"Again, again!" Jan Dubiel, specialist in Early Years Education, makes the case for giving young children freedom to choose their stories - even when that means returning to the same story over and over. Have you seen the benefits of returning to familiar stories again and again? Let us know!

It’s like we’re facing World War Three and a tiny bunch of people with vast wealth are buying up all the information outlets to spread the idea that nuclear weapons are not so bad actually, and won’t somebody think of all the jobs they create.

If any picture book publishers are reading this, I have a *killer* picture book text waiting for you. It is, like much of my work, about family, love, and *science*.

This BBC article states that "climate change is believed to have played a role in such hot spells as this." Let me fix it: Climate change IS making these hot spells more likely and more dangerous. Scientists have been warning of this for decades. www.bbc.com/news/article...

🧺📗 EAST MIDLANDS CHILDREN’S BOOK PEOPLE! 📗🧺 A date for your diary – this year’s Notts KidLit Picnic will be on Sunday 2 August at Highfields Park. If you work with children’s books in Notts or beyond, do come along. Partners and family are welcome too. #NottsKidLitPicnic #KidLitUK

#EastMidlands #kidlit folk! Come join us on 2nd August to talk books, eat cakes and lob chunks of wood! What more could you possibly want?

@darrensimpson44.bsky.social @annaterreros.bsky.social 👇🏼👇🏼

@darrensimpson44.bsky.social @annaterreros.bsky.social 👇🏼👇🏼

🧺📗 EAST MIDLANDS CHILDREN’S BOOK PEOPLE! 📗🧺 A date for your diary – this year’s Notts KidLit Picnic will be on Sunday 2 August at Highfields Park. If you work with children’s books in Notts or beyond, do come along. Partners and family are welcome too. #NottsKidLitPicnic #KidLitUK

In little over 24 hours, the petition for government to stage a UK-wide briefing on the climate & nature crisis has passed the 10,000 milestone. Please help us get this to 100,000 to secure a parliamentary debate - by sharing widely. #NationalEmergencyBriefing #TimeToStepUp

With so much conflict going on in the world, the far greater, but less immediate threat of #ClimateBreakdown is being overlooked. Please help change this by signing this petition calling for a prime time UK TV screening of the NATIONAL EMERGENCY BRIEFING. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...

The book explores some of the most extraordinary errors early experts made, and brings past and present versions of each prehistoric creature face to face in a fantastical time-travelling adventure full of fascinating facts.

🎺 COVER REVEAL! 🎺 GREAT DINOSAUR MISTAKES, my new picture book with palaeontologist Dr Adam S. Smith, paleoartist @stievenvdp.bsky.social & @foxandinkbooks.bsky.social is out 6 August and available for preorder now at @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social: uk.bookshop.org/a/16211/9781... #KidLitUK #BookSky

With so much conflict going on in the world, the far greater, but less immediate threat of #ClimateBreakdown is being overlooked. Please help change this by signing this petition calling for a prime time UK TV screening of the NATIONAL EMERGENCY BRIEFING. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...

The book explores some of the most extraordinary errors early experts made, and brings past and present versions of each prehistoric creature face to face in a fantastical time-travelling adventure full of fascinating facts.

🎺 COVER REVEAL! 🎺 GREAT DINOSAUR MISTAKES, my new picture book with palaeontologist Dr Adam S. Smith, paleoartist @stievenvdp.bsky.social & @foxandinkbooks.bsky.social is out 6 August and available for preorder now at @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social: uk.bookshop.org/a/16211/9781... #KidLitUK #BookSky

We've joined forces with the Writers' Guild of Great Britain to issue urgent new guidance outlining measures authors can take to protect themselves against scams. Download the guide on our website. buff.ly/qOhFz8q

Andy Burnham has claimed that the ghastly human rights record of the UAE, who've bankrolled much of his 'Manchesterism', is an issue for the UK gov't rather than a mayor. I'd love to think he will take this issue up with the UAE if he becomes PM, but I doubt he will. www.tiktok.com/@podsavetheu...

Andy Burnham has claimed that the ghastly human rights record of the UAE, who've bankrolled much of his 'Manchesterism', is an issue for the UK gov't rather than a mayor. I'd love to think he will take this issue up with the UAE if he becomes PM, but I doubt he will. www.tiktok.com/@podsavetheu...

Begging that at least one Labour mp comprehends this (unlikely)

I'll let you in on a secret...

Something extraordinary – yet predictable – has happened over recent days on Facebook. Fake accounts that usually post anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim content generated using AI to fuel division and hate in UK are now pushing out AI-gen content asking: "Should the UK produce its own fuel again?"

None of us alive will experience climate better than what we have now. How much worse it gets is up to us.

Edinburgh Council no longer allows adverts and sponsorships for fossil fuel companies, airlines, airports, fossil-powered cars, SUVs, cruise ships and arms manufacturers on council-owned advertising spaces. 👏🏼 Any council that claims to be serious about tackling #ClimateBreakdown should do the same.

There's a BBC Science Focus article on the research here: www.sciencefocus.com/news/water-b... I'm sharing this as I know many people believe that bottled water is better for your than tap water. A chiropractor I was seeing a few years ago insisted that this was the case.

I already avoid bottled water for environmental reasons, but this program reveals that people who drink bottled water excrete 2x as many microplastics as those drinking tap water and outlines new research which shows that the presence of microplastics appears to trigger inflammation within the body.

We voted out the Tories, only to find that, after a long 14 years of waiting, a Labour government adopts and extends some of their worst policies, while entirely failing to excite or inspire. Now Labour and its supporters on this platform blame us for turning away. What aren’t they seeing here?

No one expected Keir Starmer to solve our pressing problems overnight. But what we did expect – and had every right to expect – was that he would lay out a clear vision and roadmap for doing so. Instead, we’ve had drift, appeasement and a startling absence of ideas, values and ambition. 🧵1/6

Sir David Attenborough has spent a lifetime showing us the beauty, and fragility, of the natural world. To celebrate his 100th birthday, explore 9 powerful things you can do to protect it: buff.ly/ZFk1vXx Happy Birthday, Sir David. May you continue to be an inspiration to us all. #Attenborough100

Britain's broadcast media boasts of its strict adherence to impartiality rules. Mentions per MP. LibDems: 645 Tories: 5,116 Greens: 7,763 Labour (the actual govt): 27,438 Reform: 70,732 Anyone surprised they're ahead? bebroadcast.co.uk/politics-who...

It remains a mystery to me why working-class people (who understandably feel let down by Labour) think the crook on the right here gives a s*** about their situation

Some of the models on display at last Saturday's children's book-themed Children's Parade in Brighton, featuring characters by Maurice Sendak, Gerald McDermott, Bethan Woollvin, Julia Donaldson and Emily Gravett. 👏🏼📕👏🏼📗👏🏼📙👏🏼📘👏🏼 #KidLitUK

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 VOTING IN WALES? 🗳️ You'll elect 96 members of the newly expanded Senedd. 🟢 Under the new fully proportional system, we are recommending a GREEN vote nationwide as the strongest vote for climate. ℹ️ See more info here: voteclimate.uk/local-electi...

As people get ready to vote in the Scottish Parliament election please be careful of the spoiler operation which is 'Independent Green Voice'. They are listed second on the regional ballot paper in South of Scotland with the Green Party further down. IGV is a right-wing spoiler operation.

🗳️ There's no local elections in my area, but if there was, I'd be voting Green. 🌎 I'm fed up with parties that claim to recognise the reality of #ClimateBreakdown but repeatedly fail to take appropriate action. 🧒🏼👦🏿👧🏻 Our children and grandchildren deserve better.

From Private Eye (I may have assisted Bill Cashgrab in writing this)

#KidLitUK 🐕👇🏼🦮👇🏼🐩👇🏼🐕‍🦺

🐕 WOOF! WOOF! 🦮 The arrival of these advance copies of my new pop-up book #OneDogTwoDogs has got my tail wagging. 🐩 Published 13 August by @nosycrow.bsky.social, with paw-some artwork by Rob Hodgson and available for preorder from @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social. 🐕‍🦺 uk.bookshop.org/a/16211/9781...

The BBC News homepage has now COMPLETELY removed its Climate section?! It has now been relegated to a sub-menu via the "More" button in the right-hand corner.

Although it still has a page on the site, in the last week the BBC News site has quietly removed the "Climate" section from the desktop version of its header menu. Have the site's editors decided that #ClimateBreakdown is no longer sufficiently important or urgent to justify its inclusion?

In 1969 "Planet of the Apes" got an Oscar nomination for costume and make-up, because of its ape effects. "2001 A Space Odyssey" didn't, despite having better ape costumes and performances, because the Academy thought those scenes had been played by actual apes.

Oops! That should have been "replaced by a hip hop dancer".

… Here's a video of the finished book, illustrated by Ed Eaves and published by Simon and Schuster: youtu.be/CfbBcLEuzbM

I've been sorting through old dummies for my #PopUpBooks books today. My initial version of what became #TyrannosaurusRocks featured this Apatosaurus ballerina and Stegosaurus princess. They were replaced a hip hop dancer & a secret agent in the finished book. Spread text in alt text. #KidLitUK …

I've been sorting through old dummies for my #PopUpBooks books today. My initial version of what became #TyrannosaurusRocks featured this Apatosaurus ballerina and Stegosaurus princess. They were replaced a hip hop dancer & a secret agent in the finished book. Spread text in alt text. #KidLitUK …

With temperatures in several North Indian states hitting 45C, authorities are being urged to change school holiday schedules. Climate breakdown means severe heatwaves are now regularly starting in April rather than May.

Although it still has a page on the site, in the last week the BBC News site has quietly removed the "Climate" section from the desktop version of its header menu. Have the site's editors decided that #ClimateBreakdown is no longer sufficiently important or urgent to justify its inclusion?

I’m pretty sure someone else has already done this. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a...

I’m pretty sure someone else has already done this. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a...

my latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com