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To read Little Reads co-founder Hannah Rix’s lovely guest post on favourite children’s book characters just visit Good Night To Read. Scroll down for a wonderful surprise to celebrate the National Year of Reading #bookbloggers #librarians goodnighttoread.wordpress.com

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Jon Klassen. As board books go, this (on a wooden desk) is pretty creepy. But, using cutouts cleverly, it demonstrates how much Klassen can imply while being visually and verbally succinct. Walker 10 Sept. @jonklassen.bsky.social @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social #HalloweenBooks

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by US graphic designer Matt Schu from Something in the Darkness. Rhyming text by John Dougherty. About the jitters you get in the dark. With a reassuring comic ending, stylish silhouettes & few colours. Post Wave 17 Sept. @mattschu.bsky.social @postwavebooks.bsky.social

Delighted to have won the Readers Choice Award for children's books at the #Diversebookawards 2026. Thank you to all who voted. Big thanks to the organisers, Abiola Bello and Helen Lewis ❤️. Congratulations to all winners. lnkd.in/e-8-UvTS #dba #runningmyownracebook #bookawards #readerschoice

And this powerful & emotive picture book about a journey by siblings away from home towards the hope of a new home. Stunning illustrations using the symbolism of masks & the nurturing metaphor of caves. Beautiful use of iconic colours. #KidsBooksFriday #PictureBooks #Home

Properly blown away to win non-fiction readers’ choice for Who Wants Normal? at the Diverse Book Awards. It was voted for by the public, so that’s YOU lot. Thanks so much to all the readers who keep supporting this book.

Well! Isn't this some lovely news! Incredibly delighted to announce Shorelines has been shortlisted for the Teen/Young Adult Book of the Year at the @irishbookawards.bsky.social 💚💚 Congratulations to all the shortlistees, some outstanding company to be in, I adore so many of these books 📚

Great to see The Feathered Book @charlienutbrown.bsky.social on this list. The first Monty the Fox adventure ! #kidslit #animalAdventure #middlegrade #childrensBooks Thank you @petersbooks.bsky.social

Picture book Mia’s Cheetah by Amelia Bothe looks absolutely stunning 🤩 Out today, huge thanks go to @harper360uk.bsky.social @antswilkinson.bsky.social #KidlitUK #UKKidlit

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Chris Riddell. Part spread from I Will Haunt This by Viviane Schwarz. About a little girl & a little ghost & the magic of making things, including drawings. Walker Books 24 Sept. @chrisriddell.bsky.social @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social @vivschwarz.bsky.social #HalloweenBooks

Author copies of my 10th novel are here! They're gorgeous, but as always, not as beautiful as Buffy the guinea pig.

🗓️ The winners of the 2026 Diverse Book Awards will be revealed tomorrow evening, Thursday 22 October. Here's a reminder of the shortlists ahead of tomorrow's announcement - congratulations to all the authors and illustrators 💐 #KidLitUK booksforkeeps.co.uk/seventh-dive...

#NewIllustrationoftheDay by Canadian Jon Klassen from his reworking of an old folk tale, The Skull. He works with Chinese ink, pencils, crayons, gouache and powdered graphite, then scans for editing. Paperback Walker Books 10 Sept. @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social @jonklassen.bsky.social #HalloweenBooks

More spooky poems by top children's poets. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2023/10/anot... @valpoet.bsky.social @lozzawriting.bsky.social @attielime.bsky.social

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Mini Grey, spoofing Frankenstein movies with comical cartoon exaggeration, body parts and gothic detail, in Frankenkitty. About a hotchptch reanimation that is not terrifying. Text by Maudie Powell-Tuck. Little Tiger 3 Sept. @littletigerluk.bsky.social #HalloweenBooks

For great Middle grade historical fiction I’d also highly recommend @emcarrollauthor.bsky.social #KidsBooksFriday #Historicalfictionrecommendations #UKKidLit #Middlegrade @mariannedoherty.bsky.social #bookbloggers #librarians

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#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Brazilian illustrator Romolo D’Hipolito, from The Earth Transformed: How Natural Forces Shaped Our History and the World, by Peter Frankopan. Optimistic image influenced by South American art. Bloomsbury 22 Oct. @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @peterfrankopan.bsky.social

What great books can you recommend to prompt kids’ interest in history and widen their historical knowledge? #KidsBooksFriday #UKKidLit From intrepid fossil hunting & amazing discoveries by an iconic self taught woman to tear jerking war drama to a mystery on a Scottish isle to steam engine trials📚

Next #ukteenchat will be on Tues 27th October 8-9pm GMT with the fabulous @annseilin1.bsky.social who will be chatting all about her new Teen book - Between Ghosts and Gods. All welcome to come along and join the chat 😊 #BetweenGhostsAndGods #YA #TeenFiction #writing #writerslife #writingcommunity

If you like crime drama, puzzles, stories within stories, mysteries, family secrets, detective shows & legal thrillers 🚨you might like these binge watches 1. Blue Lights 2. Marble Hall Murders 3. Ludwig 4. Forever Home 5. The Firm

I’m a huge fan of stories set in the Tudor period so am thrilled to have got my sticky mitts on this fabulous proof of The Young Queens by @sallynicholls.bsky.social 👑 Out 11/03 for #YA readers, enormous thanks go to Jade @andersenpress.bsky.social #BookSky

NEW #BooksforKeeps interview. We chat to bestselling author Kevin Moran about the new Doomsday Club adventure, Irish mythology, and entertaining readers looking for thrills 👇#KidLit @theobrienpress.bsky.social

There’s more than a scrap of magick in Helen Parry’s hugely enjoyable novel, which is our NEW Book of the Week. Check out our review and enjoy a Q&A interview with the Helen too. @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social #KidLitUK booksforkeeps.co.uk/review/a-scr...

Double rainbow 🌈 materialised in the sky on nature walk today #mindfulness

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Mariachiara Di Georgio. From Who Knows the Way to Mr. Grimley’s Classroom? With text by Chris Priestley. About a girl on an errand through a school who doesn’t know the way. Wonderfully atmospheric and haunting pictures.Walker Books 24 Sept. @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social

I feel as if I've read a LOT of good books this year! & I have a big pile of really good ones still to read. Off the top of my head: Koku Akanbi: The Heart of Midnight, Maria Motunrayo Adebisi; Gloam, Jack Mackay; A Million Tiny Missiles All at Once, Lucas Maxwell; Crow, Fiona Dixon.

That’s a hard question! Going to go for middle grade fantasies Inkbound: Meticulous Jones and the Shadow Compass by Philippa Leathley and A Scrap of Moss and Magick by Helen Parry x

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Kanako Abe from The Paper Girl, about a girl who stops trying to please everybody. Text by Caryl Lewis. The illustrations use kirie (Japanese cut-paper art) & origami. Some, such as this image of a state of mind, add colour. Frances Lincoln 8 Oct @quartokids.bsky.social

@thatstephendaly.bsky.social Some of the stand out books I’ve read this year 📚⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

#NationalYearofReading #bookbloggers #librarians What have been your stand out reads this year? 📚@thatstephendaly.bsky.social @ihussainwriter.bsky.social @jacquisydney.bsky.social @vonprice.bsky.social @hookablebooks.bsky.social @slatterymr.bsky.social @hejparry.bsky.social @bookcraic.bsky.social

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I thoroughly enjoyed it. I loved the family dynamics, the take on time travel, the rich historical & cultural context & its emotional impact on me as a reader. I was reading it in the laundarette & I spoke about it to another customer who immediately took a photograph of the front cover.❤️📚⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️read

schoolreadinglist.co.uk/category/pod... It's #InternationalPodcastDay ! Listen to our children's literature podcast featuring new children's and YA book reviews and previews, occasional interviews, discussions on current themes in literacy and English teaching & much more. #teachertwitter

Just a few days left of #WorldKidLitMonth 2026 but it's never too late to set yourself a #readtheworld reading challenge! Use these bingo charts for inspiration or make your own! Link here to the canva template to make your own: worldkidlit.org/what-is-worl... #kidlitUK #booksky #kidlit #GoAllIn

More choices- Interactive Books for young children #KidsBooksFriday #Popupchildrensbooks

The one where they came out of a revolving lemon 🍋 in Botanic Park.

For the day that's in it, what's the first U2 concert you ever saw? #u2