This little old thing just hit another little big marker in terms of listeners and I'm grateful very much to you all ❤️ It is a big project, a work in progress kind of project, and I'm enjoying the adventure. (there is a lot of joy, I think, in letting yourself unashamedly explore your passions).
Good morning! Today's read is Elon Musk : American Oligarch by Daryl Cunningham. I love Cunningham's work - his graphic biographies are excellent things - so I'm very much looking forward to this.
Sadly, there are rather few eponymous women. Here is my blog about the ones I found.
womenengineerssite.wordpress.com/2017/10/01/s...
I am going to add the Pennington books by KM Peyton. #kidsbookfriday. They are a rather brilliant exploration of masculinity, first and world-changing love, and what it means to have a wild talent and not know what to do with it. Peyton finds the absolute elasticity of a page and revels in it.
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
booksforkeeps.co.uk/new-national...
This blogpost will be a bit of a break from my usual fare of biographical notes about interesting women engineers of the past. Today I want to consider women whose names have become attached to thi…
Books for Keeps, the children's books review journal
Daisy May Johnson
Daisy May Johnson
Nina Baker
Hello everyone! A new episode of my very occasional podcast about children's literature is now available. This one's about Elinor M. Brent-Dyer and I hope you enjoy open.spotify.com/episode/371D...
The deadline for registering new titles for PLR is coming up. Don't miss out money you've already earned from library loans!
www.bl.uk/services/plr
'Are you a published author, illustrator, editor, translator or audiobook narrator? You could receive up to £6,600 per year from public library loans'
Thoughts, as always, with the front line library staff on this.
An Occasional Podcast About Children's Literature · Episode
