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: Secondary
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Creative writing resources
There are plenty of creative writing teaching resources available online, which can be very useful if you are planning a lesson for a writin [...]
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 [...]
Shortlist for 2020 Waterstones Children’s Book Prize
The shortlist for the 2020 Waterstones Children’s Book Prize was announced this morning. There are three categories for these book a [...]
Read for Empathy Book Collections 2020
The Read for Empathy Book Collection 2020 was announced yesterday. This is a collection of 50 books which have been chosen for their value i [...]
School & Library Book Awards in Sussex
The shortlist for Picture Books to Shout About: West Sussex Children’s Picture Book Award 2019 – 2020 was revealed last week. West Susse [...]
Poetry Live! and poetry resources online
Poetry Live!, an event which is aimed at GCSE English students, is taking place at Brighton Dome tomorrow (22nd November 2019) with performa [...]
CILIP Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Medal 2020 nominations
91 nominations for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2020 and 71 nominations for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2020 have been revealed this week. A [...]
Creative writing & poetry competitions
If you are looking for competitions to inspire your students to do some creative writing or poetry, here are two options which are currently [...]
