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Posts by Jane Branson

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'There can't be many more relaxing after school activities than sharing a hot chocolate with Jane on the seafront and chatting about books. It was lovely, thank you.' 🙂 📚
Is there any better feedback than this? A teacher in my RT=RP bookgroup. www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/our-projects...

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2024 Book Collections and Guides The 2024 Read for Empathy collection is here!

Need new books? Helping Father Christmas with his shopping? Topping up your school library for 2025? Don't forget to look at @EmpathyLab 's collection - books to put in the hands of everyone you know. And the website has resources and readings to help you share the books in irresistable ways.

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CLPE Reflecting Realities - Survey of Ethnic Representation within UK Children’s Literature (November 2024) | Centre for Literacy in Primary Education The 7th annual Reflecting Realities Survey of Ethnic Representation within UK Children’s Literature, funded by the Arts Council England, shows that 17% of chi...

A disappointing headline, though my experience of working with schools is that they are trying harder and harder to ensure that the reading diet they plan for children introduces characters from a range of backgrounds and with different lived experience. Full report here: clpe.org.uk/research/clp...

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This arrived through my letterbox the other day - can't wait to get stuck in.

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The Lion, the Witch and the Wonder by Katherine Rundell - The Lion and the Witch - BBC Sounds Five original essays on the power and politics of children’s fiction.

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Really interesting - about how children’s literature has changed

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