Primary 6 pupils at Comely Park primary school in Falkirk have been busy reading a whole host of fantastic new books, and they want you to know what their favourites are! Check out what books made it onto their essential reading list and what they had to say about them.
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Abi Elphinstone is one of the most exciting children's writers to appear on the scene in the past few years. In this blog post, find out how the Scottish landscapes of her childhood helped to shape the locations in her latest novel, The Night Spinner. Also, there's a chance for Abi fans to win a specially designed Night Spinner pillowcase!
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Last March, author Nicola Davies wrote about the struggle to publish her book, Perfect, which tells the story of a boy and his new baby sister who is born with a disability. Nicola hoped that the book would form part of a drive to talk about disability more openly. In this blog post, she tells us how the book has been received by readers.
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Our Schools team present their pick of teens', children's and picture books to brighten up your January!
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Verna Wilkins and Karen Littlewood's new picture book, A Visit to City Farm, is characterised by 'unselfconscious inclusion', where diversity is simply a feature of the story rather than taking centre stage. As Verna explains in this interview, this approach reflects reality and presents children with a world they recognise.
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Still need a present for a book-y person in your life? We've got it all wrapped up with celebrity book recommendations...
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The market is saturated with books telling you how to teach - but in this blog post, literacy consultant Bill Boyd gives you something a bit different! Rooted in the belief that all teachers can reap rewards from a love of reading, Bill suggests ten books to help you think more deeply about the world of story and humans' interaction with it.
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Books and creative writing tasks are fantastic tools to put human rights into context and promote greater understanding of their importance. In this blog post, teachers and librarians can find a host of great resources and book lists from our site to help pupils understand the rights we're all entitled to, and the responsibilities we have as global citizens.
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Bookbug Coordinator for Moray shares her favourite picture book reads of 2016.
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Some exciting new children's and teen recommendations from our Schools team, with some older classics thrown in for good measure.
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