It's a huge, huge bummer that publishing has so relinquished its responsibility with regards to discoverability, but something you can do to help is spread the word when you love a book!

WAHOOO! So chuffed that How to Save your Granny from a Runaway Train by me and @jessbradley.bsky.social is a @englishassociation.bsky.social winner! Thank you so much @englishassociation.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉

@swapnahaddow.bsky.social the perfect books for Book Week storytime! And, posing with my book tshirt combo.

Chuffed to absolute bits to see Granny on this list 🤩

Dave Pigeon (Dave Vs Dave!) by Swapna Haddow. Dave faces a lookalike pigeon rival, and Skipper must prove who is the real Dave, with illustrations throughout - Daily new children's book #kidlit #BookOfTheDay #ad - Daily new children's book #kidlit #ad ⬇️ uk.bookshop.org/a/735/978057...

Happy reading! 💛

Introducing Children's Chatter! ✍️🎨 For everyone who plays a part in bringing stories to young readers. Join the list here 👉 www.thebookseller.com/maili...

We have room for 5 more participants for our chronic illness and creative writing workshop programme in Ōtepoti. If you were thinking about it, or know someone who might like to participate, sign up ASAP 😁

What not to say to a picture book author. Thanks to Catherine Bailey for the caption help! #KidLit

Thank you for the How to Save Granny from a Runaway Train shoutout 👵🏽

This is awesome! And I’m chuffed to bits this fellow writer recommended Dave Pigeon (Turkey Dinner!). Please say thank you from me 🤩

It’s double publication day! @jessbradley.bsky.social and I are back with more science in How to Make Diamonds from your Pencils and it’s the finale of the Dave Pigeon series in Dave Pigeon (Dave vs. Dave) with cover art from #SheenaDempsey 💛 Available at bookshops/online/wherever you find books 🫶🏾

bookstores are getting increasingly conservative in their actual book buying numbers, so 1000% preorder that book you're excited about please. Every single copy helps.

“Reading Is Fun!” The great Maurice Sendak’s poster for 1979’s International Year Of The Child.

I did a World Book Day event today with a school in Bangkok and every single teacher was dressed as Dave Pigeon 😭❤️

We're so grateful to our incredible supporters! Your donations helped us to reach over 1.4 million children last year, including 90% of newborn babies in England, Wales and Northern Ireland with our Bookstart Baby programme. Find out more in our Supporter Impact Report 👇 https://bit.ly/4aPIp7c

Thank you so much, @jillshanti.bsky.social 🤩

Are you a fan of #nzbooks? Tune in to our latest ep of SERVED WITH RICE to hear our convo with former NZ Poet Laureate @chrisjtse.bsky.social — it’s a great ep 🥰 Don’t forget to like, comment, share, and subscribe!

Happy, happy day to you! 🎉🎉🎉

📣 READ IT FORWARD! 📣 10% of ALL children’s book sales through Bookshop.org UK go to reading charities @booktrust.org.uk and @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social in February 2026, and EVERY sale supports independent bookshops 📚https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/read-it-forward-with-bookshop-org

This pup found a stick shaped like an old timey pipe earlier today and has already solved three mysteries. 13/10

January has seen a cracking start to 2026’s reading. The month’s most read review is for brilliantly funny graphic novel The Terrible Trio: The Day the Mac ‘n’ Cheese Ran Out by Swapna Haddow & Minky Stapleton - find the link below: worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/2026/01/13/t...

ME: whenever i make fried eggs the yolks break but when i make scrambled eggs they don’t ALANIS MORISSETTE: i’m sorry but the lyrics are already done

The Terrible Trio: The Day the Mac ‘n’ Cheese Ran Out is OUT NOW! And we’ve started with a starred review in the Booklist ⭐️ #pukapuka

The Publishing for Minnesota auction launches this week to support groups providing legal aid, emergency assistance, food, and community resources to those in urgent need. www.32auctions.com/publishingfo...

Reading for pleasure is just that, reading for fun. Fiction, poetry, facts, prose, comics, whatever you enjoy, you're a reader ❤️

We all need a bit of a giggle in January! So for our first book mission of 2026, we're suggesting you find a book that makes you laugh. What will you read? Find our suggestions of funny books here 👉 https://bit.ly/4qxr0ab Explore our book missions calendar for 2026 here 👉 https://bit.ly/4qn98yF

Essential listening.

ANNOUNCEMENT: 2026 is the National Year of Reading and that’s why I’m introducing my ONE MINUTE INTERVIEW series. I thought about how I might encourage reading and engage readers and how to make the process more fun. More below: 1/

Get ready... The Terrible Trio are back for more hilarious mayhem! 🦁 The Day the Mac 'n' Cheese Ran Out is available now!

The Terrible Trio: The Day the Mac ‘n’ Cheese Ran Out is landing in bookshops around the world over the next few weeks starting with the UK TODAY!! If you spot a copy in the wild, let me know! Happy reading, everyone 🦓🐧🦝🦁 #kidlitUK #GNkidlit @scholasticuk.bsky.social

Chuffed to bits to see The Terrible Trio: The Day the Mac ‘n’ Cheese Ran Out is Book of the Day! Thank you 🎉🎉🎉

Thank you so much for this awesome review 🥰

Join award-winning children's author, Swapna Haddow for an engaging reading and multi-faceted illustrator and designer, Minky Stapleton for a step-by-step draw-along in this fun-filled event. Sign up here: www.scholastic.co.uk/scholastic-s...

Love @beckamoor.bsky.social’s illustrations! The fourth Reggie Rabbit book is out now 🐰🔍

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Becka Moor. Elegant and appealing caricature for Reggie Rabbit and the Metro Mice, part graphic novel, part chapter book by Swapna Reddy. Young detective Reggie Rabbit investigates underground. Oxford Children’s 1 Jan. @beckamoor.bsky.social @oxfordunipress.bsky.social

You posted so many of mine, but here's a few more funny books!

Dave Pigeon by Swapna Haddow, illustrated by Sheena Dempsey Dave (a pigeon) hurts his wing and a nice human lady rescues him and his long-suffering friend Skipper. Which doesn't stop them trying to antagonise Mean Cat and steal all the biscuits Hilarious fun

Still looking for a special gift for the book lovers in your life? Donate on behalf of someone else to our #MagicOfBooks appeal and share the joy of reading with a child who needs it. You'll get a digital certificate to celebrate their gift🎁 https://bit.ly/4qoAwMy

The Terrible Trio are back for more hilarious mayhem! Join award-winning children's author, Swapna Haddow for an engaging reading and illustrator Minky Stapleton for a step-by-step draw-along in this fun-filled event. Sign up here: shop.scholastic.co.uk/scholastic-s...

The courage it took as a junior staffer being paid beans to stand up and say 'your cash cow author is a serial harasser'. The misery for those left who saw clear as day that no one in power was going to do a damn thing about it other than facilitate it continuing. For YEARS.

Children's publishing right now

Happy reading!! 🦁

Thank you so much to everyone who has supported these books this year - I’m feeling very lucky to have had such a special 2025. I hope your festive season is full of love and brilliant reads ❤️

New edition of HOW TO MAKE AWESOME COMICS coming 2026! Read all about it, and a bunch of other EXCITING NEWS, on this week’s substack neillcameron.substack.com

Librarians are fucking wild.

There's still time to vote in this year's @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social Children's Books of the Year, and, call us biased, but we think 'Wild Journey' by @amdassu.bsky.social & illustrated by Joe Lillington should definitely be your top fiction read! schoolreadinglist.co.uk/childrens-bo...

First starred review - bit chuffed about that ❤️

Thanks for everyone who's bid on the #Creatives4Sudan auction so far. In amazing news, we're at 12k. We have TWO DAYS LEFT though. If everyone places lots of little bids, I think we could get to 15k easy. The money is going to Sudanese-run Emergency Response Rooms. 💗🇸🇩 app.galabid.com/creatives4su...