We're hiring a full-time Accounts Assistant to join our UK Finance team! Learn more and apply here: walkerbooks.peoplehr.net/Pages/JobBoa... Applications close Wednesday 1st July

We are so excited to share that SKIPSHOCK by Caroline O’Donoghue has been shortlisted for this year’s @yabookprize.bsky.social! Thanks to the judges at @thebookseller.com and @edbookfest.bsky.social for loving Margo and Moon’s story as much as we do 🌙 www.walker.co.uk/skipshock-by...

#NewIllustrationoftheDay by Atinuke from her board book M is for Mango. The mango tree with monkeys in it makes a gorgeous, richly coloured pattern, inviting scrutiny to spot the creatures and the fruit, and also encouraging counting and storytelling. Walker Books 5 June. @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social

We’ve partnered with @nationalbooktokens.bsky.social on a special Guess How Much I Love You-themed giveaway for Father’s Day, a perfect prize package to tell the father figure in your life that you love them to the moon – and back! 🌙 Enter here: nationalbooktokens.com/win/win-a-fa...

A lovely review in the Guardian! "This witty, stylishly drawn enemies-to-friends graphic novel elegantly subverts the “chosen one” trope, asking pointed questions about what happens after the final battle." www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int... @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social @bethfullerart.bsky.social

#BookReview: THE VICTORS by Wren James, illustrated by Beth Fuller @wrenjameswriter.bsky.social @bethfullerart.bsky.social @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social #UKYA sifaelizabethreads.wordpress.com/2026/06/14/b...

History! It's a game the whole family can play on Sunday 28 June with @gregjenner.bsky.social! Grab your tickets now for the UK's biggest kids' book festival and join us for a fun family book adventure like no other!➡️ londonkidslitfest.org #youredeadtome @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social

#RefugeeWeek Beautifully empathetic & heartfelt stories full of colour,courage,hope & love in tough times #PictureBooks #UKKidLit @hachettechildrens.bsky.social @oxfordunipress.bsky.social @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social @flyingeyebooks.bsky.social #KidsBooksFriday @mariannedoherty.bsky.social

Meet a beetle with an unusual job in #DaveDontGiveUp @ofalafel.bsky.social @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social - with one little beetle’s hilarious final comment it’s #RedReadingHub’s #picturebook of the day reviewed on the blog wp.me/p11DI5-dR3

Described as Skandarmeets the BFG,The Thing About Giants by Christopher Galvin looks and sounds incredible 🤩 Out now for 9+ readers, huge thanks go to @courtinabook.bsky.social @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social #KidlitUK #UKKidlit

#NewIllustrationoftheDay by Satoshi Kitamura from Pyramid Boy about a boy who travels in time to Ancient Egypt. Walker 4 June. In this eventful, angular, ink-&-watercolour spread he chases a cat from a museum through a sarcophagus into the blue & out again up a staircase. @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social

👀The doctor will see you now! Well maybe not RIGHT NOW but on Saturday 27 June you're still in with a chance of meeting Dr #RoopaFarooki here at the UK's biggest kids' book festival so get booking gang! 🎟️➡️ londonkidslitfest.org @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social

Review for #PrideMonth! Princess Pete – The Non-Binary Experience from a Child’s Eye Perspective in Zoey Allen and Frenci Sanna’s Delightful Children’s Book. Published by @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social www.brokenfrontier.com/princess-pete/

We're hiring a Senior Production Controller to join our dynamic Production team! For more details and to apply visit our jobs board or click the link below walkerbooks.peoplehr.net/Pages/JobBoa... 📍London, Vauxhall 📆 Closing date: 17th June

We're excited to share that The Football Goat: Kane V. Bellingham is shortlisted for The Week Junior Book Awards! ⚽ #TheWeekJuniorBookAwards

✨ It's June publication day ✨ With beautiful picture books, page-turning fiction, and two new Where's Wally? books, we've got lots to offer this month.

The BooksForTopics 2026-27 Recommended Reads lists for each primary year group have launched today! www.booksfortopics.com/booklists/re... We are delighted to spot our titles among the new BooksForTopics Year Group lists ⭐

We're delighted to share that Oh Dear, Look What I Got! has been longlisted for the @booktrust.org.uk Storytime Prize 2027. 🐻🦜 Congratulations to our creators, Michael and Helen!

Watch this excellent video celebrating Margaret Brook, our Bookbug Hero for 2026. youtu.be/tzv5iYPhPXw?...

We are so pleased to continue our sponsorship of Scottish Book Trust's Bookbug Hero Award and celebrate Margaret Brook’s deserved win. ⭐

Seven Babies by Forest Xiao has been shortlisted for the Klaus Flugge Prize, congratulations Forest!

Join authors Wren James and Temi Oh in conversation to discuss their new books The Victors and Not With a Bang at Waterstones Canterbury! Tickets available in-store and at the link below - www.waterstones.com/events/in-co...

Huge congratulations @chrishaughton.bsky.social!! We are so delighted to see that Chris Haughton has been appointed the new Laureate na nÓg! We have no doubt you will be an amazing champions of literature for children and young people ❤️ @childrensbooksireland.ie

We are thrilled to announce that Seven Babies by Forest Xiao has been shortlisted for the Indie Book Awards 2026 ⭐ Congratulations Forest! @booksaremybag.bsky.social

May publication day is here! Kickstart your summer with our new range of books 🌞 Find out more on our website walker.co.uk

London, I will be leaving signed copies in my wake as I toddle around town signing Loki new editions today! If you see this before about 12.30, I could sign them for YOU! Bundle or individuals! www.welbooks.co.uk/shop/p/louie... @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social

Extraterrestrial Sky is back and has got herself on a spot of other again in The World’s Worst Alien Fights Back by Alice Primmer, illustrated by Fred Blunt. Out now for 8+ readers from @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social #KidlitUK #UKKidlit worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/2026/05/02/t...

Yesterday, we interviewed author Wren James and illustrator Beth Fuller about their graphic novel THE VICTORS #UKYA #UKYASpotlight @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social ukyaspotlight.co.uk/2026/05/02/a...

LOKiiiiiiiii! @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social

We are so pleased to share that Ultimate Rugby Superstars by Matt Oldfield and Maggie Alphonsi, with brilliant illustrations by Dan Leydon, is shortlisted for the Charles Tyrwhitt Sports Book Awards! @sportsbookawards.bsky.social #CTSBA25 #ReadingForSport

This #EarthDay, think about helping the kids in your life understand the importance of the environment--and what we can do to protect it... ...by buying them my book! Now out in paperback! www.walker.co.uk/978152950915...

Our latest guest blog for #EarthDay is author and co-host of BBC's Springwatch Gillian Burke! Read her thoughts about how young kids can explore, enjoy and learn about nature wherever they live: www.walker.co.uk/gillian-burk...

Been waiting quite a while for more Patrick Ness. Glad to be back in the world of the Chaos Walking series. @patricknessbooks.bsky.social @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social @waterstones.bsky.social #patrickness #piperatthegatesofdusk #booksky

Piper At The Gates Of Dusk by Patrick Ness, illustrated by Jim Kay: returning to the world of Chaos Walking in a new series; exceptional, compelling, thought-provoking, world-shattering; complex & simply breathtaking @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social fallenstarstories.wordpress.com/2026/04/20/c...

#EarthDay is just a couple of spins of the globe away, so our latest reading list is all about engaging curious young minds, sharing the beauty of our planet, and all the ways we can do our best to look after it 🌿 www.walker.co.uk/earth-day-re... @earthdayorg.bsky.social

@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social signing books to lots of people. Thanks. @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social

With Gillian Burke’s calming mindful text and alluring illustrations rongphamart & Nguyen #YouAreNatureToo @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social is #RedReadingHub’s #picturebook of the day reviewed on the blog wp.me/p11DI5-dK2

A deliciously silly #graphicnovel #MegaPetsFreakyFoodFiasco! @stupidmonster.bsky.social @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social is #RedReadingHub’s book of the day reviewed on the blog wp.me/p11DI5-dJV

Author Timothée de Fombelle creates an immersive world for his intriguing #TobyAlone @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social with black and white illustrations by François Place adding to the intrigue - it’s #RedReadingHub’s #fiction book of the day reviewed on the blog wp.me/p11DI5-dKr

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Jon Klassen who has won the international Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award for illustration. ‘Now I See Me’, a pic of his shadow from his board book Now I See Summer, has characteristic economy & wit. Walker Books 9 April @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social @jonklassen.bsky.social

A gripping short historical read set in ancient Athens, Greek Boy by @tonybradman.bsky.social is out now for middle grade readers. @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social #KidlitUK #UKKidlit worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/2026/04/19/g...

If you know a small reader still buzzing with questions after the Artemis II mission, or if seeing Project Hail Mary has you searching for fun and engaging ways to share your love of space, here are a selection of brilliant books for kids to choose from! www.walker.co.uk/space-books-...

Delightfully droll humour in Laura Dockrill’s #Sockflea text with delightfully playful scenes of the camping trip Eva Byre @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social is #RedReadingHub’s #picturebook of the day reviewed on the blog wp.me/p11DI5-dJF

A great time was had by all last night, at the London launch of Gary Northfield's mad cap series for young readers, Mighty Mega Pets! @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social

With hilarious verbal wrangling and a wonderful final twist #RafiandRita Jarvis & Chris Judge @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social is #RedReadingHub’s #picturebook of the day reviewed on the blog wp.me/p11DI5-dJO

really looking forward to wishing @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social Happy Birthday and hope lots of you will attend this special signing tomorrow. @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social

This spring, come and see me at a literary festival near YOU (or indeed far from you). I'll be at Cambridge literary festival soon, on Saturday 25th April at 10am, and @hayfestival.bsky.social on Wed 27th May 11.30am! @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social www.cambridgeliteraryfestival.com/events/louie...

What's your favourite season? 🌼☀️🍁❄️ Out now from bestselling picture book duo Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen comes a quartet of board books perfect for exploring the changing of seasons with the tiniest of readers. www.walker.co.uk/search-resul...

Wishing a happy publication day to all of our new books on this bright April morning! 🌤️ Visit www.walker.co.uk to learn more about everything out today. #WalkerBooks #PictureBooks #KidsBooks

Join us next Saturday for @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social's birthday signing! @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social