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 RowlandBooks all teachers need to know
The Curriculum Centre's staff blog will also be complemented by posts from Pamela Lewis, Senior Lecturer in the School of Education on books all teachers need to know.
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Tag Archives: Primary
Poetry award shortlist announced with free teaching sequences
The shortlist for the Centre for Literacy in Primary Poetry Award (CLiPPA) has been announced. This award celebrates outstanding poetry publ [...]
New EYS/KS1 inclusive picture book and an old favourite
Some of our students have been looking at using children’s books during sessions on inclusion this week, and I have enj [...]
UKLA Book Awards 2017 longlist
The longlist has been announced for the UK’s only book awards judged entirely by active teachers (so a great award for you to keep yo [...]
Be prepared for the new academic year
Catch up with what’s been happening in the world of children’s books over the summer with this handy list of recent award win [...]
Children’s Book Award and YA Award winners 2016
Children’s Book Award 2016 The winners of the Children’s Book Award, the only national award decided entirely by children, [...]
Non-fiction award shortlist announced
The School Library Association have whittled down their longlist to reveal their top ten information books for children over three age categ [...]
English 4-11 Award shortlist and Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award winner
A diverse range of books, including non-fiction titles have been selected to represent the best picture books published in 2015 and were cho [...]
Success for David Almond and other book award news
Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize Winner 2015 David Almond’s contemporary retelling of the Orpheus and [...]
15 books to discover for 2015
Arm yourself with a list of quality books for 2015. We have chosen 3 recommended titles for each stage from Early Years to Key Stage 4. Earl [...]
Graphic Novel and Manga Awards shortlist announced
The Stan Lee Excelsior Award is a relatively new prize for manga and graphic novels and is aimed at school children. There are now two separ [...]
