Beyond the Secret Garden: Racially Minoritised People in British Children’s Literature. Written with Karen Sands-O'Connor. Cover by Lucy Farfort is still here. Foreword by Patrice Lawrence. Published by English & Media Ctr. Pre-order: englishandmedia.co.uk/publications-m…

Tickets for Young Thinkers Philosophy Clubs 📚📖📚Forest Hill Library 📚📖📚 and Manor House Library are on sale now! These sessions will offer a unique and enriching experience to explore some big philosophical questions in an engaging, fun environment buff.ly/3XP64OM? buff.ly/3XP64OM?

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Love this season Forest Hill School I'm reading The Little Matchgirl in library lessons & we're completing Christmas puzzles with pupils at lunchtime accompanied by carols and YouTube seasonal backdrops

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Why access to libraries and books are a human right for children scottishbooktrust.com/articles/why-a…

🚨 Important numbers for not just Christmas, but year round. There's always someone ready to listen or help. Alt text also includes numbers.

Delighted to share an OPEN ACCESS link to our special issue on Classics in the History of the African Humanities, from the 11th to the 21th century. From African philology to African musicology, from African historiography to African philosophy, and more. journals.uchicago.edu/stoken/default…

The Christmas period might be coming to an end, but we're still here. If you or anyone you know needs support this winter, visit Kooth for free, confidential & non-judgemental support - from anxiety, loneliness, low mood, family struggles & more. Let's get through winter

Have just completed 2 of the 6 #LewishamBookAward2025 titles & loved both: #TheBoyInTheSmoke by Rachel Faturoti Rachel Faturoti is ̶c̶r̶y̶i̶n̶g̶ editing & #TheBoyInTheSuit by James Fox Scholastic UK The hope & warmth of community shone through despite the difficulties for both protagonists

Want more #poetry in your life in 2025?Sign up for #PoetryByHeart Poem of the Week.Each week you'll receive a poem to share + activity to try.The activities model the Poetry By Heart way of lifting poetry off the page so it can be spoken, heard & enjoyed

Books at Christmas #5 . I read this in one go , it’s a bit like Game of Thrones meets the Natural History Museum meets Grimm Fairytales . In short it’s fascinating and enthralling and definitely enchanting ! Natalie Lawrence W&N Available here waterstones.com/book/enchanted…

I have spent a lot of time thinking about the Today programme guest-edited by Frank Cottrell-Boyce & wrote a few reflections. So grateful to you Frank for highlighting the connection between children’s books & public health. vsviewfromthebookshelves.home.blog/2025/01/03/ref…

If you’ve never looked at the poetry resource The Dirigible Balloon 🎈 - this is one of the reasons why you need to! Read, or listen, to this poem by Angela Jelf or any of the other fantastic poems - all for free! #poetryforchildren

Investigation into digital citizenship education in England for 7-16-year-olds. If you’re a school librarian willing to participate in an anonymous survey to explore the school librarians’ role please consider completing this questionnaire cityunilondon.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_e2…

Disinformation, echo chambers, clickbait... What do they all mean and why does it matter? See how many fake news-related buzzwords you know with @BBCBitesize #FactOrFake 👉 bbc.in/3WbdcVJ

How can schools and colleges train staff to use AI responsibly? Teachers, particularly schools and colleges need to think carefully about how to use AI responsibly, ensuring it supports learning rather than undermines trust and equity in education bit.ly/3PsK74c

"What we want our students to do is … before they like or share in the social media they think twice – who has written this? Where has it been published? Can I find the same information from another source?” this is what UK school librarians teach! CILIP SLG School Library Association (SLA) Great School Libraries

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