story sharing. NSSM was founded by the Federati [...]
Books for Holocaust Memorial Day 2016
Today (January 27th) is Holocaust Memorial Day, the day when we remember all those affected by the Holocaust, Nazi Persecution and subseque [...]
Challenging stereotypes through fairy tales
Ensuring that the books we share with children include characters which represent our diverse world can be difficult when it comes to [...]
Books featuring LGBT characters
February is LGBT History Month and I thought that I would take this opportunity to recommend a few children’s books featuring LGBT cha [...]
Great books to read aloud
It’s National Storytelling Week (Jan 31st to Feb 7th 2015) so why not mark this event with your class by settling down with a book and [...]
The CLPE’s Core Booklist is now available for free online
The Centre for Literacy in Primary Education’s (CLPE) Core Booklist is a selection of carefully chosen texts for teachers to use when [...]
Refugees and asylum seekers in children’s books
Stories which offer the reader a new or different viewpoint are essential books for children to help them understand the world. The often na [...]
Cultural diversity – 50 of the best children’s books
Seven Stories, the National Centre for Children’s Books has released Diverse Voices – a list of 50 books celebrating cultural di [...]
