Out now for 9+ readers, Keeping Possession by @eveainsworth.bsky.social, illustrated by Luna Valentine, is a fabulous short read about friendship issues and the Beautiful Game ⚽️
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The book and its press release. The cover shows the silhouetted figures of 4 girls holding various weapons against a backdrop of fireworks.
K-Pop Academy: The Cursed Spotlight by Mina Finch is the 3rd title in the popular series for fans of K-Pop Demon Hunters.
Out now for 8+ readers, huge thanks go to @simonkidsuk.bsky.social
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The book and its press release. The cover shows protagonist Valentine wearing a purple beret and jacket, black glasses and long braids in front of a cityscape and surrounded by floating blobs of colour.
Combining magical fantasy, sci-fi and dystopian adventure, The Genie Game by Jordan Ifueko sounds like my kind of read.
Out 21/04 for 9+ readers, huge thanks go to Hiromi @piccadilly-press.bsky.social
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Beautiful synergy of author & text #NicolaDavies @charlienutbrown.bsky.social #MarianneMcShane Wonderful animal facts , lovely verse & magical , adventurous stories. #KidsBooksFriday #UKKidLit
4 picture books laid on the floor in a square: Chitra Soundar & Sandhya Prabhat's It's Time To Hush and Say Goodnight (a flowing, dreamlike cover featuring an Indian dad and his son cuddling.) The Worst Princess by Anna Kemp and Sara Ogilvie (with a princess riding on a mid-air dragon, who is smiling at her.) Look Up by Dapo Adeola and Nathan Bryon, showing a small Black girl wearing a bright orange space suit looking up and smiling widely at the night sky. And Beegu by the sublime Alexis Deacon, showing a painterly cityscape with a small orange alien creature at the front, with long ears that trail to the floor. The atmosphere of the piece is a little mournful.
I have tried to pick a few that haven't already been shouted out! Here are 4 I really love:
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This week’s #PictureBookFriday is the wonderfully fun Tigers Don’t Eat Jelly by Genevieve Aspinall 🐯
Out 04/06 for 4+ readers from @foxandinkbooks.bsky.social
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Book cover for The Lost Robot by Joe Todd-Stanton. Image shows a broken robot standing by a rubbish dump looking into a puddle. In the puddle he sees a happy, colourful version of himself surrounded by a luscious green landscape.
Book cover for AdventureMice: Mermouse Mystery by Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre. Image shows a yellow submarine being driven by a brown mouse with glasses. A white mouse with a brown patch round his eye, wear in a yellow mac, pops his head out of the top. Around them swim mermice (half mermaid, half mice).
Book cover for Crazy About Cats by Owen Davey. Image shows stylised illustrations of various cat species including a striking looking tiger, accompanied by a pair of binoculars and a safari car driving along a road.
Book cover of The Arrival by Shaun Tan. Cover appears in the style of a battered old notebook. Image in sepia tones shows a man in a suit with a hat and a briefcase bending down to speak to an unusual looking creature with a large mouth, pointy ears, a short body and a long tail.
Last week I treated myself to Joe Todd Stanton’s newest picture book which is just gorgeous. 😍
It got me thinking we need a #KidsBooksFriday celebrating illustrators.
Which illustrators do you love? And which of their books show of the best of their style?
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@jamiesmart.bsky.social it's the hottest book property in class this week! #UKKidLit 3 kids in my class have already got their own copies. My copies have already been passed onto the 2nd lot of pupils this week so far, and 1 pupil with their own copy plans to bring it in to share around as well! 🙌🏻🎉
I've been following this story via @indexoncensorship.org and it's good to see @thebookseller.com covering it now. www.thebookseller.com/news/schools... #UKKidLit
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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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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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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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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Cruise Ship Kid: Kidnap at Sea! is the second adventure in this hilarious, heart-warming mystery series where 10 ¼-year-old Silver, once again, invites the reader to help her solve a crime – and this time, there’s been a kidnapping! #UKKidLit bookcraic.blog/2026/03/22/r...
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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I’ve written a review for the hilarious first book in the Will Shakespeare Mysteries: The Stinky Stolen Toenails.
Thanks @andersenpress.bsky.social for inviting me aboard the #BlogTour
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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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When during parents evenings:
• the majority of parents comment that their children are reading a lot more & enjoying reading this year
• several positively talk about the graphic novels the pupils enjoy
• many talk about buying books based on authors I've introduced pupils to
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The book and its press release. The cover shows blue-haired Nora sitting behind a white rabbit on what I think might be a comet as it zooms past the moon.
Loved the first in this series so am thrilled to have received a copy of Nora Nightsky: Double the Drama by Rebecca Lewis-Oakes, illustrated by Becka Moor ☄️
Out now for 6-9 readers, huge thanks go to Rosie @scholasticuk.bsky.social
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A very happy book birthday to Mayo Agard-Olubo & his picture book Kid Rex to the Rescue! Max's toys have been kidnapped - can he channel his super-powers & rescue them? #ukkidlit #kidlituk #picturebook
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Paging #UKKidLit, this will be out end of August here!
This is a great read by someone who's been unfailingly kind & supportive to other debut authors.
Stephen's written The Last Death Poet, a YA novel in which Michael moves to Belfast where his dad disappeared, & starts having visions of the city's troubled past.
Go Stephen! #ukkidlit #kidlituk #ya
The blog tour banner, which lists the stops on the tour.
Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for the very funny Will Shakespeare Mysteries: The Stinky Stolen Toenails by Kaz Penney, illustrated by Sammy Elgie.
Out 26/03 for 7+ readers from @andersenpress.bsky.social
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