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Up first, ’s ‘The Suitcase’. A poignant & emotional text which explores the refugee experience with younger readers. Sensitively drawn with trust & kindness at its heart. Perfect for KS1/Whole Sch, to show empathy & understanding should be for all.

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2021-01-26

Even the Stevest of Steves can fall out. Come on guys it's time to show some . Read The Steves and other wonderful books about friendships in our collection https://t.co/48Q8Tr99oN

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2020-07-31

We're welcoming back the fabulous Kate Milner especially for with her powerful story 'My Name is not Refugee'.

We'd like to say a huge thank you to and for allowing us to show her stories.

https://t.co/WWWiIp4xFa

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2020-06-18

Especially for Refugee week we have the wonderful Kate Milner sharing her award winning book ‘My Name is not Refugee’.

Watch out for it on Thursday 18 June at 11am!

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2020-06-16

"This lovely book will help young children understand what it means to be a good friend"

Wonderful to see THE JAR OF HAPPINESS by in Books for Keeps' empathy list chosen by founder https://t.co/MNYPwKUy9d

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2020-06-12

Today is & I’m sharing my recommendations of authors whose books have helped us to and stepping into someone else’s shoes.

After previously learning BSL, my fourth tweet’s aim is to raise awareness, understanding & empathy of deaf characters in books.

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2020-06-09

In The THINGs by Other Thing sees Thing hurt itself by hugging the cactus, and gives Thing its mittens...

has a great top tips section in its guide: https://t.co/VnRnizdXwI Activities: https://t.co/SF0LTUWy5D

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2020-06-09

We have absolutely loved listening to The Worrysaurus by 🦋🦋 we thought about the strategies we could use to chase our worry butterflies away 🦋🦋

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2020-06-09

Join , for her read-along of to celebrate

Lubna and Pebble are inseparable until a new refugee boy arrives in the world of tents who needs him more...

Watch now:
https://t.co/OPf8vvBjys

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2020-06-09

To mark our librarian, Mrs Turrell, has shared this incredible link to 's Book Collection, with a wonderful book range for children aged 4-16. https://t.co/GpyF9X1Oo3. Mrs Turrell has also been sharing some of these books in library time.

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2020-06-09

Today is & I’m sharing my recommendations of authors whose books have helped us to by stepping into someone else’s shoes.

My next shout-out goes to whose books, especially these ones, characterise feelings in such an accessible way.

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2020-06-09

Today is Earlier this year we were delighted that Latvian children's poetry collection THE NOISY CLASSROOM was chosen for 's booklist. Illustrator Vivianna Maria Staņislavska created this special image for today.

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2020-06-09

We're celebrating great for Empathy Day!

The Mega Magic Hair Swap by is a joyful and fun story about celebrating differences and loving yourself from head to toe.

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2020-06-09

It's Empathy is our ability to understand others & feel their emotions, and it's never been more important for us to have empathy for each other. One of the best ways to do this is to Which are your favourite books for empathy? Here's some of ours!

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2020-06-09

Picked 4 for empathy day. Could have chosen countless others. There's empathy to be explored in every book if you look for it and draw it out with children. So often, it's as much about *how* you read something as *what* you're reading.

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2020-06-09

We’re so pleased to share ‘It’s a No-Money Day’ with you!
https://t.co/MGVMkNaMRc

We’d like to say a huge thank you to & we can’t wait to welcome Kate to Manchester Libraries when our doors are back open!

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2020-06-08

Tomorrow is - the perfect day to find and start an empathy-boosting book Train your brain with stories.

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2020-06-08

And our second heartfelt image from our illustration gallery comes from https://t.co/rHndsasY8P

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2020-06-07

It's publication day for the paperback of ! good news if you didn't get one of the hardbacks in time. Congratulations to and we are very proud this book is part of 's 2020 collection

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2020-06-05