Showing posts with label #ReadItTorial 2019. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #ReadItTorial 2019. Show all posts
Thursday, 31 October 2019

All schools need a well stocked and staffed library and this should be a PRIORITY in any proposed Government Literacy Strategy - no ifs, no buts - This Week's #ReadItTorial

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Testing. Testing is still seen as the be all and end all of driving and determining a child's level of literacy, numeracy and skill ...
Thursday, 17 October 2019

The dreaded "C" Word - Are christmas books suffering from an identity crisis? This week's ReadItTorial

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Maybe we've just outgrown them. Maybe it's just that Christmas is no longer that magical time in C's life when she can't w...
Thursday, 19 September 2019

Do "Message Books" often fall on deaf ears? A ReadItTorial

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See that lady in the header graphic for this week's #ReadItTorial (yeah I know, we've been a bit slack about writing these of lat...
Thursday, 5 September 2019

Cool, not cool, and the perils when kids become Tweenagers - This Week's ReadItTorial

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Our family car conversations are sometimes a bit esoteric, or just downright weird but on the way back home from a small break in Cornwall...
Thursday, 15 August 2019

Rebooting the planet - why you're to blame for the constant stream of "live action" remakes and movie reboots - This week's #ReadItTorial 2019

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You. Yes specifically you. It's all your fault. For every person I hear moaning that Disney is A) taking over the planet (or more spe...
Thursday, 1 August 2019

Never bored with Board Games but can they truly wrestle us away from our screens? This Week's #ReadItTorial

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This week's #ReadItTorial is partly book inspired, after all it was Ellie Dix's fantastic "The Board Game Family: Reclaim yo...
Thursday, 11 July 2019

"Where does the time go?" As kiddo leaves Junior School, a timely reminder of how awesome teachers are - This Week's #ReadItTorial

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It began with tears. A lot of tears, in fact every single morning from the start of Nursery School right through to around Year 4 of Junio...
Thursday, 4 July 2019

When writing drives you mad, you need a mess of help to stand alone - This week's #ReadItTorial

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I'm not really sure how it happened, but I know it's now driving me mad. I'd 'put away' my creative writing efforts ...
Thursday, 27 June 2019

We need diverse books and better diverse book coverage more than ever - but who's actually to blame for the kidlit whitewash? Today's ReadItTorial

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Last year, this infographic presented a stark view of diversity in children's books and it seems not much has changed this year eith...
Thursday, 20 June 2019

Can picture books just STOP ALREADY with the "You can only succeeed if you have / make / get the help of friends" books? A ReadItTorial

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"I'll be there for you...for a hundred grand a showwwwwwww" I've finally lost count. I have, I've honestly lost ...