Given that so many of the gatekeepers of books - publishers, librarians, teachers etc - were bookish children themselves, it takes an act of imagination to think about pleasure for those who don't come to it easily. For kids who don't naturally immerse deeply in text. #UKKidLit #KidLitUK

Parents! Carers! Anyone thinking of buying a child a "science kit" for Christmas. For the same / less cost, buy a copy of "Recipes for Wonder" and put together a box of household "ingredients" which will let them do actual science and be a much more personal gift alomshaha.com/portfolio/mr...

The Booker Prize Foundation has launched the Children’s Booker Prize, the charity’s first award for children’s fiction. 👇 #BookSky

Online pre-orders also count! www.bookscumbria.com/product/uk-b...

Two weeks until the paperback publication of The Snow Girl! ❄️There is a pre-order gift of a gorgeous Melissa Castrillon print - send proof of purchase, from any retailer, to [email protected]🙏 Signed, dedicated copy available from @samreadbookseller.bsky.social & @bookendscarlisle.bsky.social💙

Clearly we all need a sparkly paperback of @sophieanderson.bsky.social's #TheSnowGirl, and even better... you can pre-order a signed dedicated one from us: www.samreadbooks.co.uk/product/Snow...!

Reflecting Realities in Your Classroom: Use CLPE’s award-winning research to build a representative curriculum. Learn to choose inclusive books & create a positive, diverse curriculum. https://clpe.org.uk/training/webinars/reflecting-realities-your-classroom-recorded-lessons-literacy-cpd-series-1

What a beautiful book! Pregorder from Bookends Carlisle, Bookends Keswick and online at www.bookscumbria.com

Sparkly paperbacks of #TheSnowGirl hit shelves soon & there is a pre-order gift of a gorgeous Melissa Castrillon print❄️ Simply send proof of purchase, from any retailer, to [email protected]🙏 Signed, dedicated copy available from @samreadbookseller.bsky.social & @bookendscarlisle.bsky.social💙

The Castle of Tangled Magic is five years old this month, so I balanced it in a hawthorn tree to celebrate 🥳 Beautifully illustrated inside and out by the brilliant @saarainfeathers.bsky.social 🧡🍂🦊🧡

FIVE DAYS until the third Elemental Detectives Mystery publishes! This series is incredible - thrilling action, magnificent world building, beautiful writing and dazzling magic. It has it all! Written by the brilliant @lawrencepatrice.bsky.social with striking cover art by Paul Kellum 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Oooh, what a lovely review, from one of my favourite writers of magic! I'm delighted you enjoyed our #CelticTales, @sophieanderson.bsky.social !

This is my Lokifesto #KidsConf #UKkidlit #edusky lokibooks.com/lokifesto/

Travel to the magical Celtic lands to meet shapeshifting selkies, duelling dragons, and a terrifying waterhorse... Thanks to @sophieanderson.bsky.social for this brilliant review of Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales by @laridonwriter.bsky.social & @elisecillustration.com discoverkelpies.co.u...

This, my friends, is how wide a #LittleRebelsAward Winner smiles. 🙂🙂🙂 Last year, JT Williams took the prize with The Lizzie & Belle Mysteries: Portraits & Poison @storymix.bsky.social 🙂🙂🙂 Whose smile will go wide this year? Find out next Wednesday (evening)! @housmansbookshop.bsky.social #UKKidLit

V interesting research on children and audiobooks a from @literacy-trust.bsky.social tinyurl.com/43pnr7bf #KidlitUK #Edusky I'm speaking on this topic at the @thebookseller.com conf next week, looking forward to the discussion a lot!

I loved this! The Othernauts by @poetclare.bsky.social, illustrated by Macha Yao, is a laugh-out-loud funny, edge-of-seat thrilling, fresh take on Jason and the Argonauts' legendary adventures 🐏 Publishing June '26 with @piccadilly-press.bsky.social

Three new books out this month. Loved Champions of the Galaxy (we need more Black scifi esp for kids), Everything Amplified is a teen graphic novel and love letter to music. And Role Model is a powerful book about being autistic daughter of the new prime minister by @ellemcnicoll.bsky.social

This book is lovely, friendship & snow & magic, what more could you ask for?

The Snow Girl is publishing in paperback on November 6th, with a brand new cover illustrated by Melissa Castrillon ❄️💙

Happy Belated Publication Day to this beauty! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Happy Belated Publication Day to Dead Yard! 🎉 I love this thrilling, spine-tingling and heart-warming adventure ♥️

More than 500 children's authors, illustrators & educators have signed a statement on Palestine including @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social, @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social, Sir Michael Morpurgo, Chris Riddell OBE, Lauren Child CBE & @chrishaughton.bsky.social Find out more 👉 statement-on-palestine.org

Wrote about my favourite picture books about friendship for @booktrust.org.uk: www.booktrust.org.uk/book-recomme...

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

The Night I Borrowed Time by @ihussainwriter.bsky.social is spectacular ✨ beautifully woven, full of warmth, wit and wisdom, and characters who live on long after the last page is turned - such perfect descriptions of sibling relationships! @puffinbooksuk.bsky.social

The Five, created in a unique collaborative process, is a triumph, a dazzling celebration of the power of friendship. I loved it! @fireflypress.bsky.social 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

This is such a brilliant, spellbinding weaving of magic and non-fiction ✨️ Marvellous Messages by Rose Ayling-Ellis, illustrated by Lena Addink ✨️

Happy Publication Week 🎉 🎉How to Save Your Granny From a Runaway Train @swapnahaddow.bsky.social @jessbradley.bsky.social 🎉Arkspire 3: Revenge of the Misfits @jamieillustrate.bsky.social 🎉Pablo and Splash: Roman Holiday @sheenadempsey.bsky.social 🎉The Spick and the Span by Pil Van Martin

Dead Yard by P. J. Killburn, illustrated by Markia Jenai, is a gripping, thrilling, Caribbean folklore inspired adventure that is both spine-tingling and heart-warming. I loved it! Publishing 04.09 with @littletigeruk.bsky.social 👻

Wonderful to see you here! The #LittleRebelsAward is an award for UK radical children’s fiction, run by @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social & @housmansbookshop.bsky.social on behalf of the Alliance of Radical Booksellers. And we’ve just announced our: 2025 Little Rebels Award Shortlist!

A couple of weeks ago my 16yo said they wanted to know a bit more about politics, so they could make up their own mind who they might vote for in future...I got them this & they found it super useful* so, looking at today's news, I'm passing on the rec! *thanks @louiestowell.bsky.social &co-authors!

Happy Publication Day to Super Goat Girl @traceybaptiste.bsky.social & @dapsdraws.bsky.social 🎉🐐🎉🐐🎉🐐🎉🐐🎉

The House with Chicken Legs von @sophieanderson.bsky.social Ein Fantasy Abenteuer mit berührenden Botschaften und dem Charme der slawischen Mythologie: so toll! Mit der Sprache bin ich echt gut mitgekommen, mein englisch verbessert sich! Und die Geschichte selbst ist auch einfach großartig!

Mishka, written by Edward van de Vendel & Anoush Elman, illustrated by Annet Schaap and translated by Nancy Forest-Flier is a touching story of a new pet rabbit helping a family open up about their flight from Afghanistan to the Netherlands 🐇

Happy Publication Week! 🎉 🎉Running my Own Race @eyesab2.bsky.social cover Bex Glendining 🎉Skrimsli by Nicola Davies cover Jane Matthews 🎉Runaways @elnorrywriter.bsky.social cover ? 🎉Paddock Grove: A Pony to Own @jprosewriter.bsky.social cover Max Thompson

One of the most beautiful books I've ever read 💚 Tangled Roots by @turtschaninoff.bsky.social , translated by A. A. Prime, published by @pushkinpress.com 🌱🌲🌱Cover design Jo Walker, cover illustration Joe McLaren 💚

This is an excellent tip 👇 Remember to register your titles for PLR by 30th June 📚

Picked this up this morning & pretty much didn't put it down until I finished a moment ago. Such a page-turning, brilliant, heart-expanding book. I loved it & can't wait to read again with my young ones! Nate Yu's Blast from the Past by @maisiechanwrites.bsky.social, cover Simone Douglas 💛🧡💛🧡💛

A thread of gorgeous new books to celebrate! 🥳🎉🎉🎉First up, in picture books... 🌽Zeki Goes to the Market by Anna McQuinn & Ruth Hearson 🍚The Best Jollof Rice Ever! by @onyinyeiwu.bsky.social

Discover 18 books "full of love, hope and joy": the #JhalakPrize25 shortlists were announced this morning! ✨ The Jhalak Prize celebrates the very best books by writers of colour - find the three dazzling shortlists in a bookshop near you 📚 Find out more: www.nationalbooktokens.com/the-jhalak-p...

Happy Publication Day! 🥳🎉🎉🎉 I LOVED Peter Stevenson's Welsh Folk Tales so I'm hugely excited about this next book! 🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊

I'm going to make a friend @darrenchetty.bsky.social & Sandhya Prabhat is a beautiful, thoughtful & fantastically fun celebration of friend-making, perfect to pour over & ponder, spark imaginations & stimulate conversations. Destined to become a firm favourite! 01/05 @littletigeruk.bsky.social 🤖

Sign the petition: Protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training chng.it/46Zp6wxvkD

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Hooray for more chicken related puns in headlines! 🐤

Usborne has inked a “major” six-figure three-book with Sophie Anderson, the first title of which will be the sequel to her global bestselling debut, The House with Chicken Legs. 👇 #BookSky

This is lovely news for an author I admire and interesting from a publishing POV - Usborne has traditionally done in house fairy tale collections, an author-led one is a brand new thing for them, alongside Sophie's fiction www.thebookseller.com/rights/usbor... #KidLitUK @sophieanderson.bsky.social

Are you ready to run with the house again? 🛖🐤🧙‍♀️💀✨ I'm thrilled to announce the sequel to The House with Chicken Legs will publish next year, with cover art by Melissa Castrillon & internal illustrations by Elisa Paganelli 🤩 You can find out more here 👉 bit.ly/4ceu7xu 🗞️🙏💜

I'm sharing some EXCITING news on Monday and you can hear it on my newsletter first 👇📚🎉