Student Statement Against Racism in the Centre and Faculty
This blog represents students at the Centre for Research in Children’s Literature within the Faculty of Education at the University
Student Statement Against Racism in the Centre and Faculty
This blog represents students at the Centre for Research in Children’s Literature within the Faculty of Education at the University
Storytelling and Covid-19
The current pandemic is a good time to remember a post by Amy Ryder last year on the power of
‘Time and time again’: Tom’s Midnight Garden and the Temporality of Lockdown
A classic of children’s literature about time travel, Philippa Pearce’s Tom’s Midnight Garden is one of those books that has
My Lockdown Reading: Adolescence, AIDS, Covid-19 Dystopia and Picturebooks
When I began my doctoral project on the role of HIV/AIDS in young adult literature, I never expected to find
A day in the life of an MPhil student (sort of)
I came to the MPhil after working as a UK state school English teacher for fifteen years (a career I
Spring Self-Care in Cambridge Based on the Five Love Languages
By Sapphire Demirsöz February in Cambridge is a magical month. Not only is it the most romantic city in which
How do children identify ideologies through storytime?
The new year is a time of reflection and prediction. As an educator of 620 children aged three to twelve,
One More Adaption of Little Women: A Personal Review
*Note: this post contains spoilers about the film Little Women. “I am working on a novel, and it’s about my
Elsa is Queer: A Close Reading of Song Lyrics in Frozen and Frozen 2
“if I had had a princess like Elsa as a role model when I was a child, who knows how much more quickly I would have come to understand and accept my queerness.”
Christmas Books at Homerton College Library
This guest post is written by Liz Osman. Liz is Fellow Librarian at Homerton College Library. It’s always enjoyable to
Children's Literature at Cambridge 