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Shadowing the Kate Greenaway presents an important opportunity to equip children and young people with visual literacy skills, increasing understanding as to the ways images can help to carry story and convey information.
their comfort reading. It’s an excellent opportunity to introduce them to books, genres and authors they wouldn’t ordinarily pick up. We are extending their reading diet. All of these books have been verified by professional children’s librarians.’
One of the big attractions for shadowing is that young people are not expected to break the books down and analyse them or to write essays, instead it is about creating a platform for many voices and views on the books. “It’s about creating a safe space for discussion and activity outside the classroom and celebrating what young people think and feel,” Amy explains.
Exploring visual narratives
Exploring more visually based narratives outside the class setting means shadowing the Kate Greenaway medal can be very accessible and has a wide-range interest appeal. This is something Amy has been keen to exploit, setting up storytime sessions for key stage four and five students that are immersed in exams. “Revision and examination time can be tough and coincides with a time when reading for pleasure traditionally dips. Using the Kate Greenaway shortlist as the base for storytime provides much-needed time out, a chance to connect socially, some light-hearted release and valuably
connects the students with the library space reminding them that we are there and can support them.”
Shadowing the Kate Greenaway can also be a powerful way to change perceptions around reading and who is and can be a reader. Amy describes the innovative project she has run with less confident readers working to make them ambassadors for the awards and arranging for these secondary school students to introduce the shortlist to primary schools groups. “It is so powerful for young people who might never have considered themselves readers to be put in the position where, likely for the first time in their lives, they are reading role models,” Amy enthuses.
Spring-Summer 2021
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