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Reading Matters – news from the world of children’s books

Posted on July 18, 2020 by alibrarylady

Hello and welcome to this week’s look at the latest children’s news. The schools in my local area have already closed for the summer holidays or will be doing so in the next few days. Reading Matters will be taking a … Continue reading →

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Reading Matters – news from the world of children’s books

Posted on July 11, 2020 by alibrarylady

Hello and welcome to this week’s round up of the latest children’s book news.  The end of the summer term is rapidly approaching and for some the holidays have already started. It has been a school year like no other … Continue reading →

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Reading Matters – news from the world of children’s books

Posted on July 4, 2020 by alibrarylady

Hello and welcome to another look at this week’s children’s book news. When I made my New Year resolution to try and share positive stories and good news about children’s literature on a regular basis I wasn’t at all confident … Continue reading →

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Celebrating Picture Books – my favourites of 2020 so far

Posted on June 29, 2020 by alibrarylady

As we reach the halfway point of the year I have been prompted to look back at the books I have read and enjoyed over the last six months. As the year began I was savouring a beautiful illustrated book, … Continue reading →

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Reading Matters – news from the world of children’s books

Posted on June 27, 2020 by alibrarylady

Hello and welcome to another look at some of the latest news from the world of children’s books. It has been another busy week with awards, comment, resources and ideas linked to children’s literature circulating online. What I’m reading… On … Continue reading →

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Reading Matters – news from the world of children’s books

Posted on June 20, 2020 by alibrarylady

Hello and welcome to another look at the news from the world of children’s books over the last few days. It has been a busy week. So much so that I have resorted to a supplement to the main edition … Continue reading →

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Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medal Winners Announced – a Reading Matters Supplement

Posted on June 18, 2020 by alibrarylady

Regular visitors to this blog will know that each Saturday I collate a Reading Matters roundup of the children’s book news from the previous week or so. The announcement of this year’s winners of the Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals … Continue reading →

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Reading Matters – news from the world of children’s books

Posted on June 13, 2020 by alibrarylady

Hello and welcome to another round up of the latest news from the world of children’s books. This week has been a whirlwind of book activity including Empathy Day when we celebrated the profound effect that quality children’s literature can … Continue reading →

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School Libraries – empathy factories for their communities

Posted on June 9, 2020 by alibrarylady

This week we mark Empathy Day created by Empathy Lab to build children’s empathy with the aid of high quality literature. Our world today has possibly never been in greater need of empathy. The organisers of this initiative have, despite the … Continue reading →

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Can You See Me? by Libby Scott and Rebecca Westcott – Book 1 of 20 Books of Summer 2020

Posted on June 8, 2020 by alibrarylady

Sometimes fiction makes difficult subjects accessible for children, sometimes it helps young readers understand people who are different to themselves and sometimes it encourages children to speak up about their own difficulties with increased confidence. This powerful collaboration between Libby … Continue reading →

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