Star Kitties: Detective Kitty is on the Case written & illustrated by #LauraEllenAnderson is cuter than a basketful of kittens and perfect for readers aged 5+. Out on 7 May 2026 from @farshorebooks.bsky.social
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Here’s my review 👇
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Out now, Royal Institute of Magic: The Protectors by Victor Kloss is the third title in this brilliant middle grade fantasy series and I loved it! Find out why by reading my review.
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Huge fun for 6+ readers, Nora Nightsky: Double the Drama by Rebecca Lewis-Oakes, illustrated by Becka Moor, is on sale now ⭐️
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Green & gold. Alchemical symbol in centre.
Gold writing. Three figures racing through flashing lights
Figure with wings. Crackling lighning round tower.
Samurai warrior wielding sword. Red light & face behind Sword blade. Intense eyes. Crossed sword ⚔️ symbol at top.
High stakes, conflicted characters, mesmerising mythology, Sci fi, action, epic adventures, danger #KidsBooksFriday #TimeTravel
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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.
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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
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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! 😱
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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?
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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.
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Out 07/05, this looks right up my street! 🐲
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!
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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
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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
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#WeAreDragon is the final part in the #IAmWolf trilogy by @alastairc.com, brilliant Sci-Fi for readers aged 9yrs & above. It publishes tomorrow from @nosycrow.bsky.social
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Here’s my review 👇
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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
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!
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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
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The most enormous fun for KS2 readers, Dragonflare by Jamie Hammond publishes 07/05 🐲
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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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