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The S.L.A. Information Book Award – a celebration of nonfiction for children
The eighth School Library Association Information Book Award ceremony took place at Carmelite House London, the home of Hachette Children’s Publishers on Wednesday 7th November. This annual event shines a light on the very best information books for children from … Continue reading
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Tagged Awards, books, childrens_books, education, Facts, Information, Mental Health, Nonfiction, Reading, schoollibraryassociation, school_libraries, Teaching
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Secrets of a Sun King by Emma Carroll – Review and Link to Resources
Five years ago this month I reviewed Emma Carroll’s debut novel Frost Hollow Hall for The Bookbag. At the time I said that the ten year old me would have loved the book. Each of her subsequent novels has reminded … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancient Egypt, books, childrens_books, Friendship, history, Reading, resources, review, Teaching
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Reading Rocks South – Some Highlights
Over 200 primary school teachers, librarians, classroom assistants and others linked to the book community gathered together on a sunny autumn Saturday to celebrate and learn about children’s books, reading and how to encourage reading for pleasure in the classroom … Continue reading
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Tagged books, childrens_books, education, Reading, reading promotion, Reading Rocks, readingforpleasure, School, Teaching
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How to Help Children Become Really Good Researchers
There was a conversation on Twitter recently about the use of KWL grids in primary schools. This method for organising a research session asks three questions: What is already known [K], What would like to be known [W] and What … Continue reading
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Tagged education, information literacy, James Herring, Libraries, PLUS, research skills, resources, School, Teaching
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Why Do Adults Enjoy Reading Children’s Books?
I no longer “need” to read children’s books and yet I still do. As a primary school librarian for more than seventeen years, in order to do my job properly, I read a broad range of books so that … Continue reading
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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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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A Picture Book to Help Young Children Care About the Environment – Somebody Swallowed Stanley by Sarah Roberts
”Plastic” has been declared children’s word of the year after analysis of the entries to this year’s BBB Breakfast Show 500 words competition for children aged 5-13. Its appearance was up 100% from last year’s entries with titles including “The … Continue reading
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Tagged books, childrens_books, Ea, environment, Oceans Day, picturebooks, review, Teaching
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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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I’m looking for a book about… Shakespeare for Primary School Children
Shakespeare’s birthday is remembered on 23rd April and this is a good time to introduce primary school children to the Bard. There are several websites providing resources to enable teachers to produce lessons about some of his greatest plays and … Continue reading
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Tagged books, childrens_books, education, resources, shakespeare, Teaching
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