Incredible - dramatic improvements in air quality in London are linked to a measurable impact on Londoners' health:
9.3% drop in heart-related emergency admissions
5.1% drop in hospital admissions of all illnesses and health conditions
Cleaning up our air protects our future.
Imperial College scientists analysed health records before and after introduction of air pollution reduction zones
#NewIllustrationoftheDay by Rosalind Beardshaw from Maudie and Chip: The Perfect Day Out. The friends make the best of an imperfect day at the seaside. Decorative graphic cartoon style with sharp lines & sweet characters & colours, as a stormcloud lours. Farshore 4 June. @farshorebooks.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
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by printmaker Robin McKenzie from the limited edition of Michael Morpurgo’s Down Burrow Lane: Life and Love on the Farm, his memoir launched yesterday about founding Farms for City Children with his wife Clare. Woodcut of Nethercott House in Devon. Royalties to the charity.
Nicolette Jones
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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Our #Poetry Forum is an informal drop-in session, created for educators, which runs Wednesdays after school in term-time & provides opportunities to develop rich pedagogical practices for poetry teaching. Come along! #EduSky
Contact us now to secure your spot:
poetrybyheart.org.uk/contact
NEW BfK Book of the Week: YOUNGEST FAIRCREST AND THE SEARCH FOR A SORCERER by Ollie George Clark, illus by Tom Knightis a fast-moving, funny, super-readable fantasy adventure, Don't miss the author Q&A too #booksky #KidLitUK @dkbooks.bsky.social
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Nicolette Jones
"Refugee is what any of us could become, and every person in this world is entitled to safety."
Congratulations to Fidan Meikle, winner of the Jhalak Children’s & YA Prize with MY NAME IS SAMIM @florisbooks.bsky.social
#booksky #KidLitUK
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Just announced: young readers choose PABLO AND SPLASH graphic novel as the overall winner of the Children’s Book Award. Congratulations to author Sheena Dempsey, and category winners Julia Donaldson & Sara Ogilvie, & Fidan Meikle 💐 #booksky #KidLitUK #FCBGCBA26
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A reminder that our new 4+ Timeline features poems by @jamescarterpoet.bsky.social, @joshuaseigal.bsky.social @coralrumble.bsky.social & many more plus classics, including 'Charm' by Ben Jonson & hidden gems eg 'The Strawberry' by Mary Effie Lee Newsome #poetry
poetrybyheart.org.uk/timeline/4plus
Nicolette Jones
Books for Keeps, the children's books review journal
Books for Keeps, the children's books review journal
Books for Keeps, the children's books review journal
Books for Keeps, the children's books review journal
