This is the season for festivals around the country: music, arts, literature – but none can take place in the normal way this year, which is very sad. However: there is still the virtual world we can link up with, and we recommend young people take a look at the programme for the Young Norfolk… Read More Festival Season
At Christmas, you can change the rules a little bit, such as sharing your final Book Advent on a Tuesday (rather than the regularly scheduled Friday slot!). Below you’ll find what’s on the ELS team’s Christmas list for 2019 and if you’ve missed our countdown so far, don’t worry: week one is here, week two can… Read More Christmas Eve and the end of our 2019 Advent!
Children’s Art Week is a UK-wide programme run by Engage, the National Association for Gallery Education. There are tips and suggestions for teachers available online, as well as lots of brilliant resources for you to use. Visit their website: http://engage.org/about-engage/ We are very fortunate in Norfolk to have lots of art galleries and museums, as well… Read More Children’s Art Week 2019
Inspired by BookTrust’s ‘The Book That Made Me‘ series, we’ve decided to share which books from childhood made us who we are today…find out below which books left a lasting legacy with our ELS team! Harriet: I was so over the moon that the wonderful Nicola Davies’ most influential book of her youth was Alison… Read More What Was the Book That Made You?
Where do you start with Chris Riddell?! Genius cartoonist every week for the Observer, illustrator for other authors, original author himself and illustrator of many fabulous picture books, not to mention his championship and support for libraries and his inspiring stint as children’s laureate. Phew! We thought we would identify just a few of his… Read More A Chris Riddell Celebration
We’ve shared books about nature and some of our favourite fantasy reads and this week, we’ve gone mysterious; see below for the next installment of our Book Advent! Week Three: Mystery Books The Guggenheim Mystery by Robin Stevens Ted has Asperger’s Syndrome, which makes him extra perceptive when it comes to solving crimes. Following on… Read More Book Advent: Week 3!
January 27th is Holocaust Memorial Day, a national event within the UK where people across the country commemorate the victims of past and more recent genocides whilst considering the contemporary relevance of the Holocaust. Last year, we recommended some books which address the theme, of which one of our Librarians, Harriet, writes: Although it is now 72… Read More Holocaust Memorial Day 2017
We’re an office full of readers, so we firmly support anything that encourages reading for pleasure at any age, and BookTrust’s Time To Read initiative does just that. Research shows that reading for fun, particularly families reading together, encourages children to do better in school across all subjects- even maths! In November and December, BookTrust… Read More Time To Read
It’s been all go in our office this week, so please bear with us as we take you on a quick whizz through the last five days… On Monday, we were in school at our annual Carnegie Greenaway shadowing event (this year hosted by the lovely Wymondham High!) discussing the shortlisted titles and who we all… Read More CKG & FLY week 2016
There are now just THREE DAYS before the winner of the 2016 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway awards are revealed and we’re really excited for our shadowing event on Monday, not just because by lunchtime we’ll FINALLY know who the winner is, but because we get to discuss all of the titles with groups of students from three… Read More What’s That I See? CKG on the Horizon…
The Book Trolley 