{"id":357,"date":"2017-03-01T11:42:42","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T11:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.schoolsplus.co.uk\/moulton\/?p=357"},"modified":"2017-03-01T11:42:42","modified_gmt":"2017-03-01T11:42:42","slug":"reading-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.schoolsplus.co.uk\/moulton\/2017\/03\/01\/reading-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading for Children"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I found the following blog written by Childtasticbooks, and thought it made interesting reading. \u00a0I’ve read approximately 50% of the books on the list, mostly the older books.<\/p>\n

At Moulton, we have a beautiful library, which is available to hire for reading groups, adult and children, and for more informal meetings. \u00a0The library is well stocked, and as you would expect, has lots comfy chairs for settling down with a good book! Contact me for further details.<\/p>\n

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The most influential \/ important books in British Children\u2019s Literature since 1960<\/h1>\n
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OK, it\u2019s a strange title but it\u2019s the first topic of my new MA module on British Children\u2019s Literature, 1960 to the present day, and it\u2019s a very vague and hazy area.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re spending the next few months looking at various books and authors that have defined and influenced British Children\u2019s Literature since the 1960s and the books chosen form part of a literary canon. The problem is, how do you define a literary canon? I would have a stab at it by saying it comprises books that have been influential and have enjoyed enduring popularity over a period of time, as this indicates that their message never dates or grows stale.<\/p>\n

However, books and authors that I choose might not show up on someone else\u2019s list. In fact, our first exercise this week was to say whether or not we agreed with the texts chosen as part of this module, which are:<\/p>\n

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  • The Lantern Bearers\u00a0<\/em>by Rosemary Sutcliff (1959)<\/li>\n
  • The Borrowers Aloft\u00a0<\/em>by Mary Norton (1961)<\/li>\n
  • A Stranger at Green Knowe\u00a0<\/em>by Lucy Boston (1961)<\/li>\n
  • A Dog So Small\u00a0<\/em>by Philippa Pearce (1962)<\/li>\n
  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory<\/em>\u00a0by Roald Dahl (1964)<\/li>\n
  • Elidor<\/em>\u00a0(1965),\u00a0The Owl Service<\/em>\u00a0(1967) and\u00a0The Stone Book Quartet\u00a0<\/em>(1976-8)\u00a0<\/em>by Alan Garner<\/li>\n
  • Smith<\/em>\u00a0by Leon Garfield (1967)<\/li>\n
  • Carrie\u2019s War\u00a0<\/em>by Nina Bawden (1973)<\/li>\n
  • The Trouble With Donovan Croft\u00a0<\/em>by Bernard Ashley (1974)<\/li>\n
  • Going Back<\/em>\u00a0by Penelope Lively (1975)<\/li>\n
  • The Machine Gunners<\/em>\u00a0(1975),\u00a0The Scarecrows\u00a0<\/em>(1981),\u00a0Blitzcat\u00a0<\/em>(1989),\u00a0The Kingdom by the Sea<\/em>\u00a0(1990),\u00a0and\u00a0Gulf\u00a0<\/em>(1992), all by Robert Westall<\/li>\n
  • The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler\u00a0<\/em>by Gene Kemp (1977)<\/li>\n
  • The BFG\u00a0<\/em>by Roald Dahl (1982)<\/li>\n
  • The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3\/4\u00a0<\/em>by Sue Townsend (1982)<\/li>\n
  • A Parcel of Patterns<\/em>\u00a0by Jill Paton Walsh (1983)<\/li>\n
  • The Sheep-Pig\u00a0<\/em>by Dick King-Smith (1983)<\/li>\n
  • Fire and Hemlock<\/em>\u00a0by Diana Wynne-Jones (1985)<\/li>\n
  • Bill\u2019s New Frock<\/em>\u00a0by Anne Fine (1989)<\/li>\n
  • The Story of Tracy Beaker\u00a0<\/em>by Jacqueline Wilson (1991)<\/li>\n
  • Dear Nobody\u00a0<\/em>by Berlie Doherty (1991)<\/li>\n
  • Northern Lights\u00a0<\/em>by Philip Pullman (1995)<\/li>\n
  • Junk\u00a0<\/em>(1996) and\u00a0Doing It\u00a0<\/em>(2003) by Melvin Burgess<\/li>\n
  • Harry Potter and the Philosopher\u2019s Stone<\/em>\u00a0by JK Rowling (1997)<\/li>\n
  • Postcards from No Man\u2019s Land<\/em>\u00a0by Adrian Chambers (1997)<\/li>\n
  • The Lion-Tamer\u2019s Daughter\u00a0<\/em>by Peter Dickinson (1999)<\/li>\n
  • Kit\u2019s Wilderness<\/em>\u00a0by David Almond (1999)<\/li>\n
  • The Stones are Hatching<\/em>\u00a0by Geraldine McCaughrean (1999)<\/li>\n
  • Plus Enid Blyton\u2019s\u00a0Five on a Treasure Island\u00a0<\/em>(1942 but reprinted often since 1960s).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    It\u2019s a lot of reading!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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