Niall Walker
@readicalscot
Librarian for Schools, Communities, Care-Experienced YP. Interested in Inspiring All Readers and Learners.
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21-02-2012 21:19:57
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James Hill, director of Chillicothe & Ross Co. Public Library in Ohio, writes: "Most of the places you visit in your daily rounds have one purpose: for food, for advice, for care, for learning. But the library is for many things. The library is whatever you need it to be." chillicothegazette.com/story/news/loc…
Presenting the winner of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2019: onjali rauf’s The Boy at the Back of the Class – a story focusing on a child's perspective on the refugee crisis, highlighting the importance of friendship and kindness. #WCBP19 waterstones.com/the-waterstone…
Announcing the 2019 #shortlist for the Jhalak Prize: 1. Roma Agrawal 🔩, Built 2. Akala, Natives 3. 🦻🏽Raymond Antrobus, The Perseverance 4. @aminattaforna, Happiness 5. Guy Gunaratne, In Our Mad and Furious City 6. onjali rauf, The Boy At the Back of the Class
'Simply reading challenging, complex novels aloud and at a fast pace in each lesson repositioned ‘poorer readers’ as ‘good’ readers, giving them a more engaged uninterrupted reading experience over a sustained period.' onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… thanks for link Steve Willshaw
And the CILIP Carnegie Medal goes to The Poet X! Congratulations @AcevedoWrites Electric Monkey⚡🐵 📚 #CKG19 #BestChildrensBooks
This is such an important book that Barrington Stoke are publishing. It’s a child’s view of using a food bank and is told so eloquently and illustrated so insightfully. #BuildingIdentities
