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Books for Keeps, the children's books review journal
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New report from @literacy-trust.bsky.social reveals that children’s enjoyment of reading & daily reading habits have risen for the first time in 5 years. However the gender gap for younger children & the disadvantage gap for older children is widening. #BookSky
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Books for Keeps, the children's books review journal
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Do you dream of riding a flying horse or secretly yearn for your very own yeti? Explore legendary South Asian mythical creatures with Gita Ralleigh, create your own poems and take part in our relaxed Poetry Slam! 7+
1/3 We were so lucky to get seats at the final London @unicorntheatre.bsky.social showing of Planet Omar!
Check out this #LittleRebelsAward trajectory:
🚀Zanib Mian won the #LittleRebelsAward in 2018 with ‘The Muslims’ published by…her!
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"As an English teacher, the process of choosing & learning a poem by heart, & creating a spoken performance, has given me new perspectives on #poetry."
Teacher & finalist in the All Staff comp, Beth Cooper-Guest endorses the Poetry By Heart experience.
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#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Italian illustrator Enrico Lorenzi, who mixes traditional and digital techniques. From Are You Looking at Me? with text by Philip Ardagh, which explores which animal has the stariest stare. This spread is turned sideways. Little Tiger 4 June. @littletigeruk.bsky.social
#NewIllustrationoftheDay by Satoshi Kitamura from Pyramid Boy about a boy who travels in time to Ancient Egypt. Walker 4 June. In this eventful, angular, ink-&-watercolour spread he chases a cat from a museum through a sarcophagus into the blue & out again up a staircase. @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
Shakespeare’s Globe seeks a Librarian to catalogue and develop the library collections with proactive outreach to position the Library & Archive as a community resource to reflect & serve the full spectrum of voices engaging with Shakespeare's work. informationprofessionaljobs.com/jobs/librari...
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#NewIllustrationoftheDay. So much of the story of Ed Vere's Waffles and Julius: No Hugs Please is told in the pictures. Waffles loves hugs. Julius does NOT. Comedy and character economically expressed with flat colour and playful line. Puffin 4 June. @edvere.bsky.social @puffinbooksuk.bsky.social
The Complete Earthsea box set, with art by Olivia Lomenech Gill, is coming this fall from Library of America.
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Gita Ralleigh
Beth Cooper-Guest is a Director of Faculty and an English literature teacher at Newcastle SFC. She’s worked as a Head of English for several yea...
Shakespeare’s Globe is currently seeking a Librarian on a full-time basis. We are committed to improving diversity and inclusion across our organisation. Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies h...
