Charlotte T-S

Bristolian book lover and 3-18 School Librarian, RTRP IP, SLA IBA Judge 2020-2022.

[Charlotte T-S @CTSlovesbooks]

Someone who can focus on knowing these books, having the budget to purchase them and then matching them with a child at the best time is essential. All of this helps to build strong foundations of literacy, of enjoying reading and of knowing themselves and others better.

[Charlotte T-S @CTSlovesbooks]

Excellent article, with many key points! Personally 'books for kids of that age don’t get reviewed. Kids aren’t old enough to buy them themselves; parents don’t know that they exist. Discovery is a huge problem' is why a School Library AND Librarian is so vital!

[Julian Gough @juliangough]

Of interest to parents of young children...

There's an invisible problem with children’s books, that makes it unnecessarily hard for kids to start reading on their own.

I wrote about it for the Irish Times. Link in next tweet (to stop Elon suppressing this one completely)...

[Charlotte T-S @CTSlovesbooks]

@verityisreading @LucieEbrey @StorysmithBooks @JennySarahJones @LauraRLibrarian @chickenhsebooks Such a fab evening! So lovely to see everyone, be amongst the lovely books and meet new people! Thanks all 😁

[Charlotte T-S @CTSlovesbooks]

@JennySarahJones @mrbsemporium @ORSorrel @guppybooks Such a lovely evening with such esteemed company; again! 🤣 Thank you all and look forward to the next time!

[Charlotte T-S @CTSlovesbooks]

A few days after the @uksla weekend conference & I finally have my thoughts in order having read my notes over & processed the many, many conversations I had with people! Such an interesting, enlightening and entertaining time! Thanks everyone for their contributions!

[Charlotte T-S @CTSlovesbooks]

@verityisreading @uksla I am! 😁 although nervous about presenting a lightning talk next 😬
We’ll have to plan to come to the next one - Librarians on tour!!

[Charlotte T-S @CTSlovesbooks]

Half way through the first day of the @uksla conference and the buzz of being with others talking all things school library is brilliant! #SchoolLibrariesUnleashed

[Charlotte T-S @CTSlovesbooks]

#SLASheffield

[Charlotte T-S @CTSlovesbooks]

World Book Day Week Recovery 😁 #WorldBookDay2024

[Charlotte T-S @CTSlovesbooks]

@verity_robson I’ve also got a back list of shorter adult books I’ve enjoyed if that’s what you fancy? Can’t be doing with these 500 page monsters right now 🤣

[Charlotte T-S @CTSlovesbooks]

@verity_robson You should never feel like a bad librarian! But I know how easy it is to do so - the weeks fly by with ‘life’ 🤣 I try to have an audio book for when I’m putting the washing away etc so even if I don’t turn paper pages some days I’ve read something.

[Charlotte T-S @CTSlovesbooks]

So lovely to share this with some children as it was shared with me when I was small! Thank you ⁦@templarbooks⁩ ⁦@bonnierbooks_uk⁩

[Charlotte T-S @CTSlovesbooks]

@afharrold @BloomsburyEd @FCBGNews @RiddellKaty Thank you so much!

[Charlotte T-S @CTSlovesbooks]

Thank you @BloomsburyEd and @FCBGNews for this gorgeous poetry book! It’s such a great collection with amazing illustrations on a favourite topic! Can’t wait to read it with the students 🥰 #GreatSchoolLibraries #Poetry #readingforpleasure

[Charlotte T-S @CTSlovesbooks]

Mustn’t forget there were lots of chats with staff and students that didn’t involve borrowing books as well! So lots of talking, less Development Plan assessing taking place….let’s see what tomorrow brings!

[Charlotte T-S @CTSlovesbooks]

Sometimes Mondays are hard-the to do list grows & it feels like nothing is getting finished or moves on. But then the usage statistics report arrives, highlighting just how many book interactions happened last week & that feels good! Plus explains why the desk is a mess 🤣

[Charlotte T-S @CTSlovesbooks]

@Scoobiesue2 @SomersetCbg @isabelwriting @andyseedauthor @nicolakidsbooks Good luck with the tidying - I hope it doesn’t take you all morning! 🤞

[Charlotte T-S @CTSlovesbooks]

Thank you @Scoobiesue2 and @SomersetCbg for a brilliant #NNFN2023 day - really fascinating to hear @isabelwriting, @andyseedauthor, @nicolakidsbooks and am now plotting how to get more of these amazing books into children’s hands!

[Charlotte T-S @CTSlovesbooks]

@_Reading_Rocks_ @HachetteKids @publishing_cat @WalkerBooksUK @bsmallpub @NosyCrow Also, so much fun to catch up with lovely people I don’t get to see enough! Thank you for sharing the wins and frustrations of school librarian life 🤣

[Charlotte T-S @CTSlovesbooks]

@_Reading_Rocks_ @HachetteKids @publishing_cat @WalkerBooksUK @bsmallpub @NosyCrow