Book cover of picture book The Bear Fairy by Paul Coccia and Fred Blunt shows a bear in a pink dress with a magic wand. Book cover is on a yellow background with colourful stars, rainbow flags and rainbows.

Let's celebrate the start of #PrideMonth with a cover reveal for Paul Coccia's first #picturebook THE BEAR FAIRY, illus by @fredblunt.bsky.social coming out from #TundraBooks in early 2026. Funny, clever, and relevant. #bodyimage #queer #humour canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/06/cove...

The 3 books surrounded by daisies.

Enormous thanks go to @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social for sending these fab titles. Can’t wait to read:
Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody: The Hat of Great Importance by @patricknessbooks.bsky.social & Tim Miller
Riverskin by Mike Edwards
and The World's Worst Alien by Alice Primmer & @fredblunt.bsky.social

The World’s Worst Alien by Alice Primmer, illustrated by Fred Blunt Cover illustration © 2025 Fred Blunt Much as I am loving hearing readers in school once more – as a volunteer now, rather than as a class teacher – I do find it quite depressing when I …

A wonderfully funny middle grade, perfect for readers growing in confidence in Y4 upwards, The World’s Worst Alien by Alice Primmer, illustrated by @fredblunt.bsky.social, is out now @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social #KidlitUK #UKKidlit

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The World’s Worst Alien The World’s Worst AlienAlice Primmer, illustrated by Fred BluntWalker Books This is a slice of life as lived and narrated by Sky, an alien student who has somehow created planet Earth for her schoo…

A debut children’s novel by Alice Primmer #TheWorldsWorstAlien illustrates. @fredblunt.bsky.social @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social is a funny look at humans from the perspective of an outsider, Sky. It’s #RedReadingHub’s #fiction #kidlit book of the day reviewed on the blog wp.me/p11DI5-dhz

Go Go Dodo! Go Go Dodo!Huw Lewis Jones and Fred BluntLittle Tiger This is one of those “look out he’s behind you’ stories and I can almost hear children’s voices shouting out from the moment Dodo decides to ta…

With its brilliant interplay of words and pictures #GoGoDodo! @huwlewisjones.bsky.social @fredblunt.bsky.social @littletigeruk.bsky.social is #RedReadingHub’s #picturebook of the day reviewed now on the blog

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay. Yesterday I was in transit like Fred Blunt’s tiptoeing tiger in Go Go Dodo! (text: Huw Lewis Jones) & missed a post. So two today. First: Cartoon meets Cubism. In rich colour. Little Tiger 3 July @fredblunt.bsky.social @littletigeruk.bsky.social @huwlewisjones.bsky.social

The book, the cover of which shows a grumpy-looking purple monster gobbling the capital A of the title while a small blue dog runs away, looking over their shoulder, together with the accompanying press release.

Fabulous picture book post today in the form of Hangry by Kathryn Wanless, illustrated by @fredblunt.bsky.social. Out 14/08 for 0-5 readers, huge thanks to @antswilkinson.bsky.social @templarbooks.bsky.social 👿

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#NewIllustrationOfTheDay. Fred Blunt’s wildly energetic caricatures for Hangry, a picturebook about being so hungry you’re angry and transform by degrees into ‘a little bit of a monster’. Written in rhyme by Kathryn Wanless. Templar paperback 14 Aug @templarbooks.bsky.social. @fredblunt.bsky.social

Hangry by Kathryn Wanless, illustrated by Fred Blunt Cover illustration copyright © 2025 by Fred Blunt I love a portmanteau word and hangry must be one of my favourites. Whether or not we experience this feeling ourselves, we all recognise that for s…

Huge fun, Hangry by Kathryn Wanless, illustrated by @fredblunt.bsky.social, is this week’s laugh-out-loud #PictureBookFriday choice. Out now for 0-5 readers from @templarbooks.bsky.social
@antswilkinson.bsky.social

#KidlitUK #UKKidlit

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Hangry HangryKathryn Wanless and Fred BluntTemplar Books Whenever Evangeline feels hunger pangs she gets grumpy. This is a frequent occurrence: it happens when she wakes up but once she’s had a snack, she…

With Kathryn Wanless’ jaunty rhyming text and @fredblunt.bsky.social's comical scenes #Hangry @templarbooks.bsky.social is #RedReadingHub’s #picturebook of the day reviewed now on the blog wp.me/p11DI5-dlF

That’s nice, thanks Lynsey!

It’s nearly Christmas folks, which means it’s time for me to bang on about my Christmas book once more! Santa Clause Vs The Easter Bunny has been out 6 years now, which seems nuts! It was a @sundaytimes book of the year 2018 and still one of my favourites 😊Merry Christmas 🎅 🐇🎄

I’m here, driven by fomo I guess. Hello.