Buy a book. Any book, it doesn't matter which. The one you've been looking forward to, the one with the title that made you laugh, the weighty award-winner you've been meaning to get to. Whatever. Treat yourself. Step away from it all. In this time of gross ignorance & madness, read something.

One of the many reasons I hate those fraudulent dog buttons is that it is not difficult to communicate with dogs, they make it very easy for dim-witted two legs if we pay attention. (Person asks brindle greyhound if she wants to go outside, the dog barks sharply and play bows.)

#Dogs #Dog #PerfectlyRight #BestFriend #FaithfulFriend #LoveDogs #GoodDog #DogsAreLove

RIP Jane Goodall ‘You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.’

#BannedBooksWeek starts on Oct. 5th, and we're reading for our rights with great titles that allow children to see themselves, understand others, and discover the world Help us give more of these wonderful books to children who need them by donating a copy (or two) from our #BannedBooksWeekWishlist

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Medieval parents trying to make their kid get up and go to school on the first day back after the summer holiday.

Beautiful.

Why spend 9 years of your life writing a children's book? Because children's books are the books that make us readers. They shape us at the deepest levels & they stay with us forever. They're the most important books of all – and kids deserve nothing less than the very best books of all!

In honour of the great Allan Ahlberg, who died yesterday, I wanted to use this #KidsBooksFriday to celebrate all the great children’s writers who formed us as readers. For me, along with Ahlberg, it was Pat Hutchins, Judith Kerr and Diana Wynne Jones. Who would you celebrate? #KidLitUK #KidLit

There’s not enough said about how many awesome kids encyclopaedias there are available now. They basically turned my eldest into a reader and fuelled his curiosity about the world. And they’re often brilliantly designed in a super readable way. #KidLitUK

Following on from this week’s sci-fi chat from @jacquisydney.bsky.social and @pgbellwriter.bsky.social, what are your #KidsBooksFriday sci-fi recommendations? We’re lucky to have the phenomenal @alastairc.com leading the charge and I’ve read a few other brilliant examples lately. #KidLitUK #KidLit

How can you help your favorite author without buying their book? Here are a handful of ideas of things you can do before their book releases: 1. Request that your local library purchase a copy. This can be done in person or often in an online form.

When you see the four horsemen of the apocalypse, the end is neigh.

Alex Wheatle MBE (1963-2025) was our charity's patron. Thanks to Hachette UK & @barringtonstoke.bsky.social we have 10 sets of seven of Alex's brilliant books to give away to UK school libraries. To enter, follow us and share this post. Closing date: 18 July. #ReadingForPleasure #UKKidLit 1/2

I reckon we could use some more kids’ book chat on BlueSky, so I thought I might attempt a #KidsBooksFriday chat. Let’s start with… What is one book you’d love every child to get the chance to read? Mine would be @markbradley.bsky.social’s Bumble & Snug and the Angry Pirates. #KidLitUK #KidLit

It’s exciting to receive a Valentine’s card and not know who it’s from. A Father’s Day card, not so much.

Everyone in the past was neurotypical, which is how we got things like this single-author, eight-volume encyclopedia of ferns

The best howls inspire others 🐺

British people. When you have asked me my preference (for a drink, for a restaurant, anything), and I then state that preference, or if I have agreed to do you a favor, LET NOT THE WORDS “Are you sure?” pass your lips with a pained look. I am sure. I’m sorry that you never are, but I am.

"There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls." — George Carlin 🎨 Horatio Walker

Today is National Pet Day. Cats throughout the land can barely contain their indifference to this news.

Proof your public library loves you: they leave you alone when you're reading, they love when you bring your kids over, and they'll literally let you borrow any book you want...even their hardcovers

Tracy Chapman is a Library Kid 🥹📚 “I grew up across the street from a public library, and it was the only place my mom would let me go on my own. I loved books. It was my second home, and I read everything that I could get.”✨ nytimes.com/2025/04/04/arts/music/tracy-chapman-interview.html

The new board book edition of Grandad’s Camper is out in US/Canada this Tuesday 8 April with Little Bee Books & @glaad.bsky.social - Look at how CUTE THIS IIIIIS 🥹🎉🌈🚐 Available here: littlebeebooks.com/books/granda...

Ramadan begins tomorrow, and Noura’s Crescent Moon by Zainab Khan is a gorgeous gift for little ones looking forward to Eid. Nabila Adani beautifully illustrates Noura and her family hoping to glimpse a silvery crescent in the night sky … the Eid moon. 🌙

Children’s book lovers! Come and drink chai and chat fantasy books with me and Louie:

Listen up #KidLitUK London gang! @alomshaha.bsky.social and I are hosting an informal Chat, Chai and Children's books discussion group about CONTEMP FANTASY MIDDLE GRADE/KIDLIT at Stratford Library - 3 The Grove, London E15 1EL - from 6 to 7:45pm on May 8th. To RSVP email alomshaha(at)gmail(dot)com

Thanks to Nathaniel Swift for this #prompt. Here's a poem for younger readers called The Planetary Parade #poetry #poetrycommunity #kidlit #poetryprompt #planetaryparade

Lol this sign "Do not bring food into the library Food residue will attract mice Mice will acquire knowledge in the library Get into university Then replace you" 😂

My cat just stepped on the remote and turned the TV sound off. I guess you could say he mewted it.

Fact: It's not a question of IF you do the voices when reading to your little ones, but HOW MANY! 😅 #kidsbooks #amreading

Comic book adaptations of prose novels are actually awesome, and we should make more of them bc then we get more comics readers AND more readers of the original books, win win

Tell stories. Share stories.

I do not believe that books can be nutritious, or bad for your health. I do not believe that books can have ages or genders. But I do believe the books we love are the ones that make us readers - and I do believe every reader should have the right to choose what they read. #books #literacy

Remember what regulations are. They are our protection against the predations of capital. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

100% this!!!!!

First of the month! Who's on the @islandofbrilliant.bsky.social today kids? Why it's Patrice Lawrence herself!!! The bringer of .... doughnuts ... islandofbrilliant.podbean.com/e/patrice-la...

Love this.

Could not agree more!

Goodbye to the lost children of Gaza. You were loved, you are remembered, you did not deserve it | Nesrine Malik

Just a reminder that the books we call "children's books" are really books written for an audience that includes children, but excludes absolutely no-one at all. They are BOOKS FOR EVERYONE - and you can never, ever be too old to read them, and to love them!

In January 2021, during the third national lockdown, I pulled into this deserted pub car park to turn the van round and found a lamppost and a bin engaged in lively conversation while they thought no one was looking. Incredible.

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and a horse that solves crimes

Word of the day is a favourite for this time of year. To be ‘crambazzled’, in old Yorkshire dialect, is to be prematurely aged by excess drinking or partying.

If we care about the future of our children - we need a library & a librarian in every single school, to help every single child find the books that will make them lifelong readers! Libraries & librarians create the readers of the future! #libraries #librarians #literacy (Art: Chris Riddell)

My favourite kennings (Old English / Norse circumlocutions)… 10. Chin-forest (beard) 9. Skull-forest (hair) 8. Dung-bearer (man) 7. Scarf-tree (woman) 6. Valley-trout (serpent) 5. Wave-horse (ship) 4. Shoulder-branches (arms) 3. Thought-chamber (mind) 2. Mouth-rudder (tongue) 1. Tongue-land (mouth)