What’s On The Keystage 3 James Reckitt Hull Children’s Book Award Shortlist?
We now go live (not really) to Hull’s Central Library, where our Ally-mai has the runners and riders.
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Wondering what’s on the KS2 James Reckitt Hull Children’s Book Award Shortlist this year?
Wonder no more!
What Is The Best Young Adult Mystery?
Our book discussers Caitlin and Ally-mai offer their selections for the YA in your life.
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Are eBooks Better Than Physical Books?
Our battling bookworms Caitlin and Ally-mai go head-to-head again to decide if screen improves on paper.
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Do Audiobooks Count As Reading?
They may be very useful in the car, but does the spoken word count as one of your five-a-day? Caitlin and Ally-mai swap opinions.
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Another Curiosity video! This time we’re talking about our favourite winter picture books!
Today with Curiosity, Caitlin and I are talking about the modern books that we think make great Enid Blyton alternatives!
I just heard someone say synecdoche out loud for the first time…
What do you MEAN it’s pronounced sin-eck-dough-key????
That sounds like something from Ghostbusters!!
I need time to process this.
Playing Who, What, Where, When, Why & How with Jess and Megan was a lot of fun!
See how they got on and what they had to say about The Big Malarkey here:
In case you missed it yesterday!
Another round of Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How!
Who, What, Where, When, Why & How?
Author and illustrator Ramzee takes a shot at our Big Malarkey quiz, while @typicallymai.bsky.social holds sway.
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A change of scenery for this Who, What, Where, When, Why & How?
Watch it here:
Who, What, Where, When, Why & How?
Author of Inkbound (and former Hull Librarian!) @prleathley.bsky.social chances her arm in our Big Malarkey quiz, hosted by @typicallymai.bsky.social
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How well will a writer of non-fiction do when faced with a general knowledge quiz? Find out here:
Very excited for a lot of these, especially Skandar and the Secret Element!
It’s time for @simonjamesgreen.bsky.social to take on Who, What, Where, When, Why, & How!
See how he got on here:
More Who, What, Where, When, Why, & How?!
I don’t know about you, but my brain needs a short break from all the chaos of a new Taylor Swift album cycle, so it feels like the perfect time for a game of Who, What, Where, When, Why, & How?!
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It’s time for another game of Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How?!
Who, What, Where, When, Why & How?
Our @typicallymai.bsky.social puts fabulous author @clairelinney.bsky.social under scrutiny in our quiz at The Big Malarkey.
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It’s time for Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How!
I found an excuse to go to the James Reckitt Hull Children’s Book Awards!
I haven’t been since I was a kid, so it was a lot of fun seeing what has changed, and getting to see all of the fun again.
It’s @chrismould.bsky.social ‘s turn to take on the quiz!
I had a lot of fun bombarding authors and illustrators with questions at The Big Malarkey!
Here’s Sam Sedgman taking on Curiosity’s new quiz:
(Bonus points for anyone who can tell me which word I mispronounced!)
I shared some more kids book recommendations over at Curiosity!
This time they’re all fantasy!
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WAIT IT’S DOCTOR WHO TOMORROW TOO!
I fear I may not survive.
If anyone needs me in the next 13 days, you’ll probably find me scream-streaming debut 💚
I am pointing at a cake made to resemble a TARDIS (a blue police box from the show Doctor Who), smiling somewhat maniacally. My tongue is slightly blue (from eating my the leftover icing) and I am wearing dungarees over a white t-shirt. There’s a rogue piece of icing sugar in my eyebrow.
A closer photo of the TARDIS cake. It is rectangular, with blue squares making up the panels, a black strip along the top, and small white rectangles for the windows. There is a spare blue square next to the cake (that I may have eaten immediately after taking the photo).
A product picture of a TARDIS cake, featuring David Tennant as the Doctor and the RTD1 logo on the box.
It’s my birthday! And I made a cake!
It’s inspired by one I had as a kid, and I think it turned out pretty well. 🎂
Ooh, so excited to see this!
I may have been a little sneaky and included a 6th in my Top 5 Children’s Mystery Books…
I guess you’ll have to watch it to figure out why!
(Like a true mystery.)
