Cover of Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve showing a steampunk style hot air balloon with two figures in it above a scuttling traction city set against a red and orange sky.

Cover of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins with white text against a black background and a gold colour brooch featuring a stylised bird above a thin arrow.

Cover of The Giver by Lois Lowry showing a boy in profile almost silhouetted against the sky looking up at an apple which is suspended there.

Cover of The Enemy by Charlie Higson showing a figure in the distance walking along a dashed white line in the middle of the road with London landmarks in the distance and what appear to be smudges of blood all around the cover.

Another great #KidsBookFriday idea. For nearly all of my wider family's children, this was their dystopian book era! Popular choices:

The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins
Mortal Engines series by @philipreeve.bsky.social
The Giver by Lois Lowry
The Enemy series by Charlie Higson

A view of the back of a girl holding a beautifully dressed toy rabbit.

A tiny mouse with big ears pointing a needle at a rat with a spoon on his head. At the bottom of the picture, there is a caption: "Don't move," said Despereaux. "I will kill you."

Cover of the The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo, illustrated by Yoko Tanaka showing a large elephant standing next to man dressed all in black with a cape and a top hat and carrying a wand.

Cover of The Beatryce Prophecy by Kate DiCamillo, illustrated by Sophie Blackall, showing a young girl with a shaved head, clad in a purple monk's habit with a goat alongside her. The girl is holding a red book and stroking the goat's ear.

Still thinking about this #KidsBookFriday on Saturday and how Kate DiCamillo seems to have a new illustrator with every book and they are all fabulous.

I already mentioned Bagram Ibatoulline but also look at Timothy Basil Ewing, Yoko Tanaka and Sophie Blackall!

The front cover of The Matchbox Diary showing an elderly man with a small girl above various matchboxes including one which sticks out saying "The Matchbox Diary".

A copy of The Invention of Hugo Cabret showing the colourful front cover and black and white spine showing a half-face of a boy.

A black and white picture of an ape beneath a sign entitled "Sally Jones First Engineer". The ape is oiling an old-fashioned typewriter.

Some superb #KidsBookFriday choices today! 3 I haven't seen.

Bagram Ibatoulline - illustrated Edward Tulane but his work in The Matchbox Diary is even better.

Then two author-illustrators. Brian Selznick for The Invention of Hugo Cabret and, you guessed it, Jakob Wegelius for The Murderer's Ape.

Júlia Sardà! She's excellent everywhere but her Mary and Frankenstein is breathtaking and if you don't know it, then you should. @andersenpress.bsky.social didyoueverstoptothink.com/2018/09/21/m... #kidsbookfriday #kidlituk #kidlit

Another great #KidsBookFriday theme this week which I will get onto later if all my favourites haven’t gone!

So hard to choose - but these are some personal favourites of mine and my library users. From Black Dog by Levi Pinfold, The Miracle of the Bears by Wolf Erlbruch, The Search for the Giant Arctic Jellyfish by Chloe Savage and The Gnome Book by Loes Riphagen. #KidsBookFriday

Grey scale illustration from The Last Bear by Hannah Gold and illustrated by Levi Pinfold. It shows a large polar bear with plastic rope tangled around its front paw. It stands still as April, a girl, frees it from the plastic.

Levi Pinfold is up there for me 🥰 his illustrations for @hannahgold.bsky.social in particular are a joy. #KidsBookFriday

I was blanking on Michelle's name this morning and all my books are in school. Thanks for that Maisie! Yes completely agree #KidsBookFriday

Alanna 😍👌🏻 I still read Tamora Pierce's Tortall series regularly and I got the graphic novel of Song of the Lioness, Alanna by @definitelyvita.bsky.social @sambeckdraws.bsky.social last year when it came out. Probably my favourite book of last year ❤️ #KidsBookFriday

#KidsBookFriday you said 3 of mine, haven't read Witches of Brooklyn. The Nowhere Emporium by Ross Mackenzie, anything by Vashti Hardy! The Whetherwhy Chronicles by Anna James, Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell, Amari by B.B. Alston, Kiran Millgrove Hargrave's Geomancer series

I’ve not read the whole series but The Nowhere Emporium by Ross MacKenzie is a fabulous magical adventure which upper primary classes have loved.

#KidsBookFriday

I love the rich, inventive magic system in the #DreamHunters duology by Nazima Pathan! #kidsbookfriday
And (not strictly a series) I will forever be a Chrestomanci fan #dianawynnejones

Try to get your hands on any of David Macaulay's classics: old, but real treasures.
#kidsBookFriday

The Octonauts Explore The Great Big Ocean An exciting adventure featuring global sensations The Octonauts. With glow in the dark ink, a surprise page to fold out – and lots of exciting detail – this is the ultimate gift book for Octonauts-cra...

We have science books coming out of our ears! A favourite from early years that isn't explicitly a science book - The Octonauts were originally a book series and there is one where they explore different marine habitats looking for a suitable home for the vegemals. #KidsBookFriday

Oh what a great theme.
I've picked 4 and I just think it is such a shame that they don't look to children's books for adaptations instead of remaking the same movies over and over
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The cover of the The Star of Kazan featuring a bird in the foreground of an Alpine church

The cover of Varjak Paw by SF Said featuring a black cat with orange eyes staying directly at the viewer

Cover of I am Rebel by Ross Montgomery featuring a farm dog with a red neckerchief in the foreground with burning and destruction in the background.

Cover of The Murderer's Ape by Jakob Wegelius featuring many detailed drawing and an ape in a turban looking out from a black background.

What a great #KidsBookFriday topic! I want:

a period drama Star of Kazan by Eva Ibbotson
an anime Varjak Paw by @whatsfsaid.bsky.social
a live-action I Am Rebel by @mossmontmomery.bsky.social
and (you know I will say this..)
a CGI Sally Jones in The Murderer's Ape by Jakob Wegelius

The Disgusting Sandwich by Gareth Edwards illustrated by Hannah Shaw

Harold Snipperpot’s Best Disaster Ever by Beatrice Alemagna

The Crow’s Tale by Naomi Howarth

The Journey by Francesca Sanna

We don’t have an assembly on the day but we use a different book for each year to share in class. #KidsBookFriday

Why are hashtags so difficult!
#kidsbookfriday #ukkidlit

Oh - these look great. Late entries for your mystery #KidsBookFriday @mariannedoherty.bsky.social!

My lovely friend @gail.bsky.social gifted me the book Poo Bum by Stéphanie Blake.

Watching my (at the time) 4 year old son read it to the rest of his class during a Zoom lesson while dressed as Simon the Rabbit was a genuine bright spot at the height of the pandemic ❤️

#KidsBookFriday #KidLit

#KidsBookFriday

These have all been big hits and at home!

A book cover with a boy in a blue hoodie talking to a chicken which has three red sucker-type things on its head. The book title is brightly coloured on top of a lime green flash.

A comedic illustration of a boy holding a chicken. an egg is firing out of the chicken's rear.

Love this question! Bertie & the Alien Chicken by Jenny Pearson (illustrated by Aleksei Bitskoff) is a joy! Published by @barringtonstoke.bsky.social. #KidsBookFriday
Here's my favourite picture:

Oops #KidsBookFriday 🙊

Literally saw the topic and was thinking Mr Gum immediately! #KidsBookFriday

#KidsBookFriday "The Island" by Armin Greder is the book that provides us with so many clues as to the mindset that seeks to exclude others. I have been gobsmacked by the profound understanding that Sen Primary and Secondary students have shown when discussing this book - esp this image. #1

Vashti Hardy's Griffin Gate series, Adventure's on Trains series by M.G Leonard & Sam Sedgman. Sam's Clockwork Conspiracy, Libby series by Jo Clarke would be mine off the top of my head #KidsBookFriday #EduSky #ScoEdu #UKKidLit

I am planning to read some more graphic novels for kids but I am not expert in this area so would really welcome people’s top 3 for upper primary. Bonus points for manga style and/or SE Asian themes! #KidsBookFriday #KidLitUK

Cover of Murder Most Unladylike showing schoolgirl detectives in stylised black and white.

Cover of The Explorer showing a river, rainforest and an old-fashioned plane.

Cover of Watership Down with drawn rabbits in a field

Cover of The Tale of Despereaux showing a mouse with very large ears and a needle tied to him with red thread like a sword.

Since you took my "go to" (The Murderer's Ape), some leftfield choices which can be read on different levels:

The Explorer by Katherine Rundell
Murder Most Unladylike by @redbreastedbird.bsky.social
Watership Down by Richard Adams
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo

#KidLitUK #KidsBookFriday

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This is my advent read for the year. Not managed much this week as I've been 😴 but looking forward to digging in over the weekend! #KidsBookFriday