Finished Reading in November: ☕️ #BeforetheCoffeeGetsCold by #ToshikazuKawaguchi - great concept, bought me to tears 🍟 #ShesAlwaysHungry by #ElizaClark - excellent in every way, made me squirm and laugh, just brilliantly crafted short stories @panmacmillan.bsky.social @faberbooks.bsky.social

🪐 ↪️ Have you ever read a book back to front as well as front to back?? ↩️ 🧑🚀 A flipping great new read, The Spectacular Space Loop by Javi De Castro is coming soon! Out in the US this Decemeber, and the UK this January, pre-order yours at www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-specta...

Keep it short and find what you enjoy: how to start reading for fun

Really looking forward to being at BiF this weekend!

The Booker Prize Foundation has launched the Children’s Booker Prize, the charity’s first award for children’s fiction. 👇 #BookSky

Excellent news! More coverage for children’s books and in a way that’s engaging for younger readers! 👏🏻

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Katherine Child, debut author-illustrator of The Notted Island, a fantasy novel about an island in black-and-white which is waiting to be coloured, and about a deity who is in charge of the night sky. Skilled and lovely work. Flying Eye 9 Oct. @flyingeyebooks.bsky.social

A sneak peek of Katherine Child's beautiful new book, The Notted Island arriving this week! Pre-order now at www.waterstones.com/book/the-not...

Publishing in the US today: The Notted Island by Katherine Child has finally arrived! Get your copy here: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-notted...

For a very long time, the world was black and white... Coming soon, The Notted Island by Katherine Child Pre-order your copy now at www.waterstones.com/book/the-not... #TheWorldWasBlack&White #TheNottedIsland

Thanks for having us at #KidsConf @thebookseller.com - we hope our story about passion for publishing comics and illustrated children’s books was inspiring!

Please take a listen to this 1 min intro for the new podcast being launched by the @lonbookproject - a charity I have been working with over the past few months. It’s like a desert island discs for children’s books & there are some great guests! #Kidlit open.spotify.com/show/3wBQXef...

Huge thanks to @thebookseller.com for sitting down with us and chatting all things graphic novels and getting kids into reading! Looking forward to #KidsConf #childrensreading #graphicnovels

So excited to see this brilliant review for Bear Heart in @theobserveruk.bsky.social today! Thank you @imogencarter.bsky.social ‘One of the most gorgeous picture book spreads I’ve seen all year.’ observer.co.uk/culture/book...

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Donna Fredin from her picturebook That’s Not Stella, about an identity-swapping cat and a boy who can tell the difference. Flying Eye 3 July. Simplified shapes & contrasted light & dark, reminiscent of the late Dahlov Ipcar’s The Cat At Night. @flyingeyebooks.bsky.social

🐸 Out in August! Watch me Grow: Frogs by Bianca Austria and Sara Forster. Pre-order now! flyingeyebooks.com/book/watch-m... This book will take you on a journey through a frog's life cycle. A fun and informative introduction to life cycles for children.

We're giving away this VANISHING WORLD goodie bag to a lucky winner on both Bluesky and Instagram 🍎 To be in with a chance of winning all you need to do is: - Follow @grantabooks.bsky.social - Repost - Leave a comment tagging a friend (more tags = more entries) - Enter by 2 May See below for T+Cs.

Shared reading has lifelong benefits. But our research shows that children whose parents or carers like reading themselves are more likely to develop a love of reading. That's why it's so important we support families to share stories together: www.booktrust.org.uk/resources/fi...

Out July 3rd! Crazy About Cats (Paperback) by Owen Davey Pre-order now! flyingeyebooks.com/book/crazy-a... This captivating and stunningly illustrated guide will teach you everything you need to know about our feline friends.

We are excited to be featured in the Reading Agency #StoryGarden Summer Reading Challenge Book Collection! readingagency.org.uk/the-summer-r... 📖 Farah Loves Mangos by Sarthak Sinha 📖 Hilda and Twig: Hide from the Rain by Luke Pearson 📖 Is it a Seed? By Emily Ann Davison and Adriena Fong

🌷 Spring is here and we have plenty of beautiful books to celebrate the season, from picture books to fact-filled non-fiction titles! Browse all of our titles here: flyingeyebooks.com/books/

Three great reads in March including #Butter by #AsakoYuzuki and #TheHouseintheCeruleanSea by #TJKlune but my favourite has to be #TheHungerGames by #SuzanneCollins can’t believe it’s taken me this long to read it, but so glad I have! @thestorygraph.com

Yes, something for everyone! We have folks delighted to find #LGBTQI+ #kidsbooks like THIEVES from @flyingeyebooks.bsky.social #bilingual #kidbooks like FIRST FRIENDS:SHAPES from @barefootbooks.bsky.social & more Booth 1641 #txla25

HUPO from @flyingeyebooks.bsky.social has a #txla25 fan!

AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF URBAN LEGENDS from @flyingeyebooks.bsky.social found a fan at #txla25

Amazing to see our titles and POS all the way on the other side of the world! Thank you @pubspotlight.bsky.social for representing @flyingeyebooks.bsky.social at #txla25

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Slovenian illustrator Mocculere (Mojca Novak) from her picturebook Picopaco. About a woodpecker who is a skilled carpenter, finds bustle stressful and discovers her community. Decorative use of pencil crayon and other media. Flying Eye 3 April @flyingeyebooks.bsky.social

Beyond proud! Congratulations to Carlos Sánchez and everyone at @flyingeyebooks.bsky.social and a huge thank you to @waterstones.bsky.social and @waterstoneskids.bsky.social

So many more exciting things to come!

Not long until it's here! Literal rollercoaster rides, as well as big blasts, disco skating rinks and a very mischievous cat 🐈 A scientific space adventure 🌌 ... Available for pre-order now 👀

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #Waterstones bookseller reviews for Rune: The Tale of a Thousand Faces, which is shortlisted for the #WCBP! Filled with dark magic, desserts, druids, and dragons, this is the first instalment of a spellbinding comic series for children aged 7+ www.waterstones.com/book/rune/ca...

On my way here to staff the @flyingeyebooks.bsky.social stand! Come say hi if you’re around!

📖 For #NeurodivergenceCelebrationWeek, a preview of Picopaco: The Woodpecker Who Built a Town by Mocculere bit.ly/4hET8Tu This sweet story about celebrating differences can be read as an allegory for neurodivergence with themes of hyper-fixation and sensory overload.

Waterstones Children's Book Prize: Win shortlisted books for your school! Enter the BookTrust giveaway here:

Too hard to pick one favourite read from February so I’ve gone with two - one was very thought provoking and the other just utterly enjoyable to listen to #womenoftroy #themaid @penguinbooksuk.bsky.social @harpercollins.bsky.social @thestorygraph.com

Out June 2025! Weird and Wonderful Ways to Save the Planet: Medical Mucus, Poo Power and Beetles for Breakfast by Madeleine Finlay & Jisu Choi A hopeful look at the many brilliant and bizarre ways humans can work together to save our planet! Pre-order now: buff.ly/iYDml69

📚️ It’s publication day! Immerse yourself in our three fabulous new titles. Available now wherever you buy your books! Happy reading! buff.ly/AL6y7em

📚️OUT TODAY! Hupo and the Wonder Thief by Billy Partridge buff.ly/mm2UOg4 Creator Billy Partridge whisks us into his magical tale with whimsical artwork and a story about imagination, adventure, and courage to be yourself, even if you have a big personality. (5+)

A lovely evening spent with these two brilliant women celebrating Scientists in the Wild: Antarctica being on the Edward Stanford’s shortlist! Congratulations to you both! @helenscales.bsky.social @krhendry.bsky.social @flyingeyebooks.bsky.social @stanfordstravel.bsky.social #childrensnonfiction

We have some fantastic fiction and nonfiction books in our weekend round-up of reviews: justimagine.co.uk/childrens-bo...

🐓 From our blog: Wrong Time Rooster creator, Michael Parkin, tells us how he came to be a children’s book author and illustrator: https://buff.ly/4hYxQkw

For #ValentinesDay we are celebrating all kinds of love: romantic, love for your friends, family or... your favourite fruit! 🌸 Jumble Wood by Helena Covell 🌋 Into the Volcano by Catherine Ard, Wenjia Tang 🦁 Cub by Jonty Howley 🥭 Farah Loves Mangos by Sarthak Sinha

It’s wonderful to see Rune: The Tale of a Thousand Faces by Carlos Sánchez on the 2025 #ReadForEmpathy list! #empathylabUK does wonderful work towards building a better and kinder world through books, and we’re delighted to be involved. Download the list: https://buff.ly/33scbwN

🎉 Rune: The Tale of a Thousand Faces by Carlos Sánchez is shortlisted for the #WaterstonesChildrensBookPrize2025 in the Younger Readers category! Rune is the first shortlisted graphic novel in its age group. buff.ly/39g0Cd0 #WCBP25 @waterstoneskids.bsky.social @waterstones.bsky.social

📚️ It’s publication day! Dive into to brilliant two new titles! 🔍️ Detective Stanley and the Mystery at the Museum by Hannah Tunnicliffe, Erica Harrison https://buff.ly/3OP9InW 🐓 Wrong Time Rooster by Michael Parkin https://buff.ly/3Cf7yv4

🔍️ OUT TODAY! Detective Stanley and the Mystery at the Museum by Hannah Tunnicliffe, Erica Harrison https://buff.ly/3OP9InW Chaos at the Narlybone Museum, can Detective Stanley solve the case? A highly illustrated animal detective mystery for young readers aged 7+.

The spectacular shortlist for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2025 is here! 🥳 Chosen by booksellers across the country, there's magic on every page, whatever their age. Discover the amazing shortlisted authors and illustrators here: bit.ly/3w9ZuZb #WCBP25

Why should children read? Because reading for pleasure has the biggest impact of any factor on children's life chances. And imagining a better world is the first step to building one. So come what may - please keep reading books with kids, and encouraging them to read. It has never mattered more.

Coming soon! Hupo and the Wonder Thief by Billy Partridge. A story about imagination, adventure, and courage to be yourself, even if you have a big personality. Out March 2025. Pre-order now! USA: https://buff.ly/4jL2u2w UK : https://buff.ly/3DYXWVA 🎥 by Amber Cooper-Davies

Favourite read this January goes to #cryinginhmart by #michellezauner @panmacmillan.bsky.social