We loved hearing from mums Allana and Lilly about what stories mean to them as they picked up our festive book parcels for their children ❤️
Read more from Allana and Lilly and share the #MagicOfBooks with more families by donating today:
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THANK YOU to @justimaginecentre.bsky.social who have donated these wonderful books to our primary school library! We are so grateful.
More photos to come of them in their new booky habitat!
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Thank you @justimaginecentre.bsky.social Our school Reading Champions have been enjoying exploring the great books from your book box. They will be recommending their favourites to their classmates
Thank you @justimaginecentre.bsky.social Another fabulous selection of books for the children of St Fagans CW Primary School to enjoy!
The Easter holidays are here, so I have a copy of Primary Reading Simplified to give away.
Just **repost** this post to have a chance to win.
The winner will be selected 19th April.
A school RfP policy in one post:
* Time to read and be read to every day
* Time to talk about books together
* Freedom to read graphic novels, picturebooks, poetry, non-fiction, magazines, anything
* New books are an investment, not an expense
* Work with librarians, bookshops, authors, poets, etc
World Book Day has the most sustained impact when it's used as a springboard for developing a school culture of reading. This year, we're exploring Daniel Pennac's Rights of the Reader (beautifully illustrated by Quentin Blake). Each class will develop their own set of reading rights and share them.
When a class have got independent reading time, try to sit with the children and read alongside them. Share the book you're reading, talk about why you're enjoying it and ask them about their choices. The impact on attitudes to reading will be massive. Organising the glue tray can wait.
Even better, 10% of children's book sales in February go to @booktrust.org.uk and @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social.
Whatever happens, never forget: READING FOR PLEASURE has the biggest positive impact of any factor on children's life chances. So always make time to share books with kids, and help them find books to love. Make reading central to everything you do. It will change their lives forever!
#literacy
Hello children's book lovers. Here's my first Reading Matters Children's Book News round up of 2025.
A look back at the best of 2024, a preview of books in the coming months. There are free events & resources too so why not settle down and explore. #UKKidLit
alibrarylady.blog/2025/01/04/r...
Thank you @justimaginecentre.bsky.social for this wonderful selection of books: picture books, graphic novels, non-fiction, illustrated fiction, MG fiction. The young readers of St Fagans CW Primary School will be delighted!
If you're looking for helpful reviews of children's books, the @justimaginecentre.bsky.social team do an amazing job. Over 600 reviews posted during 2024. Well-written and can be found by theme, genre, subject or age. Highly recommended. justimagine.co.uk/childrens-bo...
If you got any book tokens for Christmas, make sure you spend them at an independent bookshop. Here's a map with links to over 250 that are either children's bookshops or have very good children's sections.
Chocolate Books in Wiveliscombe, Somerset is a new independent bookshop which has a great children’s section.
chocolatebooks.co.uk
If you’re wondering which books to select for your school or classroom @justimaginecentre.bsky.social have over 2000 book reviews that you can search by theme, subject, genre & age, reviewed by a panel of teachers, librarians & literacy specialists:
justimagine.co.uk/childrens-bo...
