We are excited to share that Unity Street School Saves the Planet has been longlisted for the 2026 Klaus Flugge Prize!
Congratulations to @sheenamary 🌟
#KlausFluggePrize #kidsbook #UnityStreetSchoolSavesthePlanet
We’re delighted to share a special pre-order treat with our readers!
From 07:00 Tuesday 17th February to 23:59 Friday 20th February, you can enjoy 25% off RRP on pre-orders via Waterstones online and on their app.
Simply enter code FEB26 at checkout,
#WPreorder
Happy Publication Day to Poetry Pizza!🍕
Welcome to the poetry world of Simon Mole – a place of rhyme, rhythm, and wonder!
Congratulations to @si_mole and @_tommclaughlin ⭐️
#kidsbooks #newbooks #publicationday
Blue Monday isn’t so blue with these wonderful books…
1. This is Happy! By Anna Ross & Debi Gilori 🫶
2. Hello! A counting book of Kindness by Hollis Kurman & Barroux🌞
3. Love is All We Need by Krina Patel-Sage ❤️
A perfect Christmas present for children and adults!
Fabulous Christmas gift book by two internationally acclaimed stars of the children’s book world. Fantastic poems by @nicolakidsbooks Davies and paintings by @p.horacek_ celebrating our beautiful planet 🌍
A sneak peek into the wonderful world of Remarkable Animals by Tony Meeuwissen. See ten animals become 1000 crazy creatures, taking on new names and astonishing new identities 🐸🐟🐞
Throwback to when @wilsonmaxken was featured in @thebookseller.com last week😎📚 you can also catch the article online at thebookseller.com !
Round up the month by celebrating Non-Fiction November with our non-fiction titles!🌍🐅🌳
#kidsbooks #nonfiction #nonfictionkidsbooks
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Tony Meeuwissen (digression from Christmas books) from a reissue of his Remarkable Animals, out from Otter-Barry Books on 13 Nov. One of 1000 permutations using 10 animals. In this case, Ruby-Topaz hummingbird with trunkfish and caterpillar. @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social
The Heart of the Storm, written by @teresaheapy.bsky.social and illustrated by #KateRead, is one of @thebookseller.com's 10 Titles Not to Miss in February!🐺🦊⛈️
@otterbarrybooks.bsky.social
Preview #poem from my new/14th book
New #poem
#poems #LibrarySky #EduSky #BookSky #poetry #TeacherSky #poetrylovers #PoetrySky #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #teachers #literacy @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social #kidlit @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social
I’m in the inspirational setting of Stratford Library, #Newham today with @AuthorsAbroad_ + many talented yr5/6 poets! We need our #libraries!
#LibrarySky #EduSky #BookSky #poetry #TeacherSky #teachers @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social #kidlit @troikabooks.bsky.social @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social
A dozen exquisite watercolour and gold leaf paintings grace the pages of Jackie Morris’s #OneCherryOneCheetah now available as a board book from @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social - it’s #RedReadingHub’s book of the day reviewed on the blog wp.me/p11DI5-dwY
We’re thrilled to share that #TheSummerPuppy has been nominated for the 2026
@carnegiemedals
for Illustration! Illustrated by @cathyfisherart and written by @jackiemorrisartist 🐋
Congratulations @cathyfisherart and @jackiemorrisartist 🤩
#Carnegies2026
We’re thrilled to share that #ASymphonyofStories has been nominated for the 2026
@carnegiemedals
for Illustration! Written and illustrated by @mrjamesmayhew 🐋
Congratulations @mrjamesmayhew 🤩
#carnegies2026
We’re excited to share that #TheFirstYear has been nominated for the 2026
@carnegiemedals
for Writing! Written @mattgoodfellowpoet and illustrated @joetoddstanton 🐋
Congratulations @mattgoodfellowpoet and @joetoddstanton 🤩
#Carnegies2026
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Jackie Morris from One Cheetah, One Cherry: a Book of Beautiful Numbers. A playful board book about counting to 10 with rich animal paintings embellished with gold leaf, like heraldry or illuminated manuscripts. Otter-Barry Books 30 October. @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social
We are excited to share that #ASymphonyofStories by @mrjamesmayhew has been shortlisted for the Children’s Book Category for the East Anglican Book Awards 2025 🤩
Congratulations James Mayhew!
@writerscentre, @eastern_daily_press, norwichcityoflit #EABA
Happy Publication Day to My Book of Classic Nursery Tales! 🎈
Brilliantly illustrated gift book from a bestselling author-illustrator, featuring eight much-loved
traditional nursery tales.
Congratulations to @mrjamesmayhew ⭐️
#TheBookofClassicNurseryTales #kidsbooks
Happy Publication Day to Ming The Panda! 🐼
A true story of courage and hope from World War II and the London Blitz, with London Zoo’s first
panda at the centre.
Congratulations to Jake Hope and Yu Rong 🤩
#MingthePanda #bookpublication #publicationday #kidsbooks @bouncesalesandmarketing
A sneak peek into the wonderful new book #MingthePanda by @jakegatehouse and Yu Rong - out tomorrow 🐼
@OtterBarryBooks open for business at Frankfurt Book Fair! @Book_Fair
Special offer on my next/14th book, out Jan:
#poems #LibrarySky #EduSky #BookSky #poetry #TeacherSky #poetrylovers #PoetrySky #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #teachers #literacy @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social #kidlit @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social
We are excited to share that #TheBoyWhoLovesToLickTheWind came 2nd place in the Picture Book category in The Diverse Book Awards 2025 🤩
Congratulations to Fiona Carswell and Yu Rong ✨
#diversebookawards2025 #kidsbook
What a brilliant pairing #MichaelaMorgan & #NickSharratt is! This is a fab anthology with poems to make you think , laugh & maybe even shed a tear (look out for Ice Cream 😢) with many tips on reading aloud etc included #NationalPoetryDay @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social
A very happy National Poetry Day with Hagbourne Primary School, Oxon, via Zoom! Here are the younger children enacting a wood, ready for animal rhymes! Then 4/5 & I explored emotions, with wonderfully expressive outcomes! Well done all!
@otterbarrybooks.bsky.social
✨ It’s National Poetry Day and we’re thrilled to share some news! ✨
Amazon have chosen 5 NPD poems to ask Alexa, including Word Play from All Together Now 🛝
Today, simply say to your Alexa speaker:
👉 “Alexa, today is National Poetry Day, please read me a poem.”
Congrats @michaelamorganpoet 🤩
Celebrate National Poetry Day with us! 🌟
Join Nikki Gamble and guests for a special National Poetry Day celebration with @justimagine_books
Tonight, Thursday 2 October, 7pm 🤩
register via this link
justimagine.co.uk/evening-in/n... 📚
We are so excited to share that #TheFirstYear has been selected as part of @waterstones Paperback of the Year 2025 collection 🤩
A massive congratulations to @mattgoodfellowpoet and @joetoddstanton 👏
Avaliable to purchase at your local Waterstones!
#waterstones #kidsbooks #picturebookoftheyear
Graphic showing the cover of the new issue of online children's review journal Books for Keeps, a photograph of author illustrator James Mayhew, who is the subject of the new Authorgraph interview, and a cover of his latest book My Book of Classic Nursery Tales.
In our NEW issue, #BfK274 for our Authorgraph interview, Ferelith Hordon talks to James Mayhew on publication of his new book MY BOOK OF CLASSIC NURSERY TALES and looks back over his impressive career. #illustration #KidLitUK #BookSky @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social
booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/auth...
