On 31st March 2022, the Norfolk Education Library will be closing and we’d like to to take this opportunity to say thank you to all of our readers who’ve taken time to look over our blog in the last nine years- it has meant so much to us! Our archive of posts and reviews will… Read More Our Final Post
The longlist for this year’s Yoto Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Awards were announced last week, with 33 books now in the running to make the final shortlists. 18 of these are in the running for the Carnegie with 15 up for the Kate Greenaway, titles which will be whittled down in three weeks time ahead… Read More CKG Longlists 2022
February is LGBT+ History Month in the UK, a brilliant opportunity to promote equality and diversity. 2022 marks 50 years since the first Pride March took place in the UK and in recognition of this historic milestone, this year’s theme has an art focus, celebrating the many LGBT+ artists whose work was both politically trailblazing… Read More LGBT+ History Month 2022
We love it when National Storytelling Week rolls around; overseen by the Society for Storytelling, it’s seven days of celebrating the brilliance of sharing stories with children young and old. As always, their website is stacked with lots of great resources to help you to share stories, and we’d definitely suggest taking a look if… Read More National Storytelling Week 2022
Taking place annually on January 27th, Holocaust Memorial Day encourages not just a moment of remembrance for those millions of Jews lost during the Second World War, but also those persecuted in other genocides globally around the world. The Holocaust Memorial Day Trust has a great website full of useful information and suitable resources for… Read More Holocaust Memorial Day, 2022
The RSPB’s Big Schools Birdwatch (5th January- 21st February) is an annual project which encourages children to look outside, count the birds they see in their school grounds, and send their findings back to the RSPB to help scientists create a picture of how bird life is doing across the whole country. It runs alongside… Read More Birds Birds Birds Birds Birds
Christmas Day is tomorrow(!) so below is the final instalment of our annual book advent; the last four weeks have flown by and we really hope you’ve enjoying seeing the different books we’ve shared over the last month. You can find all of this year’s posts just here. The Good Bear by Sarah Lean, illustrated… Read More Book Advent 2021: The Finale!
Just in case you’ve missed the memo: between now and Christmas, we’ll be sharing sixteen books we think you should consider sharing with your young readers over the festive holidays (and beyond!). Week one is here, week two is here and below you’ll find another four books to take a look at- this week, some… Read More Book Advent 2021: Week 3
Just in case you missed it last week: between now and Christmas, we’ll be sharing sixteen books we think you should consider sharing with your young readers over the festive holidays (and beyond!). You can find the first of this year’s instalments over here and below you’ll find four more to add to your list- this week… Read More Book Advent 2021: Week Two
It’s December and the start of the calendar year’s final month can mean only one thing: not festive music or mince pies but the return of our annual book advent! Since 2013, we’ve counted down the four weeks leading to Christmas using our team’s unique knowledge base; not libraries or school but BOOKS! EIGHT(!) long… Read More Christmas Countdown 2021
The Book Trolley 