Children's Book Sequels. Unstoppable by Dan Freedman review — an authentic take on growing up. The Lost Words by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris review – sumptuous. In 2007, the new edition of the Oxford Junior Dictionary introduced new words such as “broadband” while others, describing the natural world, disappeared. The dictionary’s guidelines require that it reflect “the current frequency of words in daily language of children”. However, the philosopher AJ Ayer introduced a generation to the notion that unless we have a word for something, we are unable to conceive of it, and that there is a direct relationship between our imagination, our ability to have ideas about things, and our vocabulary. The Lost Words makes no mention of the dictionary and Macfarlane deftly insults the OJD with a taste of its own medicine by ignoring it. Instead, in a book of spells rather than poems, exquisitely illustrated by Morris, Macfarlane gently, firmly and meticulously restores the missing words.
Acorn, blackberry, bluebell, conker and “perhaps the one that cut the deepest” for Morris, “kingfisher”, are lovingly returned to future generations of children. Resources – Sophie Anderson. Happy Valentine's Day! - Hot Key Books. Today is Valentine’s Day and we’re celebrating loveee in the office.
Not just romantic love (which is obviously great) but also the love you find in the power of friendship, family and the world around you. Here we are talking about some of our favourite Valentine’s Day reads and couples to get your heart going. Felicity Alexander, Senior Commissioning Editor at Hot Key loves Lira and Elian from To Kill a Kingdom. ‘I love Lira and Elian from To Kill a Kingdom. I like the fact they both have their own, very distinct identities – and that falling in love doesn’t detract from that. Jenny Jacoby, another one of our editors loves Max and Bluebelle from Laura Dockrill’s Big Bones. ‘In Big Bones Bluebelle is already in love with herself, and her body, even if other people make comments about her size.
Branford Boase Award 2019 Longlist Announced. In this, the 20th anniversary of the unique Branford Boase award, there is a particularly strong longlist, announced yesterday 31st January.
The Award was set up in memory of author Henrietta Branford and her editor Wendy Boase, one of the founders of Walker books, and is given annually to the author of an outstanding debut novel for children, rewarding both the author and the book’s editor. This highlighting of the importance of the editor points to their talent in nurturing new authors and honing books to near perfection, showing the value of the team around the book. This year there are 20 books on the longlist, chosen from submissions by two dozen different publishers.
Young people's mental health. Reading Well. LGBT (YA) Resources Archive - Michael Morpurgo. Books for Keeps No 234 January 2019. No.234 the children’s book magazine online January 2019 Authorgraph interview with Joseph Coelho.
#HookedOnBooks: 31 great books that could help get your child reading. Capitadiscovery.co. 403 Forbidden. Read for Empathy 2019 primary and secondary book collection titles announced. The 12 books of Christmas. Usborne 2019 YA fiction sampler by Usborne Publishing. 2018 Highlights. Cornwall stories. Why political books for kids are more popular than ever – and six you should definitely read. All children’s books are political, because everything is: to walk the under-fives through a gallery of girls in pink who are waiting for a prince is easily as strident as any of the more delicate messages about human intercourse you might find in a Michael Rosen book.
Yet children’s literature with a progressive political bent was traditionally frowned upon – often held to be “politicising”, and thereby exploiting the malleable young mind. That has been turned on its head. It’s not so much that authors don’t recognise the politics in their own work; rather that they have decided, en masse, that the miniatures are ready for it.
This is discernible both in newly bold, explicit messages – from eco-socialism to trade unionism to racial diversity – and in the cast of characters, fore and background: a recent US study found that, in 2017, a quarter of kids’ protagonists were not white, up from 14% the year before. I’m Australian Too, by Mem Fox, illustrations by Ronojoy Ghosh. 10 quotes from Wonder that will inspire you to always choose kind. Anti Knife Crime Fiction and Resources Lists. Knife crime soared by almost a quarter last year in Britain amid warnings that the reduction in stop and search is fuelling violence on the streets…the police recorded just under 40,000 offences involving a knife in the year ending December 2017 – which was up 22 per cent on the previous year. ~ Violent crime in England and Wales is rising at an accelerating pace, according to police figures showing a 22% increase in knife crime ~ The news about knife crime in the UK has been on my mind for a while now, Libraries (both school and public) are well-placed to offer links to information and resources for library uses of all ages.
The lists I have compiled are a beginning so if anyone knows of other books or has links to resources not listed below, please leave a message in the comments. Book reviews. LGBTQ+ Books: a List. A selection of picture books, fiction, non-fiction and graphic novels featuring LGBTQ+ characters in either main or supporting roles.
Usual caveats apply: there are many more titles available, but these are books that I have in my library collection and I do recommend them. If anyone would like to recommend additional titles, then please leave a comment below. Books on Prescription. Refugees-asylum. Trinity Schools Book Award. On the jungle trail: revisiting Kipling's children's classic. There are a few books for children that operate as a type of personality test.
One is The Wind in the Willows: every person is a Ratty, a Mole, a Toad or a Badger. Another is Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book: in each of us is a constellation of Baloo, Bagheera, Mother Wolf, Kaa and Shere Khan: the book is a kind of Myers Briggs personality test for the childhood soul. Many, perhaps most, people first come to The Jungle Book through the 1967 Disney animation. An (incomplete) List of British BAME Authors for Children & Young People. Bristol Teen Book Award announcement & details.pptx - Google Slides. Search results for: ”#black-history-month-2018” Menu Browse FREE books for your school Shop Account actions Log in or Register Basket 0 items Shopping from Canada?
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