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Special thanks to our partners for all of your support for the #Carnegies2025: @firstnews.bsky.social @theclpe.bsky.social @engmediacentre.bsky.social @rnib.bsky.social @calibreaudio.bsky.social
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Free zoom advice for UK creators of colour from someone pretty-very fantastic.

- and in response to the @theclpe.bsky.social #ReflectingRealities Report.

We're hiring!
We are looking for a new part-time Finance Manager to work as part of the CLPE team. This role will ensure all financial aspects of the charity run smoothly and efficiently. Find out more:
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Reflecting Realities KS1/2 Book Pack from CLPE and Letterbox Library, showing covers of 4 books: Storm Dragon, Nikhil & Jay Save The Day, We're Going to FInd the Monster, and Tyger.

If, like me, you were dismayed by the new Reflecting Realities report, and want to see more representative children's books - look at this brilliant book pack from @theclpe.bsky.social & @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social! I'm beyond honoured to see Tyger there:
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🚨 Calling all UK #Schools 🚨

You can already sign up to be part of the What on Earth! Schools Quiz Challenge 2025 👇

www.whatonearth.co.uk/quiz

After the launch of last week's #ReflectingRealities research, we will be delivering our ‘Reflecting Realities in your Classroom’ webinar for teachers in the new year.  Book your place! clpe.org.uk/training/web...

🎄 Our advent giveaway is back! 🎄

We're starting with an exciting opportunity to win a copy of 'Oh No, George!' by @chrishaughton.bsky.social☃️

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The most important annual report about children's publishing. A must-read for all English teachers #ReflectingRealities

Important read: this year's #ReflectingRealities report shows a BIG drop in the number of racially minoritised characters in UK children's books published in 2023:

New piece by @ksandsoconnor.bsky.social & I for @the-bookseller.bsky.social on today's #ReflectingRealities report by @theclpe.bsky.social

And thank you to Habiba Nabisubi for allowing us to reproduce her brilliant illustrations in this year’s report.

Thank you to ACE for their continued support in funding this research & to our wonderful steering group Darren Chetty, @drmrb.bsky.social, Karen Sands-O'Connor,Dr Zaahida Nabagereka, Prof.Vini Lander, Letterbox Library, Nicky Parker & Louise Johns Shepherd for their invaluable support of this work.

This year’s report calls for renewed commitment from the publishing industry in improving the volume and quality of inclusive output, alongside a review of practices and investment.

Picturebooks continue to have the highest proportion of presence across the three text types. This cycle has seen a slight increase with 55% of picturebook titles published in 2023 featuring characters from racially minoritised backgrounds within their casts (52% in 2022).

This is echoed in the presence reported in non-fiction - down from 30% in 2022 to 22% in 2023. This marks the second drop in a row after a sustained increase in the first five reports.

Minoritised presence in fiction is down year on year - from 24% in 2022 to 11% in 2023. Fiction is the text type which has seen much slower growth than non-fiction and picturebooks and these figures represent a significant widening of the gap.

The report shows the number of racially minoritised main characters has dropped by half to 7% in 2023, compared to 14% in 2022.

For the first time in its history, the annual CLPE #ReflectingRealities survey, funded by Arts Council England, reports an overall drop in the percentage of racially minoritised characters featured in published children’s books reviewed – from 30% in 2022 to 17% in 2023

🔊 Our 7th annual #ReflectingRealities report is out now! This year’s report shows a significant drop in the presence of racially minoritised characters in books published for children in 2023 in the UK.

🌟New blog post 🌟
Read this 'Non-fiction in the Classroom' blog by CLPE Lead Advisory Teacher, Anjali Patel, and find out how non-fiction texts play an integral role in shaping a truly diverse and inclusive curriculum. clpe.org.uk/blog/non-fic...
#NonFictionNovember

The @theclpe.bsky.social also recently published a handbook for teachers which “teaches us and highlights how engagement with inclusive literature positively impacts school reading cultures and wider teaching and learning”. Deets here: clpe.org.uk/research/rep...

Our CLPE School Membership just got even better 😍

Find out how you can support all teachers in your school to engage children in fantastic books, and improve their reading and writing with our lesson plans, curriculum maps, online CPD and more!

👉 clpe.org.uk/membership

✨ New blog post ✨

In today's blog, Rashmi Sirdeshpande shares how 'Amazing Asia', illust. by Jason Lyon & published by Quarto Kids is the book she wishes she had as a child - a celebration of Asia and Asian culture and a journey through incredible landscapes.

Read more: clpe.org.uk/blog/amazing...

CLiPPA — The CLPE Poetry Award | Centre for Literacy in Primary Education 'The Final Year' by Matt Goodfellow, illustrated by Joe Todd-Stanton and published by Otter-Barry Books is the winner of this year's CLiPPA Award! The full CLiP...

#TBT to CLiPPA 2024! 🎉
The CLiPPA (Centre for Literacy in Primary Poetry Award) is the only award that celebrates outstanding poetry published for children in the UK.
Sign-up to take part in the CLiPPA 2025 shadowing scheme via our website! clpe.org.uk/poetry/CLiPPA

#CLiPPA #ChildrensPoetry

Looking for some non-fiction books for your classroom? Our brilliant Librarian Phoebe, has chosen her favourite non-fiction texts from our Power of Reading collection, to celebrate #NonFictionNovember! Watch this video to find out more...