❄️ Happy Holidays and a very Merry Christmas to all who celebrate from Flying Eye Books! ❄️ We hope you're enjoying the cosy season!

🚂 Heading home on the train this weekend? There might still be time to find something magical at the station bookshop... Thank you @hatchards.bsky.social!

🎁 Christmas is just around the corner, and we're still picking up those last little gifts for family and friends! 🛍️ If you're also still shopping, why not head to your local independent bookshop? click here uk.bookshop.org/pages/bookst... find the best indie booksellers near you!

My post on Detective Comics for Kids at #GoodComicsforKids! Featuring books from @flyingeyebooks.bsky.social @exocomics.com @paulcornell.bsky.social @rachaelsmith.bsky.social @shaenon.bsky.social @badmachinery.com @maxsarin.bsky.social @darkhorse.com goodcomicsforkids.slj.com/2025/12/05/d...

Enjoyed Rune: The Tale of a Thousand Faces by Carlos Sanchez. A fantasy graphic novel where two kids discover a hidden world is always a great read. #KidsGN📚💬 #KidLitUK @flyingeyebooks.bsky.social

Luke Pearson has reconfigured his delightful Hilda series for an even younger audience as Hilda and Twig. "this cleverly told story will delight Hilda fans whatever age they are". @thatlukeperson.bsky.social @flyingeyebooks.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/hilda-and-tw...

Recently The Notted Island creator Katherine Child led a set of workshops at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History exploring the theme of colour and communication in the natural world. Thank you so much to everybody who joined in, and especially @morethanadodo.bsky.social for hosting us!

We're so excited to announce that That's Not Stella by Donna Fredin (@donnaofredin) has been longlisted for the Inclusive Books for Children (@ibc_reads) 2026 awards in the picture book category! Find your copy here> www.waterstones.com/book/thats-n...

Thanks for including Detective Stanley on your list Johanna! We LOVE a good mystery! 🔎🔎🔎

🦠 Coming this January! Diagnosis Detectives: Tummy Trouble by Ben Elcomb and Terri Po! 📖 Join a team of quirky characters that live in the human body as they investigate the clues behind mystery symptoms to find each culprit to illnesses and ailments. Available for pre-order now!

Have you read the new Hilda and Twig book yet? Hilda and Twig: Wake the Ice Man by Luke Pearson (@thatlukeperson.bsky.social) is out now! If you're a real Hilda fan, why not celebrate 15 years of Hilda with our free activity sheets? Find yours here > flyingeyebooks.com/schools-reso...

🎉 Detective Stanley and the Mystery at the Museum by Hannah Tunnicliffe and Erica Harrison is up for the @readingrocks.bsky.social awards! 🎉 🗳️ Vote for Detective Stanley and the Mystery at the Museum as your favourite KS1 book here: forms.gle/UyUHxPPrKHp8...

🩵 Coming Soon! Ning and the Night Spirits by Adriena Fong comes out in paperback this January! 🩵 📖 Ning has always heard tales of the night spirits that used to haunt the little village where he lives. Secretly, he wonders if they’re really as bad as everyone says – but is much too shy to ask.

🪐 ↪️ Have you ever read a book back to front as well as front to back?? ↩️ 🧑🚀 A flipping great new read, The Spectacular Space Loop by Javi De Castro is coming soon! Out in the US this Decemeber, and the UK this January, pre-order yours at www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-specta...

Get creative and learn to tell the time with our FREE clock activity sheets! Inspired by Michael Parkin's hilarious book Wrong Time Rooster, now you can help Ronnie wake up Farmer Tony and the other animals at exactly the RIGHT time... Free activity sheets at flyingeyebooks.com/schools-reso...

Can you believe we have 15 years of Hilda books to read? Come and celebrate with us at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social! Hilda creator Luke Pearson (@thatlukeperson) will be signing books at our table from 2-3pm on Saturday the 15th of November in the Bubbleboy Hall.

Join author Madeleine Finlay for a fantastic solar system explorers workshop at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social ! Explore our cosmic home and find out what it's really like. In this workshop, you will discover just how huge our solar system is, and learn fascinating facts and design your own planet!

✨️We're coming to YALC!✨️ 👀 Join us at the Young Adult Literature Convention (@yalc_uk) at London Olympia this weekend where we'll have a plethora of fabulous books, plus the Flying Eye Books Tombola of Destiny! 🎉 See you there!

👀 THIS WEEKEND! We'll be at the Brighton Illustration Festival with lots of beautiful books for you to peruse and buy, PLUS a Q&A with author and illustrator of The Notted Island, Katherine Child! Find out more about the festival here!> www.wearebif.co.uk

🎧 Want to learn more about the the process behind the creation of the Hilda series? Check out this fascinating conversation between @splturnthepage.bsky.social and creator @thatlukeperson.bsky.social!

❄️Hilda and Twig: Wake the Ice Man by @thatlukeperson.bsky.social is out in the US today!❄️ Coming to UK readers this Thursday! Find your copy here! www.amazon.com/Hilda-Twig-W...

We're so excited to announce that we have three books nominated for this year's @CarnegieMedals for Illustration! Huge congratulations to illustrators Billy Partridge, Neetols and Wenjia Tang! #Carnegies2026 #MedalForIllustration #GraphicNovels #IllustratedNonFiction

Salute your local robin today, gallantly prepping for the start of their busiest season! 🖍️ illustration from Hilda and Twig Hide From the Rain by Luke Pearson (@thatlukeperson.bsky.social)

We're so excited to announce that Detective Stanley and the Mystery at the Museum by Hannah Tunnicliffe and Erica Harrison has been shortlisted for the Foyles Book of the Year, in the children's category! Thank you @foylesforbooks.bsky.social ! Find your copy at www.foyles.co.uk/book/detecti...

✏️We're going to be at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social!🖍️ We'll be at table K11 in the Bubbleboy Hall, 15 & 16 November 2025 | Harrogate Convention Centre, Yorkshire. Come along and say hi, we'd love to see you all!

'A funny yet realistic glimpse into the lives of young adults struggling with mental illness as they strive towards brighter futures by trying to connect with the world around them and finding understanding friends.' Thanks for reviewing @slj.com! 🍐 Astral Panic by Katie Hicks is out now!

@katihicks.bsky.social 's new book from @flyingeyebooks.bsky.social is in stock now at @okcomics.bsky.social, and it looks so good!! Lovely relatable comic, for fans of Thieves, This One Summer and Heartstopper. Available here: okcomics.co.uk/products/ast...

I have a book out with @flyingeyebooks.bsky.social as of last week 🍐🌟 I’ve been posting about it a lot more on insta but I figured I’d share it here too. If you hate tech bro-y wellness culture and we’re emo when you were 14 you should check it out!

Get Avery and the Squirrel Delivery for 25% off if you pre-order now! The sequel to Avery and the Fairy Circle is full of mushroom soup, maple leaves, and lots of squirrels 🐿️

🍐 Meet Gale and the Astral Panic gang! Which do you relate to the most? 🍐 📖 Astral Panic by Katie Hicks is out now! Find your copy at goshlondon.com/pre-order-as...

👀 Are you looking forwards to 2026 for some great new reads? Waterstones has 25% off lots of great Flying Eye Books titles if you pre-order now! Use code OCTOBER25 on selected books. www.waterstones.com/books/search... #WPreorder

🍐Astral Panic by Katie Hicks is out now! The first 100 copies ordered from our friends at Gosh Comics will receive an exclusive limited edition signed bookplate, get yours before they run out! goshlondon.com/pre-order-as...

✏️Workshop alert!✏️ Join artist and author Katherine Child for a FREE creative drawing workshop, at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History (@morethanadodo) on Wednesday 29th October. Includes a relaxed session. Find out more and book your place here: www.oumnh.ox.ac.uk/event/colour...

Thanks Nicolette! We're so excited to finally release The Notted Island out into the world!

Out Now! Three amazing new reads for you to feast your eyes on! 👶 Today by Mark Wordsworth and Ruby Wright 🍐 Astral Panic by Katie Hicks 🌠 The Notted Island by Katherine Child Which will you read first?

🍃🍂 Colour has returned! 🍃🍂 The Notted Island by Katherine Child is out now! 📖 Before 1861, the world was black and white. As Colour reached the end of his job, world weary he stopped to rest on Last Island: the last uncoloured place. Get your copy now at www.waterstones.com/book/the-not...

Praise for Katherine Child's beautiful new illustrated novel The Notted Island, arriving this week! Pre-order now at www.waterstones.com/book/the-not...

A little sneak peek of what's in store... The Notted Island by Katherine Child arrives this week! Pre-order now at www.waterstones.com/book/the-not...

Publishing in the US today: The Notted Island by Katherine Child has finally arrived! Get your copy here: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-notted...

A sneak peek of Katherine Child's beautiful new book, The Notted Island arriving this week! Pre-order now at www.waterstones.com/book/the-not...

Praise for The Notted Island, by Katherine Child, publishing this week! Pre-order now at www.waterstones.com/book/the-not...

For a very long time, the world was black and white... Coming soon, The Notted Island by Katherine Child Pre-order your copy now at www.waterstones.com/book/the-not... #TheWorldWasBlack&White #TheNottedIsland

The team at @flyingeyebooks.bsky.social, Sam Arthur and @hannahkettle.bsky.social are up next to present a case study on how publishing with passion can lead to award-winning success 💡🚀 #KidsConf

So proud to stand alongside my amazing sister @krhendry.bsky.social at the Week Junior book awards Our book Scientists in the Wild, Antarctica, illustrated by fabulous Rômolo D’Hipólito, was shortlisted for STEM book of the year Huge thanks to @flyingeyebooks.bsky.social for cheering us on! 🐟🐧🦈🦭🐋

Our copies of Astral Panic from Katie Hicks have arrived! This is a stunning, vibrant, coming of age comic from @flyingeyebooks.bsky.social. We can’t wait to take this one home and read it. Katie drew us this absolute beauty of a bookplate to accompany the book too! buff.ly/UkdjyYm

❄️ Coming soon: Hilda and Twig: Wake the Ice Man! ❄️ From the Eisner award-winning creator Luke Pearson (@thatlukeperson.bsky.social) comes an exciting new icy Hilda story! Pre-order available now at www.waterstones.com/book/hilda-a...

Help Picopaco build a house! Can you connect the dots and colour in your own beautiful home? download your free activity sheet here > flyingeyebooks.com/schools-reso... 📖 Picopaco: The Woodpecker Who Built a Town is out now and available in all good bookshops!

We LOVE Froggy and by the looks of it you do too! To celebrate the release of Froggy we'd like to share your beautiful fan art- post your Froggy creations and tag us for your chance to be featured across Flying Eye's socials! find Froggy activity sheets here! > flyingeyebooks.com/schools-reso...

Happy Autumn Equinox! Did you know that the stars we can see in the night sky change throughout the year? Today is the September equinox, which is the start of the astronomical autumn in the Northern Hemisphere. Learn more about the science, magic and meaning of stars in Wish Upon a Star, out now!

Amulet and Lightfall have already been mentioned. I also love the Mason Mooney: Paranormal Investigator series by @seaerra.bsky.social from @flyingeyebooks.bsky.social #KidsBooksFriday