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We'll be at the lovely BarnesKidsLitFest this June with our Knight Sir Louis comic workshop. Book here: eventbrite.com/checkout-exter…

The #PoetryByHeart Poem of the Week now includes #poetry Word of the Week too. This week it's Line break. What effect do line breaks, those little brakes in the flow, have in Langston Hughes' poem 'Dream Variations'? With thanks to The OED. ow.ly/Yz8T50RqGer

Tickets are now available for our #DungeonsandDragons session BarnesKidsLitFest!
I'm very excited to be running this with our students!

More details & get your tickets here!

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#dnd #ttrpg Dungeons & Dragons @Wizards #BooksWorthReading #teacher #librarytwitter

The English Association has announced the shortlist for the 2024 English 4-11 Picture Book Awards. The shortlist has been selected by a panel of #teachers and Primary specialists 👏
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Dream Variations Langston Hughes is #PoetryByHeart Poem of the Week. Give It a Go tips:work with a partner to develop different ways of performing the 2 verses. How can you use your voices, movement, music,other creative means to show the dream variations? ow.ly/5R7R50RqcJK

Pirate queens! Gay buccaneers! Turtle-trafficking rascals!

Round-up of the latest, greatest pirate-y reads via Nicolette Jones 👇

Justin Somper Catherine Doyle Ella McLeod Jenny Pearson #kesgray #davidtazzyman

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Here's another addition to my Klaus Flugge Prize interactive powerpoint to share with children. This time, I invite us to look at and consider #LukeScriven 'Little Fear' HarperCollins Children's Books

Sketchbook swallows - from last May in France

Explore the NEW #PoetryByHeart Poem of the Week: Dream Variations by Langston Hughes. See how the line breaks in the poem create a tension between the impulse to dance freely and the sense that this simple gesture is only a 'dream'. #poetry ow.ly/C4Bx50RqbtM

At #BFK , we're fans of Amy Clarkin and her new book, WHO WATCHES THIS PLACE, is our #BookOfTheWeek . Romance, ghost story, family saga – it’s all of this and more and comes thoroughly recommended.
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So happy the touring exhibition about Raymond Briggs I co-curated with @KatieMcCurrach is now the core of the show at Ditchling Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft. Looking forward to visiting on Tues. If you can’t see the show read my source book: The Illustrators: Raymond Briggs. Thames & Hudson.

ICYMI, the longlist has been announced for the School Library Association (SLA) Information Book Award. Plus, #teachers , find out how to get FREE copies
booksforkeeps.co.uk/longlist-for-t…

Before you dive into PEREGRINE QUINN AND THE COSMIC REALM, read our NEW interview with author Ash Bond Ash Bond #weekendreading Piccadilly Press 📖✨
Children's Books at The Agency

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We were delighted to welcome Alice and Peter Oswald as judges for #PoetryByHeart 24. Thank you to everyone for providing such superb entries to this year's competition. Find out who has made it to our Grand Finale Shakespeare’s Globe 4pm Wednesday 1 May. ow.ly/5tiF50RpSvi #poetry

We're announcing the #PoetryByHeart finalists live Shakespeare’s Globe 4pm Weds 1 May! Our Freestyle category is a celebration of #poetry & showcases creative achievement in speaking a poem. We look for a vibrant mix of poems, performances & performers. More info: ow.ly/XMJ550RpOTB

#NewIllustrationoftheDay . ‘One Day WE are going to clean up the ocean for good.’ Heightened colour and relaxed brushwork in a beach scene from Ken Wilson-Max’s just-published picture book Aqua Boy, a follow-up to Astro Girl and Eco Girl. Ken Wilson-Max Otter-Barry Books

We're announcing the #PoetryByHeart 24 finalists live Shakespeare’s Globe 4pm Weds 1 May! Classic category celebrates outstanding achievement in speaking poems. The judges focus on voice, understanding, performance & accuracy to find the best performers. More info: ow.ly/fTis50RpOOK

Huge congrats to Nathanael Lessore Matt Goodfellow Jenny Ireland Ayaan Mohamud is away 🍉 Hiba Noor Khan beth lincoln (updates only) for being shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award Award! It’s a huge thrill being a judge this year! #branfordboaseaward

English 4-11 Picture Book Awards 2024. Congratulations to this year’s shortlist! Winners announced at the EA’s AGM on 25 May. The winner of the Margaret Mallett Award for Children’s Non-Fiction will also be announced Book tickets now to discover winners 😃 englishassociation.ac.uk/2024-english-4…