We always look forward to the latest editions of the online children’s book journal Books for Keeps, and were delighted last month to find reviews from young Leah and Anna Biddle. Their dad Jon Biddle, teacher at Moorlands Academy, and BfK have given us permission to reproduce them here, as we thought they were so… Read More Empathetic Books for Keeps
Special Days coming up next week! Empathy Day on Tuesday 9th June and Schools of Sanctuary ‘A Day of Welcome’ on Friday 12th June EmpathyLab is building up to their special day on Tuesday 9th June, but there are already things happening so do check out their website. This also sets out an exciting programme… Read More Empathy Day 2020
Exactly one month today- Monday 18th June- the winners of this year’s Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Awards will be announced, and the awards cycle (which began with the nominations list back in November 2017) will be over. In case you’ve been living under a rock for the last few months, you can find this year’s… Read More One month until CKG…!
Hooray! One of the best novels we’ve read recently is in the running for a prize, and about time too! Geraldine McCaughrean’s The Middle of Nowhere is on the shortlist of a new fiction award for children aged 0-12 titled the Little Rebels’ Children’s Book Award! Administered by Letterbox Library, and judged by a trio of… Read More Great titles on the Little Rebels Children’s Book Award shortlist
It’s been a busy week for us here at SLS- not only have we just finished a massive run of project loans (thank you to all schools who ordered boxes- they’ll be arriving soon!), but we also managed to collectively come up with our best of 2013 book list which you can read here if you haven’t already. It was… Read More Friday Read: a Promise for the New Year
The Book Trolley 