Primary school teachers, celebrate the art of guidebooks and the magic of unusual and wonderful places with your Key Stage 2 students in this creative, interactive session supporting reading and writing for pleasure.
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Daniel Trilling
British Library
Smash the Back Lash, an historic march against racism and bigotry in 1987, saw 3,500 people protest Section 28, a law prohibiting the 'promotion' of homosexuality by local authorities. This was the first demonstration to highlight the intersection of race and sexuality and centre black gay people.
⌠incl Beyond the Secret Garden (coauthored @ksandsoconnor.bsky.social)
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What a read! @booksforkeeps.bsky.social #Bfk278
âWhat Baby Books do Babies Really Look at?
ft Look Touch Learn p12
âMultilingual Childrenâs Literature @darrenchetty.bsky.social @ksandsoconnor.bsky.social
Kende! Kende! Kende! p19
âTower Blocks Rise Up @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social
Errol's Garden p21
Happy paperback publication day to @darrenchetty.bsky.social Iâm Going to Make a Friend follows a child settling somewhere new and exploring how to make a friend (and how to be a friend too). Will start lots of conversations and I think it will be one kids will want to read multiple times #KidLitUK
George Padmore Institute
The latest @booksforkeeps.bsky.social is out - free online!
Beyond the Secret Garden looks at multilingualism in children's books.
@ksandsoconnor.bsky.social and I discuss 'I'm Going to Make a Friend'.
And an excellent column on tower blocks (and gardens!) from @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social!
"The council insisted its decision was not just about Pride, but that the timing coinciding with Pride month meant those communications were among the first to be paused."
Be a REAL shame if whoever does the socials made it wall to wall drag queen story time promo... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ian McKellen Reads a Passionate Speech by William Shakespeare, Written in Defense of Immigrants
âWhile many children in the UK live their lives using more than one language, this has rarely been acknowledged in the novels that are published.â
Latest BtSG column @ksandsoconnor.bsky.social &
@darrenchetty.bsky.social in @booksforkeeps.bsky.social
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Mostly Book Talk
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Child's Play (International)
The identity of William Shakespeare has been a literary mystery for four hundred years, inspiring theory after theory, book after book.
by Darren Chettyillustrated by Sandhya Prabhat A child and their mum arrive in a new home. Theyâre sure they will make a new friend but they wonder quite how long thatâs going to take. Luckily theyâv...
Our NEW issue is here, #BfK278 đ˘ packed with interviews, features and children's book reviews. Includes Brian Moses, Natalia Shaloshvili, Alexis Deacon, Everything with Words, Letterbox Library recommends, new Beyond the Secret Garden AND @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social #BookSky #KidLit
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Books for Keeps, the children's books review journal