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: Primary
Wordfest and Vashti Hardy
There are a few author visits/reading festivals taking place in public libraries this month which are well worth going to. Wordfest is curre [...]
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 [...]
Upcoming children’s literature talks
Students can avail of the opportunity to attend some interesting children’s literature talks in January. Read to Inspire &# [...]
Costa Children’s Book Award Winner & Young City Reads 2020
Costa Children’s Book Award Congratulations to Jasbinder Bilan who won the Costa Children’s Book Award for her magical realism s [...]
Voting opens in the East Sussex Children’s Book Award
The shortlist for the 2020 East Sussex Children’s Book Award has been revealed. These awards are open to children aged 8 to 11. Famili [...]
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 [...]
