Illustration of the day from A Place of a Thousand Wishes by Sarah Merrett. The hero suspended in a ballon over the raging sea! #KidLit #Fiction #fantasy

It's day 6 of our blog tour and the fantastic @vonprice.bsky.social says: 'I highly recommend SuperQuesters Mission: Rainforest Magic to primary school librarians, teachers, parents and carers as a brilliant book to explore with young readers.' 😍🥰 Check out her full review now!

Join @vonprice.bsky.social for day 6 of the SuperQuesters Mission: Rainforest Magic by @pauliancross.bsky.social blog tour. 🎉 🦜 Tomorrow (12 Nov) the tour continues with @jacquisydney.bsky.social.

It’s my turn on the #BlogTour for SuperQuesters Mission: Rainforest Magic written by @pauliancross.bsky.social & illustrated by #KatarinaGasko My review is linked below & do checkout the other excellent posts on the schedule. #UkKidLit vsviewfromthebookshelves.home.blog/2025/11/11/b...

Join @vonprice.bsky.social tomorrow (Tuesday, 11 November) for day 6 of the SuperQuesters Mission: Rainforest Magic by @pauliancross.bsky.social blog tour! 🎉 🦜

Elon Musk has just suspended our X account—we're a danger to those who presently control the world, feeling honoured—building our hopes on Bluesky—please Repost Follow indie publisher of fine books #books #Fiction #chilrensbooks @louiestowell.bsky.social

Received an email from Elon Musk that EWW X account has been closed—never knew that I was a danger 'free speech' &Trump, feel honoured— please repost & follow Indie publisher of children's fiction, three books nominated for Carnegie 2026. #childrensbooks #fiction #childrensillustrators

@mariannedoherty.bsky.social #KidsBooksFriday #NonFictionNovember #UKKidLit #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks #Music #Nature #Football

🥳@carnegiemedals.bsky.social 2026 noms with a #bookhaiku a day @grainneobrien.bsky.social 🎼Recorder girl, so fragile as her heart breaks in two, disconnected from the cadences of music flowing through her fingers, can friendship and family help Daisy heal from the pain of betrayal

#NonFictionNovember #KidsBooksFriday #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit

#NonFictionNovember #KidsBooksFriday #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit

I genuinely think we live in a golden age of kids non-fiction, so I’m very excited for us to celebrate #NonFictionNovember with this week’s #KidsBooksFriday. What brilliant non-fiction would you recommend? This is another week where I can’t possibly stop at four. #UKKidLit #KidLitUK #KidLit

🥳 It is day 5 of the SuperQuesters Mission: Rainforest Magic by @pauliancross.bsky.social blog tour! 🦜 Today @mrsfe77.bsky.social will be sharing a review of this science-filled adventure chapter book. The tour continues on Tuesday 11 Nov with @vonprice.bsky.social!

Good Morning SuperQuesters. My turn on the blog tour today. Will post later with my favourite parts of this great book - I managed to narrow it down to three. Such a fun series imo @questfriendz.bsky.social @pauliancross.bsky.social

Today's my turn on the blog tour for SuperQuesters Mission: Rainforest Magic by @pauliancross.bsky.social illustrated by Katarina Gasko A perfect mix of STEM & story a great way of encouraging would be scientists. Published 6 Nov. @questfriendz.bsky.social alibrarylady.blog/2025/11/04/b...

Books for Autumn/Fall for children #nature #autumn #UKKIDLIT #childrensbooks #literacy #teachers #librarians

Awesome to see Black Gables @eibhliscarcione.bsky.social and The World between the Rain @susancahill.bsky.social nominated for writing and Ewa Beniak-Haremska nominated for her stunning illustrations of A Place of a Thousand Wishes @sarahmerrett1.bsky.social

🎃👻reads #bookbloggers #librarians #recommendedreads How could I have forgotten Ghostlight by Kenneth Oppel? So exciting, sinister & well crafted with nuanced characters. Thrill ride 🎢 from start to finish. 🤩🤩🤩🤩 #spookyseason 🎃

Massively chuffed to find #MurderatChristmas in the @mrbsemporium.bsky.social Christmas Catalogue - popped in this morning and found a humungous pile in need of signing.

Out now, this week’s #PictureBookFriday read is The Experimenters by @shanedbergin.bsky.social, illustrated by @sayanikoyelartist.bsky.social. @thelifeofdivia.bsky.social @littleislandbooks.bsky.social #KidlitUK #UKKidlit worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/t...

I was a huge Red Dwarf fan so very excited to pick up Sin Bin Island by @dougrdnaylor.bsky.social for the @sparkbookaward.bsky.social #LongList. Despite it being on the chunky side, I have raced through it today - a quirky adventure and full of his trademark wit and imagination. #UKKidLit #KidLitUK

A little round-up of illustrated books for kids about the many festivities of autumn – so many beauties! #Diwali #DiadelosMuertos #MidAutumnFestival #Halloween #kidlit #kidlituk #ukkidlit

Out now, Ice Dancer is a fabulous middle grade, written with huge empathy by @alexcotter.bsky.social ⛸️ @nosycrow.bsky.social #KidlitUK #UKKidlit worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/i...

Then join @librarylady.bsky.social, @bookcraic.bsky.social, @checkemoutbooks.bsky.social @mrsfe77.bsky.social @vonprice.bsky.social @jacquisydney.bsky.social @erinlynhamilton.bsky.social who will share their reviews on our new chapter book! 🎉

💫 BOOK BLOG TOUR NEWS! 💫 The blog tour for SuperQuesters Mission: River Crest Rescue by @pauliancross.bsky.social starts on Mon 3 Nov with @readforgood.bsky.social,

New #MG fantasy adventure publishing next March & available for pre-order. #DragonGirlAndTheAwakenedFlames by @jennywritemoore.bsky.social is an adventure quest perfect for readers aged 8/9+ Thanks @dannieprice.bsky.social & #Maverick #UkKidLit vsviewfromthebookshelves.home.blog/2025/10/28/m...

Spooky season continues, and I've just finished the second Lockett and Wilde adventure by #LucyStrange. Great to catch up with Matilda and Edgar again, in this thrilling, yet heartwarming caper, set in merry old London. Ghosts, Gold and Gangster legends! A perfect sequel! 👍 #ukkidlit #kidlituk

A gorgeous, supernatural middle grade that I thoroughly enjoyed, Yesterday’s Ghost by Tanya Landman is on sale now from @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social 👻 #KidlitUK #UKKidlit worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/2025/10/27/t...

Handed this over to the P3 teachers today as they face a term focused on the nativity and reassuring and encouraging nervous pupils! @rashmiwriting.bsky.social @rikinparekh.bsky.social I love this book ❤️👌 #ScoEdu #EduSky #UKKidLit

New #MG spy mystery publishing next Feb, available for pre-order now! I loved #AGirlsGuideToSpying by @hollywebb.bsky.social Thanks @rocktheboatnews.bsky.social @lizscottpr.bsky.social & @dannieprice.bsky.social #UkKidLit Here’s my review👇 vsviewfromthebookshelves.home.blog/2025/10/27/m...

Next week we will be celebrating #GreenLibrariesWeek 🌱 I’ve been potting up lots of spiderlings to giveaway at events my colleague is organising to launch our new #SeedLibrary

I’ve updated my Halloween book recommendations blogpost, adding in some recently published titles. Happy spooky season reading! #UkKidLit vsviewfromthebookshelves.home.blog/2025/10/25/h...

Always so lovely to arrive home from work to find exciting #BookPost😍 Thank you @lucasjmaxwell.bsky.social & @chickenhousebooks.bsky.social for #AMillionTinyMissilesAllAtOnce #UkKidLit

Wishing the very happiest of book birthdays to Honor Cargill-Martin & Jaimee Andrews for Shakespeare’s Heroines. Out today for 10+ readers from @hachettechildrens.bsky.social 🎭 #KidlitUK #UKKidlit #KidsNonFiction #Shakespeare worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/2025/10/23/s...

My fab colleague Paul and I got to write the autumn children's book reviews for the Scotsman. I think they were in the paper at the weekend but you can read them here online... www.scotsman.com/arts-and-cul... #UKKidLit #KidLitUK #KidLit

@jamiesmart.bsky.social Look at this! Not only is Bunny Vs Monkey: Intergalactic Monkey Business in the window of the Orcadian bookshop in #Kirkwall but they've also carved a neep into Monkey's head 🤩 #UKKidLit #EduSky #ScoEdu #Orkney

Today I’m joining the cover reveal for Lianna and the Hombit by @ValinoraTroy.Bsky.social publishing on 29th January 2026. Info on pre-orders and/or ARCs: valinoratroy.com/lianna-and-t... #UkKidLit #IrishKidLit

#IrishBookWeek #IrishBookaDay catch up 18th @bookspapersciss.bsky.social 19th An Panda Rua 20th Doomsday @irishkidsbooks.bsky.social 21st Solo #versenovel @littleislandbooks.bsky.social 22nd Fia 🦌@eilishfisher.bsky.social bookbloggers #librarians

More Book 📚 recommendations for 🎃the Spooky Season #UKKidLit #Librarians #BookBloggers #ReadingRecommendations 📚💀👻🎃 #SpookyBooks @michellepaver.bsky.social @eibhliscarcione.bsky.social @spookypurcell.bsky.social

A fabulous middle grade mystery, that looks at friendship and how we treat one another, here’s the link to my review of The Magpie Riddle by Lisa Thompson. @scholasticuk.bsky.social #KidlitUK #UKKidlit worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/2025/10/22/t...

I recently bought a new copy of #AmaraAndTheBats by @emmaillustrate.bsky.social as a gift & realised that I hadn’t reviewed it when first published 😱 It’s brilliant & would be perfect to include in Halloween collections 🦇📘 #UkKidLit vsviewfromthebookshelves.home.blog/2025/10/20/p...

Book 📚 recommendations for 🎃the Spooky Season on @bookamore23 www.instagram.com/reel/DP7KjIq... Including Frozen 🥶 Charlotte by Alex Bell, Gloam by Jack MacKay, witchcraft @strangelymagic.bsky.social & stories from Anthony Horowitz #bookbloggers #UKKidLit #Librarians

Comedy-horror for #MG readers doesn’t get much better than #MalloryVayleAndMaggotySkullInTheBeastFromBeneath written by @martinhoward.bsky.social & Illustrated by #petewilliamson published by @nosycrow.bsky.social #UkKidLit vsviewfromthebookshelves.home.blog/2025/10/19/s...

Out now, Murder at Christmas by @fleurhitchcock.bsky.social is a fabulous seasonal middle grade mystery that I thoroughly enjoyed. Follow the link below to read my review. @nosycrow.bsky.social #KidlitUK #UKKidlit worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/2025/10/19/m...

Looking for children's books on British Black History? uk.bookshop.org/lists/childr... This book list brings you many of the best books on British Black history. As a @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social affiliate I may earn from purchases #ukkidlit #blackhistorymonth #childrensbooks #history

My #FridayLibraryRecommendations this week celebrate tomorrow's World Food Day - what better way to celebrate than to sit down with a brilliant book, your favourite snacks, and dig into food for the brain too! cannonparkschool.com #ReadingForPleasure #UKKidLit #EduSky #Skybrarians

More mysteries to solve #KidsBooksFriday #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit

For #KidsBooksFriday this week let’s highlight great kids puzzle and activity books. I find these are a great way to get kids to engage with physical books, particularly those who fear reading large swathes of text (as I did when I was wee). And they’re just great fun. #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit

I owe some big ‘thank yous’ for lovely #BookPost. Firstly, thank you to @faberchildrens.bsky.social for sending me an amazing package of goodies to celebrate publication of #DraculaAndDaughters by @emcarrollauthor.bsky.social #UkKidLit

A compulsive read full of secrets, tangled relationships, creative dreams & art 🎨🕹as a girl takes an odyssey in search of her father during a long, hot summer. #YA #UKKidLit @netgalley.bsky.social #BookBloggers #Librarians #Mythology #FairyTales