Hadn’t planned on name-checking you when I spoke to the Primary PGCE students at Swansea Uni last week - but you can’t keep a good book down! @adrianbethune.bsky.social

Feedback like this reminds us why stories are powerful tools for wellbeing. Please share Mud Boy with children - it might just change a bullied child’s life. #Antibullying #TeamMudBoy #EduSky #Kidscape #Wellbeing #PHSE #PrimarySchool #TeacherSky #Librarian #Libraries #KindnessMatters #BeKind #ALN

Teachers often message me and it’s a pleasure to give support. Hi Sarah, Thank you so much for these - the book has gone down an absolute storm in Year 5 - just the right book at just the right time. If we make any work from our discussions around the book could I send you a couple of pictures?

Happy Christmas 🎄

The hair may be longer, but the message is the same: #antibullyingweek is over, but the fight against bullying goes on. Kidscape does incredible work all year round, and Mud Boy is a great book for schools to use whenever they need it. #powerforgood #antibullyingweek2025 #antibullyingweek

Message from a headteacher "I was really intrigued to find out if someone had actually nailed the hard subject of verbal bullying in a story we would be able to share with all the children. I don't have the words to adequately describe how powerful a tale I find Mud Boy to be! #PowerForGood

We all have the power to do good! This #AntiBullyingWeek, we pledge to always use our #PowerForGood to safely speak up and raise awareness when we see bullying. Let’s make the world free from bullying for every child! Make your pledge too at bit.ly/4lzDafp

Konnie Huq reading Mud Boy #PowerForGood #AntiBullyingWeek youtube.com/watch?v=Addf...

Get caught reading Mud Boy, this #AntiBullyingWeek

If you’re in Littlehampton on the afternoon of the 10th November, come and show me your socks! #OddSocksDay #AntiBullyingWeek #PowerforGood

#AntiBullyingWeek #PowerForGood This week (10th to 14th November 2025) marks Anti-Bullying Week across the UK

I’m #OddSocksDay ready! 🧦 #AntiBullyingWeek2025 #PowerForGood

If you’re in Littlehampton on the afternoon of the 10th November, come and show me your socks! #OddSocksDay #AntiBullyingWeek #PowerforGood

Thank you for this book. I love that it encourages our children to communicate and share their experiences so we can connect and support them. Parent of an 8 year old uk.jkp.com/products/mud...

Hug Words has been successful in securing an award! Our book is now being supported by JAZZ™ apples. #mindfulness #healthyeating #NHS #5WaysToWellbeing

The deep impact bullying has on a child doesn’t end when the bullying stops, it clings onto parts of them for the rest of their life. Many adults talk with pain - or can’t talk at all - about the bullying that happened to them in the past. Bullying is for life, not just for schooldays. #antibullying

Spent a lovely #BookshopDay at my local bookshop in Littlehampton. Will be back there again next month sporting a pair of odd socks for #antibullyingweek

Are you thinking of purchasing a copy of Mud Boy to use during #antibullyingweek? May I ask that you support a small, independent bookshop in Littlehampton? If you already have a copy of Mud Boy, there are plenty of other great books. arcadebookshop.com

I’m a trier. I’ll give myself that.

#Neurodivergent #Autistic #ADHD #inclusion #Dyslexia crowd are you in work ? Fill this survey in. Rebecca Killick is working on figuring out what works in work! So take part in the survey here ⬇️🙏🙏🙏 www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/THRIVE_sur...

An ancient piece of wisdom: Kind words are like honey - they cheer you up and make you feel strong. Proverbs 16:24

Thank you @ssiggs.bsky.social for this wonderful book - this is going to be brilliant to use in school and the notes are so helpful in exploring the book.

MUD BOY addresses the issue of bullying in a sensitive way that captures the emotions of young children who are being bullied. It's also empowering as it offers the child solutions. Helen Cowie, Professor at the University of Surrey and a leading expert on bullying.

Hug Words Have you played #WinAGrin yet? #5WaysToWellbeing #connect #learn #active #notice #give youtu.be/mZ9qlikAw78?...

Got a child about to leave for Uni? Ask friends and family to email you their favourite foolproof recipe - invariably they’ll add a memory and best wishes too. Print it off and folder it together. Makes a really special gift - and keeps you busy! #emptynest #leavinghome

Me: offers free book. Internet: nah, you’re alright. 😂

A sunny side up kind of morning

The newspapers lining this military kit chest, which belonged to my grandpa, make fascinating reading. They are as much of a treasure as the chest itself.

#EduSky… Looking for a book to use across your whole primary school for #AntiBullyingWeek 2025? I’m giving away a copy of Mud Boy to the first primary educator who comments below with the name of the illustrator and the contributor of the helpful notes for adults at the back of the book. #giveaway

🚨 The theme for #AntiBullyingWeek 2025 is #PowerForGood 💥 Silence helps bullying grow, so from playgrounds to parliament, our homes to our phones — we all have the power to stop bullying. Let’s use it. 💪 📅10–14 November 🔗 bit.ly/4iQ9U2M

I’m a dreadful housewife - it’s a wonderful thing to be

🗣️ A former education secretary, children's commissioner and trust leaders have been named as members of the IPPR's inclusion taskforce, led by Geoff Barton schoolsweek.co.uk/members-of-t...

Any potential barge buyers out there? We’re warming up to sell our girl.

We’re pregnant… with a new book! Due date TBC, but here’s the first scan. Corrina Holyoake and I couldn’t be more excited. Dr. Sharie is onboard too! Currently choosing a name, but #HugWords is the frontrunner. #ChildrensBooks #KidLit #PictureBooks #PrimaryEducation #BookAnnouncement #EduSky

A new bookshop opened in town.

HOORAY FOR THIS DAY Today’s the day I remember it well When the swell in my bell -y Became slightly flatter Nothing ever felt flat again And I’m not talking about bulges Or love handles I’m talking about my spirit Because this was the day That my boy was born

Wearing my Flackstock Festival t-shirt at work today. Still smiling from having had such a great time there on Friday. Every year all profits from Flackstock are divided equally between 4 Flackstock charity partners: The Charlie Waller Trust, Choose Love, Mind, Samaritans Come with us next year!

youtube.com/@drakethebar... Going to be selling this beauty. Already feeling sad. It’s been a journey.

Anyone have experience or suggestions for managing a degenerative meniscus injury? Asking for Mr. Siggs, who’s spent the last few months scrunched up in the engine space of a boat - and is now paying the price.

It wasn’t a #kisscam, & they weren’t at a #Coldplay concert - I found out my husband was cheating via a letter from the woman he was having an affair with. He had no idea she was going to send it - he innocently handed it to me while I was feeding our baby. That was a day!

Mud Boy was published 6 years ago today.There have been many highlights but school interactions and positive reviews are always a joy. If you want to make today extra special - PLEASE CONSIDER ADDING A REVIEW on Amazon, Goodreads or yr social media page. #antibullying #📚 youtube.com/watch?v=P_Vb...

Fully recommend following @educationmentalhealth on Instagram - a) the content is excellent - b) my daughter runs the account #edusky

Off on a school visit today. This case has travelled to a lot of schools - Mud Boy is 6 this month. Times flies when you’re having fun! #📚sky #author #authorvisit #booksky #kidlit #antibullying

I asked for feedback from some educators. Just received this from a deputy head… Absolutely loved Hug Words. Gave me goosebumps at the end. It’s such a beautiful, gentle story focusing on the small things that can bring joy. Thank you for sharing it with me. So excited for its future

The young person I work for, who has CP and a sprinkling of ASD, told me this week that I look like the lion from The Wizard of Oz. You can’t beat those honest ASD comments! #ilovemyjob

Jumping Cat Flash! We couldn’t work out how our cat was escaping the garden - and then we saw this… #caturday