Wow, wow, wow!
The Dad Trap has got an amazing review from @booksforkeeps.bsky.social!
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#KidLit #BookSky #PrimaryEduSky
Graphic with the cover of the new issue of Books for Keeps, the children's online review journal. It also features the cover of Patrick Ness' new book, Piper at the Gates of Dusk (Walker Books) and a photo of Ness who is interviewed in the magazine.
Spring is here & so is our new issue, #BfK277 packed with interviews, features & children's book reviews! Authorgraph interview @patricknessbooks.bsky.social + @sarahmcintyre.bsky.social Polly Dunbar, @literacy-trust.bsky.social @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social & more #booksky #KidLitUK
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Congratulations to all and especially #BranfordBoaseAward favourites @patricknessbooks.bsky.social @jprosewriter.bsky.social and Katya Balen 🎉
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Anders Frang from Whack A Moley, with text by Bethan Clarke. Graphic, comic image that shows one of the games Goat suggests but Mole doesn’t want to play, for obvious reasons. Accessible, characterful paperback from Little Tiger Press 5 March. @littletigeruk.bsky.social
Here they are! The shortlists for the #Carnegies2026 Congratulations to the illustrators on the shortlist for the Carnegie Medal for Illustration @carnegiemedals.bsky.social #booksky #KidLitUK
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Here they are! The shortlists for the #Carnegies2026 are out!
Congratulations to the authors on the shortlist for the Carnegie Medal for Writing @carnegiemedals.bsky.social 💐 #booksky #KidLitUK
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#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Dutch printmaker Jan Hamstra from Cluck: The Eggstaordinary Story of Chickens by Evelien De Vlieger, translated by Michele Hutchison. Magic Cat 5 March. One of the spectacular, elegant & decorative prints in this enlightening non-fiction. @magiccatpublishing.bsky.social
Good gentlefolk of Bluesky! On Saturday 10 May I shall appear at the Stratford Literary Festival. We’ll speak of books, ink and imagination, and I shall conjure drawings before thine very eyes. Mirth and merriment guaranteed!
Secure thy place: www.stratfordliteraryfestival.co.uk/events/rob-b...
Celebrate bookshops with us! Buy ANY book site-wide and you could WIN a £250 gift card, every sale supports indie booksellers 💥
A stunning double page spread from Shapes of Nature by Ben Hoare, published by Dorling Kindersley. Small photographs of a huge range of beetles have been composed into the shape of a beetle. Text accompanies the image. The beetles are numbered and their names given at the bottom of the page.
'A book that has been carefully and thoughtfully created to inform, educate and inspire.'
Glowing 5⭐review for our NEW Book of the Week, SHAPES OF NATURE by Ben Hoare @dkbooks.bsky.social #booksky #kidlituk
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#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Aysha Tengiz from Big Brilliant World which has spreads about 12 cities around the world: colourful, fact-filled patterns peopled by surreal, anthropomorphised animals as well as humans. With words from local languages. Big Picture Press 5 March. @ayshatengiz.bsky.social
Homepage of 1001 Stories, The Story Museum's new online collection which is free to explore.
Supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, The Story Museum @thestorymuseum.bsky.social has launched 1001 Stories, a brand new, free to access #story resource for everyone. Check it out! #booksky
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#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Corey Egbert from Mr Norton’s New Truck which has cumulative text by Huw Lewis Jones. This comical image of Horace on his scooter is reminiscent of vintage Little Golden Books, with their flat colour and stylised animals. Little Tiger 5 March. @littletigeruk.bsky.social
We’re so excited that Jake Hope will be on this year’s CLiPPA judging panel! A champion of children’s books, Jake brings huge expertise from his work with the Carnegie Medals. Register your school for the shadowing scheme: https://r1.dotdigital-pages.com/p/1RW5-1LFF/clippa26
Very proud 😊 to have this STEM expert as one of our book reviewers. Here’s @alomshaha.bsky.social doing his 🌈🌈🌈magic⬇️
To meet the rest of the Letterbox Library Review Team: www.letterboxlibrary.com/how-we-selec...
#KidLitUK
Wow ! Such a rich, fun and authentic session with Nate Lessore today and 2000 Young people! @kashleyenglish.bsky.social
Photos of Beth Cox and Alex Strick, of Inclusive Minds, who will be hosting the new Disability Inclusion and Accessibility hub at this year's The London Book Fair.
Visiting the London Book Fair (10-12 Mar)? Don't miss the new Disability Inclusion & Accessibility hub hosted by @alexstrick.bsky.social & Beth Cox. Authors/illustrators, book a consultation offering inclusion/accessibility advice on a published or forthcoming title. #KidLitUK
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#poetry
Logo for the Children's Book Award which is managed by the Federation of Children's Book Groups.
Big day for awards! The FCBG have revealed the shortlist for this year's Children's Book Award, the only award completely chosen by children. #FCBGCBA26 #kidlituk
Find out which favourite children's authors are on this year's list and congratulations to them all🎆
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#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Joe Todd-Stanton from his picturebook The Lost Robot, in which a broken toy finds saviours. From the tools to the tortoise, the many details of this happy scene are drawn with a fine, exact line in graphic novel style. Flying Eye Books 5 March @flyingeyebooks.bsky.social
We're delighted to share two special recordings by poets Jessica Mookherjee and Kayo Chingonyi of our primary and secondary calendar poems for March - 'The Door' by Miroslav Holub and 'Humming-Bird' by D. H. Lawrence 🗓️❤️
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Composite with photos of three young people enjoying books published by dyslexia/reluctant reader specialists Barrington Stoke to promote the new Reader of the Year competition running in association with the School Library Association and launching today 2 March 2026.
Ahead of World Book Day, and to celebrate the National Year of Reading, the @sla.org.uk is launching a brand new Reader of the Year award in collaboration with @barringtonstoke.bsky.social
Find out more and nominate now! #kidlituk #booksky
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Our NEW Book of the Week! 🌊
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Photograph of author Philippa Leathley with the Books for Keeps logo and title: Imaginative Ink New interview with Philippa Leathely
Covers of the first two books in Philippa Leathley's Inkbound series: Meticulous Jones and the Skull Tattoo and Meticulous Jones and the Shadow Compass
"Inkbound carries the reader along on a current of imagination just like the magical ink river coursing through the city of New London."
NEW Books for Keeps interview! Philippa Leathley discusses her INKBOUND books with Tanja Jennings ✨#booksky #kidlituk
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Last chance to support #ReadItForward today! Stock up on great books and support @booktrust.org.uk & @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social with @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social 📚#booksky
Great news!
The cover of the new Books for Keeps Book of the Week: The Upside-Down Lighthouse by Paddy Donnelly published by the O'Brien Press. It features Meara and Grandad in a smally rowing boat as they head towards an island with an updside down lighthouse. There are puffins and a gannet under the waves.
Our NEW Book of the Week is by a real #BooksforKeeps favourite, Paddy Donnelly. Go adventuring again with Meara and Grandad as they discover the magic of looking at things differently in THE UPSIDE-DOWN LIGHTHOUSE @theobrienpress.bsky.social
#kidlit #booksky
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#NewIllustrationOfTheDay. Spread by Ruth Brown from her gorgeous new picturebook Tick-Tock Around the Clock: A day in the life of a cat. Stunning draughtsmanship in a wonderfully detailed handmade scene of the cat going out into the garden, with squirrels, birds, mouse, dog. Scallywag Press 3 March.
Last chance to win! #Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales is Scottish Book Trust's Book of the Month, and you only have until 11.59pm tomorrow to enter the competition to win a shiny copy full of magic & monsters!
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Free online writing workshop & open mic for poets aged 14-25 Saturday 7 March 2-4pm UK time Swipe to find out more
2pm onwards: writing workshop You’ll be guided through writing prompts to help inspire your entry to the Colour Challenge on Young Poets Network. This workshop will be facilitated by poet Sophie Herxheimer, who set and will judge this challenge. Anyone aged 14-25 is welcome to join! 3pm onwards: open mic Two-minute open mic slots are now available! Grab one while you can... Come along to hear a headline set from Young Poets Networker Sylvie Jane Lewis - plus a Q&A about all things poetry!
The workshop and open mic will take place over Zoom. Book your free space at bit.ly/ColourfulPoetry Open to poets aged 14-25 worldwide You don't need any previous experience writing or performing poetry to take part!
Calling all young poets aged 14-25 - join us at our next writing workshop/Young Poets Takeover double bill!
Book your free space: bit.ly/ColourfulPoetry
