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

Now You Know Your ABC (Or do you...?)- Salmon, Hunt Now You Know Your ABC (Or do you...?) for it seems there's an error about D. It's not a Dog, but a Wolf, and your scared legs carry you to France...

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.

Here! Here!

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

That’s one brave cinema goer…

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

Thank you 🐈

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

Isn’t she?

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

Thank you lovely Lisa x

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.

Emma Shevah, you are the bees’ knees. My Name is Jodie Jones is magnificent.

Government commits to ensuring all primary schools have libraries by 2029 Chancellor Rachel Reeves has pledged to ensure all primary schools have libraries by the end of this parliament.

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!

Aren’t echinacea magnets to wildlife? I love them

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!

Thank you for your fabulous storytelling.

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

Thank you for this recommendation.

Always. What special, thoughtful messages. Thank you for your support.

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.