Category: Picturebooks
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Read Aloud: Mama Mable’s All-Gal Big Band Jazz Extravaganza!
“Did you hear? Mama Mable’s band is coming to town!” – If you are curious…
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Read-Aloud: Swan. The Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova (2015)
In this read-aloud we share with you the story of the legendary ballerina Anna Pavlova.…
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Counting Down to Christmas with Children’s Literature
The Christmas season has started! These five Advent calendar books will help you joyfully count…
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Rethinking Child Agency Through Relational Ontologies: A Reading of “Into the Uncut Grass” by Trevor Noah
This study examines how Into the Uncut Grass (Noah, 2024) reconfigures child agency through a relational ontology…
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Read-Aloud of Mac Barnett’s “The Wolf, The Duck and The Mouse”
Introducing children to agency can take as many forms as agency itself. Sometimes it can…
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Knitting, Agency and Community-Building in “Extra Yarn”
Knitting has traditionally been depicted as an old, white grandma’s cosy activity. Anabelle, an assertive…
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The Agentic Child: The Dichotomy of Curiosity and Safety in Van de Vendel’s Vosje (2018)
While Van de Vendel and Tolman’s Vosje (2018) is widely praised for its luminous illustrations…
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Read-Aloud of Jon Klassen’s “The Skull”
Join us for a spooky read-aloud of Jon Klassen’s … picturebook The Skull. Make yourself…
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The Intriguing Literacy Potential of Digital Picturebooks
Have you ever wondered about the potential of digital picturebooks for children’s literacy development? Learn…
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Of Ba Nois and Ti Grans: How Storyteller Grandparents Teach Children Through Food
Picturebooks about food and the practices surrounding it often focus on the transmission of a…
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Mothers and daughters: a curated collection
This curated selection of picture books explores the complexity of mother-daughter bonds. Beyond idealized portrayals,…
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We all like surprises! Picturebooks with Interactive Storytelling Modes
Interactivity recalls for an active reader who engages and plays with the materiality of the…
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