Baby and daddy reading

Want to raise a reader? Start early even if they try to eat the book! Reading with babies builds more than vocabulary. It builds connection, comfort, and brainpower. Can you remember the first book you ever read to your child?
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#rasingreaders #readaloud #babybooks

Dad and Child reading

Want to raise a reader? Start by being one. When kids see us reading for enjoyment they begin to understand that books matter.

👉 What book are you reading right now?
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Hmmm I need to get reading!

If you loved an author’s book, tell them! They will completely ignore it because they’re fixated forever on the anonymous person who once gave them two stars on goodreads but it’s probably good for your karma

Listen up #KidLitUK London gang! @alomshaha.bsky.social and I are hosting an informal Chat, Chai and Children's books discussion group about CONTEMP FANTASY MIDDLE GRADE/KIDLIT at Stratford Library - 3 The Grove, London E15 1EL - from 6 to 7:45pm on May 8th. To RSVP email alomshaha(at)gmail(dot)com

I joined a silent writing group online. We spend time on zoom writing and not saying anything. It kinda makes me accountable and then I have to write something...or revise something that's the only way so far.

And I love tea!

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‘Diversity’ in decline When diversity in children’s literature is treated as a checkbox or a business decision, progress in representation comes under threat.

Racially-minoritised creators should not bear the entire burden of driving change: industry-wide transformation is overdue, says Melanie Ramdarshan Bold 👇 www.thebookseller.com/comment/clpe... #BookSky

Storyville Books Bookshop UK Nestled in the rolling hills of the South Wales valleys, we are the only independent bookshop in Pontypridd, selling new books and more.

⚠️ Pontypridd has been hit by devastating floods and our wonderful independent bookshop, Storyville Books, has seen much of its stock destroyed.

If you’re able to buy a book from them, this would go such a long way to help support them rebuild in the aftermath.

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Picture Book Creators Conference - January 24th, 2025

Surprise! At Home Author is hosting an online PB conference in January! We have 6 agents taking pitches and incredible presenters like Ivan Taurisano and Rosie J. Pova (and many more!) Registration goes live Black Friday! #WritingCommunity #pb
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Hey everyone, I'm doing a gift exchange with some wonderful fellow #kidlit authors I know. Budget is £10 any suggestions?

#writingcommunity #ukkidlit

I love a good competition

My map of children's independent bookshops is updated regularly. Most provide an online service and they're all run by people who can make well-informed book recommendations. Make sure you support your local one if you want to keep it. Any missing, please let me know. padlet.com/Jon_Biddle/r...

I sometimes feel it's because the stories don't belong to us, they are gifted to us.

I love reading with mine I will never stop

Now I'm singing 'buy my books!!' lol mine aren't out yet

A little something to make it easier to find some dope Black creatives to follow on here. ☺️

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Lol love it!!!

Haha even when I say it out loud to them they still say it how it reads in English haha. Yeah...I had your name wrong!!!

🇬🇧👧🏻👦🏾📚UK CHILDREN'S BOOK PEOPLE!
I can't cope with both #KidLitUK & #UKKidLit being used on Bluesky to tag the same UK children's literature content.😩
Can we get our act together and vote for just one that we'll ALL use, via the post below, and then share this post.
🗳️Vote closes midday Monday 18 Nov.

Sorry I missed that. Please tell them to get you into picture books the children need you your work is fab!!!

Love this...you should get an agent!

Lol that feeling when you write something and think 'this is my greatest ever work, no one on this planet could ever produce such a masterpiece' Only to come back to it and think...whomp whomp whomp editing time!!!
#iamwriting #ukkidlit #kidlit

I still haven't quite closed...closed it..not sure why I'm hesitant I never use it.

Hmmm now I have to work out how to do that haha

I'm still wondering if he actually even wrote it.

This.....all the way!!

I have nothing else to say but sigh...these celeb authors, I really wonder if he even wrote it in the first place.