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Tag Archives: Reading
Farewell 2020 – a year of blogging, tweeting and reading children’s books
It is New Year’s Eve 2020 and a time to reflect on the last twelve months. Others have written about their favourite books and I have compared lists of top tens, top twenties and even mammoth collections of one hundred … Continue reading
Posted in Reading
Tagged 2020, blogging, book community, Home Education, Reading, readingforpleasure, reviews
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Reading Matters – news from the world of children’s books
Hello and welcome to this week’s look at all the latest children’s book news. This weekly round up is an attempt to highlight articles, news items and useful information, resources or ideas linked to books for children and young people. … Continue reading
Reading Matters – news from the world of children’s books
Hello and welcome to this week’s catch up of news from the children’s book world. Black History Month is marked in October, this week saw both Libraries Week and Dyslexia Awareness Week and today is World Mental Health Day and … Continue reading
Posted in Reading Matters Children’s Book News
Tagged Awards, childrens_books, news, picturebooks, Reading, Reading Matters, readingforpleasure, resources, reviews
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Reading Matters – news from the world of children’s books
Hello and welcome to another look at all the latest news in the world of children’s books. What a busy week! Many fabulous books were published on 1st October and also on Thursday as part of the National Poetry Day … Continue reading
Reading Matters – news from the world of children’s books
Welcome to the first edition of Reading Matters for the new academic year and I hope it has been a restful summer despite the fact that this has been such a different one for us all. This weekly recap of … Continue reading
Brilliant New Children’s Books – illustrated young fiction and middle grade adventure
Over the last few weeks several new books have been published for children including some that were delayed due to the pandemic and I would like to share just three of them. Children overcoming fears, making friends, having adventures, magic, … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review
Tagged adventure, childrens_books, illustrated fiction, magic, middle grade, Reading, review, space
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Reading Matters – news from the world of children’s books
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
Toffee by Sarah Crossan – Book 4 of 20 Books of Summer 20
In 2013 I challenged myself to read all the shortlisted titles for that year’s Carnegie Award and found that I discovered authors new to me and also explored genres that had beforehand not appealed. The high point of the exercise … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review
Tagged books, Carnegie, dementia, Domestic Abuse, Friendship, Mental Health, poetry, Reading, review, runaways, verse, YALit
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