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Splash by Charli Howard
Splash by Charli Howard is an uplifting story about family, friendship and following your dreams told with sensitivity and warmth. A perfect read for those moving from primary to secondary school. Molly, who lives with her grandparents following … Continue reading
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Tagged Body Image, books, childrens_books, Familes, Friendship, Reading, review, School
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Run Wild – Review and Q & A with Author Gill Lewis
Izzy and Asha live in the city and don’t have a space to call their own. A space where they can practise with their skateboards without the Skull brothers watching them. A space where they can escape from the difficulties … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, books, childrens_books, environment, Families, nature, Reading, review, wildlife
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Why Author Visits to Schools Matter
In 2013 the Society of Authors published a survey on the impact of author visits to schools. At that time I contributed to the survey and that author visits have a positive effect on promoting reading for pleasure amongst … Continue reading
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Tagged Author Visits, books, education, librarians, Libraries, Reading, reading promotion, Teaching
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The Button Collection by Helen Hamill and Christina Ryan
The Button Collection is a series of six traditional style stories for young children featuring a selection of different buttons, each of them with a special story to tell. Tales of adventure and survival featuring a variety of buttons from … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, childrens_books, Gift, illustration, Reading, review
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School Libraries – Where Every Day is Empathy Day
2017 saw the celebration of the first Empathy Day to highlight empathy’s importance in our divided world and the power of stories to develop it. Following the success of that pilot it is now to be an annual event … Continue reading
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Tagged education, empathy, Empathy Day, Great School Libraries, librarians, Libraries, Reading, school_libraries, Teaching, Well being
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The Boy Who Grew Dragons by Andy Shepherd Illustrated by Sara Ogilvie
A gloriously happy debut this engaging story is told with humour and warmth and would be a treat for newly confident readers. The charming illustrations by Sara Ogilvie combine perfectly with Andy Shepherd’s entertaining adventure in this welcome addition to … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, books, childrens_books, Families, Reading, resources, review
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Perfect Picture Books for Children Who May Think They Don’t Like Reading
Reading picture books aloud and sharing the wonder of beautiful illustrations is a rewarding part of being a school librarian and, of course, of being a parent. This joy of stories will hopefully continue as young children move on to … Continue reading
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Tagged books, education, Libraries, picturebooks, Reading
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The Infinite Lives of Maisie Day by Christopher Edge
I love it when a book surprises me and Maisie Day definitely did just that. Christopher Edge has created a very different but also extremely satisfying read in which the world of science combines with the unbreakable bonds of true … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, books, childrens_books, Families, Reading, resources, review, science fiction
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Why Great School Libraries Should Start in Primary Schools
Something very important happened at this year’s Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) School Libraries Group Conference. A brand new campaign was launched by CEO Nick Poole in his opening speech. The Great School Libraries Campaign sees CILIP … Continue reading
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Tagged books, education, librarians, Libraries, Primary Schools, Reading, school_libraries, Teaching
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After The Fall by Dan Santat – A picture book for all ages
This wonderful book tells the story of what happened after that most famous nursery rhyme fall. How Humpty Dumpty survived and then decided to get back up again with truly astounding results. Often as a school librarian I have said … Continue reading
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Tagged books, childrens_books, empathy, fears, picturebooks, Reading, review
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