Chosen by Katherine Rundell: "an excellently witty and clever piece of non-fiction."

The best children’s books of 2025, chosen by top authors and illustrators for Book Trust. "We asked authors and illustrators the impossible question: what is your favourite children’s book published in 2025?"

THE FIERCE LITTLE WOMAN AND THE WICKED PIRATE “is told with the cadences of a real storyteller” by Joy Cowley. “Miho Satake’s illustrations are as appealing as the tale itself” published by @geckopress.bsky.social justimagine.co.uk/childrens-bo...

New formats for these books warrant #BookBirthday regards! I AM SO STRONG from @geckopress.bsky.social now available in #paperback and LOOK UP HIGH! THINGS THAT FLY is now in #BoardBook from @pajamapress.bsky.social

Start with a Teapot: An Unexpected Guide to the Art of Drawing by Enric Lax Start with a Teapot: An Unexpected Guide to the Art of Drawing by Enric Lax, translated by Daniel Hahn.  Gecko Press, c2023, 2025. 9798765670491 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred rev…

#TranslationTuesday “Colorful & deceptively simple...quirky illustrations & instructions will encourage aspiring artists to look at the world with an eye to shape” in START WITH A TEAPOT translated from Spanish by Daniel Hahn @geckopress.bsky.social ysbookreviews.wordpress.com/2025/07/27/s...

And speaking of #feelings ... today is the #BookBirthday for @geckopress.bsky.social 's IS IT ASLEEP? introducing young #picturebook readers to grief

I Am So Strong I Am So StrongMario RamosGecko Press Self-opinionated and a bully, wolf decides to go for a walk in the woods and while so doing find out what others think of him. His first encounter is with a tin…

Featuring a self-opinionated wolf, #IAmSoStrong Mario Ramos @geckopress.bsky.social is a great book for a dramatic reading aloud it’s #RedReadingHub’s #picturebook of the day reviewed now on the blog wp.me/p11DI5-dir

Is It Asleep? Is It Asleep?Olivier TallecGecko Press If you’ve read Tallec’s A Better Best Friend, you will already be familiar with best friends Squirrel (the narrator) and talking mushroom Pock. One of the thi…

A poignant story that explores death simply and frankly #IsItAsleep? Olivier Tallec @geckopress.bsky.social is #RedReadingHub’s #picturebook of the day reviewed over on the blog wp.me/p11DI5-diO