Themes: Cross-curricular, Factual text, Intercultural competence, Music
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This colourful and expressive picture book encourages students to explore different cultural forms of expression: in this case, jazz music.
Themes: Feelings, Health and life skills
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This picture book can help young people to acknowledge and express their feelings and participate in communication on different topics with a more accurate and nuanced language.
Themes: Animals, Cross-curricular, Diversity, Environment, Identity
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This picture book celebrates diversity and individuality and can help children see their own and others’ identities in a multicultural context. In addition, it focuses on environmental issues.
Themes: Family, Friendship, Identity
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This picture book can inspire talk about the generation gap and help learners express their feelings and become confident users of English so they can participate in communication on different topics.
Themes: Feelings, Health and life skills
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This picture book can inspire young people to open up and talk about their feelings and provide new perspectives on different ways of thinking.
Themes: Feelings, Health and life skills
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This picture book can inspire young people to open up and talk about their feelings and provide new perspectives on different ways of thinking.
Themes: Acceptance, Art and Crafts, Cross-curricular, Diversity
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This picture book invites the reader to talk about different styles of art, but still relating these to ourselves and the importance of diversity in society. Besides, this book will help learners to express themselves more accurately and with more nuances to communicate on different topics.
Themes: Cross-curricular, Democracy and citizenship, Diversity, Identity, Refugees
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book will contribute to developing students’ understanding of refugees’ background and reasons for fleeing their country.
Themes: Animals, Friendship
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book, which has the format of a classic fable, can contribute to developing reading skills and reading pleasure.
Themes: Feelings, Health and life skills, Identity
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book can help children to build resilience and develop a “can do” attitude to life. In addition, it encourages talk about dealing with challenging situations and believing in yourself.
Themes: Feelings, Friendship, Health and life skills
Connections to the Curriculum in English: In a very visual way, this picture book encourages conversations about feelings and perspectives on students’ own way of life and thinking and that of others.
Themes: Family, Intercultural competence, Language work
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This picture book portraits life and culture in a small Mexican village and hence, contributes to developing students’ intercultural competence. It is also a book about family relations, solidarity, and sacrifice. The language is sprinkled with Spanish words throughout the book.
Themes: Animals, Factual text, Intercultural competence
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book provides knowledge about Cyprus and, hence, contributes to developing students’ understanding of other peoples’ ways of living.
Themes: Intercultural competence, Health and life skills, Feminism
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book can help open for new ways to interpret the world, and promote curiosity and engagement and help to prevent prejudices.
Themes: Amusement, Intercultural competence, Factual text
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book can provide an exploratory approach to language, communication patterns, lifestyles, ways of thinking and social conditions open for new perspectives on the world and ourselves. The book can develop the pupils’ understanding that their views of the world are culture-dependent.
Themes: Intercultural competence, Health and life skills, Diversity, Feelings, Identity
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book can help open for new ways to interpret the world, and promote curiosity and engagement and help to prevent prejudices.
Themes: Amusement, Intercultural competence, Fairy tale
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book can provide an exploratory approach to language, communication patterns, lifestyles, ways of thinking and social conditions open for new perspectives on the world and ourselves. The book can develop the pupils’ understanding that their views of the world are culture-dependent.
Themes: Environment, Hope, Amusement
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book can give pupils the foundation for develop their knowledge and experience of linguistic and cultural diversity, as well as their insight into ways of living, ways of thinking.
Themes: Amusement, Intercultural competence, Factual text
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book can provide an exploratory approach to language, communication patterns, lifestyles, ways of thinking and social conditions open for new perspectives on the world and ourselves. The book can develop the pupils’ understanding that their views of the world are culture-dependent.
Themes: Cross-curricular, Feelings, Health and life skills
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This allegorical tale questions what it means to grow up. The book encourages students to reflect on and express their feelings and thoughts about approaching the transition to adulthood.
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