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Author of Varjak Paw, The Outlaw Varjak Paw, Phoenix - and now TYGER! I also write about children's books & all things connected to them.
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The books we love when we're young change our lives forever, and so do the adults who help us to find & read those books. THANK YOU to all the amazing teachers, librarians & others who work so hard every day to inspire kids - we all owe you more than we can ever repay! #literacy
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I know many teachers who've paid out of their own pockets to buy books for their classes, because their school budgets can't run to books any more. The underfunding has been chronic for years & that's why teachers are striking. No-one cares more about children & their education!
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I completely resourced my own class library in my last job, spending hours scouring charity shops and boot sales to try and find the latest books at prices I could afford so that my classes had access to recent books and classics. It's not fair and not sustainable
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If teachers and school staff stopped buying things for classrooms and for the children, and stopped doing all the extra hours, people would soon realise how badly funded education is by this government. But they won't because they want children to have what they need.
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Libraries are places of magic.
Magic should be available to all. twitter.com/whatSFSaid/sta
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So my latest read, well audiobook actually, is Tyger by and all I can say is WOW! 🤩 I’m just over half way through and couldn’t resist the urge to applaud this magical masterpiece 👏🏾 #BookLover #BookRecommendations
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Our #bookclub children have made some extremely creative bookmarks to keep their place in #varjakpaw We are already on chapter 8. They are finding it incredibly hard not to read ahead they are enjoying it so much! #readingforpleasure
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I know many teachers who've paid out of their own pockets to buy books for their classes, because their school budgets can't run to books any more. The underfunding has been chronic for years & that's why teachers are striking. No-one cares more about children & their education!
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Same. Probably two to three books a month on average. Plus pencils, ingredients for cooking, blutac, subscriptions for planning websites I use in class, materials for small projects, etc, etc. Normally don’t think twice but when you add it up 😬
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The majority of my whole class library has been bought by me. 1000s pounds if I add it up. Those books are mine but I adore sharing with children year on year. But when I go, the books go with me. As I bought them. Leaving an empty bookshelf. Government should fund
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I know many teachers who've paid out of their own pockets to buy books for their classes, because their school budgets can't run to books any more. The underfunding has been chronic for years & that's why teachers are striking. No-one cares more about children & their education!
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"Teachers are going on strike not only for better pay but to improve the recruitment and retention crisis in schools – which is doing more damage to my child’s education than an occasional strike day". Solidarity ✊
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I’ve been a teacher since September, more than one once I have had to buy a full class set of pencils because we had ran out in school. The strikes are about so much more than ‘wanting more pay’, they’re about wanting adequate funding and resources for our schools. #TeacherStrike
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Despite being somewhat irked to have to entertain my children today, I fully support the #TeacherStrike. Our useless corrupt govt can find money to pay and subsidise themselves, but can’t find anything for our teachers or schools - it’s unacceptable.
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The reason I strike isn’t because I hate my job. It is because I love the children that I have the privilege to teach every day. Every year. The experiences I give rely on proper funding for schools as I can no longer afford to buy all the resources I historically have in class.
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40% of new teachers leave the profession within their first 5 years. They arrive with a passion to nurture children - but leave because of the overwhelming task they face & the lack of investment in schools over the last decade crushes them. It’s time to invest our children.
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. This is the most powerful and wonderful read. I love 'Bone Talk' and was so hoping to see this important and deeply moving novel emerge. It will resonate deeply. Thanks for sending an early proof.
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📣📚#GiveawayAlert! #Schools! #Teachers! #Librarians! Celebrare Mr Dilly Meets & WIN X3 SIGNED copies of the new OLLIE SPARK! Entry RT, Like & Follow. Closes 6/2.
🗓️FREE Author Event Feb 7th 11am Register tinyurl.com/2p8er4yt
#edutwitter #kidlit #ChildrensBooks
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You can make a difference ✨
Rocket is ready to Speak Up! and save her local library in her brand new, inspirational picture book, from Waterstones Children's Book prize winners and 📚
Out on the 18th of May 2023, learn more: penguin.co.uk/books/308217/s
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Are you interested in children’s books?
In case you missed it over the weekend here’s my latest round up of all the news. Awards, free events, podcasts, poetry, reading for pleasure advice and reviews of new books. Happy reading. 📚
Reading Matters -
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This strike isn't about a few pounds in a teachers pocket. It's about sufficient funding for schools to do the job that urgently needs doing.
#TeacherStrike #PayUp
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'We left Germany the night before the Nazi party got voted in on 5 March 1933. If we'd left a day later I would have been one of the other million Jewish children who died in concentration camps. I can never forget how lucky I've been' #JudithKerr 1923-2019 #HolocaustMemorialDay
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New year, new kids/YA roundup: lovely stuff from , #RossCollins, #SarahChristou, , , , , , , #PeterLantos, and
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YES! I loved hearing from Jonathan about the beginnings of Lucy and Lockwood and the influence of M.R. James. Still remember the consuming excitement (and terror!) I felt when I read Screaming Staircase for the first time, foolishly in an creak-prone empty flat…💀 👻 🗡 twitter.com/BooksForKeeps/
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Just over a week to go until this fantastic event with Maisie Chan! twitter.com/cilipscotland/
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“The most important resource a library has is its skilled staff at all levels. A library run by volunteers or self-service alone would not be fit for purpose or worthy of being called a public library” says Sean McNamara to deep-cutting council twitter.com/CILIPScotland/
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Have you seen the news today? This suffragette is finally being honoured with a blue plaque. Encourage your children to read up on her 👇
#SharedHistory
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"People often misunderstand librarianship as a process of gatekeeping [...] but our actual job is and always has been empowerment - to empower information users to control their relationship with information, to disintermediate sources."
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Question for Book Twitter…
what are your top tips for world building?
Whether it’s writing or illustrating, I wanna hear them. I’ve got an idea of what I’m doing, but my knowledge is limited to what I like to consume if that makes sense.I wanna know if I’m missing anything.
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Schools can earn a massive 25% of any purchase made through maximise your book budget and support our work .
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Join us for our award-winning Power of Pictures course to enhance your teaching in how to develop visual literacy, reading comprehension and creative writing alongside award-winning author/illustrator : ow.ly/h4HU50MEqoA
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Twisting and twirling tongue twisters into shape is a terrific (at times terrifying) thing to do. Try taking a tonne of words with twinned starting letters and threading them together... twitter.com/Booktrust/stat
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The actual children's laureate will be there in person!
And so will many other authors and illustrators. Storytelling for all ages! twitter.com/doodlyscribble
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Teachers, fab opportunity to get involved in #TheBigAmazingPoetryProject - 30 teachers who fill in the survey will win CPD with amazing & + a great poetry library for their school! #poetrytwitter #edutwitter ow.ly/Vs0B50Mq0sh
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To all those saying how easy teachers jobs are…You know what to do. Click the link and begin your journey to easy street.
The teaching profession wants you!
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No teacher wants to be on strike tomorrow. We enjoy teaching. That's why we do it. But we can't go on getting progressively poorer. We can't go on letting essential support for pupils disappear. We can't go on watching colleagues leave the profession due to stress. We just can't.
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Absolutely LOVE my fabulous local libraries and would be lost without them 😊📚🎉
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WIN BOOKS! It’s #NationalStorytellingWeek – time to celebrate the power of stories!
#Giveaway #Reading
To win, simply RT, follow & tell us what you’re doing!
Winner drawn Friday 3rd 🎉🥳👏🙌🎉🥳
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