Strategies to Involve Parents in Children's Reading Jon Biddle is an experienced primary school teacher and English lead, with over two decades of classroom practice spanning Newham and more...

Webinar 14 April from #UKLA

Jon Biddle will speak on the importance of Reading for Pleasure in schools and about how his school has developed its #reading culture over the past few years.

Tickets: www.trybooking.com/uk/GCLD

#literacy #kidlit #YearofReading 📚💙

A poster showing the six shortlisted books for the 2026 UKLA Book Awards. Books are: - After - Dungeon Runners - Birdie - Reek - Evie and Maryam's Family Tree - Dragonborn

A poster showing all the shortlisted title for each category of the 2026 UKLA Book Awards.

Exciting news – REEK has been shortlisted for the #UKLA Book awards 2026, woohoo! 🎉🎉🎉. Good luck to all the amazing shortlistees!

Read more: ukla.org/ukla-book-aw...

@uklitassociation.bsky.social #Reek @barringtonstoke.bsky.social @caltsoudas.bsky.social
#KidLitUk

The Mess That We Made was selected for the UK Literacy Association’s Books for Young Environmentalists booklist!

@ipgbook.bsky.social #UKLA #ClimateEducation #ClimateLiteracy #EnvironmentalEducation #ChildrensBooks #PictureBooks #YoungEnvironmentalists

ReadingZone The 2026 longlists for the UKLA Book Awards have been announced. The longlists are chosen by teachers and librarians and include ages three to 14+.

The 2026 longlists for the #UKLA #Bookwards have been announced! In the 3-6 category there are wonders from @geckopress.bsky.social @nosycrowus.bsky.social @postwavebooks.bsky.social #CicadaBooks and more! Read to your little! www.readingzone.com/news/ukla-bo...

I don't know how the teachers judging the 7-10+ category will manage! What a long list 🤩👏🏻 amazing to see so many books I've read in the last year and loved on this list! #UKLA

Reek Reek, science fiction adventure by Alastair Chisholm, published by Barrington Stoke in July 2024

My book REEK, illustrated by the awesome @caltsoudas.bsky.social, is a #UKLA 2026 Longlistee, woohoo!🎉🎉🎉

Congratulations to everyone on the list – it's an awesome collection 👉 ukla.org/ukla-book-aw...

alastairc.com/books/reek/
@barringtonstoke.bsky.social #KidLitUk @uklitassociation.bsky.social

📚📦 It's #BookSortingDay at #OURfP! We’re preparing wonderful book boxes to share with our OU &
#UKLA Teachers’ Reading Groups. Huge THANK YOU to our donors, sponsors & supporters! ❤️✨

#BadgerLearning ‪@kidsbloomsbury.bsky.social‬ @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social‬ #ChickenHouseBooks

Jo Tregenza appointed President of the UK Literacy Association Education Reader, Jo Tregenza, is the new President of the UKLA, a prestigious role that recognises her outstanding contribution to literacy education

🥳Congratulations to @jotregenza.bsky.social who has been appointed President of the UK Literacy Association, a prestigious role that recognises her outstanding contribution to literacy education in the UK and beyond.

👉 Read more: sussex.ac.uk/schools/educ...

#literacymatters #ukliteracy #UKLA

Today has mainly been spent reading through the first lot of entries for the @uklitassociation.bsky.social #UKLA awards for 2026. Honoured to have been asked to be part of the books 3-7 longlist panel

Looking like a really tough year with some amazing books already

Yes! Penguin by Polly Dunbar was winner of #ukla Book Awards 2008 ( our first year) @lockwoodcm.bsky.social @joyisreading.bsky.social @stephenjdilley.bsky.social

A display of shortlisted book covers for the UKLA AWARDS

We are over the moon that #AndIClimbedAndIClimbed by Stephen Lightbown @stephenlightbown.bsky.social and @shihyuillustration.bsky.social is shortlisted for the #UKLA AWARDS! @uklitassociation.bsky.social Whoop! Fantastic news!!

[Guest post] NEWSFLASH - The UK’s New Consultation on AI and Copyright: Purr-suing Balance? The IPKat blog reports on copyright, patent, trade mark, info-tech and privacy/confidentiality issues from a mainly UK and European perspective.

The UK Government kicks off a crucial consultation on AI and copyright! It aims to balance copyright exceptions for AI training and protection for rights holders. With AI rapidly evolving, stakeholders must weigh in by Feb 2025! 📅🤖 #AI #Copyright #UKLa… https://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/12/guest-p…

Welcome to Asia! Discover its incredible history and diversity with this beautifully illustrated and fact-filled encyclopaedia! Written by @rashmiwriting.bsky.social and stunningly illustrated by @jasonlyon.bsky.social #UKLA members repost to WIN 3 signed copies for your class! #uklalucky13th

Loved it here too! I was sharing about it just this afternoon at a UKLA book blether ‘Diverse classrooms’ event actually ☺️ #BookSky #KidLit #RfP #PrimaryEduSky #UKLA

Loved being part of the panel to longlist these for The UKLA book awards. We looked at over 150 amazing books and whittled them down to this very special collection.
Everyone of them is a winner and would be brilliant in school.
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#UKLABookAwards2025
#TeacherBookAwards

Cover image of: The Distance Between Me and the Cherry Tree by Paola Peretti, translated (from Italian) by DeniseMuir @HotKeyBooks

Cover image of: The Djinn's Apple by Djamila Morani, translated from Arabic (Algeria) by Sawad Hussain

Cover image of: Cherry Blossom and Paper Planes by Jef Aerts & Sanne te Loo translated from Flemish (Belgium) Polly Lawson @FlorisBooks

Cover image of: Kiki's Delivery Service by Eiko Kadono, translated From Japanese by Emily Balistrieri, illustrated by Joe Todd-Stanton. Puffin Books

If you're on X too, look out for this fabulous #WorldKidLitMonth series by the #UKLA (United Kingdom Literacy Association), where members are recommending children's books in translation. Recommendations so far this week from Italian, Arabic, Flemish and Japanese!

#UKLAMember #booksky #edusky