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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Tag Archives: Fiction
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 [...]
Children’s literature of War and Peace in the Twentieth Century
This is a longer post than usual, in celebration of a significant project on children’s literature, undertaken by School of Education [...]
British Science Week
British Science Week runs from 8th to 17th March. To celebrate, we have put up a display of fiction and non-fiction books which could be u [...]
Branford Boase Award shortlist 2017
Are you searching for a fantastic new author to get stuck into? Well, look no further than this post. The Branford Boase Award is given annu [...]
UKLA award shortlist and other nominations announced
Three exciting book award nomination lists have recently been announced; the UKLA Book Awards shortlist, the Klaus Flugge Prize longlist, an [...]
Book Review – Hell and High Water by Tanya Landman
Hell and High Water is one of those books where you’re desperate to get to the end so you can find out what happens, but then all of a [...]
Costa and Blue Peter Book Awards shortlists announced
Costa Children’s Book Award (the following announcement has been taken from booksforkeeps.co.uk ) Costa have announced the shortlist [...]
The Island by Olivia Levez
The Island (Oneworld) is the debut title from UK author Olivia Levez and is aimed at ages 13+. I devoured this book in one sitti [...]
Costa Children’s Book Award 2015 winner
One of the most imaginative children’s writers today, Frances Hardinge, has won the Costa Children’s Book Award for her [...]
December award winners and shortlists
Educational Writers’ Award Winner 2015 Lucy Letherland and Rachel William’s big format book, Atlas of Adventures (Wide Eye [...]
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 [...]
