Today's review...'The Butterfly House' by Harry Woodgate Now out in paperback! #KidLitUK
www.throughthebookshelf.com/reviews/the-butterfly-house
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For those of you not yet in the know…
The Alliance of Radical Booksellers runs a sibling award for adult non-fiction:
The 🍞Bread & 🌹Roses Award
for Radical Publishing!
#KidLitUK
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“It's hard to believe that she has only been in the industry for 6 years”
Super @bookbrunch.bsky.social interview with @ellemcnicoll.bsky.social
on her journey from children’s books to adult. Elle is one of our top #littkerebelsaward shortlistees!
#KidLitUK
www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article...
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The book, the cover of which shows a panicking girl wearing a green hooded cloak and owl riding on the back of a red and purple dragon, a card that says ‘CALL TO ADVENTURE’ on it and a biscuit bearing the book’s title.
The back of the book and reverse of the card both of which carry more details about it.
Enormous thanks go to Becca @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social for sending this glorious proof of @amysparkes.bsky.social’s new middle grade fantasy, The Unchosen One.
#KidlitUK #UKKidlit
Out 07/05, this looks right up my street! 🐲
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It’s publication day for WE ARE DRAGON, by #WhiskyTheDog (and me!) 🐉🐉🐉
@nosycrow.bsky.social #WeAreDragon #IAmWolf #KidLitUk
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My Waterstones basket: The Voyage of Sam Singh Gita Ralleigh Land of the Last Wildcat Lui Sit Bearmouth Liz Hyder
PSA for #kidlit enthusiasts, parents of bored kids, educators – @waterstoneskids.bsky.social @waterstones.bsky.social has a great clearance on at the moment with some bargain middle-grade books – including #TheVoyageofSamSingh!
#kidlituk #ukkidlit #booksky
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The current government's pledge to put a library in every primary school by 2029 is commendable, but we need libraries in every secondary school too.
If not, we risk many children, particularly those from low income families, having their reading habits broken at a critical age.
#KidLitUK
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Currently reading The Restaurant at the Edge of the World, a graphic novel by @olliegerlach.bsky.social & @kelsijosilva.bsky.social . There’s magic, elves and a cooking contest. #KidsGN📚💬 #KidLitUK @faberbooks.bsky.social
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illustration of a giant dragon in a smoke filled classroom, with a terrified teacher standing on a chair, and innocent child looking on.
For #ThrowbackThursday here's a spread from my first trade picture book, 'The Secret in the Matchbox' (words by Val Willis, Andre Deutsch / Farrar Straus & Giroux 1988). #picturebook #kidlitart #kidlitUK
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Congratulations Will Dobson @wydobson.bsky.social whose MG novel Kamizen: Fortress of Lost Memories is published today!
Described as Ghibli-esque, it follows Jonty's adventures in a magical Japanese land in the sky collecting memories #ukkidlit #kidlituk
www.waterstones.com/book/kamizen...
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A very happy book birthday to Lucas Maxwell's A Million Tiny Missiles All at Once! When Elias's family falls apart, he decides to bring them back together, but things go wrong...
This won the 2024 Times/Chicken House competition & looks brilliant. #ya #nd #kidlituk #ukkidlit
www.lucasmaxwell.co.uk
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Covers of The Greatest Project in Space by Markus Motum and Where Once We Stood by Christopher Riley with illustrations by Martin Impey.
Without knowing much about the Artemis program, I turned the radio on just after they lifted off. I find space fascinating and scary in equal measure but thought we needed some books to celebrate in the school library. I hope these will inspire future scientists! #KidLitUK #UKKidLit
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My hand holding a copy of We Do Not Welcome Our Ten-Year-Old Overlord,by Garth Nix. The cover illustration shows a young girl holding a glowing ball. She looks fierce. And greenish. Kim’s precocious younger sister Eila is already pretty unbearable, being bossy and always right. When she finds an alien in the form of a ball, she decides to befriend it and work with its amazing powers. Together, they can improve people’s lives. But Kim doesn’t trusttje alien… Why I liked it: the characters are so well drawn, the story itself is exciting and compelling while not being overly fast. It’s a little out of the ordinary. And it covers interesting moral questions with a light touch.
Every Wednesday (that I remember!), I will post a children’s book I’ve enjoyed.
If you’ve read it too, or you want to share another book, join in!
We Do Not Welcome Our Ten-Year-Old Overlord, by Garth Nix.
Alt text for why I like it. & yes it does live up to that fab title!
#ukkidlit #kidlituk
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A glorious middle grade fantasy that I gobbled up, Crow: Thief of Magic by @fionadixon.bsky.social is going to be one of favourite reads of 2026.
Out 07/05 for 9+ readers from @harpercollins.bsky.social
#KidlitUK #UKKidlit
worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/2026/04/08/c...
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Great work, #KidLitUK publishers 👏👏👏
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Library Director, Tennessee, refuses to ‘relocate’ 190 books from children’s to adult section. Great article on #bookbans, pushbacks and (here) framing in context of availability of lgbtq+-content books to young readers.
#KidLitUK
whnt.com/news/tenness...
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“It's hard to believe that she has only been in the industry for 6 years”
Enjoyed this @bookbrunch.bsky.social interview with @ellemcnicoll.bsky.social
on her journey from children’s books to adult-and her ref to A Kind of Spark as The Autism Book😆➡️
#KidLitUK
www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article...
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Dear #booksky and #kidlituk #authors #illustrators this is a petition started by Paul of Excelsior comic awards to make school libraries statutory in secondary schools. It needs 10k signatures. Please sign 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
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I've organised a prize draw to raise funds for BookTrust as part of my London Marathon fundraising. Entries from £2 and you can win a signed set of the Skandar books, or a signed copy of Nate Yu's Blast from the Past.
#kidlituk
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/booktrust-...
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We're doing a prize draw to win a signed set of Skandar books, or a signed copy of Nate Yu's Blast from the Past. All proceeds go to @booktrust.org.uk! #kidlituk
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/booktrust-...
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Thank you Jill, I’m so glad you enjoyed it!
Just one sleep to go - #WeAreDragon arrives tomorrow in shops everywhere on Thursday, and you can preorder now!
👉 alastairc.com/books/we-are...
@nosycrow.bsky.social #IAmWolf #kidLitUk
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😍The Boy Who Loved Everyone
Jane Porter & Maisie Paradise Shearing
😍King Leonard’s Teddy
Phoebe Swan
😍Sofia Valdez, Future Prez
@andreabeatyauthor.bsky.social & David Roberts
What a lineup! 💜💜💜
#KidLitUK
#radicalbooks
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1/3 FROM THE B WORD…to EXTINCTION REBELLION!
😷We brought out our 1st #LittleRebelsAward video during the 2020 lockdown
🤓Watch our judges introducing that year’s 7-strong shortlist!
⭐️JUDGES:
@darrenchetty.bsky.social
Shaun Dellenty
@lawrencepatrice.bsky.social
#KidLitUK
youtu.be/5WttycAT0Hg?...
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The most enormous fun for KS2 readers, Dragonflare by Jamie Hammond publishes 07/05 🐲
#UsborneBooks #KidlitUK #UKKidlit
worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/2026/04/07/d...
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The book WE ARE DRAGON by Alastair Chisholm, plus a congratulations card from Nosy Crow. The caption above the picture reads “Two Sleeps Till Dragon Day!”
I LOVE working with @nosycrow.bsky.social! 😍 From concept-bashing to editing, proof-reading to cover design, sales, publicity, audiobooks, a hundred things in between – everyone there is brilliant and enthusiastic. Looking forward to seeing you at the London launch!
#WeAreDragon #IAmWolf #kidlituk
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A picture of my hand holding a book called Glam and Beardy: volume one. It has a slightly manga style of art and it shows a kid dressed in what looks like a preppy school uniform made a bit punk. And there's a creature down in the right hand corner drawing on the title. It is probably a lizard but it's orange-red and stripy a bit like a tiger. There are doodles of gems in the background. It's written by Ruby Clyde and Rachel WD and illustrated by Vincent Batignole. Above it is a massive golden beetle hanging on the wall, to add glamour.
A book rec for 7+ kids (though you could read it to younger ones). I read this over easter. It's a funny, charming buddy comedy, with two voices, about a kid living in a magical kingdom where everyone is assigned a "type"... and what it means when you don't conform. #KidLitUK
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Today's review...'The House with Chicken Legs Runs Away' by Sophie Anderson Essential reading!!! #KidlitUK
www.throughthebookshelf.com/reviews/the-house-with-chicken-legs-runs-away
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@thetoypress.bsky.social
#WordOfTheWeek #Boing
Sorry.
#WritingCommunity #WritingForChildren #WritingPrompt #PoetryForKids #PoetryForChildren #PoetryCommunity #KidLit #KidLitUK
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Three books: I Am Wolf, I Am Raven and We Are Dragon, all by Alastair Chisholm.
I'm blown away to see these books together. All three were designed by #RayTierney and illustrated by #karitasart, and they look phenomenal!
#WeAreDragon arrives this Thursday, so pre-order if you can from any good bookshop. I hope you enjoy the finale!
#IAmWolf @nosycrow.bsky.social #kidlituk
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