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Longer Read Alouds for Littles

August 10, 2020
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 |  Children's Books News, children's literature, Home Education

I was making a list of suggestions for easy, engaging chapter books for our teachers at preschool to read aloud […]

Not Riding the Bus Alone: Doctor Who, Rosa Parks and Malorie Blackman

May 26, 2020
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 |  Bristol Bus Boycott, Children's Books News, children's literature, Claudette Colvin, Doctor Who, Emmett Till, Jim Haskins, Malorie Blackman, NAACP, Paul Stephenson, Raghbir Singh, Rosa Parks, Uncategorized

Blackman had previously written this Doctor Who story in honor of the 50th anniversary of the series; it featured the […]

Criminal Minds? Alex Wheatle’s Kerb Stain Boys and Crime in British Children’s Books

May 25, 2020
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 |  Alex Wheatle, Black British, Children's Books News, children's literature, Christine Pullein-Thompson, Crongton series, John Escott, Maureen Bradley, Mugging, Nina Bawden, police and race, Robbery, Stuart Hall, Uncategorized

I was once in a second-hand bookstore with my older brother, looking for books for my collection of Black British […]

The Four Seasons

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 |  Books, Children's Books News, children's literature, Home Education, music

Let’s talk about Vivaldi! He’s a new found love for me, all brought about by one children’s book. Ever since […]

Acceptable Racisms and Children’s Literature

May 24, 2020
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 |  #MeToo, Anne Rooney, blackface, Bonfire Night, Children's Books News, children's literature, Clare Heuchan, Esther Morris, feminsim, Grenfell Tower, institutional racism, Linda Arms White, Nancy Carpenter, Nikesh Shukla, Nosy Crow, Olive Malvery, Patrice Lawrence, racism, Uncategorized, women's suffrage

There are two kinds of racism: incidental, by which I mean something that happens because of the actions of individuals; […]

Enchanting Egypt

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 |  ancientegypt, Books, Children's Books News, children's literature, Home Education, homeeducation, travel

I never get tired of ancient Egypt. I don’t think I got enough of it as a kid, so getting […]

Suffering (and Suffragetting) in Silence: British Colonial Rebels and Children’s Literature

May 23, 2020
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 |  anti-colonialism, British Empire, Children's Books News, children's literature, David Antrim, David Roberts, Fiona MacDonald, Horrible Histories, Kira Cochrane, Maria Kirk, Rabindranath Tagore, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sophia Duleep Singh, Surendranath Ganguli, Uncategorized, women's suffrage

Last week, I talked about the American midterm elections and the connection (or lack thereof) between white women, suffragettes, and […]

Like a Norman Rockwell Painting: Freedom, Justice, and Children’s Literature

May 22, 2020
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 |  American Indians, Charles Schulz, Children's Books News, children's literature, Civil Rights, Edel Rodriguez, Four Freedoms, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jonah Winter, Mariel Boatlift, Norman Rockwell, Pilgrims and Wampanoag, racism, Ruby Bridges, Sonia Sotomayor, Thanksgiving, Uncategorized

This week, Americans celebrate Thanksgiving, a holiday that has always been about more than a harvest feast or festival.  Both […]

Brown Bombers? What Readers Expect, and What Viewers Get

May 21, 2020
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 |  Amnesty International, Children's Books News, children's literature, Dave McKean, Diderot, Ian Edginton, Jack Gantos, John Aggs, Malorie Blackman, suicide bombers, terrorism, Uncategorized

This week, the comics publisher Abrams withdrew plans to publish a graphic version of a short story by Jack Gantos, […]

Milton? For Five Year-olds?

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 |  agentlefeast, Books for 5 Year Olds, Children's Books News, children's literature, Home Education, Literature, music, Poems, Poetry

I didn’t even like Milton as a 35 year-old. I’m still not sure I like Milton. But recently, in our […]

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