The WONDERFUL latest Books for Keeps reviews The Invisibles by @susiebower.bsky.social, Captain Danger and the Stupid Shadow by Victor Engbers, and The Otherwhere Post by Emily J Taylor 🥳

Introducing Pushkin Children’s Classics! Reading is never more ✨magical✨ than in childhood. That’s why we’re bringing you the most thrilling and inspiring children’s stories from around the world. Stay tuned for the six beloved titles we’re publishing on July 3rd 🥳

A storm, a rising sea, and a family that refuses to let go. In “The House That Floated” by #Goujing, stunning art tells a delicate, wordless tale of resilience and love. A #PicturebookPage treasure, it is a #WordlessWonder, quietly powerful and unforgettable. Just Perfect! One of the best of ‘25

Final lot…so far… Part 3 3/3 105/105 #Top40 #FavePicturebooks25 #PicturebookPage

Here are some more… Part 2…2/3 72/105 #Top40 #FavePicturebooks25 #PicturebookPage

So it begins…starting to think about my #Top40 #FavePicturebooks25 What an amazing year… there are more and I have no doubt a few coming out soon that will challenge the list. You’ve got to start somewhere though 1/3 36/105… #PicturebookPage

Just finished Letters from the Upside and wow — Katya Balen does it again! Her writing is tender, powerful, and full of heart. One of the finest children's authors out there. Every book is a gift, and this one truly soars. Literally one of the best writers around 📚 #KatyaBalen

Kicking off the new academic year tomorrow with a hands-on making session . . . a group of teachers have asked me to help them explore fossils through 3D making. It's a bit like asking the Cookie Monster to do training about biscuits. 😆😆😆 www.darrellwakelam.com #edusky

There’s a new book out from our 2019 #LittleRebelsAward Winner @catwrote.bsky.social and this time she’s unpacking the complicated life of always-starry, often-radical, Josephine Baker- dancer/singer/French Resistance Agent/✊🏿Civil Rights Activist. #KidLitUK #UKKidLit

Devoured #Gloam by Jack Mackay & loved it! Bone-chillingly scary & menacing with a villain I will not forget easily. Beautifully written & wrapped in mist,dark danger,threaded with grief, loss, the meaning of family. Broodingly beautiful illustrations by Ben Joel Price. @rocktheboatnews.bsky.social.

I'm thrilled to be able to share the Waterstones Exclusive Edition of FEAR FILES: HIDE AND SEEK! With stunning red sprayed edges, this will be published by @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social on 25.09.25, but you can pre-order this exclusive edition from @waterstones.bsky.social now! shorturl.at/NNhLj

#NewIllustrationoftheDay by Matthew Forsythe from his 3rd picturebook Aggie and the Ghost, about a little girl who is haunted by a ghost and makes her own choices. Depicting a simple fairytale world, in watercolour, gouache & coloured pencil. 28 Aug Simon & Schuster. @simonandschuster.bsky.social

🌟PIN BADGES!🌟 Hero Slam was released this week through Waterstones and also via The Phoenix Comic. Not only that, but The Phoenix have made these SUPERCOOL HERO SLAM PIN BADGES, which are available in their online store: thephoenixcomic.shop ⚔️🔥💖

My youngest and I read the opening chapters to @pgbellwriter.bsky.social latest and are HOOKED!

Here it is! The end of the a wonderfully joyous series Crookhaven by @joelarcanjo.bsky.social The perfect ending and so much heart! If you’ve never read it, this is spoiler free &gives a little round up of the whole series! @hachettechildrens.bsky.social tomsbookcorner.wordpress.com/2025/08/21/c...

Why read Billionaire Boy when there’s already a brilliant selection of children’s books out there exploring friendships? Here’s some of my favourites but what others would you suggest instead of Walliams’ book? #kidlituk @louiestowell.bsky.social @lesleyparr.bsky.social @hamdesign.bsky.social

Delighted to celebrate the publication of brilliantly creepy middle grade #Gloam by Jack MacKay last night. Huge thanks to @rocktheboatnews.bsky.social for inviting me.

Out today ✨ Linnet and the Periwinkle Flyer by @lindsaylittleson.bsky.social! A heartwarming, high-spirited adventure about invention, rebellion, and dreaming big in a world that wants to keep girls small. Out now 👉 amzn.to/4mnxEy0

With the new academic year approaching, this picturebook assembly overview might be useful to people. The suggested books cover themes around empathy, inclusion and diversity, and are all texts I've used in the classroom. Any shares appreciated. Link here: padlet.com/Jon_Biddle/r...

Huge fan of @tompalmerauthor.bsky.social and it’s wonderful to see #wardog published after he shared with our children recently. Perfect to introduce WW2 in assembly with #hope #courage #friendship and #loyalty threaded through. Illustrated beautifully by Carolina Rabei. #picturebooks #WW2

Blimey! Nominated for the best show 🍊

#inspired2read Just thinking of some of the books that really ignited my love of reading as a child in the late 70s and early 80s. Dad was a bin-man and he saved so many from the rubbish tip for us. Libraries and his job were vital in providing books when things were tough. 1/3

A story in four photos… YES, last night I MET Mariah Carey!! #LGBT #KidLit #BookSky

Happy Publication Day!🥳 🎉Spirit Warriors @ashleythorpe.bsky.social, cover art by Gashwayne Hudson 🎉My Soul, A Shining Tree by Jamila Gavin, cover art by Akrem Chebokha @farshorebooks.bsky.social

Where the sea meets the sky, that's where you'll find me 😍 days with not even a breeze are rare in #Orkney but as these thistle seeds proved, today was one of those days! It was rather warm at times walking down my favourite stretch of the West coast from Birsay to Skail bay today- but gorgeous!

As the sharer of the #NationalDay, thought it would be wrong not to show my support… so cheers y’all, & Happy #NationalProseccoDay 🍾🥂

Oh no, they cancelled Between the Covers - a rare bit of book coverage on telly. Boo.

“The right to protest is one we protect fiercely” Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has said. The government has just been defeated in the Court of Appeal in its attempt to curb our right to protest. It should now be reviewing all arrests made under these unlawful powers youtu.be/vbQxagbctoc?...

#NewIllustrationfotheDay by award-winning author-illustrator Kim Hillyard from her picturebook Bert and the Bubble, about learning to share. Funny, stylish and idiosyncratic image with hearts and stars and strawberry and pistachio colours. From Ladybird Books on 14 August @ladybirdbooks.bsky.social

“An unputdownable fairy-tale for modern times!” 🧚 Thank you so much @barbaraevav.bsky.social for this wonderful quote. 💚🧚💙 @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social #thechangelingchild

Had forgotten to post on here @hsnorup.bsky.social @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social !💚💙🧚‍♂️🧚‍♀️💛 @openuni-rfp.bsky.social @justimaginecentre.bsky.social @readingrocks.bsky.social

Loved it @hsnorup.bsky.social! Magic & actuality woven beautifully into a menacing reality where the characters-Faerie,demi-fae, human-play their part with gusto!The descriptions of nature & magical realms,Saga's fight for conservation,make it an unputdownable fairy-tale for modern times! 5🌟 💙🧚‍♂️💚🌳

Those who know me know I generally stick to MG but after The Handmaid’s Tale I’ve just finished There are Rivers in the Sky by @elifshafak.bsky.social It is one of the best books I have ever read. Oh my word. What storytelling between centuries and cultures. I’ll be ordering more of Elif’s books.

Wonderful to see A Place of a Thousand Wishes @sarahmerrett1.bsky.social as a Summer Pick, 'A delicious Fantasy adventure' @newstatesman.com Thanks @amandacraig.bsky.social #KidLit #Fantasy www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...

📚 Alternate reads to Mr Stink 📚 You don’t need Walliams when you have these incredible books. If you know a child who is reading #MrStink then here’s some alternate reads they could read next to explore poverty and/or homelessness. Which other books would you recommend? #kidlituk

Why read Slime when you could read these alternate books featuring more authentic representations of wheelchair users? #kidlituk

Instead of reading Code Name Bananas, why not check out some more superior stories set during WW2? Here’s a few the Y5 & Y6 pupils I’ve taught (and myself!) have particularly enjoyed 📚 #kidlituk

Here are all our latest reviews for you. Thank you to all our reviewers this week! justimagine.co.uk/childrens-bo...

Huge fan of #RossMackenzie delighted to find a copy “The Uninvited” in @bookcornershop.bsky.social It’s cracking magical read, starting with a refugee crisis from a magical world into ours, it takes an a thrilling adventure where you can’t be sure who is good or bad, to get the Faerae home.

“Dawn” by #MarcMartin is a truly stunning, visually rich and lush picturebook that explores that fleeting moment. The simple poetic yet vocabulary rich text draws your eyes to the storytelling of the moment. The illustrations are utterly divine @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social #PicturebookPage

Happy 4th birthday to #TheMemoryThieves! 🎂🥳 A Guardian Book of the Month. A Carnegie nominee. A World Book Day Summer Read. But most importantly of all: my wife's favourite Darren Simpson novel. ♥️

It’s my stop on #TheChangelingChild blog tour & it’s brilliant to return to this vivid world. @hsnorup.bsky.social has created a sequel bursting with magic & mystery. a brilliant eco-adventure. Thanks @pushkinpress.com 🧚‍♂️ Out 14/8 for 8+ #kidlituk checkemoutbooks.wordpress.com/2025/08/04/t...

Not long now 'til Adventuremice at Edinburgh Book Festival! Join us on Friday, 15 Aug for story fun and drawing shenanigans! 🐭🐭🐭✍️✍️ Tickets here: www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival... @edbookfest.bsky.social @philipreeve.bsky.social

So @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social are offering a 'Beyond the Secret Garden' book pack. 1 BTSG book, 24 discounted children's books & some specially written discussion plans and a voucher for training with @ksandsoconnor.bsky.social and me! More here: www.letterboxlibrary.com/product-page...

Here are all our book reviews from the month of July. Thank you to all our wonderful reviewers! justimagine.co.uk/childrens-bo... Many of these books are on our newly updated Recommended Book Lists for the new school year. You can find them here by year group: justimagine.co.uk/book-lists/

One of the real ones. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

My children are in their mid twenties and I can still recite Each Peach Pear Plum. So can they. God rest you Alan Ahlberg, your words reverberate in thousands of heads, and will I hope for ever more. Honoured to have walked the earth at the same time as you.

Each Peach Pear Plum was the early memory. But I LOVED Burglar Bill. My daughter loved it too. I am so sad to learn that Allan Ahlberg has died. When children and adults of all ages can quote lines from his works, and his works with Janet, that's a special legacy, isn't it? Iconic. #kidlituk

Sad to hear of the loss of #AllanAhlbergRIP His poetry books “Please Mrs Butler” “Heard it in the Playground” were actual life-savers when I started teaching. Having children I realised how wonderful his picturebooks and stories were. A great children’s writer and a big loss.