Day 24 & my final children’s Christmas book recommendation is #JesusChristmasParty by #NicholasAllan. Happy Christmas to all my followers on here. I’ll be offline for a few days now. #UkKidLit vsviewfromthebookshelves.home.blog/2025/12/24/c...

Day 23 of my children’s Christmas book recommendations, a nativity story to share with the youngest children: #LittleOwlAndTheStar by #MaryMurphy #UkKidLit vsviewfromthebookshelves.home.blog/2025/12/23/c...

Day 22 of my children’s Christmas book recommendations and it’s a title from Australia: #WomatsDontHaveChristmas by #MichaelDugan & #JaneBurrell #KidLit #ChildrensBooks vsviewfromthebookshelves.home.blog/2025/12/22/c...

Day 21 of my children’s Christmas book recommendations and today I’m highlighting #TheFirstNoël by #JanPieńkowski published by @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social a beautiful work of paper engineering #UkKidLit vsviewfromthebookshelves.home.blog/2025/12/21/c...

Day 20 of my children’s Christmas books recommendations, it’s #TheSnowDragon by #AbiElphinstone, illustrated by #FionaWoodcock published by @simonkids.bsky.social #UkKidLit vsviewfromthebookshelves.home.blog/2020/12/02/a...

Day 19 of my children’s Christmas books recommendations: #WhereSnowAngelsGo by #MaggieOFarrell illustrated by #DaniellaTerrazzini #UkKidLit vsviewfromthebookshelves.home.blog/2020/12/01/a...

Day 18 of my children’s Christmas book recommendations: #OneChristmasWish by #KatherineRundell and #EmilySutton published by @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social #UkKidLit #KidLitUk vsviewfromthebookshelves.home.blog/2025/12/18/c...

Day 17 of my children’s Christmas book recommendations, is the excellent cosy crime anthology #TheVeryMerryMurderClub edited by @serenakpatel.bsky.social & @redbreastedbird.bsky.social Published by @farshorebooks.bsky.social #UkKidLit #KidLitUk vsviewfromthebookshelves.home.blog/2025/12/17/m...

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year in these troubled times!

Thank you to The Irish Times for including The Feathered Book in their Children's Books for Christmas article! "A gripping whodunnit … there is word pleasure in abundance in this atmospheric debut." #UKKidlit #childrensbooks #BookBloggers @irishtimes.com @everywithwords.bsky.social

Day 16 of my children’s Christmas book recommendations & for a change it’s a non-fiction title #AVeryCuriousChristmas by @maddiemoate.bsky.social published by #Puffin #UkKidLit vsviewfromthebookshelves.home.blog/2023/11/11/n...

For #JaneAusten250 a blogpost celebrating some super #MG books to introduce young readers to this literary genius. #UkKidLit #KidLitUk vsviewfromthebookshelves.home.blog/2025/12/16/j...

'Apart from the propulsive plot, there is word pleasure in abundance in this atmospheric debut' Thanks Sarah Keating @irishlittimes.bsky.social for Including The Feathered Book @charlienutbrown.bsky.social in your best books for Christmas!

A fabulous introduction to Norse mythology for 7-9 readers, She Speaks: The Women of Norse Myths in their Own Words by Honor Cargill-Martin, illustrated by Pauliina Hannuniemi, is out now from @magiccatpublishing.bsky.social #KidlitUK #UKKidlit worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/2025/12/15/s...

Day 15 of my children’s Christmas book recommendations. Today it’s an illustrated #MG title, #TheGirlWhoSavedChristmas by @matthaig.bsky.social & @chrismould.bsky.social 🎄📚 #UkKidLit vsviewfromthebookshelves.home.blog/2019/01/08/b...

Day 14 of my children’s Christmas book recommendations, today it’s #Refuge by @bridgeanne.bsky.social & #SamUsher. A book that encourages calm reflection at this busy time of year. #UkKidLit vsviewfromthebookshelves.home.blog/2022/12/02/1...

Day 13 of my children’s Christmas book recommendations, today it’s the glorious #ThinkLikeAnElf, a Clarice Bean story by #LaurenChild published by @harpercollins.bsky.social #UkKidLit vsviewfromthebookshelves.home.blog/2023/12/23/c...

This week #IAmReading #MurderAtChristmas by @fleurhitchcock.bsky.social, and it's the season for strange hotels, mysterious guests, suspicious staff, dead bodies and kidnap… Page-turning fun from a queen of middle-grade murder! 👉 alastairc.com/i-am-reading... @nosycrow.bsky.social #KidLitUk

Day 12 of my children’s Christmas book recommendations, & for the youngest children it’s #TattyMouseChristmasfrom the brilliant @hilsrobinson.bsky.social & #MandyStanley published by #CatchAStar #UkKidLit vsviewfromthebookshelves.home.blog/2024/12/05/b...

Day 11 of my children’s Christmas book recommendations, & it’s the atmospheric #MistletoeAndMurder by @redbreastedbird.bsky.social published by @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social #UkKidLit vsviewfromthebookshelves.home.blog/2021/12/03/l...

Day 10 of my children’s Christmas books recommendations & today it’s the 1st book in #TheChristmasCarrolls series by @meltaylorbessent.bsky.social 🎄 #UkKidLit vsviewfromthebookshelves.home.blog/2021/10/28/m...

The best! The most impressive! The weirdest! Today on the blog I'm looking back at the year that was in children's literature. 100scopenotes.com/2025/12/08/2...

Day 9 of my children’s Christmas book recommendations & today I offer you #TheChristmasWishtastrophe by #CariadLloyd illustrated by #MaPe #UkKidLit vsviewfromthebookshelves.home.blog/2024/11/03/c...

Day 8 of my children’s Christmas books recommendations & it’s an anthology compiled by @acaseforbooks.bsky.social #AChildrensLiteraryChristmas Published by @britishlibrary.bsky.social #UkKidLit vsviewfromthebookshelves.home.blog/2025/12/08/c...

A gorgeous middle grade fairy tale, Magpie Girl by Rowan Foxwood publishes 01/01 and is one to save your Christmas book tokens for. #UsborneBooks #KidlitUK #UKKidlit worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/2025/12/07/m...

Day 7 of my children’s Christmas books recommendations, and today I’m celebrating #OperationNativity by #JennyPearson, illustrated by #KatieKear and published by #Usborne #UkKidLit vsviewfromthebookshelves.home.blog/2025/12/07/m...

Day 6 of my children’s Christmas book recommendations, & it’s a brilliant #MG cosy crime novel #MurderAtChristmas by @fleurhitchcock.bsky.social published by @nosycrow.bsky.social #UkKidLit vsviewfromthebookshelves.home.blog/2025/10/14/m...

Gorgeously illustrated by Lauren O’Hara, this new edition of 6 of Oscar Wilde’s Stories for Children is out now from @littleislandbooks.bsky.social and would make a beautiful Christmas gift. #KidlitUK #UKKidlit worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/2025/12/06/o...

#Viewfromabook The perfect read for today. 🤣🌧🌧🌧🌂#bookbloggers #librarians @carnegiemedals.bsky.social @susancahill.bsky.social @everywithwords.bsky.social #UKKidLit

Day 5 of my children’s Christmas book recommendations: a charming picture book #IAmWishingEveryMinuteForChristmas by #LaurenChild published by @simonkids.bsky.social #UkKidLit vsviewfromthebookshelves.home.blog/2025/12/05/c...

Day 4 of my children’s Christmas book recommendations: the enchanting #TheMiracleOnEbenezerStreet by #CatherineDoyle published by @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social #UkKidLit vsviewfromthebookshelves.home.blog/2020/10/05/r...

Day 3 of my Christmas Book recommendations is perfect for emerging independent readers: #DaisyAndTheTroubleWithChristmas by #KesGray illustrated by #GarryParsons #UkKidLit vsviewfromthebookshelves.home.blog/2025/12/03/c...

Thank you to Books for Keeps for the lovely review of The Feathered Book. "Anyone who wants … to immerse themselves in a deceptively cosy world, will very much enjoy Nutbrown’s imagination." booksforkeeps.co.uk/review/the-f.... #UKKidlit #childrensbooks #BookBloggers

🗓🎄#BookHaikus - Advent Quiz Guess a book a day @carnegiemedals.bsky.social #BookBloggers #Librarians #UKKidLit December 1st Pip and Hannah are courageous palindrome friends whom Jack will protect.📚 December 2nd Stranded on a stac desperately in need of refuge and release. 📚

A fabulous adventure set in colonial India, The Golden Monkey Mystery by @piudg.bsky.social publishes 15/01 for 9+ readers 🐒 @nosycrow.bsky.social #KidlitUK #UKKidlit worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/2025/12/02/t...

Day 2 of my Christmas book recommendations is a frosty tale to warm the heart: #TheMiraculousSweetmakersTheFrostFair by #NatashaHastings, illustrated by #AlexTSmith published by @harpercollins.bsky.social vsviewfromthebookshelves.home.blog/2025/12/02/m...

Day 1 of my children’s Christmas book recommendations, some newly published, some much-loved older titles. #AStockingFullOfSpies by @redbreastedbird.bsky.social follows classic murder mystery tropes, for #MG readers. #UkKidLit vsviewfromthebookshelves.home.blog/2025/12/01/m...

Every Wednesday, I’m going to post a children’s book I’ve enjoyed. If you’ve read it too, or you want to share another book, join in. Picklewitch & Jack, by Claire Barker. Why do I like it? Read the alt text! #ukkidlit #kidlituk

I'm excited to be a Reading Champion for @booksfortopics.bsky.social’s #BookFriday campaign on Nov 28th! This is a celebration of the best books in our schools & libraries. My recommendation is Ice Apprentices by Jacob North There's a FREE resource kit for schools too! Link in the next post!

A helpful and really positive guide to writing stories for pleasure, Making It Up As You Go Along by Patricia Forde, illustrated by Mary Murphy, is out now for 8+ readers from @littleislandbooks.bsky.social #KidlitUK #UKKidlit worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/2025/11/24/m...

#TheFeatheredBook by @charlienutbrown.bsky.social illustrated by #ewabeniakharemska & published by @everywithwords.bsky.social is brilliant! Think: The Wind In The Willows meets The Name of The Rose! #UkKidLit Here’s my review👇 vsviewfromthebookshelves.home.blog/2025/11/23/m...

📚WWW meme- What I’ve just read, What I’m currently reading and what I am reading next. 📚#bookbloggers #librarians @carnegiemedals.bsky.social #UKKidLit #Libraries #New York #Historicalfiction #MG #animaladventures 🦁#fantasy

A thrilling middle grade mystery set in Florence, Isaac Turner is back for his 3rd adventure in #TheGalileoHeist by Sam Sedgman. Out 12/02 from @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @netgalley.bsky.social #KidlitUK #UKKidlit worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/2025/11/23/t...

Superbly plotted with lots of twists #MurderatChristmas @fleurhitchcock.bsky.social @nosycrow.bsky.social is #RedReadingHub’s #kidlit #fiction book of the day reviewed on the blog wp.me/p11DI5-dwB

Ticklepenny and Pecksniff descend the library steps. An illustration by Ewa Beniak-Haremska from The Feathered Book #illustrations #kidlit #kidlituk #UKKidlit #booksky #childrensbooks

Hello lovely bluesky #kidlituk if you have read and enjoyed Murder at Christmas, please could you give it a decent score on the river site. Currently struggling against a 2 * review, cos my books are written in present tense. 🤔

Out now for 7+ readers, interactive mystery Werelock and Scratch by @katethompson.bsky.social, illustrated by Binny Talib, is a whole heap of fun for budding detectives 🔎 @hachettechildrens.bsky.social #KidlitUK #UKKidlit worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/2025/11/18/w...

So completely chuffed to have a brilliant review in the @scotnational.bsky.social for #MurderatChristmas I can't link to it but delighted to say that they think it's a "Young Adult Murder mystery that serves as a perfect introduction to the genre." I'll take that!

Thank you so much @andersenpress.bsky.social for this wonderful #BookPost! #EscapeFromTheChildSnatchers by @sufiyaahmed.bsky.social looks fabulous 😍 #UkKidLit