⬇️TOMORROW! Do join us if you work in a public library. Empathy has never been needed more⬇️

#NewIllustrationoftheDay . By Ed Vere. Mostly muted primary colours and lovely detailed drawing in various media on brown paper. From his book The Elephant and the Sea, now in paperback. About an elephant who realises his ambition to be a lifeboatman in Cornwall. PuffinBooks

Looking forward to speaking about neurodivergent representation in #YA fiction at School Library Association (SLA) next month! Among other things, I'll be talking about our recent publication, which you can access for free here >> journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… UoELiteracyLab

Thursday 23 May 2024 4.00pm: Professor Peter Moss will share his recent scholarship with emphasis on the relationship between early childhood education, democracy and the right to education.
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'The fact that Catherine Bruton is a teacher, and still has time to research and write books of this calibre is amazing' Some of the kindest words I have ever read in this lovely review! Thankyou Nosy Crow waterstones.com/reviews/bird-b…

Happy #MayDay everyone. As May Day tradition dictates, we've just been up Brinkie's Brae washing our face in the morning dew to ensure good luck and beauty in the coming year.

At least we hope it was dew.

*washes off dew*

🚨Exciting news alert!🚨

It is time to announce the #AlligatorsAward 2024 shortlist, in partnership with The Bright Agency Bright Literary and Gardners.

Congratulations to all the authors, illustrators and publishers!

More info: thealligatorsmouth.co.uk/award

🥳Congratulations Illustrators & Publishers📷
Celebrate the #KlausCupofBooks from the 2024
Klaus Flugge Prize Longlist.
Full details & resources here: docs.google.com/presentation/d…… Video here: youtube.com/watch?v=vuQ76T…

Come one every teacher - let's have our say about Ofsted through the alternative big listen. Together we are strong.

I absolutely love being part of the Reading for Pleasure 🧶 community, another fantastic session and lots of books added to my books I must locate and read list! 📚❤️

As we come to the end of our tenure as UKLA's Literacy School of the Year, Elmhurst Primary School is hosting an open morning on June 4th to share & discuss our reading & writing curriculums. The last one was FAB & it would be lovely to see YOU there! Details on signing up below:

Terrific to meet #readingforpleasure Student Ambassadors tonight! Thanks Helen Hendry Roger McDonald What fabulous future teachers ! Anna Harrison Tracy Robinson yes! Jo Tregenza President Elect UKLA SFHEA FCCT Reading for Pleasure 🧶

Episode 2 of our 'Overcoming Barriers to RfP' Series with World Book Day UK 📚 is out! 💙📚✨ It discusses creating a culture that empowers children to confidently share their thoughts on reading choices 👉 ow.ly/bQQL50RsNH1
#RfP #ReadingforPleasure #OURfP #Teaching #Literacy

🌟Are you interested in developing your RfP practice? 🌟

We are delighted to be launching our first UKLA Reading for Pleasure 🧶 Reading group in Wakefield for 2024-25. More details to follow & this is in addition to our offer that we have just published. #RfP #ReadingGroup

Who wants some free tablet? And a free book, but that's a secondary concern.

Teachers and librarians - like and RT to win one of 10 limited edition proofs. Closes in 24 hours, or whenever I remember.

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Ready to go live for an ILA webinar with Dominic Wyse on our new book The Balancing Act, published by Routledge Books in June, and a new theory and model for teaching, The Double Helix of Reading and Writing.

🚨 #GIVEAWAY ALERT!

BarnesKidsLitFest celebrates its 10th birthday on 22 & 23 June with an amazing programme - and they're giving you the chance to #WIN a #FREE bundle of books from some of the talent appearing!

Follow us, BarnesKidsLitFest, and share this post before 7th May to enter 🎁

Very happy to be part of this - such a great way to prepare for #EmpathyDay ! Hope to see you there. With thanks to National Literacy Trust PuffinBooks

A further hint at the presentation I am working on to help bring Klaus Flugge Prize into libraries & schools. The idea is based on a brilliant Picture Book Den blog by Jonathan Emmett - I'll give access to the presentation in the next few days.