Whisky the dog, a young cocker spaniel, lying asleep under a desk.
My writing companion at @argonautbooks.bsky.social this morning ❤️
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A fabulous adventure full of magic and excitement, Relic Hamilton, Genie Hunter: The Door of the Dead by Joseph Coelho is out now for middle grade readers from @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social 🧞♀️
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Trees lining the Chesterfield Canal
Trail path running alongside Chesterfield Canal
Feeling good as 11 miles run today before opening the shop! Just £35 off hitting £2300 for @Booktrust as part of my London Marathon fundraising. Less than four weeks to go! #kidlituk
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An update on the Greater Manchester school library #bookban ⬇️
Stay in touch with the UK ripples arriving from across the pond by following @indexoncensorship.org
-and look to #BannedBooksWeek UK 4-10 October.
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Visual asset from Usborne. Background is split vertically with light blue to left and pink to right. Book cover of A Sister Like You. Two girls with their back to us with arms around each other, one with long brown pigtail wears pale pink shirt, pink-purple skirt and carries a pink-purple rucksack. She has her arm around girl with shoulder length black hair who wears blue trousers and a pale blue shirt with a tie flipped over her right shoulder. Text, white font, to right of this reads "Ella and Ari always knew they had a sister...they just didn't know it was each other". Beneath this is release date announced in white font against purple circle: "7th May 2026". Beneath this, in white font, "NEW FROM SARAH HAGGER-HOLT, TWO-TIME WINNER OF THE LITTLE REBELS AWARD". Beneath this are the covers of Sarah's four other books published by Usborne: Nothing Ever Happens Here, Proud of Me, Just Like Everyone Else and The Fights That Make Us. Bottom left corner is the Usborne logo, a rainbow hot air balloon against a yellow corned background.
We are loving the #LittleRebelsAward “branding” in Usborne’s latest release announcement…
Which, by the way, is news of:
@sarahhaggerholt.bsky.social NEW BOOK!!! Out this May.
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Today's review...'Entangled' by Emma Rea An adventure set in Venice- what's not to love?! #KidLitUK
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Feather Vane by Beth O’Brien, the cover of which shows a girl in a long blue dress with long red hair and a boy covered in black feathers standing either side of a cauldron into which they are dropping things.
Very windy walk to the bookshop this afternoon but delighted to come back clutching this fab new middle grade in my sticky mitts by Beth O’Brien 🪶
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The book, its press release and matching bookmarks. The cover shows the 3 SuperQuesters travelling across the desert in a buggy in front of a pyramid with a crocodile to the side of them.
Love the SuperQuesters and cannot wait to join them on their third adventure, Mission: Desert Danger, by @pauliancross.bsky.social, illustrated by Katarina Gasko.
Out 07/05 for 6-9 readers, huge thanks go to @questfriendz.bsky.social 🐊
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Thank you for this lovely review – I can't wait to see We Are Dragon out in the world!
#WeAreDragon @nosycrow.bsky.social #KidLitUk #IAmWolf
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A fabulously-written contemporary middle grade that looks at the impact of jealousy and the transition to high school, Two is a Crowd by @cathhowe.bsky.social is out 09/04 from @nosycrow.bsky.social
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Books 4 Keeps have been following this project’s journey. Here, @bexlibrarian.bsky.social outlines the work so far and looks forward to the year ahead (and introduces us to the 2nd cohort of 23 creatives! 😍) @booksforkeeps.bsky.social
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Remember how we mentioned this last week…?
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2/2 to appreciate our appreciation of KID REX TO THE RESCUE see-
⭐️Our insta reel(grid image below)
⭐️Our online review: www.letterboxlibrary.com/product-page... where you can also buy the book while supporting a not-for-profit workers’ #coop !
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Photo of author and illustrator of Kid Rex to the Rescue. Both stand, arms around each others' backs and smile to camera. Author Mayo Agard-Olubo, on the right, is a Black man with short black hair; he is dressed all in black, including a black jacket with shiny lapels and a black-patterned handkerchief in left breast pocket. Illustrator Diane Ewen, on the left, is a woman of colour with long black hair. She wears a bright red shirt tucked in to dark blue turn up jeans with black boots. They stand in front of alphabet letter gold balloons which spell out KIDREX. Right corner is a stand with a copy of the picture book on it. Background is a window. Nighttime so window reflects back the room.
1/2 A event last week celebrating the launch of debut author @mayowrites.bsky.social and illustrator @creativedy.bsky.social ‘s Kid Rex to the Rescue at the @hachettechildrens.bsky.social offices.
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This idea just beat out one about having a cute-le pootle in Bootle.
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The book (landscape) and its press release. The cover shows a horse being ridden through a shallow sea.
Love Lauren St John’s horsey middle grades so am delighted to have been sent a proof of Wild Horse Summer 🐴
Out 02/07 for 10+ readers, huge thanks go to Sarah @faberchildrens.bsky.social
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The book, the cover of which shows the scruffy and cross-looking Mr Gum along with Polly and Jake the Dog, nestled in a box with a small treasure chest attached to which is a label saying: OPEN ON PAGE 148.
Hugely looking forward to laughing my way through this anniversary edition of You’re a Bad Man Mr Gum by Andy Stanton, illustrated by David Tazzyman.
Out 09/04, huge thanks go to @farshorebooks.bsky.social
THE TRUTH IS A LEMON MERINGUE!
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The book, the cover of which shows a pond with lily pads in shades of blue and yellow, its proof and a matching origami frog.
Huge thanks to @hannahprutton.bsky.social @nosycrow.bsky.social for sending a proof of @catherinebruton.bsky.social’s fabulous new read, Tadpole Summer.
Out 07/05 for 9+ readers 🐸
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The book and its press release. The cover shows a boy in a long coat that’s blowing about in the wind on a rooftop. Next to him is a cat and in his right hand is an open flask of orange liquid which is giving off a magical vapour.
Very, very excited to have received a copy of Crow: Thief of Magic by @fionadixon.bsky.social, which is going straight to the top of the pile.
Out 07/05 for 9+ readers, enormous thanks go to Charlotte @harpercollins.bsky.social 🥰
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The lastest children’s books reviews by my fabulous colleagues Emma and Ruth are out in the Scotsman: www.scotsman.com/arts-and-cul...
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Mini bookworm is loving this new book from @strangelymagic.bsky.social and @tinytreebooks.bsky.social! Perfect timing before she heads off to secondary school. Sammy’s life is taken over by technology and it makes her life worse, not better... Perfect for ages 9 to 12. #kidlituk #smartphones
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This is the size of sword I will smite thee with if thy continue with your falsehoods, besmirching the good vibe of comics.
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Front cover of Conrad’s Fate by Diana Wynne Jones.
Front cover of The Fire Within by Chris d'Lacey.
Front cover of Magyk by Angie Sage.
Front cover of Midnight for Charlie Bone by Jenny Nimmo.
Diana Wynne Jones' The Chrestomanci Chronicles, Chris d'Lacey's The Last Dragon Chronicles, Angie Sage's Septimus Heap series and Jenny Nimmo's Children of the Red King series are my go-to recs. Plus the Worst Witch for those who prefer shorter books. #KidsBooksFriday
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The British Library lit up for the opening of an exhibition on fairytales
Gita with Sanchita Basu and Sita Brahmachari
A stunning illustration from Adventure Stories for Daring Girls illustrated by Khoa Le
Princess and the Pea bed at the British Library fairytales exhibit
Children’s Literature people, teachers, parents, do get yourselves to the stunning (and family friendly) @britishlibrary.bsky.social #fairytales exhibition!
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Book cover for the first in the Witches of Brooklyn series by Sophie Escabasse
Book cover for Artezans: The Forgotten Magic, the first in the Artezans series by L. D. Lapinski.
Book cover for Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow, the first in the Nevermoor series by Jessica Townsend
Book cover for Dragon Storm: Tomas and Ironskin, the first in the Dragon Storm series by Alastair Chisholm.
There’s been a lot of chat about suggestions for alternative kids’ magical book series the past few days.
I thought using #KidsBooksFriday might be a constructive way of having lots of suggestions in one place.
What magical book series for kids would your recommend?
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Today's review...'Mammoth Rider' by S J Poyton
An exciting adventure! #KidLitUK
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Photo of a hand (white with silver rings) holding up book, The Starlight Rebel. Cover shows a white girl with auburn hair, knees up. Wears jeans and a light blue tshirt. She looks upwards. Her face is freckly- the freckles appear little glittery stars. There are other embossed silver stars on the top half of the cover. Girl stands against a nighttime urban landscape of skyscrapers and neon lights. Subtitle reads, "The most underestimated person on the planet..." to the left of the girl, followed by "...may be the only one who can save it" to the right of her.
And now….I have this in my hands! And the title is soooooo promising. A Little Rebel front and centre.
Diving in…
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#LittleRebelAward
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Book cover against a teal background: a horizontally striped red/pink lighthouse with a gold weather vane. At the top is a window / viewing point in which we can see seven tiny figures who are characters in the book. Set against a seascape at night; stars twinkle. To the right of this, text reads "The Secret of Haven Point by Lisette Auton Published by Puffin Books. Shortlisted." Bottom right corner shows the pale yellow circular logo for the award: "Little Rebels Award 2023"
Yes, in 2023, the #LittleRebelsAward shortlisted Lisette Auton’s The Secret of Haven Point, “an impactful & quietly radical tale which imagines a non-discriminatory world designed by and for disabled people”
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