Let's celebrate the start of #PrideMonth with a cover reveal for Paul Coccia's first #picturebook THE BEAR FAIRY, illus by @fredblunt.bsky.social coming out from #TundraBooks in early 2026. Funny, clever, and relevant. #bodyimage #queer #humour canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/06/cove...

Enormous thanks go to @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social for sending these fab titles. Can’t wait to read: Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody: The Hat of Great Importance by @patricknessbooks.bsky.social & Tim Miller Riverskin by Mike Edwards and The World's Worst Alien by Alice Primmer & @fredblunt.bsky.social

A wonderfully funny middle grade, perfect for readers growing in confidence in Y4 upwards, The World’s Worst Alien by Alice Primmer, illustrated by @fredblunt.bsky.social, is out now @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social #KidlitUK #UKKidlit worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/2025/06/21/t...

A debut children’s novel by Alice Primmer #TheWorldsWorstAlien illustrates. @fredblunt.bsky.social @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social is a funny look at humans from the perspective of an outsider, Sky. It’s #RedReadingHub’s #fiction #kidlit book of the day reviewed on the blog wp.me/p11DI5-dhz

With its brilliant interplay of words and pictures #GoGoDodo! @huwlewisjones.bsky.social @fredblunt.bsky.social @littletigeruk.bsky.social is #RedReadingHub’s #picturebook of the day reviewed now on the blog

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay. Yesterday I was in transit like Fred Blunt’s tiptoeing tiger in Go Go Dodo! (text: Huw Lewis Jones) & missed a post. So two today. First: Cartoon meets Cubism. In rich colour. Little Tiger 3 July @fredblunt.bsky.social @littletigeruk.bsky.social @huwlewisjones.bsky.social

Fabulous picture book post today in the form of Hangry by Kathryn Wanless, illustrated by @fredblunt.bsky.social. Out 14/08 for 0-5 readers, huge thanks to @antswilkinson.bsky.social @templarbooks.bsky.social 👿 #KidlitUK #UKKidlit

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay. Fred Blunt’s wildly energetic caricatures for Hangry, a picturebook about being so hungry you’re angry and transform by degrees into ‘a little bit of a monster’. Written in rhyme by Kathryn Wanless. Templar paperback 14 Aug @templarbooks.bsky.social. @fredblunt.bsky.social

Huge fun, Hangry by Kathryn Wanless, illustrated by @fredblunt.bsky.social, is this week’s laugh-out-loud #PictureBookFriday choice. Out now for 0-5 readers from @templarbooks.bsky.social @antswilkinson.bsky.social #KidlitUK #UKKidlit worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/2025/08/15/h...

With Kathryn Wanless’ jaunty rhyming text and @fredblunt.bsky.social's comical scenes #Hangry @templarbooks.bsky.social is #RedReadingHub’s #picturebook of the day reviewed now on the blog wp.me/p11DI5-dlF

It’s nearly Christmas folks, which means it’s time for me to bang on about my Christmas book once more! Santa Clause Vs The Easter Bunny has been out 6 years now, which seems nuts! It was a @sundaytimes book of the year 2018 and still one of my favourites 😊Merry Christmas 🎅 🐇🎄

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