Friday, 10 August 2018

Reflecting Realities will let “everyone breathe a lot better”!

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Recently CLPE (Centre for Language in Primary Education) published its report Reflecting Realities  into how children’s fiction and...
Tuesday, 10 July 2018

Many cheers for a school literature festival, librarians, libraries and English teachers!

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Last week I enjoyed two special events. The first (arranged through  Authors Aloud UK ) was Lytchett Minster School's Literature Fe...
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Friday, 15 June 2018

Remaking Our Stories

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Like many children growing up after the Second World War, I learned of the world’s great fairy tales, including that of Cinderella, throu...
Friday, 2 March 2018

Snowy World Book Days

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I love it when negatives turn to positives. By the time I reached Queen's College yesterday, for a World Book Day visit there was eno...
Thursday, 17 August 2017

Children's Literature about Refugees : A Catalyst in the Classroom

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Those who have read Mary Hoffman's The Colour of Home ,  illustrated by Karin Littlewood, may recognise the above image. It comes fr...
Monday, 7 August 2017

'Death of an Idealist: In Search of Neil Aggett' papers on their way to University of Sussex

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It's a big day when your child leaves home. Of course it's not really the same with a book but the audiotape interviews (inside a...
Tuesday, 20 June 2017

Refugee stories and a new generation of writers

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It's Refugee Week.  Indeed every week throughout the year is another week with hundreds of  thousands of refugees struggling to find...