Library Mice 📚

🇫🇷 ☂️🎶 Fan of visual narratives (picturebooks and comics). School librarian. MA Children's Literature. She/her. Library Mice logo by @ClaraVulliamy

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Library Mice is 16 years old later this month. I have chosen 16 favourite posts from over the years, which I'm sharing, one a day on Instagram, but forgot to do it here. So here goes:

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@WalkerBooksUK @theLucyStrange Tom's Midnight Garden

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@_Siobhan_Cole @DapsDraws I think they have their place, but not as a substitute for parent-child interaction ☹️

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@lucasjmaxwell I have one who does this and leaves their little pile of comics where they sit (always in the same space). I just leave them there and every other day the titles in the pile change 😊

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@DapsDraws funding was very different. There was so much hope and for a while there was a real focus on reading in general and lots on the under-fives. But cuts, parents working long hours plus the arrival of smart phones have done so much damage ☹️ 2/2

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@DapsDraws The demise of Sure Start and the cuts in funding for Bookstart has been catastrophic. A long time ago I wrote a dissertation on the importance of the books for the under-fives in developing readers. It was at the infancy of Bookstart, the beginning of Blair's Britain where 1/

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Anyone know of any resources for writing non-fiction (not a memoir) during #NaNoWriMo ?

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We have some lovely giveaways coming up this month - starting with a copy of The Wild Robot by Peter Brown to 3 lucky winners, celebrating the new film! Like & share by 12 noon Friday 11th Oct - UK Only @piccadillypress https://t.co/fO4ms8WFB8

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Marie-Aude Murail and Timothée de Fombelle will both be in London for the South Ken Kids Festival . What a lineup!

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Join the stellar jury of the #EntenteLittérairePrize led by @Joannechocolat to learn more about this year’s shortlist and the joys of judging literary works.

📅 23 Nov - 12.00 @ifru_london
👉 https://t.co/3XF4MwDfad

#SKKF2024 #EntenteCordiale120

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📚✨ Meet author Marie-Aude Murail!

Join the beloved French writer as she discusses her acclaimed works & her unique approach to writing! 🌟 Have questions? Join the Q&A!

📅 23 Nov - 16.15 @ifru_london
👉 https://t.co/NiPfsbcG6i

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This is why while we, in secondary schools, work really hard around reading, it can be an uphill "battle" because students lost reading interest/stamina years ago. Having librarians in most secondaries but not in primaries is pointless and outdated.

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📢 NEW: Today we're publishing our research exploring how children's enjoyment of reading declines during primary school.

And Waterstones @UKLaureate @frankcottrell_b says the findings concern him "greatly".

Find out more 👇

https://t.co/twx1CdsHLS

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@questingvole @OneworldNews Thank you to you and @joannanadin for a great event in Bath

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Publication day! The Haunted Wood is in bookshops now. Please buy a copy. (If you do I'll be your best friend AND you can share the Twix from my packed lunch.) https://t.co/Rj860jw6qE

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Join graphic artists Posy Simmonds, Pénélope Bagieu, Charlie Adlard and Emmanuel Guibert in an exciting exploration of the history of comics over the last sixty years with comics expert Paul Gravett.

11 September in London:
https://t.co/Y6Fnd5zihA

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Such an amazing event and I so wish I could go!
Posy Simmonds, Pénélope Bagieu, @CharlieAdlard and Emmanuel Guibert in conversation with comics expert @paul_gravett on the evolution of comics over the past 60 years. 
11 Sept @ifru_london
🎟️ https://t.co/jGNpGVMO8g

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@NicoletteJones I discovered her work with "Anita and the Dragons" which @lantanapub publish. They have another two by her as well 😊

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@Modchick @laurenlaverne Mine too 😣

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@PaulWat5 @Misterbodd @smithsmm @Teacherglitter @KarlDuke8 @AdrianBethune @MrEFinch @StephenConnor7 @LTeacher123 @rumena_aktar @RobCrossley4 @f This is about to be released and is lovely for younger children. Barroux always gets the tone right.

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@PaulWat5 Jeffers' title Begin Again isn't necessarily for children and isn't about kindness or refugees but more of a "we are one" message which I think is vital when fighting the "us and them" narrative we are seeing