Today's review...'The Storm Cloud' by Frances Stickley, illustrated by Emily Hamilton @postwavebooks.bsky.social Out on the 23rd, this is a lovely book for encouraging discussions about feelings. #KidLitUK
www.throughthebookshelf.com/reviews/the-storm-cloud
Out now for 6+ readers, this week’s #PictureBookFriday review is for the delightful Mari and the Great Market Swap by Janelle Springer-Willms, illustrated by Juliana Eigner.
@barefootbooks.bsky.social
#KidlitUK #UKKidlit
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The book lying on some grass with daisies in it.
Fabulous nonfiction book post today in the form of The World’s Last Mammoth and Other Missing Marvels by Mike Barfield, illustrated by Franziska Höllbacher.
Out 30/04 for 7+ readers, huge thanks go to Hiromi @templarbooks.bsky.social
#KidlitUK #UKKidlit
Cover graphic for instagram carousel. Teal background with orange/pink wavy swirls in corners.. Against this in an inside book picture from Eli's Uncles, illustrated by Rashin Kheiriyeh. This shows a man with brown skin in a chef's hat, wearing an orange chef jacket. He has a long moustache pointing upwards and a very long white beard which swirls around. In his right arm, he holds a small brown-skinned sleeping child who wears a black and white horizontal striped top with an orange neckerchief and black trousers. Above the image, it reads, "Aunties & Uncles".
Hey #KidLitUK folks! We think aunties, uncles, piblings are way too scarce in children’s picture books. Head on over to our Insta grid (cover image below) to see some of the people fixing that!
“If disabled young people don’t see writing like this, how can they believe that they too have a right to express themselves?” Rebecca Butler, in the latest @booksforkeeps.bsky.social , discusses the under-representation of disabled children in #KidLitUK
booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/ampl...
This is a brilliant second installment in the Serial Chillers series, by #JenniferKillick.
A white-knuckle ride through the mines, beneath the town of Hazard.
Looking forward to the next one! 😱
#ukkidlit #kidlituk #middlegradehorror
Book cover for Fake by Ele Fountain.
Book cover for Away with Words by Sophie Cameron.
Book cover for Unraveller by Frances Hardinge.
Book cover for Buzzing my Samuel Sattin and Rye Hickman.
For #KidsBooksFriday this week I wanted to highlight books that are perfect for the chronically underserved 12-14 age group.
What great books would you encourage kids to seek out at this age?
#KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit
Why not buy something for the kids this easter and help an indie bookshop keep going? Highly recommend this one by @athenakugblenu.bsky.social with art by Nicole Miles. #KidLitUK #Booksky
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Today's review...'The Butterfly House' by Harry Woodgate Now out in paperback! #KidLitUK
www.throughthebookshelf.com/reviews/the-butterfly-house
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
“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...
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! 🐲
It’s publication day for WE ARE DRAGON, by #WhiskyTheDog (and me!) 🐉🐉🐉
@nosycrow.bsky.social #WeAreDragon #IAmWolf #KidLitUk
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
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
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
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...
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
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
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
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
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Great work, #KidLitUK publishers 👏👏👏
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
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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...
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...
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-...
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-...
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
