Happy World Horse Day! 🐴 🌎 Today, we're trotting across continents with Around the World on 80 Horses by Jill Newton, a beautifully illustrated journey that celebrates incredible equines from all over the globe. More via our bio + fun downloadable activities

"A wonderfully tactile and accessible board book" LET'S PLAY by @alexstrick.bsky.social in @ibc-reads.bsky.social Top picks for spring! 🌱📚 www.inclusivebooksforchildren.org/products/let... More via our bio #kidlit #kidlitUK

Thanks to our friend Neil Griffiths over at Corner to Learn for sharing lovely moments from his latest trip to The Gambia! Did you know a £5 donation is enough to give one child school dinners for an entire year? To find out more about Project Gambia, head to: www.projectgambia200.com

A few highlights at #LBF25 having the best time catching up with friends and meeting new ones! Stand 7A68 looking gooood with amazing books by amazing authors and illustrators! Great photos from our awesome @kelseamae.bsky.social coming up! #bookjoy #kidlit #kidlituk more...

Come to LBF day 1 with me!! #LBF25

My #worldbookday pick! 📚 "I only use your nickname because I love you very much." Who else has a super embarrassing nickname that's stuck since childhood? 😳 @worldbookdayuk.bsky.social @childsplaybooks.bsky.social

So great to see Kende! Kende! Kende! included in this list of wonderful books. ✨

Excited to see Strictly head judge Shirley Ballas read our book BIG DANCE by Aoife Greenham on CBeebies Bedtime Stories 6.50pm! “I hope I can help children watching at home find the special dance inside themselves” says Shirley Get your 🪩FAB.U.LOUS🪩 copy www.childs-play.com/products/978... #kidlit

Looking for more inclusive books after reading the @theclpe.bsky.social #ReflectingRealities report? We've made it simple for you with our INCLUSION & ACCESSIBILITY GUIDE 🤗 Make your bookshelf as diverse as our world: cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/06... #kidlit
#Bookswithusallin #RepresentationMatters

Great piece by @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social in @the-bookseller.bsky.social, following @theclpe.bsky.social's latest Reflecting Realities report. We've been proudly off-trend for more than 50 years. Committed to #Bookswithusallin #ReflectingRealities

📣 We asked the talented Rahana Dariah, illustrator of Kende! Kende! Kende!, some questions all about the project and her illustration process! 🎨 Q&A also available to read on our blog! www.childs-play.com/blogs/news/q... Thank you to @rahanabanana.bsky.social for taking part! #bookswithusallin

⭐️ What’s been going on in the Child’s Play HQ warehouse lately? @kelseamae.bsky.social leads the way... it’s where book wishes come true 🤩🎁📚 #babyweek #boardbooks #picturebooks #kidlit #growagenerationofreaders #bookswithusallin

💦Sneak peek💦 Lovely poem by Mandy Ross perfect to share on #WorldChildrensDay When we think about looking after our planet for younger generations, let’s listen to the 'voices of the future' #foreverychildeveryright Out soon! WATER SONGS illustrated by Sam Rudd www.childs-play.com/products/978...

Check out our #Dinovember bookshelf at @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social a ROARious riot of fun reads! uk.bookshop.org/lists/dinove... #kidlit

Hello, hello! 👋

1000th follower is the brilliant @booksfortopics.bsky.social 🤩 Specially happy as just spotted some #TravellersTales in your 'Books that represent cultural diversity' lists! The Can Caravan – EYFS; Polonius the Pit Pony – KS1; The Lost Homework – KS2; Ossiri and the Bala Mengro – Primary #kidlit

Welcome, new Bluesky users! 🦋 Feel free to check out my Unofficial Guide To Bluesky, a work-in-progress with the help of the community here: publish.obsidian.md/debbieohi/bl... Quickstart Guide: publish.obsidian.md/debbieohi/qu... Starter Threads: publish.obsidian.md/debbieohi/st...

London Book Fair 2024! What a day! I'm so grateful to have had the opportunity to experience such an event, meeting so many wonderful people and seeing so many amazing projects! 😄📚 #lbf24 #londonbookfair #childsplay #childsplaybooks #bookswithusallin www.instagram.com/p/C4dgNw3Km1...

It's no surprise how thrilled we feel that When I Feel SURPRISED illustrated by Paula Bowles has been chosen as part of the #ReadForEmpathy 2024 Primary Collection! It's never too soon to enjoy books together and help children develop empathy early on. Download: www.empathylab.uk/RFE-2024

#WeeReadWednesday From @childsplayusa.bsky.social a "great series of board books aimed at toddlers that introduces an emotion, describes how your body feels when you’re experiencing that emotion &...describes simple regulation strategies”   mykidsreadtheworld.wordpress.com/2023/12/31/n...

Have you spotted any birds today? #FeedTheBirdsDay ROSA'S BIG BIRD FEEDER EXPERIMENT by Jessica Spanyol uk.bookshop.org/shop/childsp... #ReadItForward

"As we work our way down the ever voluminous river we read about the habitats and life the river supports ...cleverly created to delight both adults and children" mini.midnight.reads IG LIFE ON THE THAMES Emma Shoard uk.bookshop.org/lists/all-ab... #WorldWetlandsDay #NationalRiverDay #ReadItForward

Be still our beating book heart! Bookshop.org UK is giving 10% of ALL children’s book sales in February to awesome UK children's reading charity BookTrust! Now that's love! uk.bookshop.org/shop/childsp... #ReadItForward

We really DIG sharing the first cover reveals of the year! Can You DIG Like a Digger? + Can You CHOO CHOO Like a Train? illustrated by Cocoretto Can You SLIDE Like a Penguin? + Can You BARK Like a Dog? illustrated by Cocoretto & Abi Hall COPY CATS out February! More + preorder: www.childs-play.com

Don't be put off by my face and head on over to the website to find out more about this amazing new board books coming soon!!

I answered some questions on easing anxiety in little ones going back to school. Check it out on the BookPal Blog ✨️