Charlotte Dormer

Thank you all for choosing a fantastic list for me to read this winter!

There is a lego based crisis going on in my friendship group right now because we all want the Lego USS Enterprise but none of us can justify spending £350 on it.

But we all *really* want it.

We have been made aware that several titles in the Spy Dogs, Spy Pup, and Spy Cat series by Andrew Cope contain a weblink at the back of the book that no longer directs people to information about the books. Instead, the link now leads to inappropriate and unsafe material, containing pornographic content with no age restrictions.

Ahah. Whoops

Understanding six “key truths” about climate change predicts policy support, discussion, and political advocacy Social norms and collective efficacy are strong predictors

Yale researchers didn't stop there. They also identified what people most need to know to catalyze action and support climate policy; and it's not about global temps, ice sheets, or ocean currents.

What people most need to know about climate change is that (1) others care, and (2) there is hope.

Screen cap of parodic version of William Blake's "The Tyger" that begins: Tyger! Tyger! Burning bright (Not sure if I spelled that right) What immortal hand or eye Could fashion such a stripy guy? What the hammer that hath hewn it Into such a chonky unit? Did who made the lamb make thee, Or an external franchisee?

In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time:

You know those weeks where it was Monday and you blinked and it's the end of Friday and you *still* haven't finished that report because you were busy teaching/answering student queries/running library tours/fixing reading lists/writing sessions etc.
Anyway apparently it's only the end of *week 1*

We agree but add this: the #GreatSchoolLibraries campaign highlights that all children need a school library because adequately funded, staffed school libraries deliver enhanced & independent learning as well as reading & curriculum support & contribute to building lifelong readers. #Staffed

Rachel Reeves pledges a library in every primary school in England Exclusive: Chancellor also set to unveil plans to get young people back into work in party conference speech

Rachel Reeves pledges a library in every primary school in England. Here at CILIP we hope that means trained library staff too #GreatSchoolLibraries
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Rachel Reeves pledges a library in every primary school in England Exclusive: Chancellor also set to unveil plans to get young people back into work in party conference speech

This is a very welcome development indeed IF the recurrent costs of funding school librarians is fully budgeted. ‘A pile of books is no more a library than a crowd of soldiers is an army’ to quote Gabriel Naudé who figured this out … 400 years ago… www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Rachel Reeves pledges a library in every primary school in England Exclusive: Chancellor also set to unveil plans to get young people back into work in party conference speech

www.theguardian.com/politics/202... it is, at least, a start, but don't forget to put the Librarians in them too, please!

ChatGPT Fails to Flag Retracted and Problematic Articles The large language model scored a majority of discredited or retracted articles highly, highlighting that information obtained from AI tools must be verified.

ChatGPT Fails to Flag Retracted and Problematic Articles
www.the-scientist.com/chatgpt-fail...

Our friends @englishassociation.bsky.social are collecting stories of how teachers are planning to support the National Year of Reading. Let them know here: bit.ly/4-11YearOfRe... #nationalyearofreading

Dorset school urged to reinstate banned book about race to reading list Budmouth Academy in Weymouth removed The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas after complaint from parent

We don't need any of this book-banning crap being imported from Trump's America.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Between 13 and 19m adults in the UK experience some kind of digital poverty - more than a million don't have a smartphone or a laptop. There are promises for consultation with digitally excluded groups, but from a build perspective this means backwards compatibility - needs to work on old phones

🎵🎶It's the final countdown 🎶🎵

Don't forget to pop your nominations in before midnight tonight! I'm so looking forward to seeing what my reading list is going to look like for the next few months as a Judge!

American librarians fight back against book bans The debate over censoring opinions is becoming ever more inflamed. In America over the last few days, the discourse on the subject has been reignited - after the late night chat show host Jimmy Kimmel...

“You can either get sad and have a pity party, or you can get defiant. So, I chose to do something about it.” - film participant and hero @librarianjones.com on @channel4news.bsky.social.

THE LIBRARIANS opens TOMORROW in the UK! A rallying cry for freedom to read- see the film in cinemas!

Your distribution questions answered This week, we will pay 31,487 members their share of £11,588,572. Get answers to your most pressing questions about our latest distribution.

🥳 This week, we will pay 31,487 members their share of £11,588,572!

Find out more:
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Incoming 18 year old undergraduates have never known Pluto as a planet (ousted in 2006!) and that makes me sad all over again for Pluto - and the students with an impoverished solar system - and me as I’m so old.

We want the media and politicians to recognise that there is a large number of women who are supportive of the trans+ community. We call on them to report truthfully about the sources of violence against women and to address the systems that perpetuate harm. notinourname.org.uk/petition/not...

The cover of the new issue of Books for Keeps, the children's online review journal. Cover image is from Doug Naylor's book Sin Bin Island, illustration by Khadijah Khatib of four children running towards the viewer, and clearly away from a Komodo dragon which is in the centre of the image. Contents listed Authorgraph interview James Mayhew, Windows into Illustration Emma Farrarons, turn children into poets for National Poetry Day.

Out now! #BfK274 articles, interviews, news, comment, reviews. Authorgraph interview James Mayhew, Windows into Illustration Emma Farrarons, 10 of the Best books to turn children into poets, Simon Mole interview, Beyond the Secret Garden,new Picture This #KidLitUK
booksforkeeps.co.uk/issue/bfk-27...

Ooooh! *immediately adds to my work wishlist*

There are hundreds of examples of practice on the @openuni-rfp.bsky.social site. I've just uploaded a couple more.

Secondary school pupils supporting the class recommendations shelf: ourfp.org/eop/recommen...

Talking about how we choose books: ourfp.org/eop/choices-...

UKLA Book Awards logo with text Quality Texts for Children aged 3 - 14+ and logo of sponsor Best Books for Schools Just Imagine

Out today! The longlists for the @uklitassociation.bsky.social UKLA Book Awards. Chosen by teachers and covering a range of genres, topics and themes, fiction and non-fiction. Check them out! #KidLitUK #UKLA26 #teachersbookawards

booksforkeeps.co.uk/longlists-fo...

Catherine Johnson on the importance of teaching Black History Catherine Johnson, author of acclaimed narrative non-fiction books Dance of Resistance, Journey Back to Freedom and Race to the Frozen North, discusses what first interested her about the past, offers...

Today on our blog, author @catwrote.bsky.social discusses what first interested her about the past, offers top recommendations for discovering significant historical figures and explains why understanding and celebrating Black History is more important than ever. bit.ly/4ppvPSM #BlackHistoryMonth

FINAL August Maddie is Online' Series 5 Toolkit.pdf (1) This ebook is created with Visual Paradigm Online, a flipbook maker to design ebooks online. Convert PDFs to ebook or design from scratch. No download, no waiting, no learning. Open and start now.

It was great to hear to Dr Konstantina Martzoukou talking about the GenAIsis project in schools yesterday - thankyou to @cilipscotland.bsky.social and @cilipslg.bsky.social for such an interesting session!

(take a look at the co-created toolkit here: online.visual-paradigm.com/share/book/f...)

Being a Carnegie judge continues to be one of the BEST experiences of my professional life, it's honestly an absolute joy. I cannot recommend applying enough!

R.I.P. Allan Ahlberg. I have loved every single one of the books...a cherished legacy. 💔

Months since I re-posted the UK School Librarians Starter Pack (see my pinned post/skeet)

If you are any of those listed in the description of the starter pack 👇 please come and join us. Just let me know.

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Two figures approach the Baggage Reclaim area of an airport. One says “We wouldn't need to put things in the hold if you brought fewer books on holiday.” Arriving on the carousel, amongst the bags and suitcases is a very large, well-stocked bookcase.

My cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books.