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 🤖

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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 👇📚🎉

Huge thanks to ALCS and all the teachers, librarians and other professionals who photocopied extracts of my books and logged this. As always, these payments are hugely appreciated and make a big difference to creatives' ability to make a living creating! 🙏🖊️📚

I have LOTS and LOTS of exciting booky news on the way... if you'd like to be the first to hear it, you can sign up to my (infrequent and irregular!) newsletter at the link below (if you haven't already!) 👇🙏📚💕 sendfox.com/sophieanders...

One of my fave times of the year - the announcement of the Jhalak Prize longlist. I'm going to have to add some of these to my ever-growing reading list 😍. Glad to see Flower Block on there too, a wonderful picture book!

It's been a privilege to have a platform to highlight topics I care so deeply about - @booktrust.org.uk writer in residence (outgoing).

@sophieanderson.bsky.social WBD costume for one our favourite books 📚

Gorgeous Czech edition of The Snow Girl ❄️ Sněhurečka translated by Jana Hejná, illustrated by Melissa Castrillon and published by Host 🙏💙

Asked lots of Year 7s today why they read. Many said to switch off / empty head of busy thoughts and worries / relax and feel calm / escape. One talked passionately about how they were inspired reading the real life stories of famous footballers. Lots of love for books & reading in the room ❤️ 📚

London bound* for the first of my @worldbookdayuk.bsky.social visits this week 📚 🎉🥳🙌 * Hopefully I will be soon... train delayed, but at least that gives me a good start at @simonjamesgreen.bsky.social's WBD bingo.

Now with Actual Crowdfunder Link! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/pathwayslb... #KidLitUK

It's growing! 🙏

I've been thinking about it a lot! Esp kids who don't read for "nice" reasons. Reading for rebellion is another one.

Trouble, rage, laughter, discovery, information, power, distraction, community (that last, I'm thinking about kids passing copies of books between each other, talking about them, acting them out)

Book lovers! What would you add? 🙏

My fav WBD visit was to a school where everyone wore PJs for cosy reading 🥰 I love these resources from @literacy-trust.bsky.social to help provide alternatives to dressing up, so every child can participate & celebrate stories without expectations for costumes 📚 literacytrust.org.uk/about-us/wor...

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Happy St David’s Day, especially to this gorgeous anthology edited by @hananelizabethissa.bsky.social & illustrated by @eric-heyman.bsky.social 🙏 I'm super proud to have a poem in And I Hear Dragons, a wonderful collection of poems from diverse Welsh voices ❤️💚