Our gift book subscriptions are deliberately personal, unique to each reader (aged from 4 months to retired!) Each selection is different. Each selection is read and loved and recommended by us- two dedicated children’s booksellers.

There are stories that demand to be known like that of Portuguese diplomat, Aristides, of The World Entire:- tinyurl.com/3d82efdc This magnificent biography from @ebrownbooks.bsky.social and #MelissaCastrillon offers the best and bravest of humanity @chroniclebooks.bsky.social

I’m really proud of the variety and flexibility of our subscription service. It helps to know and read the books and love them too. So, Broken, from the incomparable X.Fang @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social is a top choice for our school leader’s #assembly book subscription,

Whenever I do a comic workshop, I get everyone to draw a character without looking at their paper. I always go first and love the reactions as things start to go wrong. It's a great little icebreaker and always gets a big laugh from everyone. Thanks to all at Phoenix Fest who joined in!

During today’s #school #popup we heard again, ‘We choose you because you love and know the #childrensbooks you share and sell’. It’s all about building a reading life, isn’t it?

This week we’ve been making final decisions for a primary school library, based on what we’ve read and researched, know and love, as always #childrensbooks #supportsmallbusiness

I’m hoping #Bluesky will be in more robust health for this today. 🤞 It’s been a bit of a week, made brighter with pockets of immense kindness. So for #KidsBooksFriday this week, I thought we could celebrate books that highlight the importance of kindness. #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit #Kindness

There’s Wolfish joy in realising the #readaloud joy offered by a picture book such as Now I Know My ABC. That’s why we read and review for our store. Check it out:- tinyurl.com/yj6n7cxp #availablehere #recommended #supportsmallbusiness

Are you feeling the pulse, the momentum from A Poem in the Sky? What an inspirational tribute to the omnipotence of poetry! #BenjaminZephaniah #NilaAye @hachettechildrens.bsky.social

Checking in on our homepage makes me happy. It reminds me how we’re reading, reviewing, talking with and walking into schools and families ever day. Children’s books matter.

So here we are, sharing #childrensbooks we love, at a school #popup #bookfair Happy #WorldBookDay wishes to all other I independent booksellers, writers and illustrators, schools and families

The smile’s tense, for the boxes of #childrensbooks are heavy! They’re out for delivery to homes and schools, orders, recommendations and subscriptions. #childrensbooks #reading #supportsmallbusiness

These- and more- are on their way! So happy to be the #bookseller for the visit by #TraceyCorderoy to Ashcott School. Author school visits and the opportunity to own their guests’ books, to realise them, are SO valuable! #childrensbooks #bookseller

We’ve often recommended Quiet Storm to our readers, loving its pace, insight and fervour. Our anticipation for Always Angel was high, and met. What a truthfully realised character, a desperate situation, a wonderful read. #KimberlyWhittam #Usborne #recommended #empathy #childrensbooks

Being a real children’s bookseller means loving children’s books, needing to build reading lives… Blitz Sisters, released next week, is a gift, brilliantly researched, warm, inclusive, chronological and loving. Can’t wait to share this with readers! @juditheagle.bsky.social @faberbooks.bsky.social

We’re frequently asked for assembly, read aloud, recommendations. In fact we run several school assembly subscriptions. This, Poetry Pizza, is the complete recipe for sharing, so highly recommended @moleymole.bsky.social Tom McLaughlin @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social

So happy to book sell during Kirsty Applebaum’s school visit today. What a writer! What a lovely school! What lucky #booksellers!

The book lists that we build for schools are bespoke and include books we’ve researched, know and recommend. Here’s the first box of four being packed ahead of delivery to a Somerset primary school. #reading #childrensbooks #readingforschools #supportsmallbusiness #readingmatters

It’s a joy to share children’s books we know and love at our school popup book fairs.

We welcome the news that the Government is committing to ensure all primary schools have libraries by 2029. Please don't forget librarians. To build a school reading culture you need trained staff. @sla.org.uk #GreatSchoolLibraries www.thebookseller.com/news/governm...

From @thebookseller.com:- The government is committed to ensuring libraries for all primary schools by 2029’

Our customers know the other bookseller’s devotion to Princess Minna- he reads each one first. Thid forthcoming #middlegrade novel from #KirstyApplebaum is all mine! So looking forward to introducing this wonderful writer and The Strange Disappearance of Imogen Good in the new school year!

Our school #popuo is with a favourite, phenomenally busy, like all schools, but with a REAL reading joy, interest and determination, it walks the walk!

We were so relieved to escape the traffic hitches to join @eyesab2.bsky.social and @hannahprutton.bsky.social during Abena’s author visit to Paxton Academy. Thank you so much! @nosycrow.bsky.social

Aren’t books the best gift of all? The other bookseller’s at the post office dispatching the latest thank you bundle we’ve curated. It includes this meaningful message from a grateful family to a hardworking school.

Thank you @jamierussell.bsky.social The astonished joy of readers discovering your encouraging messages within mighty Mech Brigade cannot be qualified. Thank you for your kindness.

I could not recommend this witter more highly. (Only Stevie Wonder could hold me back from being there!)

We are so proud to sell Running My Own Race. What a truly triumphant book, rich with meaning, experience, determination and feeling. Thank you @eyesab2.bsky.social @nosycrow.bsky.social

Amazing to see Nate Yu’s Blast From the Past as one of The Observer’s ‘The Best Children’s Chapter Books of the Summer’ 😳🤩 thanks to critic Kitty Empire for the review! #booksky #ukkidlit #kidlituk #middlegrade #blueskybooks

#StPatricksDay though any day, we #recommend #After:- tinyurl.com/4wk8svdy a magnificent story of an aftermath, a new beginning and humanity @padraigkenny.bsky.social @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social

IT'S PUBLICATION DAY! School of Doom has been unleashed. 🖤💀🖤 Published by @chickenhousebooks Cover illustration by Isabelle Follath

George and I had an energising, busy #londonbookfair2025 seeing lots of familiar faces. Colleagues from @booktrust.org.uk are there today too, supporting the Laureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social who is Author of the Day! The more public conversations about children’s books, the better.

If you know any budding 11-14-year-old writers living in the UK, they might be interested in submitting up to 500 words of their finest prose to this year's MARTHA MILLS YOUNG WRITERS’ PRIZE. Winners receive £200, a selection of books and a special souvenir.

There’s a lot of preparation ahead of a #school #popuo #bookfair

The bookseller couldn’t wait to get started on this #childrensbook Thank you @nosycrow.bsky.social We are rich with books to read, review, recommend and sell!

After arranging the selected #childrensbooks at a #popup #school #bookfair there’s a moment to consider which title will kickstart the presentations.

Happy #WorldBookDay everyone! The books we love when we're young are the ones that make us readers, and change our lives FOREVER. So whatever else you do, please never stop reading books with kids, and encouraging them to read. There is nothing more important! #WorldBookDay2025

We’ve 7 crates of #childrensbooks selected for today’s #popup #bookfair. Every choice is one we’ve read, reviewed, recommend and feel proud to share. Happy #WBD Thank you to all the #writers and #illustrators who create the #readingjoy

Sending our best wishes to all the writers and illustrators stepping into schools for #WBD celebrations. May you be welcomed warmly and celebrated for the joy you bring,

Loveliest school visit this week from Jennifer Killick. Pupils bursting with excitement from start to finish! Big thank you to @bookwagonuk.bsky.social for facilitating book sales. Highly recommended for ease, customer service and for just clearly being book people! ##readingforpleasure #edusky

According to @penamerica.bsky.social, 64% of banned picture books feature #LGBTQ characters and stories, so receiving a Kirkus Star for our gay fairy tale feels pretty radical and special. @mrjamesmayhew.bsky.social @owletpress.bsky.social #KidLit #BookSky #EduSky

Authors, poets, illustrators and storytellers are happy to visit schools at any time of the year, not just on World Book Day (which is often fully booked months in advance). Celebrate reading on WBD and then arrange an author visit a few weeks later to build on it.

This is thuggery from Trump and Vance, plain and simple. They are bullying the brave true patriot Zelensky into accepting a deal which effectively hands victory to Russia. Unless the UK and Europe step up, we are facing a betrayal of Ukraine.

While I fully understand the anxiety some authors have about school visits, as a Black children’s book creator, I definitely underestimated the impact me showing up at a school visit has on a child and their worldview of who gets to do what for a living…especially on the Black children present.

Tomorrow! AND today a schedule for my next novel has been agreed, so I might read a short extract from that. 😁 (Hope to see some of your friendly faces in the morning.)

Word of the day is ‘huff-snuff’ (16th century): a hectoring bully or braggart.

Last few tickets for my show at @FavershamLit on Saturday 👉 www.favershamliteraryfestival.org/whats-on/chi...

I am trying to start a movement on my own around #WorldBookDay I’d like to see kids try and make their own costumes from waste and scrap. Expensive supermarket costumes rarely have the latest book characters anyway. This is my start. #BunnyVsMonkey ears using paper and a stapler. #kidlituk

🗝️Find the Keys. Unlock the World! 🔐 Here's the cover reveal for ESCAPE ROOM: GAME ZERO, a brand new Escape Room adventure! Pre-order your copy NOW to support #ReaditForward @booktrust.org.uk @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social ow.ly/LEY950V5Xys Please share! Cover art @daviddean-illus.bsky.social

Wishing the redoubtable #JenniferKillick a warm welcome on her #schoolvisit today. Thank you @mrbreads.bsky.social for inviting us to be your #bookseller Thank you for sharing your #readingjoy so evidently with such proud book sales!