We’re thrilled to share that #TheSummerPuppy has been nominated for the 2026 @carnegiemedals for Illustration! Illustrated by @cathyfisherart and written by @jackiemorrisartist 🐋 Congratulations @cathyfisherart and @jackiemorrisartist 🤩 #Carnegies2026

We’re thrilled to share that #ASymphonyofStories has been nominated for the 2026 @carnegiemedals for Illustration! Written and illustrated by @mrjamesmayhew 🐋 Congratulations @mrjamesmayhew 🤩 #carnegies2026

We’re excited to share that #TheFirstYear has been nominated for the 2026 @carnegiemedals for Writing! Written @mattgoodfellowpoet and illustrated @joetoddstanton 🐋 Congratulations @mattgoodfellowpoet and @joetoddstanton 🤩 #Carnegies2026

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Jackie Morris from One Cheetah, One Cherry: a Book of Beautiful Numbers. A playful board book about counting to 10 with rich animal paintings embellished with gold leaf, like heraldry or illuminated manuscripts. Otter-Barry Books 30 October. @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social

We are excited to share that #ASymphonyofStories by @mrjamesmayhew has been shortlisted for the Children’s Book Category for the East Anglican Book Awards 2025 🤩 Congratulations James Mayhew! @writerscentre, @eastern_daily_press, norwichcityoflit #EABA

Happy Publication Day to My Book of Classic Nursery Tales! 🎈 Brilliantly illustrated gift book from a bestselling author-illustrator, featuring eight much-loved traditional nursery tales. Congratulations to @mrjamesmayhew ⭐️ #TheBookofClassicNurseryTales #kidsbooks

Happy Publication Day to Ming The Panda! 🐼 A true story of courage and hope from World War II and the London Blitz, with London Zoo’s first panda at the centre. Congratulations to Jake Hope and Yu Rong 🤩 #MingthePanda #bookpublication #publicationday #kidsbooks @bouncesalesandmarketing

A sneak peek into the wonderful new book #MingthePanda by @jakegatehouse and Yu Rong - out tomorrow 🐼

@OtterBarryBooks open for business at Frankfurt Book Fair! @Book_Fair

Special offer on my next/14th book, out Jan: #poems #LibrarySky #EduSky #BookSky #poetry #TeacherSky #poetrylovers #PoetrySky #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #teachers #literacy @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social #kidlit @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social

We are excited to share that #TheBoyWhoLovesToLickTheWind came 2nd place in the Picture Book category in The Diverse Book Awards 2025 🤩 Congratulations to Fiona Carswell and Yu Rong ✨ #diversebookawards2025 #kidsbook

What a brilliant pairing #MichaelaMorgan & #NickSharratt is! This is a fab anthology with poems to make you think , laugh & maybe even shed a tear (look out for Ice Cream 😢) with many tips on reading aloud etc included #NationalPoetryDay @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social

A very happy National Poetry Day with Hagbourne Primary School, Oxon, via Zoom! Here are the younger children enacting a wood, ready for animal rhymes! Then 4/5 & I explored emotions, with wonderfully expressive outcomes! Well done all! @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social

✨ It’s National Poetry Day and we’re thrilled to share some news! ✨ Amazon have chosen 5 NPD poems to ask Alexa, including Word Play from All Together Now 🛝 Today, simply say to your Alexa speaker: 👉 “Alexa, today is National Poetry Day, please read me a poem.” Congrats @michaelamorganpoet 🤩

Celebrate National Poetry Day with us! 🌟 Join Nikki Gamble and guests for a special National Poetry Day celebration with @justimagine_books Tonight, Thursday 2 October, 7pm 🤩 register via this link justimagine.co.uk/evening-in/n... 📚

We are so excited to share that #TheFirstYear has been selected as part of @waterstones Paperback of the Year 2025 collection 🤩 A massive congratulations to @mattgoodfellowpoet and @joetoddstanton 👏 Avaliable to purchase at your local Waterstones! #waterstones #kidsbooks #picturebookoftheyear

In our NEW issue, #BfK274 for our Authorgraph interview, Ferelith Hordon talks to James Mayhew on publication of his new book MY BOOK OF CLASSIC NURSERY TALES and looks back over his impressive career. #illustration #KidLitUK #BookSky @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/auth...

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So proud to be nominated for Sky Arts Award Poetry and congrats to winner @CalebFemi. Thanks @SkyArts for a fabulous evening. And thanks to judges inc #RogerMcGough and #LisaMead of @ApplesAndSnakes. @bouncemarketing

Lovely window display of The Summer Puppy by @jackiemorrisartist and @cathyfisherart in The Dragon’s Garden Bookshop, Llandovery 📚 Ready for visitors to their Sheep Festival starting this week, from 20-21st of September! #thesummerpuppy #booktour #kidsbooks

The Boy Who Loves To Lick The Wind has been shortlisted for the Picture Book Category by The Diverse Book Awards 🎉 congratulations to @FionaCarswell and @YuRong ⭐️

Happy Publication Day to It’s Really, Really Not Fair! 🎉 A funny, picture book by @AngieMorgan — here's a sneak peek of what's inside! ⭐

Published this week a cracking collection of over 50 new poems from Pie Corbett #DragonCat with fun illustrations by Tom Morgan-Jones @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social it's #RedReadingHub’s book of the day reviewed on the blog wp.me/p11DI5-dpJ

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Angie Morgan from It’s Really, Really Not Fair, in which Polly learns to appreciate the possible. ‘Polly wanted to fly.’ Demonstrating a talent for comical drawings, the pigeon, the cat and the child are all funny. Otter-Barry Books 4 Sept. @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social

Happy Publication Day to Dragon Cat! 🐉🐱 A thrilling solo poetry collection by @PieCorbett , full of playful adventures, surprises, word games, and thoughtful poems. Illustrated beautifully by @TomMorganJones — here is a sneak peek of what's inside!

Come and join author Sheena Davies as she reads from Unity Street School Saves the Planet at Heffers Bookshop, Cambridge! Plus meet the characters from her book with a fun colouring in session! 📅25 August 2025 ⏰3pm! 📍Heffers Bookshop, Cambridge www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nature-wee...

🧟🦾 Ready to stomp, hop, and bleep your way into poetry? We're continuing our playful journey to National Poetry Day 2025 with another joyful highlight: ‘Monster March’ by Jane Newberry (@janenewberry59) from Big Green Crocodile published by @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social. Link: 👉 buff.ly/lNGDGMB

Today's review...'All Together Now' by Michaela Morgan illustrated by Nick Sharratt @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social A fantastic collection! throughthebookshelf.com/reviews/all-...

Great to see National Poetry Day promoting poetry for the very young. #BigGreenCrocodike is an ideal way to introduce babies and toddlers to poetry! @Janenewberry55 @CarolinaRabei @bouncemarketing.bsky.social

All Together Now! Book Launch 📚 Join @michaelamorganpoet & @nick.sharratt for an afternoon of poems, live drawing, tea & cake at the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education! Tickets available via Eventbrite www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Cathy Fisher from The Summer Puppy with text by Jackie Morris. Half spread of a cottage on a summer evening with exquisite colour and soft-focus detail, including an owl and a badger. Otter-Barry Books 12 June. @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social @cathyfisherartist.bsky.social

Inspired by memories of a much-loved dog belonging to Jackie Morris’ daughter #TheSummerPuppy magnificently illustrated #CathyFisher @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social is #RedReadingHub’s #picturebook of the day reviewed on the blog wp.me/p11DI5-dfV

A real honour to write the introduction to The Poetry World of John Agard from @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social I shared John’s poetry with many of the classes I taught over the years. The book is a beautiful collection of greatest hits, edited by @charliehacking.bsky.social

Publication day! “The Poetry World of John Agard” was so fun to illustrate! It took me back to childhood memories of illustrating my school poetry book! Thank you @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social and all the amazing team behind the book, and of course to John Agard for his wonderfully inspiring poems!

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Shirley Hottier. An image that tells a story with impact, to illustrate John Agard‘s poem Happy Birthday, Dilroy from The Poetry World of John Agard. About an 8-year old Black boy whose birthday cards feature white faces. From @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social 10 July.

#TheBoyWhoBecameQueen by CHRISTINA BALIT @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social “A beautiful, enchanting story of a boy’s journey from rags to theatre riches” Derek Jacobi @christinabalit.bsky.social's illustrated story of a young actor in Shakespeare’s London is available at #TheGlobe bookshop bit.ly/46LeCw9

In true summer holiday style, #nationalicecreamday falls on a day when thunderstorms are forecast! Here's a poem to celebrate 🍦🫟 @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social Illustrations by Kate Sheppard Blue Jelly and Strawberries: share.google/07QofAb0cAzP... And now in the US 🥳 share.google/Wqrc62ggNqr9...

2. The First Year by Matt Goodfellow The sequel to The Final Year sees Nate and his friends starting secondary school. Equally powerful and impossible to put down. One of those smiling through the tears books @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social

#TheFirstYear by Matt Goodfellow top pick for summer reading - "honest, lyrical and funny" - huge thanks ‪@theipaper.com ‬@bouncemarketing.bsky.social

#TheBoyLostInTheMaze coming soon... 👀 Story by Joseph Coelho & illustrations by Kate Milner 🌟

Happy Publication Day to The Summer Puppy!🐶 From a little furry bundle, Rosie the puppy grows, learns, and explores her world... Available at OtterBarryBooks.com Congratulations to Jackie Morris and Cathy Fisher! #newbook #kidbooks #publicationday

Happy Publication Day to Unity Street School Saves the Planet! This delightful and inspiring story shows conservation and rewilding in action, as a group of children show the way to help our planet 💚 Congratulations to Sheena Davies ✨📚

Happy Publication Day to The Best Jollof Rice Ever! 🤩 “This story is fun, vibrant and absolutely BURSTING with flavour...” Dapo Adeola Congratulations to @onichum 📚✨ Available in hardcover now!

Blue Monster has been shortlisted in the Picture Book category at this year's The Week Junior Book Awards! ⭐ Congrats to Petr Horáček !

Wildlife Crossings - Protecting Animal Pathways Around the World being has been shortlisted in the Animals & Nature category at this year's The Week JuniorBook Awards! ⭐ Congrats to @catherine_barr and @ChristianeEngel !

We Are Family - Six Kids and a Super-Dad has been shortlisted in the Poetry category at this year's The Week Junior Book Awards! ⭐ Congratulations to Oliver Sykes and Ian Morris!

Excited to see Cities Going Wild by @catherine_barr and Christiane Engel chosen for the Bookseller Back to School highlights 📚🍎 ‘A crucial book for children’s understanding of the symbiotic relationship between humans and nature’ 🐘 #kidsbooks #backtoschool #citiesgoingwild

Introducing the brand new paperback of The Boy Lost in the Maze by Joseph Coelho, illustrated by Kate Milner — out Thursday 19 June! 📚✨

We’re so proud that The Girl Who Became a Tree has been selected by the Junior Poetry Festival in Italy for their event on Translated Poetry 📚 A powerful reminder that children’s poetry can thrive across languages! Congratulations to Joseph Coelho and Kate Milner✨