The Year of Reading 2026 has commenced so I’ve added my voice to the chat with a monthly blog. Recommendations, teacher ideas and resources. Probably nothing groundbreaking but hopefully there’s something useful tomsbookcorner.wordpress.com/2026/01/17/t...

Here are my favourite reads of 2025! Posted in Jan like last year. Six brilliant middle grade offerings from some spectacular story tellers and some of my mediocre poetry! tomsbookcorner.wordpress.com/2026/01/10/2...

I think a gentle start to a new year of #KidsBooksFriday is in order. Did anyone (or the kids in your lives) get any good books over Christmas or is there anything you’re particularly looking forward to reading in 2026? My suggestions in the photos / captions. #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit

And finally, congratulations to the authors and illustrators of the 12 excellent longlisted books in our 11+ Fiction category! #Spark12BooksOfChristmas 🎄🎁📚

I think #KidsBooksFriday might need a wee break for the next couple of weeks. So let’s use this week to celebrate our favourite kids book reads of 2025. Doesn’t need to be something published this year. Hope everyone’s bookish wishes come true this Christmas!🎄🎁 📚 #UKKidLit #KidLitUK #KidLit

I got my annual email from the boys’ aunt yesterday checking in on what books to buy them for Christmas. What great kids books will you be buying, or what would you recommend we seek out for the kids in our lives this Christmas? #KidsBooksFriday #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit #BookSky #IndieBookshops

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!

#SundayBookChat What are your WWWs #bookbloggers & #librarians @vonprice.bsky.social @slatterymr.bsky.social @hookablebooks.bsky.social @hfj0108.bsky.social @jacquisydney.bsky.social @blikablika.bsky.social @stpaulslibraryni.bsky.social

With it being #BookWeekScotland this week I want to use #KidsBookFriday to celebrate some great books by Scottish authors I’ve read recently. Can anyone else recommend some Scottish favourites? Or share some great books by authors from where you’re from. #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit

It’s chaos personified in A Bad God’s Guide to Causing Chaos - can Loki work out who/what is causing the strange things around him? Iconic, bonkers, hilarious! Out now for 8+. @louiestowell.bsky.social @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social #kidlituk checkemoutbooks.wordpress.com/2025/11/15/l...

Soaked twice in the space of 2 hours. The second time wasn’t even bad planning- the car park flooded so my second pair of trainers are soaked too. But - I did buy myself this earlier. Tea, cake, slippers and locking myself into the house I think.

Next week we celebrate #BookWeekScotland which this year has a theme of Friendship. What great books that celebrate friendship would you be recommending? #KidsBookFriday #UKKidLit #KidLitUK

A thoroughly original magical middle grade!The Spick and the span!About the cleaners who clean up magicians mess!By @pilvanmartin.bsky.social @harpercollins.bsky.social funny, diverse,representative &brilliantly dramatic &entertaining! Here’s my review 👇 tomsbookcorner.wordpress.com/2025/11/13/t...

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

The Second in this epic trilogy recently bought by Disney! The poisoned king by Katherine Rundell is nail biting and brilliantly tense yet sublimely magical!Can’t recommend this series enough! @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social Here is my review 👇 tomsbookcorner.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/t...

With it being Halloween I guess we need a spooky #KidsBooksFriday. But I am also a total scaredy cat so I’ll be sticking to cosy spooky books thanks. The kids do seem to love a bit of horror though, so do recommend - just don’t expect me to read any! 🙈 👻 #UKKidLit #KidLitUK #KidLit

Huge thanks to the lovely folks @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social for sending a finished copy of fabulous middle grade adventure Small Wonder by @mossmontmomery.bsky.social, giving me the opportunity to reshare my review 😊 #KidlitUK #UKKidlit worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/2025/08/05/s...

Sharing some of my favourite animal adventures @charlienutbrown.bsky.social @kieranlarwood.bsky.social What are yours? #UKKidLit #BookBloggers @jacquisydney.bsky.social @bookcraic.bsky.social @slatterymr.bsky.social @hookablebooks.bsky.social @stpaulslibraryni.bsky.social #Librarians

Here is a roundup of my rhyming reviews over the summer. Some epic reads and completely memorable books! Check it out for some reading inspiration and bang average poetry. 🙈 tomsbookcorner.wordpress.com/2025/10/04/s...

Which books were we recommending this week to our pupils, staff & families in our weekly celebration assembly? #kidlituk 📖 Turtle Moon 📖 The Taylors 📖 Boss of the Underworld 📖 Fear Files: Hide & Seek 📖 The Unexplained: Ghosts 📖 Press Start: Super Rabbit All-Stars!

Bumper book post today from the lovely Neve and @courtinabook.bsky.social @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social. Now to decide which to read first…🤔 #KidlitUK #UKKidlit

It’s #DyslexiaAwarenessWeek in Scotland this week and in the rest of the UK next week. As a dyslexic reader myself I wanted to use #KidsBooksFriday this week to celebrate brilliant, accessible and super-readable texts of all kinds. #UKKidLit #KidLitUK #KidLit

The Brand New @mazevansauthor.bsky.social masterpiece! When Will finds out he’s a direct descendant of Shakespeare, characters of old come out to play to help turn Will’s life around. Full of heart and hilarity! My Review 👇 @chickenhousebooks.bsky.social tomsbookcorner.wordpress.com/2025/09/20/t...

The Wood Where Magic Grows by @andyshepherdwriter.bsky.social is a wonderfully nostalgic and whimsical magical story perfect for Lower KS2. @piccadilly-press.bsky.social Here’s my review 👇 tomsbookcorner.wordpress.com/2025/09/18/t...

I’m thrilled to see 2 comics on this year’s #WorldBookDay lists. A lot of folk don’t know where to start with comic books, so for this week’s #KidsBooksFriday, what kids comic books might folk not already know about but should definitely go and seek out? #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit #KidsGN📚💬

#PictyreBookFriday this week is the BRAND NEW @tompercivalbooks.bsky.social a brilliant picturebook about compromise and finding common ground. A great intro into seeing things from a different point of view! @kidsbloomsbury.bsky.social tomsbookcorner.wordpress.com/2025/09/12/p...

My 10yo has been creating his own comic this week. The eagle eyed amongst you may spot the influence of @neillcameron.bsky.social in his artwork. For this week’s #KidsBooksFriday, what books have you found that can help inspire kids to create their own art/writing? #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit

A brand new title from Tamzin Merchant- The Mythmakers is not so much an origin story for Arthur,Merlin, Guinevere etc but rather an origin story for myth itself! Super magical& brilliant adventure adds a new layer to the legend @puffinbooksuk.bsky.social tomsbookcorner.wordpress.com/2025/08/27/t...

Check out this finished edition of #DraculaAndDaughters - the 1st ever series from Emma Carroll 🤩 How stunning is it? Sharing my review again of this brilliant vampire adventure: checkemoutbooks.wordpress.com/2025/05/29/d... Thanks @faberchildrens.bsky.social 25/9 for 9+ #kidlituk

#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...

Here it is! The end of the a wonderfully joyous series Crookhaven by @joelarcanjo.bsky.social The perfect ending and so much heart! If you’ve never read it, this is spoiler free &gives a little round up of the whole series! @hachettechildrens.bsky.social tomsbookcorner.wordpress.com/2025/08/21/c...

Seeing @karlduke8.bsky.social post about early reading has made me reflect. I was lucky my parents read & we visited the library. As well as Roald Dahl, I loved the Animal Ark and Goosebumps series & had ALL of them. I then read Point Horror in my teens. What did you use to enjoy as a child?

First holiday read. The BRILLIANT second Arkspire-The order of Misfits by Jamie Littler. Magical, mystery adventure -so cleverly done and unbelievably witty and funny! Everyone should read this series! Tomoro I will post book 3! @puffinbooksuk.bsky.social tomsbookcorner.wordpress.com/2025/08/19/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

Schools are back this week in Scotland. So at @samcreighton.bsky.social’s suggestion, this week’s #KidsBooksFriday is about great books to share with a new class of kids. I’m not a teacher but I think these are all great books to read to kids as a first port of call. #UKKidLit #KidLit #KidLitUK

Beyond excited to receive a copy of middle grade fairytale murder mystery The Big Bad Wolf Murder by @pgbellwriter.bsky.social. Out 11/09, enormous thanks go to Jess #UsborneBooks 🐺 #KidlitUK #UKKidlit

Why must you preorder the incredible Letters from the Upside? If you’ve read any of the other books here then I bet the latest from Katya Balen will be right up your street 🐦 Out 25/9 for 9+. @bloomsburyed.bsky.social #kidlituk

I finished 2 excellent magical books this week. Both expertly weave magic into our own world, making it feel like the most natural of phenomena and helping me look at our world with a different slant. What brilliant magical books would you recommend? #KidsBooksFriday #KidLitUK #UKKidLit

Exciting (and unexpected - wasn’t expecting them until next week) post today! #KidLitUK #UKKidLit

📚 Alternate reads to Mr Stink 📚 You don’t need Walliams when you have these incredible books. If you know a child who is reading #MrStink then here’s some alternate reads they could read next to explore poverty and/or homelessness. Which other books would you recommend? #kidlituk

An epic middle grade adventure from master storyteller @mossmontmomery.bsky.social, Small Wonder blew me away. One to preorder now ahead of publication on 28/08 from @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social #KidlitUK #UKKidlit worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/2025/08/05/s...

Particularly interesting discussion today. What are your thoughts? #kidlituk

It’s August which means Spirit Warriors is out in less than 2 weeks! If you like these books then you’ll love the latest from @ashleythorpe.bsky.social 📚 #kidlituk

Indie bookshops! Would you like some signed bookplates and postcards? Please send me a direct message if you are interested. 💚🧚💙 #choosebookshops #childrensbookshop #indiebookshop #thechangelingchild #intothefaeriehill #ukkidlit

If you’ve enjoyed these books then you’ll love The Changeling Child @hsnorup.bsky.social out 14/8 for 8+ @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social 📚 @louiestowell.bsky.social #kidslituk

The epic finale to The Book of Stolen Dreams trilogy by David Farr, illustrated by Kristina Kister, is coming this September! Can Rachel and Robert finally put an end to the evil Charles Malstain's schemes? Prepare for the stunning conclusion by catching up on the series now. #UsborneBooks

Not long now until Gloam is released in August for 9+ & if you like these books then I’m sure you’ll love Gloam @rocktheboatnews.bsky.social 📖 #kidslituk

A journey like no other, The Girl Who Raced The World is exceptional storytelling, packed full of adventure, intrigue & treachery. A fresh imagining of Around the World in 80 Days. Out 25/9 for 9+. Thanks @amberivatt.bsky.social 🌎 checkemoutbooks.wordpress.com/2025/07/19/t...

GIVEAWAY 🚨 I have THREE copies of the newest Grimwood adventure, Rock the Vote, to give away (it’s not out until 31/7!). To be in with a chance of winning, follow me & tag 2 friends so the 3 of you could win 🤞 Closes 18/7 at 7pm. UK only. @simonschusteruk.bsky.social @nadiashireen.bsky.social

Teachers! School-related people! I am giving away a class set of Loki book one (30 books) via my newsletter. Sign up here and I'll be sending out another mail soon with all the details. If you're already signed up and not entered, this is your reminder! louiestowell.substack.co.uk #UKKidlit #Edusky