And it is time to pack up for Thursday´s 2016 Kinderboekenweek Workshop for Pabo Avans Hogeschool. This time the theme of this yearly, national children´s book event is: Grandparents. So, after a few basics on children’s literature in English language teaching, students and I will be going on a journey to Grandad’s Island. Hope students will enjoy the books.

Great SWAP 20 photos of teachers choosing and discussing English children´s books. SWAP 20 Amsterdam is organised by Karen Gouldingand takes place at The American Book Center. Get in touch if you are a teacher at Basisschool looking for free English books for your class. For more infor on SWAP 20, click here.

Wonderful donation of picture books – huge thanks to Helen Redding and her friend Claire Qualtrough. These books will go to help some of the schools who have joined The Little English Library project and who are currently setting up their own English libraries & reading corners. By now we have 12 Basisschools who have joined and of course, there is Pernille who runs the Little English Town Library Utrechtse Heuvelrug and supports 6 local Primary schools. So please, keep book donations coming, books really go to a good new home. Thanks

A few weeks ago, I gave a workshop at a regional event organised by Pabo Avans Hogeschool for Dutch Primary teachers. My workshop was on the Value / Use on English children´s Literature in the Young EFL classroom – it was very practical, with lots of examples and so I thought I would share two slides … perhaps of interest to teachers working with English children´s literature or who would like to start. There is so much that can be done with a book, so much more than ´just´ reading it. So click on the image to view my two slides.

And thanks to the English library team, The Little English School Library at the Montessori+in Breda is open again (12.09.2016). Around 2000 fantastic English children´s books (age 0-12) are waiting to be read. The library is open-access & free of charge, so if you live the area and haven´t got your library card yet, get in touch. If you want to participate in SWAP 20, again just email.