Resource Archive
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A selection of recommended books for children that include stories about asylum seekers and refugees from around the world : Update posted on 29 Sep 2016
Back in January of this year we published a list of children's books dealing with issues of refugees and asylum seekers which proved to be very popular
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A textual analysis of Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman posted on 20 Jun 2016
This short essay by university student Catherine Bardell analyses a selected extract from Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman
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Stories For Every Classroom: Canadian Fiction Portraying Characters With Disabilities posted on 14 Jun 2016
If you are not a Canadian reader, don’t be put off this fabulous resource by what seems to be its geographical specificity.
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Through The Looking Glasses : A selected list of children's books featuring characters who wear spectacles posted on 22 May 2016
Through The Looking Glasses : A selected list of children's books featuring characters who wear spectacles
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Writing the World for Today's Kids: Diversity Essentials by Beverley Brenna posted on 18 May 2016
The Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators and Performers (CANSCAIP) have posterd a recording on Youtube of author Beverley Brenna
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The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett: a short textual analysis posted on 26 Apr 2016
This piece of research by Catherine Bardell analyses an extract from The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson-Burnett
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Powerful picture books: understanding disability in nursery schools posted on 15 Apr 2016
This unpublished thesis by Karen Argent argues that picture books for young children can contribute to alternative constructions of disability
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Trade unionism and political power in Margot Heinemann’s The Adventurers [1960] posted on 13 Apr 2016
The Adventurers [1960] was Margot Heinemann’s first and only published work of fiction.
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Useful resources for Picturebook enthusiasts posted on 06 Apr 2016
This very useful resource about picture books has been put together by Dr. Mary Roche
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Children’s Literature and the social construction of ideas of family posted on 27 Mar 2016
We present an essay by Catherine Bardell , a student at Newman University, who looks at how ideas of family are constructed in children's books