Another example of principled-in-its-time Armchair Geography for the Curious Foreigner, often recommended as suitable for African American children. Boomba Lives in Africa, 1935, Caroline Singer - will illustrations by Cyrus Leroy Baldridge. NY Public Library digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/96df7c00…

Oh, alright then, 3. Here's Leila M. Pendleton, teacher and author of another school history, 'A Narrative of the Negro', 1912, used as a textbook in Washington DC public schools. babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.…

We love this moment from our 'Literature Matters: Young Rebels' event with Royal Society of Literature - @MalorieBlackman talks about books as a safe space to begin conversations about racism. You can watch the event in full for free here: bit.ly/31C3SNx

Want to learn more about how we've been finding the forgotten or neglected children's literature texts we've been featuring in this twitter stream? Cambridge postgrads for the first iteration but hopefully more to follow. Details below.

Registration now open for Children's Literature and DH conference hosted by colleagues at University of Antwerp. Free and online. uantwerpen.be/en/research-gr…

On 12 Sept the CSFF will host a 1 day online colloquium: ‘Walls and Barriers: Science Fiction in the Age of Brexit’ with keynote speakers Professor Sherryl Vint and novelist Chris Beckett. For more info and to register please contact [email protected]

I'm looking for a Postdoc Research Associate to join me 4 hours a week on my 'Reading for Normal' project. We'll be working with young readers and YA fiction - please share and get in touch if you want more information. unroeli.webitrent.com/unroeli_webrec…

Crumbs! Over 200 people have signed up for the inaugural Children's Lit and DH conference *at* Antwerp University later this month. Free and online has its benefits, for sure uantwerpen.be/en/research-gr…

Susan Tan talks about her family’s experience of moving from China to America, her love of Boston Chinatown and Chinese New Year as ‘homes away from home’ and reads from her novel ‘Cilla-Lee Jenkins: This Book is a Classic’. youtube.com/watch?v=1qWcll…

Chieri Uegaki reads the quietly captivating ‘Suki’s Kimono’. Ignoring her sister’s protests that she would look ‘weird’, Suki wears her favourite kimono to school, and squashes childish prejudices with confidence and pride. youtube.com/watch?v=poWHPh…

Want to get into teaching? Meet Faculty staff and course managers and find out about how you could train Cambridge University at this virtual Teaching event for the Cambridge region on Wednesday, 25/11, 4.30pm - 7.30pm. Register ⬇ ow.ly/uznf50CaaxQ #traintoteach

Breaking & substantial news: grouse shooting to require licence in Scotland. “Scottish grouse moors will be controlled by a strict licensing regime after the industry failed to combat the illegal persecution of birds of prey, ⁦Scottish Government⁩ announces.” theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/n…

For this festive season: Christmas Books for Children is available for free download until 6 December cambridge.org/core/elements/…

POSITION VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT Curator, Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature Assistant University Librarian or Associate University Librarian DEADLINE: 8 Feb 8 2021 (Review of applications will begin 18 Jan 2021) #IRSCL #AcademicTwitter #Librarians

New Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge #EdFacPublications EBOOK - with chapters by Blanka Grzegorczyk & Zoe Jaques (editor). Intergenerational solidarity in children's literature and film. bit.ly/3bTF60r

Very #ARUproud of graduate Kate Milner for appearing on the #Carnegie and #Greenaway shortlists! That's an amazing achievement! Camb School Art & Camb School Creative Industries @ARU Kate Milner MA Children's Books #AHSSHeart theguardian.com/books/2021/mar… #CarnegieAward #CarnegieKateGreenaway #GreenawayAward #ChildrensBooks

Job alert: MHRA Postdoctoral Research Associate in children's literature, Anglia Ruskin English Literature with me & Zoe Jaques, on Cambridge History of Children's Literature in English. 0.5fte for 1 year. w/ opportunity for additional paid teaching for suitable candidates. jobs.aru.ac.uk/vacancy/post-d…

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in children's literature - MHRA-funded at Anglia Ruskin University, working with Eugene Giddens and me (0.5fte, one year). Application deadline is 14 August. jobs.ac.uk/job/CHS634

Re Dahl: in the space between rewording, cancelling altogether, and leaving it alone (although that ship long ago sailed), there is opportunity for scholarly editing and commentary. If it’s ‘classic’ enough to stay in print, give it an introduction and some critical notes.

Animal Escape zig-zag books from yesterday's children's workshop at Woodstock Museum. Inspired by Quentin Blake, we drew with quills and sploshed ink around, and look what everyone made! @qbcentre Oxfordshire Museum Service