Looking for unputdownable summer reading? We've got you covered! Our new Book of the Week is THE HEIRS by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé. Five siblings looking for love, rebuilding their relationships with each other, dealing with the murder of their father... #BookSky booksforkeeps.co.uk/review/the-h...

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Suhayla Ibrahim from Come to the Park, a delightful celebration of playful, sporting, social and exploratory activities for a whole day at the park. Stylised image illustrating the effect of proximity and distance. Written by Margaret Bateson-Hill. Alanna Max 29 June.

Congratulations to the winners of the @uklitassociation.bsky.social Book Awards! Judged by teachers & hotly debated, giving classroom practitioners the opportunity to read high quality new children’s books is as important as finding an overall winner 💐#BookSky booksforkeeps.co.uk/winners-of-t...

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Jennifer Falkner from The Story House, written by Vikki Conley, a picturebook based on children in war-torn Somalia who had never seen a book until the author gave them some. Light-filled, joyous image combining reality and imagination. New Frontier Publishing 25 June.

Lovely deep dive into the five new children's #poetry books on the shortlist for #CLiPPA2026 @theclpe.bsky.social #BookSky #EduSky

SAVE THE DATE! YLG London: The Carnegie Awards 2027 Nomination Evening Wednesday 2nd September 2026 6.30pm to 8.00pm London (Venue:TBC) Join committee members as they champion their favourite books for nomination for the Carnegie Awards 2027. Book your place at www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...

Next Generation Poets is BACK! Founded in 1994 to champion the 20 best debut UK and Irish poets of the decade. We're delighted to be a youth programme partner. Submissions are now open, closing on 14 August at 5pm. To enter, visit: www.poetrybooks.co.uk/pages/next-g... #NextGenerationPoets

"At a time when we are so quick to outsource thinking, knowledge and expertise, it is books like this years' Information Book Award winners that will ignite curiosity, fuse connections and build empathy." Helen Cleaves, Chair of the Judges 👏 @sla.org.uk #BookSky booksforkeeps.co.uk/winners-of-2...

I'm excited to be appearing at Chartwell – the former home of Sir Winston Churchill – this summer in association with the National Trust! Join me on 12 & 26 August for live Draw With Rob sessions! There's also a family trail inspired by When I Grow Up I'd Like to Be... Tickets: tinyurl.com/yspn5bnh

❤️ We'll be celebrating the achievements of Sarah and the St Nicholas Priory Poetry Club on Monday at the Poetry By Heart Grand Finale, Shakespeare's Globe. Inspired to follow their example? Find free advice, support and materials on our website. #EduSky www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Lovely BBC Look East report on the Poetry Club at St Nicholas Priory Primary School in Great Yarmouth. Members of the club & teacher Sarah Horspole will be at our Grand Finale at Shakespeare's Globe to receive a Special Award for the way they have embraced #poetry ❤️ www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

📢 teachers! If you want to inspire your class to read & share #poetry, the best way is to read them poems. Use the Poetry By Heart method to take away the fear and to make sure you all get the most out of it. Tips and a step by step in TEACHING TIMES #edusky www.teachingtimes.com/how-to-read-...

NEW Book of the Week A FLOOD OF MEMORIES. "Mikail manages the different elements of the plot, concentrating on Leila's emotional journey while spotlighting the terrifying impact of global warming & still finds hope for the future." @guppybooks.bsky.social #BookSky booksforkeeps.co.uk/review/a-flo...

Poetry News from @poetrysociety.org.uk is always required reading. Great to be included with this item on how war poetry is proving particularly popular in this year’s competition: “an intriguing response to our times" says Julie Blake. #poetry #edusky poetrybyheart.org.uk/showcase/2

Congratulations again to Beth O'Brien, double @carnegiemedals.bsky.social winner - Medal for #Writing and the Shadowers' Choice. @gntread24.bsky.social interviewed Beth for Books for Keeps #booksky #KidLitUK booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/reim...

Cyanatope, Connection and Carnegie Medals ... enjoy our NEW interview with Kate Rolfe, winner of #CarnegieMedals2026 for Illustration. @carnegiemedals.bsky.social #booksky #KidLitUK booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/cyan...

Congratulations to the winners of #Carnegies2026 @carnegiemedals.bsky.social Beth O'Brien wins the Medal for Writing AND the Shadowers Choice Award. Kate Rolfe wins the Medal for Illustration. Shadowing Medal for Illustration goes to Aimée de Jongh 💐#booksky booksforkeeps.co.uk?p=60318&prev...

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Inclusive Books for Children @ibc-reads.bsky.social is expanding its flagship IBC Book Box scheme with 10,000 free books for children on offer to schools. Applications are open now to all state primary schools in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland #edusky booksforkeeps.co.uk/ibc-pledges-...

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Really important that this story gets out there. Classic Kremlin disinfomation and smear campaign and lots of people even on this site fell for it. inews.co.uk/news/starmer...

Latest @oxfordunipress.bsky.social research into teenagers' attitudes to using AI finds it is surprisingly nuanced ... booksforkeeps.co.uk/teens-divide...

Explore the NEW Poetry By Heart poem of the week, the beautiful Waterfall's Song by Zaro Weil. There are tips to help you create a sparkling performance & Word of the Week too, which is 'bonanza'. (Did you know it's a borrowing from Spanish?) #edusky #poetry www.poetrybyheart.org.uk/poems/waterf...

#NewIllustrationoftheDay by Rosalind Beardshaw from Maudie and Chip: The Perfect Day Out. The friends make the best of an imperfect day at the seaside. Decorative graphic cartoon style with sharp lines & sweet characters & colours, as a stormcloud lours. Farshore 4 June. @farshorebooks.bsky.social

Just announced: young readers choose PABLO AND SPLASH graphic novel as the overall winner of the Children’s Book Award. Congratulations to author Sheena Dempsey, and category winners Julia Donaldson & Sara Ogilvie, & Fidan Meikle 💐 #booksky #KidLitUK #FCBGCBA26 booksforkeeps.co.uk/young-reader...

Incredible - dramatic improvements in air quality in London are linked to a measurable impact on Londoners' health: 9.3% drop in heart-related emergency admissions 5.1% drop in hospital admissions of all illnesses and health conditions Cleaning up our air protects our future.

A reminder that our new 4+ Timeline features poems by @jamescarterpoet.bsky.social, @joshuaseigal.bsky.social @coralrumble.bsky.social & many more plus classics, including 'Charm' by Ben Jonson & hidden gems eg 'The Strawberry' by Mary Effie Lee Newsome #poetry poetrybyheart.org.uk/timeline/4plus

NEW BfK Book of the Week: YOUNGEST FAIRCREST AND THE SEARCH FOR A SORCERER by Ollie George Clark, illus by Tom Knightis a fast-moving, funny, super-readable fantasy adventure, Don't miss the author Q&A too #booksky #KidLitUK @dkbooks.bsky.social booksforkeeps.co.uk/review/young...

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by printmaker Robin McKenzie from the limited edition of Michael Morpurgo’s Down Burrow Lane: Life and Love on the Farm, his memoir launched yesterday about founding Farms for City Children with his wife Clare. Woodcut of Nethercott House in Devon. Royalties to the charity.

"Refugee is what any of us could become, and every person in this world is entitled to safety." Congratulations to Fidan Meikle, winner of the Jhalak Children’s & YA Prize with MY NAME IS SAMIM @florisbooks.bsky.social #booksky #KidLitUK booksforkeeps.co.uk/my-name-is-s...

New report from @literacy-trust.bsky.social reveals that children’s enjoyment of reading & daily reading habits have risen for the first time in 5 years. However the gender gap for younger children & the disadvantage gap for older children is widening. #BookSky booksforkeeps.co.uk/new-national...

Our #Poetry Forum is an informal drop-in session, created for educators, which runs Wednesdays after school in term-time & provides opportunities to develop rich pedagogical practices for poetry teaching. Come along! #EduSky Contact us now to secure your spot: poetrybyheart.org.uk/contact

#NewIllustrationoftheDay by Satoshi Kitamura from Pyramid Boy about a boy who travels in time to Ancient Egypt. Walker 4 June. In this eventful, angular, ink-&-watercolour spread he chases a cat from a museum through a sarcophagus into the blue & out again up a staircase. @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social

"As an English teacher, the process of choosing & learning a poem by heart, & creating a spoken performance, has given me new perspectives on #poetry." Teacher & finalist in the All Staff comp, Beth Cooper-Guest endorses the Poetry By Heart experience. www.sixthformcolleges.org/1412/blog-6/...

#NewIllustrationoftheDay. A page by Mark Chambers from I, Rock, written by Eoin McLaughlin. A very funny picturebook - visually and verbally - about a rock that's hoping a dinosaur friend will show up for its three billionth birthday. HarperCollins Children's Books 4 June. @harpercollins.bsky.social

Our latest reading recommendation: NEW Book of the Week is THE SILVER KINGDOM by Radiya Hafiza, a treat for romantasy fans but a rewarding read for everyone. #booksky #KidLitUK @simonkidsuk.bsky.social booksforkeeps.co.uk/review/the-s...

Congrats to the authors & illustrators on The Week Junior Book Awards shortlists 2026 💐Covering 12 categories inc picture books, poetry, stories & graphic novels + information books. Voting for Children’s Choice & Cover of the Year Awards is open now 🔽#KidLitUK booksforkeeps.co.uk/shortlist-an...

The #KlausFluggePrize competition for schools is officially open! Early Years/Primary School Teachers, please do consider taking part👇 Can be completed in 1 lesson, and it is great for promoting quality booktalk. Video guide included & prizes to be won. Closes 03_07 docs.google.com/presentation...

Since we're being publicly attacked (again) by those of a transphobic & Sun-reading persuasion, here are our lists to celebrate IDTV and LGBTQIA+ schoolreadinglist.co.uk/genres/inter... , schoolreadinglist.co.uk/genres/lgbtq... , schoolreadinglist.co.uk/genres/lgbtq... . Happy Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

We can't wait for the #PoetryByHeart Grand Finale at Shakespeare's Globe on 6 July. We'll be celebrating the achievements of our finalists and of everyone who took part this year. Inspired to give it a go? Find out more and sign up for 2027! ❤️ #poetry #EduSky poetrybyheart.org.uk/about

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay. An illustration to an unpublished Cinderella by emerging illustrator Lemady Rochard, another of the new talents longlisted in the children’s publishing category of the World Illustration Awards. Made on Procreate with handmade textures from paint, pastels, inks and prints.

The new Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration opens tomorrow, 5 June. We had a sneak preview - our advice: go if you can! #KidLit #illustration booksforkeeps.co.uk/step-into-th...

"One evening my friend Sophie messaged me at the end of her tether..." Find out how our Poetry Editor Mariah helped her friend, and pass her advice on to new parents! #poetry Thank you @booktrust.org.uk for the support ❤️ www.booktrust.org.uk/resources/fi...

What an opportunity - performing poetry at @hayfestival.bsky.social. Thank you to @poetrybyheart.bsky.social for your support and encouragement. #lovestc #poetry #englishstc

A love of books often begins with a person rather than a book. This Volunteers’ Week, I’m supporting the National Year of Reading and encouraging more people to volunteer their time to help children discover the joy of stories. 1/2

New interview: Nathanael Lessore’s new novel for teens, LIKE A BROTHER, is ‘horribly based on unfortunately true events,’ the author writes in the acknowledgements. It’s not an understatement. @hotkeybooks.bsky.social #KidLit #booksky

Bravo! Poetry By Heart stars @hayfestival.bsky.social 👏👏👏

This is great! Love the idea of #poetry as portable - and thank you for the shout out for #PoetryByHeart too ❤️

Absolutely wonderful interview with Nicola Davies on the excellent @mostlybooktalk.bsky.social podcast! Subjects covered #poetry (of course) the @theclpe.bsky.social CLiPPA shortlist (ditto) and shearwaters. Highly recommended listening! #booksky mostlybooktalk.buzzsprout.com/2301206/epis...

Without a doubt my favourite part of the #DrawWithRob #PackedLunchPostIt exhibition at St Albans Museum + Gallery: THE VISITOR GALLERY! I loved seeing everybody's mini works of art – it gave me all the feels, I must say. Why not head over to the gallery and add yours to the collection.