How to enter your book Submissions welcomed for both fiction and non-fiction, in all age ranges from 4-7 and 7-11 years. There are four categories: Fiction for 4–7 years of age, Fiction for 7–11 years of age, Non-Fiction for 4–7 years of age, and Non-Fiction for 7–11 years of age. The book(s) should have been…
John Paine, founding editorial board member and former editor of English 4-11, looks back on 20 years of the journal A cause for celebration. Twenty years ago the first edition of Primary English (later to become English 4-11) carried the editorial headline ‘Teaching by Numbers?’ Then, in 1992 there was, as now, continuing discussion about…
The Children’s Literature Interest Group (SIG) was set up by two Fellows, Eve Bearne and Margaret Mallett, with experience and interest in the Primary School Years and has been active for several years. It includes in its repertoire children’s non-fiction literature as well as fiction of all kinds. In our digital age, how teachers support reading on…
The English 4-11 Picture Book Awards for the best children’s picture books of the year