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: Primary
Summer reading highlights
Here, in no particular order, are this summer’s personal highlights. Malcolm Duffy, Me Mam. Me Dad. Me. (Zephyr) Danny is a fou [...]
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 [...]
Goodbye and all the best
This will be my last blog post for the Curriculum Centre, as I am moving on to a new role within the university. So here’s a quick loo [...]
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 [...]
Ebooks for English education
After receiving a request from a student looking for help with accessing theory books electronically, I thought it would be useful to do a b [...]
Children’s literature & Covid-19
There have been quite a few announcements in the world of children’s literature over the past few weeks, in response to the outbreak o [...]
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 [...]
World Autism Awareness Day & International Children’s Book Day
Today is World Autism Awareness Day. Running annually on the 2nd of April for the past 13 years, autism-friendly events and educational acti [...]
Authors & illustrators online
It’s that time of the week, when we look at what’s been happening in the world of children’s literature. During the past w [...]
Online resources available
NATE have made a range of teaching resources and publications available online for staff and students. These include teaching resources for [...]
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 [...]
Teaching ideas on Cast of Thousands
A new website has been created by a former teacher, writer and creative learning consultant which is aimed at educators working with childre [...]
