#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Brussels-based illustrator Ian de Haes from Luna and the Night with text by Maylis Daufresne. Luna’s legs as she is about to jump into a puddle full of night, in order to befriend it. Visually striking approach to the dark. Floris Books 23 April. @florisbooks.bsky.social
Boy and girl looking out through rainforest foliage. Greens, yellows and oranges. Forest creatures.
Turquoise background. Brown toy bunny casting threatening black shadow on wall.
Violet background with toys in orange light.
Red background with storm clouds. Blue title shooting shards of light. Girl and boy facing off sea of attackers with swords.
#SundayMorningBookChat Action packed adventures with humour,sadness, corkscrew twists,secrets, danger,quests,magic & heart. #CarterRoy Killer opening line. #ChloeDaykin exciting plot #LissaEvans smart & funny #Saunders Imaginative @carnegiemedals.bsky.social #librarians #bookbloggers #UKKidLit
#SundayMorningBookChat for April. On my blog in honour of the Year of Reading I explored the genre of Adventure! What are your favourite adventure stories or series tomsbookcorner.wordpress.com/2026/04/18/t...
Would you ever get to sleep?
Girl with short black hair holding a large umbrella. Pink, black, blue, brown and white.
Children of different races clothed in green leaves #Friendship
Orange sky. Brown bunny holding a steaming cup of tea dressed in a pink and purple outfit standing in front of a caravan.
Blue background. Boy’s face with one eye.
#KidsBooksFriday #Friendship #Umbrella by #ElenaArevalo #ThereisaTribeofKids by #LaneSmith @carnegiemedals.bsky.social , 🐰🧳🤩, #Wonder #BeKind #UKKidLit #Librarians #BookBloggers
Book cover for Beegu by Alexis Deacon
Book cover for Invisible by Christina Diaz Gonzalez and Gabriela Epstein
Book cover for Bumble & Snug and the Jealous Giants by Mark Bradley
Book cover for Just Jamie by Terri Libenson
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
Canadian author-illustrator Jon Klassen has been named the laureate of the 2026 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, the world's largest prize for children's and young adult literature! #BCBF
🌟 SLG Book of the Week
Lord of the Flies: The Graphic Novel by William Golding, adapted and illustrated by Aimée de Jongh.
#SLGBookOfTheWeek #GraphicNovel #LordOfTheFlies @cilip.bsky.social @carnegiemedals.bsky.social
Blue background. 3 Mice. One with a knitted red, yellow and green rastafarian hat and gold chain, one with a blue skull cap and yellow t shirt and one with a pink bow.
Also #ListentotheBeat with #Rastamouse #Rapping #Music #Rhyme #MichaeldeSouza #NationalYearofReading2026
Today's Read to the Beat! recommendations are The Adventures of Rap Kid and The Adventures of Rap Kid: The GOAT by MC Grammar
Funny, thought-provoking, and fantastic for reading aloud to a class, these books are absolutely full of energy. Perfect for upper KS2.
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This thread has reminded me of two of my all time favourite background characters
#PictureBookFriday this week is this revelation by #HuwAaron I may have gone down a whole Animal Farm comparison rabbit hole - yes I finally have lost it. Supreme fun also! @puffinbooksuk.bsky.social tomsbookcorner.wordpress.com/2026/04/10/p...
Green & gold. Alchemical symbol in centre.
Gold writing. Three figures racing through flashing lights
Figure with wings. Crackling lighning round tower.
Samurai warrior wielding sword. Red light & face behind Sword blade. Intense eyes. Crossed sword ⚔️ symbol at top.
High stakes, conflicted characters, mesmerising mythology, Sci fi, action, epic adventures, danger #KidsBooksFriday #TimeTravel
#UKKidLit @flamelauthor.bsky.social @alexscarrow-author.bsky.social
Book cover for Fake by Ele Fountain.
Book cover for Away with Words by Sophie Cameron.
Book cover for Unraveller by Frances Hardinge.
Book cover for Buzzing my Samuel Sattin and Rye Hickman.
For #KidsBooksFriday this week I wanted to highlight books that are perfect for the chronically underserved 12-14 age group.
What great books would you encourage kids to seek out at this age?
#KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit
This Week in Literary History: Maurice Sendak’s ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ Is Published | Literary Hub
With this year's Summer Reading Challenge theme, Read to the Beat!, I'm going to be sharing lots of music-related books over the next few weeks. When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop, by Laban Carrick Hill and Theodore Taylor III, is a standout choice.
A damaging dichotomy is the idea that there is some kind of conflict between ensuring fluency and reading for pleasure. This was a wonderful blog from @jonnybid.bsky.social on how his school embedded a strong reading culture using poetry.
childrenspoetrysummit.com/2026/03/20/j...
Frank the Monster by Mats Strandberg, illustrated by Sofia Falkenhem and translated by Julia Marshall, is a charmingly quirky story about Frank Steen, a 9yo boy who accidentally gets turned into a werewolf. Lots of fun and exactly the right level of spooky for Y2/3 readers. @geckopress.bsky.social
The most popular reading material in class this term has been this collection of song lyrics. With volitional reading in decline, we need to start paying attention to what children are telling us about their reading preferences and valuing the texts they're already drawn to.
On Thursday 21st May, the fantastic Richard Ruddick and I will be delivering an after-school online session on using graphic novels in the primary classroom. There will be lots of practical ideas and book recommendations, as well as time for questions.
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Beautiful synergy of author & text #NicolaDavies @charlienutbrown.bsky.social #MarianneMcShane Wonderful animal facts , lovely verse & magical , adventurous stories. #KidsBooksFriday #UKKidLit
#KidsBooksFriday #Illustrators #PeterHoracek #NicolaDavies #EwaBeniakHaremska #MarianneMcShane #AlanMarks
Illustrations full of character, life, the beauty of the natural world, anthropomorphic animals, the mystery of libraries, ethereal magic & dreamy landscapes.
Misty blue. Child mirroring body language of goats 🐐
Black & white sea scape & sky. Little white boat journeying across waves 🌊 An incredible journey through a phantasmagorical marine world. Escher vibes.
Red & gold. Iconic Alice in Wonderland characters. Diamond, hearts. Alice based on photographs of real life Alice Liddell. Wonderful reinvention.
Yellow background. Charming Puffin pictured. Black, orange, white and blue hues. Check out First Book of Animals too for gorgeous illustrations.
From friendships & journeys to imaginary, phantasmagorical worlds. Wonderful illustrations capturing mirroring, movement, characterisation, colour & emotion. Visual magic. #KidsBooksFriday #LaneSmith #PeterVandenEnde #ChrisRiddell #PetrHoracek
Book cover for The Lost Robot by Joe Todd-Stanton. Image shows a broken robot standing by a rubbish dump looking into a puddle. In the puddle he sees a happy, colourful version of himself surrounded by a luscious green landscape.
Book cover for AdventureMice: Mermouse Mystery by Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre. Image shows a yellow submarine being driven by a brown mouse with glasses. A white mouse with a brown patch round his eye, wear in a yellow mac, pops his head out of the top. Around them swim mermice (half mermaid, half mice).
Book cover for Crazy About Cats by Owen Davey. Image shows stylised illustrations of various cat species including a striking looking tiger, accompanied by a pair of binoculars and a safari car driving along a road.
Book cover of The Arrival by Shaun Tan. Cover appears in the style of a battered old notebook. Image in sepia tones shows a man in a suit with a hat and a briefcase bending down to speak to an unusual looking creature with a large mouth, pointy ears, a short body and a long tail.
Last week I treated myself to Joe Todd Stanton’s newest picture book which is just gorgeous. 😍
It got me thinking we need a #KidsBooksFriday celebrating illustrators.
Which illustrators do you love? And which of their books show of the best of their style?
#KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit
Green and gold. Three children with magical book. Castle in background.
Red and gold. Child with dragon 🐉 in background.
Purple & gold. Girl on animated stone animal
Turquoise & black. Two silhouettes in black watch other figures in black on trees.
Too many to count & more being published every day 😀📚
Early bird booking for #YLGOxford26 ends this Friday. It is a fantastic programme of speakers & lots of your favourite publishers will be there in the exhibition space to chat to & nab freebies from! #KidLitUK #NationalYearOfReading #Libraries
Writing and illustration submissions open for new issue of PaperBound Magazine. Deadline 1 May 2026.
GUESS WHAT?👀🙌 Submissions are now officially open for the next issue of #PaperBoundMag!
Writers and illustrators, send us your MG and teen/YA submissions. Deadline 1 May.
Check out more details on our website here 👇❤️👇❤️
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Turquoise background. Magical compass with girl and companions standing on top of it. Aura of magic. Lightning sparks in gold.
Purple, orange and gd visual bubbles of characters/ scenes. Magical girl in black in doorway.
Blue background. White and gold border. Boy with two adults. Idea of magic.
Red, green, blue and purple. Running figures racing through forest. Girl at front holding purple & gold book shining with magic.
#SundayMorningBookChat #TheYearofReading
Magical travel, magical talents & books bursting with imagination & fantastical world building.
