Thank you Jhalak Prize for shortlisting Steady For This!

And a huge congratulations to the other shortlistees, as I know what an honour this is.

Thank you so much to Shakespeare B Trust Walker Books and Peters for this stunning copy of Shakespeare's First Folio which is now centre stage in the library's Shakespeare display in honour of the Bard's birthday this month. #gratitude #schoollibrarydisplays

We had such a wonderful time! Our pupils did a great job and enjoyed reading with children St Mary's Church of England Primary School 📖🫶 thank you for your time this morning! ChildrensBookAward Children’sLiteratureFestivals Christina Gabbitas UoB School Library UoBSAuthorWall_Official #readingforpleasure #TeamUoBS #readingcommunity

Poem number 2! #worldbookday2024

It was great to see so many pupils join in with the #WorldBookDay fun today in the School library! What a great day we're having! #TeamUoBS #OurLibrarianIsAmazing #SaveLibraries #readingforpleasure

So much fun at break time in the library today!

Happy World Book Day! As well as the daily quizzes I have been posting on Class Charts, we are also challenging pupils & students to find all the staff reading posters that are up around school! If you haven't had your £1 token yet pop into the library to collect one.

I’m thrilled to reveal this year’s #WorldBookDay T-Shirt inspired by #IAmLennyBrown Dan Freedman Kajsa Hallström It’s going to be pure joy to wear this in school today and talk about this beautifully written and deeply empathic book with our pupils UoB School World Book Day UK 📚 😊⚽️📚

Help us win £500 to spend on books for the school library from the wonderful Kings Heath based, independent bookshop How Brave Is The Wren! Enter here: tikkers.co.uk/pages/comp-sig…

It's #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek ... but did you know? Research shows that children who read:

⭐ feel more secure and develop deep bonds with parents/carers
⭐ have better sleep
⭐ have better mental wellbeing and self-esteem

Find out more here 👇

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One positive of this bracingly cold weather are the glorious sunrises I have been met with when arriving at the library in the morning this week #viewfromthelibrary #schoollibrarian #coldmornings #gratitude

'It's not just a privilege to have literature, it's a right.'

Sir Michael Morpurgo, author and president of BookTrust, has written an open letter with all former children's laureates to the government asking for investment in books and reading for kids under seven.

#R4Today

Our Pupil Library Assistant Team have been busy compiling a list of some of their favourite books of 2023! Thank you team 💙📚 Have you read any them? #Books WorthReading #Books #ReadingforPleasure #TeamUoBS

Really looking forward to welcoming Hiba Noor Khan to school on Monday 13th as part of the Word Play Festival to talk about her book, Safiyyah's War. #lovereading #readingforpleasure #authorvisit #schoollibrary

I believe EVERY CHILD can be a reader, but they need our help & support to do it. They need properly funded schools & libraries, access to the widest possible range of books, free choice in their reading matter & the right to read for pure pleasure.
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If you ask people about the books that changed their lives - the ones they will never, ever forget, and carry around deep inside their hearts & minds - almost always, they will talk about a children's book. And that is why children's books are the most important books of all!

Absolutely love this!

Our UoB School #BookClub are super excited to be reading 'You Think You Know Me' by Ayaan Mohamud is away 🍉
Drawing on her own experiences of Islamophobia, Ayaan shines a light on the lives behind the headlines, in a story of how a racist attack leads one girl to speak up #readingcommunity

Cannot wait to begin shadowing the Carnegie Medal for Writing this afternoon... I think I may currently be the most excited person in the whole school! #lovereading #lovemyjob #schoollibrarian #schoollibraries #bookaward

Our 2023 Jhalak Children's and Young Adult Prize shortlist features Lucy Farfort is writing, Danielle Jawando, Janelle McCurdy Christine Marina Pillainayagam Ann Sei Lin ~ REBEL FIRE 🔥 ~ and Rashmi Sirdeshpande (ill. Ruchi)

Congratulations to all shortlisted authors! #jhalakprize 23 #jhalakprize