LIVERPOOL teachers- your chance to be teacher judges for the #ukla Book Awards 2025 “It's been a privilege to be a teacher judge this year. I feel better equipped to make recommendations to the young people at my school. Mrs Wilson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙🌈
Register: loom.ly/vBrmY44

I'm making good progress through the UKLA 11-14+ shortlist. I've signed up to discuss them in Stephen Dilley's WhatsApp group. If you want to shadow this or any other category (I'm running the non-fiction group!), sign up here: ukla.org/news/registrat….

This week's #SundaySweetener is 'Big Bad Wolf Investigates Fairy Tales', by Catherine Cawthorne.

Join the Big Bad Wolf🐺 as he debunks fairy tales with science!🧪

To enter:
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✨Repost + tag a friend for an extra entry.

Winner announced after 9PM

The next Reading for Pleasure 🧶 UKLA conference takes place in June. A superb line-up, with author keynotes by Hannah Gold & Matt Goodfellow, plus workshops from Teresa Cremin, Sam Creighton, Charlotte Squirrell, Angela Jenkins, Imogen M16, Tobias Hayden & more. Info: ourfp.org/2024/04/18/rea…

Book Giveaway.

To celebrate the publication of ‘How To Be Free’, I have a set of the ‘How To Be’ series by Dr Daisy May Johnson to give away. Covers by Thy Bui.
Just follow @Pushkinchildren and RT by 8pm on Sunday (21.4.24) to be in with a chance to win.

I know it's tragic to ask for a RT but the twit algorithm isn't so kind to small businesses these days so any boost for my new workshops would help so much👆.

Thankyou x🌿

✨Our #SundaySweetener this week is the glamorous and exciting 'A Drop of Golden Sun', by Kate Saunders.

✨Repost and tag a friend in for an extra entry. Must be following. Will announce winner after 9pm.

UKLA If you enjoy reading and talking about books, I would highly recommend getting involved with the #uklaBookAwards shadowing. I think this will be my third or fourth year. The only tricky part is picking a category because they all look so tempting!

Teachers, submit your class entry for ‘Our class Loves this Book! Choose ONE of the books on the 2023 shortlist, and let us have your creative class response. Winning teachers invited guests at UKA International conference in Brighton. Deadline April 19th loom.ly/rnJy8ZI

So, as you may have seen today, an advert for a reboot of a children's book branded a disability as 'disgusting'. Plenty of discourse already about why this is awful, so rather than add more here's a thread of some books with excellent representation that you could enjoy instead.

Do sign up! There are cracking books to discuss in every category. It's a great (& quite low effort!) way expand your knowledge of children's literature, have fun & lively book chats with colleagues & to have your say on who should win the shadowers' award. All via WhatsApp.

Another day, another happy-making tweet from Simon Smith! Florence and I thank you!

I've spent time today updating my #ReadingForPleasure Padlet with some new bits and pieces (articles, ideas for staff meetings, teaching resources, book recommendations for assemblies, etc). Hopefully it's of use to people. All shares appreciated! padlet.com/Jon_Biddle/rea…

For #EasterMonday , Eleanor Farjeon's restrained and tender sonnet, written for Edward Thomas, with whom Farjeon had an intense emotional and intellectual relationship. Explore the poem and watch #PoetryByHeart finalist Clover's pitch-perfect performance. ow.ly/zFUE50R5AQg.

So sat here blubbing away in absolutely floods. Tried to explain the story to my son and started crying again.

What a truly wonderful story “Finn Jones Was Here” by Simon James Green is.

Funny, sad and stacked full of love. I’m going to go and feed the seagulls some chips.

Anyone musical want to join the team?

Congratulations authors, illustrators, publishers! “The 2024 team of teacher judges brought their passion, expertise and enthusiasm to the task and, as a result, we have four marvellous shortlists.” Christine Lockwood UKLA Book Awards chair

We are delighted to announce THE SHORTLISTS for the #UKLA24 Book Award. Thanks are due to our 84 #UKLABookAward teachers & group leaders who read, discussed and shared in schools all the wonderful books on our 4 longlists. LoveReading4Kids Reading Cloud loom.ly/fdXyIW8

Wonderful teachers- do encourage your students to enter! Sam Creighton Ben Harris Kate Hitchings Stephen Dilley AEB Miss Sloan 👩🏼‍🏫 Imogen M16 Hannah Baker Kevin Cobane FCCT NSIQ 📚 Simon Pollard Mrs Wilson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙🌈 Ali Skittrell MoonOnAStick @rcharlseworth Miss Grace Miss P

Set against the backdrop of the Cold War, #Fallout is a powerful and moving story about unexpected friendships, societal expectations, labels, and who we ultimately choose to be. The voice is incredible. Masterful writing from Lesley Parr.