The book and its press release. The cover shows Cad (a large humanoid figure who looks quite like an axolotl and is wearing a long green cloak and carrying a sword across his back) on the left and Bea (a girl) on the right looking up at him.

Beyond excited to have received the 3rd instalment of the incredible Lightfall graphic novel series, A Place Between, by Tim Probert.

Out 23/04, enormous thanks go to @harper360uk.bsky.social @antswilkinson.bsky.social

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Dadbot: Rise of the Badbots! (Dadbot 2) by Jack Noel Cover artwork copyright © Jack Noel, 2026 As someone who only uses technology when they really have to, I’m not a huge fan of robots and refuse point blank to let Mr S replace my much-loved D…

The most enormous fun for 6+ readers, comic book/graphic novel Dadbot: Rise of the Badbots! by Jack Noel is out now and is hilarious 🤖

@piccadilly-press.bsky.social
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From left to right: comic book Mighty Mega Pets: Freaky Food Fiasco by Gary Northfields; Greek Boy by Tony Bradman; Toby Alone by Timothée de Fombelle.

Bumper book post today from @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social.

Excited to read comic book Mighty Mega Pets: Freaky Food Fiasco by Gary Northfields, Greek Boy by @tonybradman.bsky.social and Toby Alone by Timothée de Fombelle, all out 09/04.

Enormous thanks go to Lola for sending 🥰

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The comic book and its press release. The cover shows a teenage girl with long blonde hair and a blue cloak over a deep pink dress holding up a glowing bottle in her left hand and a golden horn in her right standing next to a teenage boy with a dark green cloak over a blue long-sleeved top and jeans.

Huge thanks go to @simonkidsuk.bsky.social for fabulous graphic novel Keeper of the Lost Cities, Volume 2, by Shannon Messenger, adapted by Celina Frenn & illustrated by Valeria Tenaga Romanazzi.

Out 09/04 for 8+ readers.

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The book and its press release. The cover shows 2 frightened cats (?) in human dress with a large robot looming over them from behind and many smaller robots either side reaching out towards them.

Comic book Dadbot 2: Rise of the Dadbots! by Jack Noel looks like the most enormous fun! 🤖

Out 26/03 for 6+ readers, enormous thanks go to Pippa & Hiromi @piccadilly-press.bsky.social

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The book, the cover of which shows the back of a female figure gazing over an Ancient Greek temple and other buildings, and its press release.

Very, very excited to have been sent a copy of graphic novel The Lost Daughter of Sparta by @felicia.day, illustrated by Rowan MacColl, which imagines the story of Helen of Troy’s forgotten sister.

Out 26/03 for 14+ readers from @simonkidsuk.bsky.social

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Sidekicks: Thick as Thieves (Sidekicks 2) by Dan Santat Cover art © 2026 by Dan Santat While the adults in the school in which I volunteer might be pleased to see me because they’re glad someone is listening to their less confident readers, the ch…

Out now, graphic novel Sidekicks: Thick as Thieves by @dansantat.bsky.social is action-packed and a fabulously fun read perfect for KS2 readers.

@scholasticuk.bsky.social

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The book and its press release. The cover shows a startled looking lizard standing with a dog, cat and a small rodent (I think it’s a hamster) in front of a wooden platform at the top of a hill, accessible by cable car, which appears to be on fire.

Fabulous graphic novel post today. Loved the 1st #Sidekicks story by Dan Santat and can’t wait to read Thick as Thieves. Out today for 8-12 readers from @scholasticuk.bsky.social

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The Terrible Trio: The Day the Mac ‘n’ Cheese Ran Out (TTT 2) by Swapna Haddow, illustrated by Minky Stapleton Cover illustration © Minky Stapleton, 2026 January brings many things with it every year but 2026 sees it herald the first National Year of Reading here in the UK – something brought into bei…

Fabulously funny, The Terrible Trio: The Day the Mac ‘n’ Cheese Ran Out by @swapnahaddow.bsky.social, illustrated by Minky Stapleton, is perfect for KS2 readers. Out 15/01 from @scholasticuk.bsky.social

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The First Cat in Space and the Baby Pirate’s Revenge (TFCiS 4) by Mac Barnett & Shawn Harris Cover art © 2025 by Shawn Harris Although I really enjoy reading children’s graphic novels, I have to admit that my knowledge of them is pretty poor compared to that of some of my fellow kidl…

Out now, graphic novel The First Cat in Space and the Baby Pirate’s Revenge by Mac Barnett and Shawn Harris is lots of fun for KS2 readers.

@harper360uk.bsky.social @antswilkinson.bsky.social

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The book and its press release. The cover shows a nervous-looking cartoon slug looking sideways at a grumpy lizard.

Out now for 6+ readers, Puzzle Slug by Candice Whatmore looks like huge fun. Thanks go to Georgia at #UsborneBooks

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The book, the cover of which shows a cat wearing a pirate’s hat swinging on a rope while brandishing a cutlass, together with the title’s press release and matching themed kids’ tattoos.

Graphic novel The First Cat in Space and the Baby Pirate's Revenge by Mac Barnett & Shawn Harris looks like enormous fun! Out now, huge thanks go to @antswilkinson.bsky.social @harper360uk.bsky.social for both the book and the tattoos 🏴‍☠️

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The Terrible Trio: The (Not So) Superheroes by Swapna Haddow, illustrated by Minky Stapleton Cover illustration © Minky Stapleton, 2025 When emails come offering me books to read and review, there are some titles that need a little bit of consideration and there are others to which I immed…

Brilliantly funny, The Terrible Trio: The (Not So) Superheroes is the 1st in a hilarious new #KidsGN series from @swapnahaddow.bsky.social & Minky Stapleton. Out now for KS2 readers from @scholasticuk.bsky.social

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Green & purple, seahorse & dandelion as characters. Solid lines in border. Anthropomorphic reimagining of The Great Gatsby. ❤️📚

Red, blue, white & orange. Sailor with albatross

Green surroundings. Boy with hunting pole. Camouflage

Teens, girl wearing headphones , boy with sulky attitude, sitting back to back on top of music stereo . Soft blues. Orange fade.

#KidsBooksFriday,#KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit #KidsGN #GraphicNovelsforTeens #Classics #bookbloggers #librarians #Music

So many out there! Off the top of my head I’d say Supa Nova, Unicorn Boy, Mexikid, The Sad Ghost Club, Click, Agent Moose! All brilliant. Donut Squad too of course but eeeeverybody knows that, right? #KidsBooksFriday #KidLitUK #KidsGN

Orange, yellow, blue. Boy at top in vignette. Family in camper van below.

Orange & yellow. Soft pastels. Three characters. One cooking food.

Prehistoric background. Greys & browns. Man & boy hunting.

Red, green & blue. Comical drawing of sea monster & pig in super hero cape. Zany.

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Thank you for reviewing and sharing The Terrible Trio: The (not so) Superheroes 🎉🎉🎉
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Cat on the Run: Hidden Layers! (Cat on the Run 3) by Aaron Blabey Cover illustration © Aaron Blabey, 2025 While author-illustrator Aaron Blabey is probably best known for his The Bad Guys series – helped enormously by their characters’ two appearances…

Out now for 7-10 readers, Cat on the Run: Hidden Layers! by Aaron Blabey is huge fun as video star cat Princess Beautiful finds herself on another madcap adventure.

@scholasticuk.bsky.social

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The Rema Chronicles: Kingdom of Water (The Rema Chronicles 2) by Amy Kim Cover art © 2025 by Amy Kim Like many other readers, I love a graphic novel/comic book and where I think they really come into their own is when they contain a fantasy. While prose will often enabl…

Out now for 8+ readers, Kingdom of Water by Amy Kim is the 2nd in the thrilling and stunningly illustrated #TheRemaChronicles #KidsGN series.

@scholasticuk.bsky.social

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The graphic novel together with its press release. The cover shows a manically grinning cat wearing a spotted bow on her head lunging forwards with an explosion behind her.

Love the #CatOnTheRun series by Aaron Blabey and can’t wait to read Episode3: Hidden Layers to see what misfortunes befall cat video sensation Princess Beautiful. Out now for 7-10 readers, huge thanks go to @kirankhanom.bsky.social @scholasticuk.bsky.social

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Nina Peanut: Epic World Tour Era (Nina Peanut 3) by Sarah Bowie Cover illustration © Sarah Bowie, 2025 While many of the children that I hear read in school are, sadly, less enthusiastic about reading than I would like – a situation not helped because the…

A fabulously fun, full-colour graphic novel, perfect for KS2 readers, #NinaPeanut: Epic World Tour Era by Sarah Bowie is out now.

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Time to meet some of the characters in Kindred Dragons, my debut middle grade graphic novel, coming out from Abrams Books on October 14th. :) First up is Brim! #Kidlit #KidsGN #KidlitIllustration #graphicnovels

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Super Unicorn Princess by Mike Hartigan Cover illustration copyright © 2025 Michael Swinburne If you were to ask younger readers what their favourite stories were about, I’m guessing that superheroes, unicorns and princesses would …

A fabulously funny, full-colour graphic novel, Super Unicorn Princess by @mikehartigan.bsky.social is out 14/08. Aimed at 6+ readers, it will be loved right through KS2 too 🦄 @simonandschuster.bsky.social

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The book and its press release. The cover shows heroine Tabby clutching a book to her chest while behind her a figure holds a cloud of some sort of energy suspended between their open palms and a supernatural figure watches on from the sky.

Thrilled to receive a copy of Kingdom of Water, the 2nd in the #RemaChronicles series by Amy Kim. Out 14/08, the most enormous thanks go to Rosie @scholasticuk.bsky.social 💦

#KidlitUK #UKKidlit #KidsGN

The book, the cover of which features lots of doodles, including one of Nina wheeling a suitcase with one hand and holding an ice cream cone in the other, with the caption ‘rushing to the airport’, together with the title’s press release.

Love #NinaPeanut and thrilled to receive a copy of her latest comic book adventure, Epic World Tour Era by Sarah Bowie. Out now for 8+ readers, enormous thanks go to @tinabookpusher.bsky.social @scholasticuk.bsky.social

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Blue, Barry & Pancakes: Mount Choco Meltdown (Blue, Barry & Pancakes 3)by Dan Abdo and Jason Patterson Covert art © Daniel Raja Abdo and Jason Linwood Patterson, 2025 I don’t know about other bloggers, but I always feel a sense of guilt if I choose to read books that are ones I’ve bought…

Huge fun for younger readers (and older ones too!), Blue, Barry & Pancakes: Mount Choco Meltdown by Dan & Jason sees the friends on a mission to build a prize-winning sundae. Out 03/07 @rocktheboatnews.bsky.social @dannieprice.bsky.social #KidsGN

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Yelp Yeti! Chaos in Kathmandu by Sneha Pradhan Yelp Yeti! Chaos in Kathmandu (ISBN: 9781838742256) Dev and his pet cat Tuna have a huge 'yeti' shaped problem to deal with!10-year-old Dev and his pet cat Tuna discover a Yeti living amongst them in ...

“No one believes all the mess and chaos is created by a mythical beast” in Yelp! Yeti! Chaos in Kathmandu #kidsGN @flyingeyebooks.bsky.social Booth 715 #alaac25 www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/book/9781838...

The book, the cover of which shows a group of 4 different cartoon dinosaurs surrounded by planets and spacecraft, together with its press release.

Little Baby was a big #Astrosaurs fan when he was a boy so I’m very excited to receive this new #KidsGN addition to the series. Mission to Infinity by @stevecolewriter.bsky.social, Tobey Cole & Alex Lopez publishes 04/09 for 6+. Huge thanks to @amberivatt.bsky.social @piccadilly-press.bsky.social