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Come and talk children's books. Any ideas, whether they are on teaching in the classroom, a new book you just have to shout about, or critical analysis. Your ideas are welcome! Come in to the Blog

Book raps are an initiative of the Dept of Education and Training's Library and Information Literacy Unit, with discussion points about a topic or book, stimulate classroom activities as well as provide opportunities for teachers and students to share responses and ideas with other schools. Each rap has support material support material which addresses relevant syllabus outcomes and includes collaboratively planned lesson ideas including teaching strategies, proformas for use by students, WebQuests and other resources such as special guests available online.

Children's Book Week from 22nd till 28th August:

Children's literature in the Curriculum Resources Collection has a high priority. Literature forms an important part of the learning experience for the student in the school environment.

The collection here is used for a number of courses in both the Faculty of Education and in the Faculty of Arts English department. It includes not only recently published material but also a fair sample of the best literature published for children and young adults since early in the twentieth century. We also house material that is specifically published to assist with the learning experience, as well as literature written purely for the reader's pleasure.

On the shelves in the library, there are many worthwhile insights in the diverse world of children's literature.

• 011 to 028 in the reference collection have a variety of subject guides
• 809.89282 both reference and the general loan shelves is the area for literary criticism and commentaries

Read reviews and check out teaching ideas for books in our collection

"GO heartily amid the vowels and consanants and remember what peace there may be in reading. * You are a denizen of the Land of Childhood and therefore you will find in books a whole new world of imagination and adventure. * Read what you like and go where you wish * As far as possible, be on good terms with your school librarian and make sure that you return your books when they are due for there are others waiting anxiously to read their favorite books, too. * Read in a chair or in a sofa or in bed or on the kitchen table, and if you wish to curl up in front of the fireplace with a very good book, then do it. * Whatever you read, dear children, read ...read ...read. * Read to your heart's delight and to your mind's pleasure. * You will find in books answers to your many questions and you will find in words roads that only you will travel. * Read of the adventure, the mystery and the fantasy, and gaze at the illustrations with wonder and with glee. * Your life will be rich with a treasure-chest of storybook delights and therefore count yourself lucky when you learn how to read.