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Developing Children's Critical Thinking through Picturebooks (TEACHERS' NOTES)
Code: NF0026
Type: Book
Key Stage: 4
Description
Notes: This accessible text will show students and class teachers how they can enable their pupils to become critical thinkers through the use of picturebooks. By introducing children to the notion of making-meaning together through thinking and discussion. Carefully chosen picturebooks as a stimulus for discussion, and shows how they can constitute an accessible, multimodal resource for adding to literacy skills, while at the same time developing in pupils a far wider range of literary understanding. By allowing time for thinking about and digesting the pictures as well as the text, and then engaging pupils in classroom discussion, this book highlights a powerful means of developing children's oral language ability, critical thinking, and visual literacy, while also acting as a rich resource for developing children's literary understanding. This book also provides an overview of recent international research on doing `interactive read alouds', on what critical literacy means, on what critical thinking means and on picturebooks themselves. Lecturers on teacher education courses for early years or primary levels, classroom teachers, pre-service education students, and all those interested in promoting critical engagement and dialogue about literature will find this an engaging and very insightful text.
Description
Notes: What is empathy?
- The ability to feel and understand other people's emotions and perspectives
- A core life skill; vital for successful relationships, collaboration and learning
- A force for social change as empathy is put into action
This collection contains a selection of titles chosen to offer insight into other people's feelings, and develop an understanding of different ways of life and the issues people face.
This collection contains 6 individual titles
Reading Age 4-7
Interest Level 3-7
Description
Notes: A selection of picture books and non fiction titles donated by The Reading Agency to support mental health in primary schools.
This collection contains 6 individual titles. Image is for illustrative purposes only and titles in each bundle will vary. If you are looking for a specific title, please contact us.
Description
Notes: A selection of picture books and non fiction titles donated by The Reading Agency to support mental health in primary schools.
This collection contains 6 individual titles. Image is for illustrative purposes only and titles in each bundle will vary. If you are looking for a specific title, please contact us.
Description
Notes: A selection of fiction and non fiction for 7-11 year olds.
Reading for pleasure is more important to children's cognitive development than their parents' level of education and is a more powerful factor in life achievement than socio-economic background*
This collection contains 6 individual titles.
*Sullivan and Brown (2013) Social Inequalities in cognative scores at age 16:The role of reading.
**Many more titles to promote reading for pleasure are available on our e-book platform. Free for Platinum members, contact us for more information and pricing for other membership levels.
Description
Format: Single Copy (Read Aloud) novel
Number of pages: 270
Reading Age: 10-12 Interest Level: 9-12
Accelerated Reader: Book Level 5.1 Interest Level MY
Book Band Dark Red/ Black
Reading aloud gives all pupils access to engaging texts and helps nurture a love of reading for pleasure. Research shows that reading for pleasure is linked to higher academic achievement, greater empathy, a deeper understanding of personal identity, and improved mental wellbeing.
A robot awakens on a remote island with no knowledge of her past, or how she got to the island. A heartwarming, action packed and thought provoking novel
UKLA Book Awards Shortlist 2019
Description
Format: Super 6 (Guided reading set - 6 copies per set) - Biography Also available as a Single Copy
Number of pages: 36
Reading Age: 7-9 Interest Level: 6-10
The true story of the ground-breaking African-American mathematician, Katherine Johnson, who went above and beyond what was expected of her in the 1960s. She saved lives and making enormous contributions to history with her work at NASA.
Winner UKLA Information Book Award 2020
Supporting Children's Creativity Through Music, Dance, Drama and Art (TEACHERS' NOTES)
Code: NF0034
Type: Book
Key Stage: 1
Description
"Supporting Children's Creativity Through Music, Dance, Drama and Art brings together contributions from a range of early years practitioners and professionals, sharing their 'creative conversations' and helping readers to implement the themes of the Early Years Foundation Stage framework in a creative way. Including a new chapter to explore the relationships between music and movement, this second edition has been fully updated and covers:
- How to incorporate music-making and storytelling in the classroom
- How to use stories of practice to inspire reflection and change
- How to extend, challenge and sustain children's interests
- How to make use of the "Talking Table" and "Helicopter" approaches
- How to become an effective play-partner
- How to improve practice with interactive strategies and music for well-being
- How to use observation to inspire planning and learning projects
Appealing to all with an interest in early years practice, this new edition demonstrates how parents, carers and practitioners can put excitement and inspiration back into the learning process, guiding them to encourage and support the creative capacities of young children."
This title is kindly sponsored by The Art Society, Wessex Area Wessex Area | The Arts Society
The Short Story of Women Artists/ Susie Hodge (TEACHERS' NOTES)
Code: NF0035
Type: Book
Key Stages: 1 - 4
Description
"A pocket guide to key movements, works, breakthroughs and themes."
This title is kindly sponsored by The Arts Society, Wessex Area Wessex Area | The Arts Society
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17 August 2026: |
Deadline date for Autumn Terms 2026 delivery |
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