#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...

#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...

#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...

#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

I’ll share pages later today but Stalactite & Stalagmite by #drewbeckmeyer is a phenomenal book! It tells the history of the planet in a genius way! So clever and so funny. Would make a great read aloud. #picturebooks #geography #science

Four extraordinary books from Lark Books in Lincoln. Their selection of picture books is the best I have ever seen. I could have walked out with a truck full but settled for these. Every one is wonderful. #picturebooks #indiebookshops

Another incredible mystery from the genius that is @redbreastedbird.bsky.social, A Stocking Full of Spies sees the younger members of the Ministry of Unladylike Activity head to Bletchley Park. Out 11/09 from @puffinbooksuk.bsky.social #KidlitUK worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/2025/07/27/a...

When the Storm Comes by Polly Ho-Yen is a powerful and perilous story of courage, teamwork and trust. Realistic fiction at its finest, this book will have you completely captivated. @knightsofbooks.bsky.social #UKKidsLit #KidsLitUK scopeforimagination.co.uk/2025/07/26/w...

It's #NationalMarineWeek so what better time to pick up a copy of the acclaimed children's book #DayOfTheWhale by @racheldelahaye.bsky.social which is a love letter to nature and a plea to conserve our oceans, wrapped up in an island thriller!

Sometimes books are just kind of perfect… “Beautiful Useful Things” by #BethKephart and #MelodieStacie is a truly wondrous #Picturebookbiography of William Morris. It’s lyrical and poetic with astounding illustrations, that suit the subject matter, a true delight…#PicturebookPage

I was lucky enough to have an early read of this and it’s fabulous! 🤩

Without doubt #DraculaAndDaughters is a brilliant piece of story telling by @emcarrollauthor.bsky.social I was hooked from the opening line of this absolutely unputdownable gothic adventure. A vampiric 5 out of 5 read. #ThisIsNotJustFictionThisIsEmmaCarrollFiction

The brilliant DragonBorn by @struan-murray.bsky.social is compelling, jawdropping and thoroughly original! This is not a dragon story of old, no taming or riding-Alex Evans our heroine does not breed dragons-she IS the dragon! @puffinbooksuk.bsky.social tomsbookcorner.wordpress.com/2025/05/26/d...

Would you like to see a tiny Ancient Greek warrior running across a paper plate? Of course you would. 😆😮 www.darrellwakelam.com #edusky

Thanks @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social for yesterday’s exciting #BookPost. Really looking forward to getting into Thirst by @darrensimpson44.bsky.social as I have loved his previous books. #BookSky 📚💙 Stunning cover by @natsmillie.bsky.social

Have just spent a couple of very enjoyable hours dipping into these for the umpteenth time. Every primary school teacher needs to read them, not just English leads! @suchmo83.bsky.social explains things with such clarity and purpose.

This is a beautiful picturebooks about making books. “Here is a Book” by #ElishaCooper follows a books from the spark of an idea all the way to someone’s home. It’s gentle, delightful and poetic. It follows the process in detail. Its watercolour art is wistful and light. Beautiful. #PicturebookPage

This was was glorious. A heart-filled pistol-flash of an adventure, filled with daring deeds, odious villains, and amazing hats. A wronged girl with her vengeful wolf meets an outlaw boy with a stallion only he can ride? Yes please! Thank you @fireflypress.bsky.social and @pennychrimes.bsky.social

This week sees a new edition of #FollowTheSwallow by #JuliaDonaldson with illustrations by @thomasdocherty.bsky.social It’s a perfect #PictureBook to share with young children during the summer 🐦‍⬛🪺📗 #UkKidLit Published by @farshorebooks.bsky.social vsviewfromthebookshelves.home.blog/2025/05/26/p...

Running a few online sessions about classroom reading cultures next term. As well as my own sessions, there'll be one aimed at ECTs (run with my fantastic colleague Charlotte) and one on graphic novels, led by the brilliant @richardruddick.bsky.social. Info: www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/jon-biddle...

Being quoted on this graphic for the brilliant #DragonRidersOfRoar by @jennymclachlan.bsky.social has given me the perfect excuse to reshare my review! Out now from @farshorebooks.bsky.social 🐲 worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/2024/11/14/d...

BRONTE IS BACK! I'm so excited to share the cover for the third book in the series - BRONTE TEMPESTRA AND THE WEATHER WITCH 🥰 Illustrated by Hannah McCaffery and published by Piccadilly Press, this beauty is out on 27th March 2025! Pre-order yours now! 🥰 tinyurl.com/jzbecn4s

Huge thanks to #UsborneBooks for this fab sample chapter of #PiasPetClub #PuppyProblem by @serenakpatel.bsky.social & Emma McCann. Out 08/05, for 7+ readers, scan the QR code to listen to Serena introduce this new series which kicks off in January with #TheSecretKitten 🐈 #KidlitUK

Just a wintery reminder that I have a story in THE VERY MERRY MURDER CLUB which is a winter anthology of short stories. Illustrations by the phenomenal @harrywoodgate.bsky.social edited by @redbreastedbird.bsky.social and @serenakpatel.bsky.social published by #FarshoreBooks

Word of the day is ‘hibernacle’ (18th century): a hibernating animal’s winter retreat. I believe it works on a human level too.

I’ve got 6 copies of Code Name Kingfisher to give away to one lucky winner. Simply repost this and make sure you’re following me. I’ll choose one lucky winner at random on Sunday 1st of December.

Early winter berry palette, for the possible dopamine it might trigger in your brain. The colour of spindle berries (bottom rightish) never seems quite real...

A fabulous #GraphicNovel adaptation of Francine Pascal's story, #SweetValleyTwins by Nicole Andelfinger & Claudia Aguirre sees sisters Jess and Liz growing up and, possibly, growing apart. Out now for 9+ readers from Puffin Books #UKKidlit worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/2024/11/23/s...

My crew of good-hearted little crooks have smuggled themselves on to the SHORTLIST for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize for Young Readers!

First post back here is: 📢 COVER REVEAL 📢 Designed by the incredible Euan Cook, I love Crookhaven: The Impossible Fortress cover so much because it uses all the colours of the moors. And features our favourite chaotic twins (which they'll approve of). Out Jan 30th! Preorder: geni.us/Crookhaven-4

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