#BOOKGIVEAWAY thingy for #Primary teachers! A copy of #OnceUponABigIdea the story of inventions (ideal for materials topics) to celebrate the p/b edition on Thurs! Please like/repost. Ends Fri. Illus #MargauxCarpentier Little Tiger Books

A 🧵 for schools using Amazon to stock up your library:

A couple of weeks ago we received a lovely order from a primary school near us. Big list! Varied! Good stuff on there!

We have always operated a sliding scale discount for schools - bigger orders = bigger saving…

If a child READS FOR PLEASURE, that child will do better in almost every way than a child who does not. Reading for pleasure isn't just fun - it's life-changing, and every single child deserves every possible chance to become a reader, and gain all the benefits of #literacy !

Happy #NationalPoetryDay 2023 from the team here at UE English Hub. Did you know that today also marks the launch of the #PoetryByHeart competition? Will your pupils be getting involved? More info @ poetrybyheart.org.uk

We LOVE Geoffrey Gets the Jitters. It’s perfect for sharing with children who are feeling worried about a new school year, or anything for that matter. Books can provide language where language is lost and this is definitely one to have up your sleeve! Thanks Nadia Shireen

Will you be joining our OU/UKLA TRG this year? Our first session is just two weeks away! Friendly, welcoming and relaxed, come along to chat about great children’s books and gain guidance for how you can embed RfP pedagogy whatever your role 🧶📚

Congratulations all! What incredible winners 👏 - it was a privilege to be part of the judging process. If you haven’t yet, read these books!!

Giveaway!🐉

To celebrate 5 years of growing dragons Im giving away:

🐉a signed copy of all SIX books!
🐉a blue cuddly dragon
🐉a dragon fruit candle

To be in with a chance to WIN just FOLLOW & RT

UK only - winner announced 16/6

@PiccadillyPress
#FiveYearsofGrowingDragons

Rocket returns in the third effervescent picture book from the Waterstones Children's Book Prize-winners Nathan Bryon and Dapo Adeola, in which our irrepressible heroine organises a peaceful protest against the closure of her local library. SIGNED Edition: bit.ly/3MFVZQ5

The books we call 'children's books' are really books written for an audience that INCLUDES children, but excludes absolutely no-one. They are really books for everyone - and you can never, ever be too old to read & love them! #InternationalChildrensBookDay

(Art: Quentin Blake)

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It all started with a SPARK!!

Trailer for #akindofspark , coming to UK viewers on the 31st of March on BBC IPlayer and BYUtv in April.

So glad to finally share this with you all

Coming to BBC IPlayer, CBBC and BYUtv very soon!

Don't the cast look incredible? So proud of them

Excited to shout about this opportunity to gain the #readingforpleasure Quality Mark 🏆🏆🏆Is your primary school sustaining a rich reading culture ? If so why not explore the QM? ukla.org/news/ukla-ou-q… ⭐️⭐️⭐️Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 🏆🏆🏆Joseph Coelho is laureating!

My latest article for Educate, the National Education Union magazine, is all about the importance of poetry in the classroom. It's often overlooked and really shouldn't be. #poetrycommunity

Missed the Engaging Families webinar? No problem! Created by World Book Day UK 📚 & partners; the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education CLPE, Open University Reading for Pleasure 🧶 & the National Literacy Trust National Literacy Trust, you can watch the video here: tinyurl.com/ynktymfx 🎉♥️👏

COMPETITION!!! Would you like to win a signed, dedicated golden proof of UNTIL THE ROAD ENDS? Follow and RT to enter. UK only. My independent adjudicator (pictured) will draw a winner on Monday.

Great to listen to Farrah Serroukh at UKLA Book Awards meeting this morning discussing how we can ensure authentic, considered inclusion of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnicities across a range of text types and how we can reflect just & fair realities for our pupils. 🧵⬇️

A great, bite-sized listen packed full of information and ideas that can be considered straight away. Informal book talk is one of the most impactful and joyous pedagogical tools we can implement. Take 20 mins and tune in! 🧶

Congratulations to the 21 authors and their editors on the longlist for the 2023 Branford Boase Award for outstanding debut novel for children
#BranfordBoaseAward #newtalent #writing #editing

branfordboaseaward.org.uk

We love Oi Duck-Billed Platypus! by Kes Gray and Jim Field. It’s perfect for KS1 and is guaranteed to have your children rolling around laughing! Make sure to have shared the rest of the series for the biggest laughs. Oi Frog is ideal for introducing in EYFS ✨