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Facets of Dickens’ world at the Newsam Library
Two current exhibitions on Charles Dickens, reviewed on this blog, draw you into children’s worlds in the 19th century. You imagine, perhaps, reading or being read to from an illustrated volume of stories on a cosy armchair, by the glow … Continue reading
Books that make bricks talk
Talking squirrels or lions or butterflies dart out of children’s books regularly, so you would barely be stirred by them while studying near the teachers’ collection at the Newsam Library. On cataloguing some piles of picture books, however, I was … Continue reading
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Superheroes and real-life heroes haunt the library
Over the summer, many bright and shiny books will be smuggled onto the shelves by busy librarians and also flash the message from the catalogue: ‘Graphic novel’. There will be far more than the Newsam Library ever held in its … Continue reading
Books that run away with you
The book is so small that you can cover it with your two hands, and it is so old that most of us were not born when it was first published, but it is still startling: the figures and buildings … Continue reading
Bears and bees in the library
You may have been intrigued by the seven book covers posted on our Twitter account without any explanation or link. I hope that the #BookCoverChallenge @IOELibrary and elsewhere has reminded you what a beautiful creation of the human spirit a … Continue reading
Make the Christmas story unfold – literally!
When the festive decorations go up, many of you will remember all those happy hours of their childhood when they got shiny baubles and cut-out angels out of their boxes, fashioned stars out of transparent paper for the windows or … Continue reading
“Whip top! Whip top!”: play throughout the seasons… and times
How would you find out about games and toys in former times? Are there instructions for families on how to make a spinning top or a rag doll? Are there essays on the origin of obscure nursery rhymes? And were … Continue reading
Books to make your eyes pop out
One of the new picture books at the UCL Institute of Education, Librarian (2017), takes us to a public library for its 50th birthday – a very apt story at a time when so many public libraries get closed. One boy stands … Continue reading
Finding inspiration on a stormy weekend: Curriculum Resource ideas from the SLA
Like many institutions concerned with teacher training the UCL Institute of Education has, as part of its library, a collection of resources for use in the classroom. This collection has two roles: to show what is available to support teaching … Continue reading
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The tiger who came out of the page
For you, the moment of recognition might be the Tiger who came to tea and peacefully took a seat at your mum’s kitchen table; or Aslan, the giant benign lion, jumping out of the pages of the Chronicles of Narnia; … Continue reading
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