We loved hearing from mums Allana and Lilly about what stories mean to them as they picked up our festive book parcels for their children ❤️ Read more from Allana and Lilly and share the #MagicOfBooks with more families by donating today: https://bit.ly/4q4C4Lb

THANK YOU to @justimaginecentre.bsky.social who have donated these wonderful books to our primary school library! We are so grateful. More photos to come of them in their new booky habitat! @jobowers.bsky.social

Thank you @justimaginecentre.bsky.social Our school Reading Champions have been enjoying exploring the great books from your book box. They will be recommending their favourites to their classmates

It’s our pleasure. Wishing you all a great summer of reading 😊

Thank you @justimaginecentre.bsky.social Another fabulous selection of books for the children of St Fagans CW Primary School to enjoy!

Here’s our weekend round-up of book reviews for you. Thank you @hfj0108.bsky.social @edfinch.bsky.social @gethinwallace.bsky.social @librarylady.bsky.social Ann Cowling, Theresa Gooda and Rebecca Kennedy for your reviews this week: justimagine.co.uk/childrens-bo...

Tomorrow evening, we will be talking National-Share-a-Story-Month with @smartfoxlouisa, Emily Gravett, and Pari Thomson. Can we change the world one story at a time? Find out how you can get involved. vimeo.com/event/492991...

Registration for Reading Gladiators 2025 -26 is now open. We are excited about the new features, especially our new online interschool celebration. readinggladiators.org.uk

As we head towards the summer term, we're taking a pause from resource and training writing to bring you a sneak peek of the virtual events coming up for teachers, librarians, and book group leaders. These events are free. Everyone is welcome, but you need to register in advance lnkd.in/ehk5i__s

The Easter holidays are here, so I have a copy of Primary Reading Simplified to give away. Just **repost** this post to have a chance to win. The winner will be selected 19th April.

Here are our first book reviews for April. Thank you Lisa Hagan, Jayne Truran, Nicola Garrard, @stephenconnor.bsky.social @edfinch.bsky.social Helen Dearing, Theresa Gooda and @jobowers.bsky.social for your reviews this week: justimagine.co.uk/childrens-bo...

Here are all our book reviews from the month of March. Thank you to all our wonderful reviewers! justimagine.co.uk/childrens-bo...

Have you signed up for our FREE webinar? Running your Book Club in School plus an introduction to the Reading Gladiators challenge (25/26) and all-new Reading Gladiators Power-Up. vimeo.com/event/4960018 One teacher will win a set of books to enable them to run Reading Gladiators for a year.

Here’s our weekend round-up of book reviews for you. Thank you to all our reviewers for your reviews this week: justimagine.co.uk/childrens-bo...

A school RfP policy in one post: * Time to read and be read to every day * Time to talk about books together * Freedom to read graphic novels, picturebooks, poetry, non-fiction, magazines, anything * New books are an investment, not an expense * Work with librarians, bookshops, authors, poets, etc

We have some fantastic fiction and nonfiction books in our weekend round-up of reviews: justimagine.co.uk/childrens-bo...

World Book Day has the most sustained impact when it's used as a springboard for developing a school culture of reading. This year, we're exploring Daniel Pennac's Rights of the Reader (beautifully illustrated by Quentin Blake). Each class will develop their own set of reading rights and share them.

Here are our weekend round-up of book reviews for you. Thank you to all our book reviewers. Link here to read them in full: justimagine.co.uk/childrens-bo...

When a class have got independent reading time, try to sit with the children and read alongside them. Share the book you're reading, talk about why you're enjoying it and ask them about their choices. The impact on attitudes to reading will be massive. Organising the glue tray can wait.

Here are our first round-up of book reviews for February. Thank you @edfinch.bsky.social Helen Dearing, Heather Hann, @sconnor7.bsky.social and Jayne Truran for your reviews this week: justimagine.co.uk/childrens-bo...

Even better, 10% of children's book sales in February go to @booktrust.org.uk and @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social.

Here are all our book reviews from the month of January. Thank you to all our wonderful reviewers! Link here to read them: justimagine.co.uk/childrens-bo...

Whatever happens, never forget: READING FOR PLEASURE has the biggest positive impact of any factor on children's life chances. So always make time to share books with kids, and help them find books to love. Make reading central to everything you do. It will change their lives forever! #literacy

Hello children's book lovers. Here's my first Reading Matters Children's Book News round up of 2025. A look back at the best of 2024, a preview of books in the coming months. There are free events & resources too so why not settle down and explore. #UKKidLit alibrarylady.blog/2025/01/04/r...

Thank you @justimaginecentre.bsky.social for this wonderful selection of books: picture books, graphic novels, non-fiction, illustrated fiction, MG fiction. The young readers of St Fagans CW Primary School will be delighted!

If you're looking for helpful reviews of children's books, the @justimaginecentre.bsky.social team do an amazing job. Over 600 reviews posted during 2024. Well-written and can be found by theme, genre, subject or age. Highly recommended. justimagine.co.uk/childrens-bo...

If you got any book tokens for Christmas, make sure you spend them at an independent bookshop. Here's a map with links to over 250 that are either children's bookshops or have very good children's sections.

Latest @justimaginecentre.bsky.social children’s book reviews justimagine.co.uk/childrens-bo...

If you’re wondering which books to select for your school or classroom @justimaginecentre.bsky.social have over 2000 book reviews that you can search by theme, subject, genre & age, reviewed by a panel of teachers, librarians & literacy specialists: justimagine.co.uk/childrens-bo...

READING ALOUD CHANGES CHILDREN'S LIVES FOREVER! Just 10 minutes a day can be enough to help them find the love of books, and become lifelong readers. So whatever else you do, always find the time to read aloud – and the more you do, the better! #literacy #reading #books

@justimaginecentre.bsky.social books of the year is a great list of some of the wonderful children’s books published this year and has useful links to their book review page. justimagine.co.uk/2024/12/02/b...

BOOK GIVEAWAY!!! I'm not on social media a lot right now, working very hard on my new book, trying to get it done in less than 9 years this time! In the meantime, I'm giving away signed copies of all my books so far. Repost & follow to enter, & say which one you'd like - closes Dec 14! #KidLitUK