Happy new year, friends and readers! Didn’t get enough books for Christmas? Know a kid who has already read all their Christmas books? We’re running a new year sale until 11 January over at littleisland.ie! 26% off!

Coming in February! MAKING IT UP AS YOU GO ALONG from @littleislandbooks.bsky.social has earned a #StarredReview! “Entertaining, comprehensive, and encouraging; for anyone who’s curious about how stories work” and authored by Patricia Forde! www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

Found, in with my Christmas cards, the thoughtful note from @littleislandbooks.bsky.social sent with the most lovely and very welcome care package last year, a gift to sustain busy booksellers during the silly season💕

Out now for 7+ readers, The Cloud Kingdom by Máire Zepf, illustrated by Andrew Whitson, is a beautiful collection of short, interwoven fairy tales. @littleislandbooks.bsky.social #KidlitUK #UKKidlit worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/2025/12/21/t...

Love how @littleislandbooks.bsky.social delivers #scifi for chapter book readers!

Day 10, Picture Fiction for Early Readers: 'Let’s Play Rugby!' by Gordon D’Arcy, Paul Howard & Ashwin Chacko. An interactive book that’s fast, fun and full of sporting spirit. @littleislandbooks.bsky.social @whackochacko.bsky.social #Spark12BooksOfChristmas 🎄🎁📚

Coming in March from @littleislandbooks.bsky.social for North American #teen readers CRYING WOLF a young man’s decisions get him into deeper and deeper trouble” in a #thriller giving an “honest look at family loyalty, friendship, choices, and consequences” www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

A tender, lyrical verse novel about love, loss, & finding your voice. 'Solo' follows Daisy, a gifted young musician, who feels like an outsider at home & school — until heartbreak shakes her world and leaves her drifting from the music that once grounded her. @littleislandbooks.bsky.social

Day 8, 11+ Fiction: 'The Brightest Star' by Meg Grehan. A stunning verse novel that captures the chaos of navigating anxiety, self-discovery, and surviving secondary school. @littleislandbooks.bsky.social @megcathwrites.bsky.social #Spark12BooksOfChristmas 🎄🎁📚

Our latest newsletter: featuring the Irish Book Awards overall book of the year shortlist; Kirkus best of 2025 listings for SOLO and GIANT; the Late Late Toy Show; and @dublinsmpressfair.bsky.social mailchi.mp/b3c44430f5e1...

This luxury gift edition is made to treasure, with its high-quality paper, linen-effect cover, gold foil details, ribbon bookmark and classic binding touches. We’re sure it will delight readers of all ages! www.stanfords.co.uk/oscar-wilde-...

Our Children’s Book of the Month is the enchanting Oscar Wilde’s Stories for Children, beautifully illustrated by Lauren O’Hara and published by @littleislandbooks.bsky.social 📖 A stunning collection of 6 beloved classics, including ‘The Selfish Giant’ and ‘The Happy Prince’.

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...

Big thanks to @martindoyle.bsky.social for this great Q&A with SOLO author @grainneobrien.bsky.social! Oops, that’s AWARD-WINNING author @grainneobrien.bsky.social 😊

A note from your friendly bookseller watching the #LateLateToyShow – here are all the books featured so you can show your local bookshop exactly which one you’re looking for 📚 Be sure to follow #BookElves2025 for more book recommendations all week long!

Well, I guess that counts as a #ToyShow appearance… of sorts… 🙃

Our Black Friday offers ends today! Use the code BF25 to enjoy 25% off only at LittleIsland.ie

Fine praise from @thetimes.com for OSCAR WILDE'S STORIES FOR CHILDREN in a new edition from @littleislandbooks.bsky.social www.thetimes.com/culture/book...

Lovely to be at @woodbinebooks.bsky.social today to chat with family and neighbours about The Experimenters. Dawn and co have such a lovely shop with books for all - @littleislandbooks.bsky.social

We’re down at the inaugural and fabulous Dublin Small Press Fair at Pearse Street Library! Loads of brilliant publishers here of all sorts of books, journals and zines. Come say hello! @dublinsmpressfair.bsky.social @dublincitylibs.bsky.social

We’re down at the inaugural and fabulous Dublin Small Press Fair at Pearse Street Library! Loads of brilliant publishers here of all sorts of books, journals and zines. Come say hello! @dublinsmpressfair.bsky.social @dublincitylibs.bsky.social

Congratulations to Gráinne O’Brien whose debut novel SOLO won at the #AnPost Irish Book Awards for best Teen & YA Book category! Congratulations to @littleislandbooks.bsky.social too for finding and publishing this winner!

We are so delighted to share that SOLO by @grainneobrien.bsky.social won Teen & YA Book of the Year at last night’s @irishbookawards.bsky.social!!! Huge thanks to An Post, to International Education Services for sponsoring the prize, and to YOU for voting for SOLO! 🏝️📚🏆

Memoir Mixed Up by Leon Diop, which is about growing up mixed-race in Ireland, looks like a very important read for its 11+ audience. Out now from @littleislandbooks.bsky.social, thanks to @thelifeofdivia.bsky.social for sending.

Save 25% on Christmas gift books for children on www.littleisland.ie this Black Friday Use code BF25 to save on all books!

Happy Thanksgiving to all our American friends, readers, and publishing partners! We are grateful for all of you 🤗 @pubspotlight.bsky.social @consortiumbooks.bsky.social

Save 25% on Christmas gift books for children on www.littleisland.ie this Black Friday Use code BF25 to save on all books!

Our #BlackFriday sale is now on! 🖤 📚 Enjoy 25% off children's and YA books with the code 'BF25' - only at littleisland.ie until 2 Dec 2025. #books #BlackFriday2025 #BlackFridayDeals #childrensbooks #kidsbooks #YAbooks #booksale #bookstagram #booktok

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...

Lauren O’Hara’s illustrated edition of OSCAR WILDE’S STORIES FOR CHILDREN is @thetimes.com Book of the Week! Woohoooo! 🥳🍾

In an “ethereal and mysterious debut” A Fix of Light by @kelmenton.bsky.social "tackles both violent transphobia and the pain and feelings of shame brought on by being a male victim of sexual assault” @littleislandbooks.bsky.social l Booth 504 #NCTE25 www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

For #teens The Gone Book presents “naturally flowing first-person perspective features raw, sometimes uncomfortable, language and complex characterization and offers no easy answers” Ireland's @littleislandbooks.bsky.social Booth 504 #NCTE25 www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

#Kirkus calls SOLO a “tightly written, incredibly well-characterized work: bravo” @littleislandbooks.bsky.social Booth 504 #NCTE25 www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

#CollectionDevelopment #NovelsInVerse @littleislandbooks.bsky.social “The Brightest Star is a gentle, kind...novel which revolves around the close-knit friendship group…who see themselves in the LBGTQIA+ community...and...allies” Booth 504 #NCTE25 vsviewfromthebookshelves.home.blog/2025/08/23/r...

A fabulous resource! ✍️✍️ ‘Making It Up As You Go Along’ by Patricia Forde, Illustrated by Mary Murphy Review by @sareenmclay.bsky.social @pforde123.bsky.social @littleislandbooks.bsky.social #nf#childrensbooks#booksforkids#kidlit#booksforchildren#childrensnonfiction#kidsnonfiction#marymurphy

We are really pleased that CRYING WOLF by James Butler has been selected as CITYWIDE TEEN READ 2025 by Dublin City Libraries! Check out the displays at any library in Dublin! @dublincitylibs.bsky.social @dublincityoflit.bsky.social @dublincitycouncil.bsky.social

We are really pleased that CRYING WOLF by James Butler has been selected as CITYWIDE TEEN READ 2025 by Dublin City Libraries! Check out the displays at any library in Dublin! @dublincitylibs.bsky.social @dublincityoflit.bsky.social @dublincitycouncil.bsky.social

“This fantastical love story...draws on Irish mythology & the challenges of mental illness” says @ala-booklist.bsky.social A FIX OF LIGHT by @kelmenton.bsky.social @littleislandbooks.bsky.social among “some of the most exciting authors...year” www.booklistonline.com/products/981...

“A fascinatingly emotional look at teenager coming to terms with being transgender, YOU DON’T SEE ME discusses tough topics with grace and approaches Ros’s identity with care and love” @littleislandbooks.bsky.social yabookscentral.com/you-dont-see...

Front page of today’s Irish Times Magazine: @leondiop.bsky.social interviewed by @patrickfreyne.bsky.social about his new book, MIXED UP!

Front page of today’s Irish Times Magazine: @leondiop.bsky.social interviewed by @patrickfreyne.bsky.social about his new book, MIXED UP!

Huge thanks to everyone who came out on a very wet evening to celebrate the launch of MIXED UP: An Irish Boy’s Journey to Belonging by @leondiop.bsky.social on Thursday! A stirring speech by POOR author Katriona O’Sullivan launched this brilliant book into the world. 📷 Tobias Mbanusi

Today's review...'Oscar Wilde's Stories for Children' Illustrated by Lauren O'Hara @littleislandbooks.bsky.social Just gorgeous! www.throughthebookshelf.com/reviews/oscar-wildes-stories-for-children

Me and @eireannmor.bsky.social have a few words on @rte.ie about small presses, the "rich forest of independent publishing," and the Dublin Small Press Fair @dublinsmpressfair.bsky.social (28/29 November, Pearse St library): www.rte.ie/culture/2025...

Back in print! CG Moore’s TRIGGER is back again White Raven Award 2025 winner 🥇 Children’s Book Council 2025 Favourites x3 🥇 Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal 2025 🥇 Kirk is Reviews Best YA Verse Novels list 2024 🥇 “Raw and fiercely gripping”: School Library Journal starred review 🌟

Coming soon! “All six stories feature Wilde’s trademark wit and clever approach to conversations” in OSCAR WILDE’S STORIES FOR CHILDREN new from @littleislandbooks.bsky.social www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/osca...

Join us this Wednesday as Katriona O’Sullivan (author of POOR) launches MIXED UP: An Irish Boy’s Journey to Belonging by @leondiop.bsky.social at Eason, The Square, Tallaght!

Ok, it's a masterpiece. It's not traumatic but I had to wipe away a few tears as the emotions were so vivid - this is a story that stays with you. @littleislandbooks.bsky.social will there be a sequel? I want more!