Where can a story take you? At my school, we want to show our pupils how far they can travel and learn about that country whilst staying in the same place. Our map is a work in progress but here’s what we’ve started with 🤩🌍📚 #kidlituk

Rob & Tom Sears created one of the best/ quirkiest NF ever in The Biggest Footprint and their new book A Tree is a Time Machine is equally exceptional. A tree contemplates the passing of time and it made me smile and go Wow! Genius. @smithsmm.bsky.social @checkemoutbooks.bsky.social

What a spectacular sequel Chronicles of Whetherwhy: The Season of Flames is - a clever time jump makes this sprawling world even more intriguing & epic. @acaseforbooks.bsky.social is just outstanding! Out now for 9+. Thanks @harpercollins.bsky.social 🔥 checkemoutbooks.wordpress.com/2025/09/28/c...

Which books did we recommend in our assembly this week to our chn, staff & families? 👻📚 #kidlituk 📖 Entirely Emmie 📖 Meeting Meg 📖 Fright Club: Let’s Boo This 📖 Dracula & Daughters 📖 Spooksmiths Investigate Circle of Shadows (SIGNED 🤩) 📖 Pirates Ahoy

We're delighted to announce a terrifying #Halloween blog tour to celebrate the publication of #TheLastDayOfOctober, Phil Hickes's spine-tingling Barrington Stoke debut! Follow these brilliant bloggers for reviews, sneak peeks, interviews and author content. You have been warned! Publishing 9 October

1 of a book’s special gifts is the empathetic skills it helps nurture in a reader & you won’t find one better than Role Model - my fav @ellemcnicoll.bsky.social story so far!Thanks @knightsofbooks.bsky.social @edpr.bsky.social 📖 #kidlituk checkemoutbooks.wordpress.com/2025/09/21/r...

Which books did we share with our pupils, staff & families in our celebration assembly this week? 📖 The Girl at the Front of the Class 📖 Super Nova 📖 The Diary of Wiska Wildflower: The New School 📖 The Terrible Trio: The (Not So) Superheroes 📖 Champions of the Galaxy #kidlituk

#SundayMorningBookChat this week is celebrating PictureBooks! Tok percivals new book ‘This Way Up’ shows how people can see things from others views and learn to compromise. What other picturebooks are your go-tos for teaching children important concepts tomsbookcorner.wordpress.com/2025/09/12/p...

Why should The Night House Files: The Wintermoor Lights be on your radar? If you’ve enjoyed these books then you’ll love the latest from @dansmithauthor.bsky.social @barringtonstoke.bsky.social out now for 11+ 📖 #kidlituk

Thank you #cicadabooks #annadavies #daisywynter for Shoes: A Footwear Fashion Frolic. It’s a fantastic journey through the history of footwear taking us around the globe, focusing on designers too and will interest all children due to the later focus on #nike #vans #airjordans #adidas designs.

Kate Winter - the most exciting talent in NF? Adored The Fossil Hunter and her style perfectly suits the discovery of prehistoric paintings in Lascaux a century ago in The Cave Explorer. Engrossing art (+gatefolds), enticing questions and key knowledge - Kate has produced a serious work of art!

Which books did we recommend to our pupils, staff & families during our first celebration assembly of the year? 📖 Colin’s Grandma 📖 Naeli and the Secret Song @jasbinderbilan.bsky.social 📖 The Boy in the Tree 📖 The Girl Who Raced The World 📖 Nature Heroes #kidlituk

Generally stay away from ‘celebrity’ books but Marvellous Messages: The Amazing Story of Communication by #roseaylingellis #andreamills #lenaaddink is not only an important book but brilliant fun to read time-travelling around the globe to see communication develop and meet key deaf people. Superb!

#SundaymorningBookChat this week is about difficult subject matter. Yesterday I blogged about the new book by #onjaliqRauf who tackles dementia in a grandparent with authenticity and warmth. What would you recommend? tomsbookcorner.wordpress.com/2025/09/06/t...

As I’ve been creating alternate reads to Walliams over the summer, I thought it was worth updating the poster which started them all from summer 2024. Here’s alternate adventures / mysteries at sea your children could read instead of Super Sleuth 🕵️‍♀️ Which other sea-based mysteries would you include?

Appropriate for this first week back at school, my #PictureBookFriday is The Tour at School - thoroughly entertaining & a great way to show belonging. This went into my Reception library this week. Out now for 3+. Thanks @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social checkemoutbooks.wordpress.com/2025/09/05/t...

@smithsmm.bsky.social @f33lthesun.bsky.social @mrlockyer.bsky.social @checkemoutbooks.bsky.social #edusky #reading #freefestival

My #PictureBookFriday is How to Train your Teacher - a wonderful book perfect for this time of year! A great story promoting being confident & brave plus super funny too. Thanks @scholasticuk.bsky.social ✏️ Out now for 3+ #kidlituk checkemoutbooks.wordpress.com/2025/08/29/h...

There’s no doubt going to be conversations in your classroom around flags popping up in areas so if you’re not familiar with Boy, Everywhere check it out as it’s an essential book for Y5+. Tbf, adults need be reading this modern classic too! 📖 @amdassu.bsky.social #kidlituk

Check out this finished edition of #DraculaAndDaughters - the 1st ever series from Emma Carroll 🤩 How stunning is it? Sharing my review again of this brilliant vampire adventure: checkemoutbooks.wordpress.com/2025/05/29/d... Thanks @faberchildrens.bsky.social 25/9 for 9+ #kidlituk

Great recommendations from @checkemoutbooks.bsky.social. Here's 5 more in a @booktrust.org.uk blog I wrote: www.booktrust.org.uk/resources/fi...

Cracking chiller from #JackMackay (illustrated by #benjoelprice) with frightening monsters, a terrifying house and a courageous heroine, Gwen. Relationships push the emotional buttons. #jenniferkillick fans will love it. (Note:deals with loss of parent from illness) year6 #kidlituk #ukkidlit #edusky

Last snack credits to use up… which Mickey treats shall we go for? 🤔 m😋 @disneyparks.bsky.social

Fancy another alternate reads poster? There’s a wealth of brilliant children’s books around memories and/or intergenerational relationships so instead of reading Grandpa’s Great Escape, here are some alternatives. Which other books would you include? #kidlituk

#sundaymorningbookchat this week is celebrating great series w/great endings that perhaps aren’t on many people’s radar. recently finished& blogged about this superb trilogy by Jamie Littler &I know lots of people haven’t read. Lets celebrate unsung heros tomsbookcorner.wordpress.com/2025/08/20/a...

Loved Colin’s Castle so my #PictureBookFriday is the sublime sequel Colin’s Grandma out 28/8 for 3+. Great themes around self-confidence & living our own authentic lives! Thanks @farshorebooks.bsky.social 🧛🏼🦆 #kidlituk checkemoutbooks.wordpress.com/2025/08/22/c...

Why read Billionaire Boy when there’s already a brilliant selection of children’s books out there exploring friendships? Here’s some of my favourites but what others would you suggest instead of Walliams’ book? #kidlituk @louiestowell.bsky.social @lesleyparr.bsky.social @hamdesign.bsky.social

Loved Animal Kingdom yesterday & besides the extended park hours bonus for deluxe guests, we loved Rafiki’s Planet Watch to see more of the conservation work Disney are doing, which was really interesting.

7 liars in the circle. Only 1 can survive…I’ve read some stunning YA this summer but Circle of Liars is joint top of the year so far. Intricately plotted, insane twists & a haunting character death I haven’t seen since Hunger Games, you MUST buy this checkemoutbooks.wordpress.com/2025/08/21/c...

If your 3 best friends vanished, you’d be happy if 1 of them rocked up to their memorial, right? Maybe not when you were the one who killed them… Kill Creatures is 1 of my favourite YAs of the year - pacy & devilish fun @scholasticuk.bsky.social checkemoutbooks.wordpress.com/2025/08/20/k...

Seeing @karlduke8.bsky.social post about early reading has made me reflect. I was lucky my parents read & we visited the library. As well as Roald Dahl, I loved the Animal Ark and Goosebumps series & had ALL of them. I then read Point Horror in my teens. What did you use to enjoy as a child?

Here is my 8th creation for alternative reads to David Walliams, this time focusing on The Beast of Buckingham Palace. These are ones I’ve particularly enjoyed but what else would you add? #kidlituk

A hidden garden. An ancient tale. A missing child. The Strange Disappearance of Imogen Good is sure to be 1 of the best autumnal reads for chn in 2025 - magical, eerie & compelling. I couldn’t put this down! Thanks @nosycrow.bsky.social 🥀 Out 11/9 for 9+ checkemoutbooks.wordpress.com/2025/08/17/t...

#sundaymorningbookchat comes all the way from Mauritius this morning. Had a wonderful safari in SA and was completely inspired by the animals. Let’s celebrate animal books! What is the appeal of a great animal book or authors who write them? Here are some of my favourites @whatsfsaid.bsky.social

Why should YA whodunnit Oxford Blood be on your preorder list? Well, if you love these then you’ll be gripped by this dark academia thriller. Out 28/8 for 14+ 📖 @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social

Don’t know if #WaltDisneyWorld need a new family for their ads but we’d happily help 😆☺️🇺🇸

Oxford Blood is not only a pacy, thrilling YA whodunnit set in 1 of the world’s most prestigious unis but it also explores class, racism, power & unconscious bias within society. Absolute brilliance! Out 28/8 for 14+. Thanks @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social 🩸 checkemoutbooks.wordpress.com/2025/08/15/o...

Why read Bad Dad when you have an incredible selection of high quality, exciting parent/carer & child adventures to enjoy? Here’s some I’ve particularly enjoyed but what else would you add? #kidlituk

The new graphic novel every 6+ child needs in their life, Super Unicorn Princess @mikehartigan.bsky.social is SO much fun. Read on for my thoughts on the blog tour today ⬇️ Thanks @simonschusteruk.bsky.social #kidlituk checkemoutbooks.wordpress.com/2025/08/12/s...

You might be interested in this article from Jack that we have just published gnofhorror.com/jack-mackay-...

There is an absolute wealth of quality graphic novels out there for children today. Rather than Walliams’ Astrochimp, here are just a few other brilliant choices you could show your child or class. Which other graphic novels would you recommend? #kidlituk

Why must you preorder the incredible Letters from the Upside? If you’ve read any of the other books here then I bet the latest from Katya Balen will be right up your street 🐦 Out 25/9 for 9+. @bloomsburyed.bsky.social #kidlituk

Sublime & Katya Balen soars to new heights 📖 Look up & see the upside - Letters from the Upside is out 25/9 & it’s a perfect class readaloud exploring an dysregulated child who discovers the healing power of nature. Thanks @bloomsburyed.bsky.social 🐦 checkemoutbooks.wordpress.com/2025/08/10/l...

Why read Walliams’ The Ice Monster when you have these brilliant Victorian adventures to read? What else would you suggest so children can widen their reading opportunities? #kidlituk

Up early due to jet lag so thought I’d share my #PictureBookFriday Super Nani & Captain Yaz, a beautiful celebration of intergenerational love & bilingual families. Out now for 3+. Thanks @templarbooks.bsky.social #kidlituk checkemoutbooks.wordpress.com/2025/08/08/s...

Instead of reading Code Name Bananas, why not check out some more superior stories set during WW2? Here’s a few the Y5 & Y6 pupils I’ve taught (and myself!) have particularly enjoyed 📚 #kidlituk

Why read Slime when you could read these alternate books featuring more authentic representations of wheelchair users? #kidlituk

📚 Alternate reads to Mr Stink 📚 You don’t need Walliams when you have these incredible books. If you know a child who is reading #MrStink then here’s some alternate reads they could read next to explore poverty and/or homelessness. Which other books would you recommend? #kidlituk

Based on the true story of Indian WW1 gunner & recipient of the Victoria Cross – Khudadad Khan – My Soul, A Shining Tree explores WW1 through 4 fascinating, distinct perspectives. An emotional story! Out 14/8 for 9+. Thanks @farshorebooks.bsky.social 📖 checkemoutbooks.wordpress.com/2025/08/06/m...

It’s been great seeing all the DW conversations lately on Insta so after last summer’s posters, I’ve been inspired to start creating more so instead of Demon Dentist, here are some incredible reads which feature young carers #kidlituk