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Webinar: Promoting children’s rights through book sharing
A celebration of the incorporation of the UNCRC into law in Scotland
Watch our insightful and inspiring webinar with practical ideas for exploring children’s rights with 3–8 year olds through stories. This webinar is suitable for early years practitioners, parents, library staff and anyone working with families and children, including Bookbug Session Leaders.
This webinar recording covers:
- How sharing stories supports a whole range of children’s human rights and global citizenship
- Examples of books which can help children to understand their human rights
- Tips for choosing and sharing children’s books from a rights-based perspective
- Involving children in decision-making through book sharing
This is a recording of a live webinar that took place in May 2021. Please note that audience polls and the chat function are mentioned, but not visible in the video.
Supporting information
Picture books mentioned in the training:
- The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer
- How Do You Make A Rainbow? by Caroline Crowe and Cally Johnson-Isaacs
- Happy To Be Me by Emma Dodd
- Inch and Grub: A Story About Cavemen by Alastair Chisholm and David Roberts
- Jeremy Worried About the Wind by Pamela Butchart and Kate Hindley
- Look Up! by Nathan Bryon and Dapo Adeola
- Malala’s Magic Pencil by Malala Yousafzai and Kerascoët
- My Little Book of Big Freedoms by Chris Riddell
- Please, Please the Bees by Gerald Kelley
- Susan Laughs by Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross
- Trombone Shorty by Troy ‘Trombone Shorty’ Andrews and Bryan Collier
- We Are All Born Free by Amnesty International
- You Choose by Pippa Goodhart and Nick Sharratt
Children’s rights resources:
- Commissioner for Children and Young People Scotland(this link will open in a new window)
- The Children’s Parliament(this link will open in a new window)
- The Rights Respecting Schools Award | UNICEF UK(this link will open in a new window)
- UNICEF Wants and Needs Cards(this link will open in a new window)
- Wants and Needs Cards (TeachersPayTeachers) (this link will open in a new window)