Paddy tells me it’s #InternationalCatDay! As you can see, he also loves books so he has asked me to repost this thread of excellent children’s books featuring cats. #KidLit #Cats #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #CatBooks

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Keeping it simple for #KidsBooksFriday this week as I’m shattered. Share your great kids book recommendations featuring a cat. 🐈‍⬛ #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit

⚔️ It's finally here! The hotly anticipated third in the series of Carlos Sáchez's RUNE series is out now! 📖 Rune: The Tale of the Winged Sorceress by Carlos Sánchez Find your copy here> buff.ly/rjoppjX

I’m reading the joyful Captain Sunshine by Alex Milway at the moment and it got me thinking that we haven’t done a week on early readers yet. What great kids books for newly independent readers would you recommend? #KidsBooksFriday #KidLitUK #KidLit #UKKidLit

Monday morning meanders into view once more and I'm reading "The Midnight Mayor" by Kate Griffin as I've hit a bit of a wall so an old favourite seems to be fine What book(s) are you reading this week? ans welcome back! 💙📚 #BookSky #MondayReads #TBR #AmReading

This week #IAmReading AFTER by Pádraig Kenny – post-apocalyptic fun, secrets and hope in this cracking adventure story with some great twists that asks what it means to be a good person… 👉 alastairc.com/i-am-reading... @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social #PadraigKenny #After

After by Pádraig Kenny

I Am Reading: After by Pádraig Kenny

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My good news is I'm doing a giveaway of books one to five of loki...all you need to do is guess the colour of book six (out in feb) correctly... FREE BOOKS! www.instagram.com/p/DbLBVRtDfj6/

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My kids have been attempting to do a learn a bit more cookery these holidays. So for this week’s #KidsBooksFriday I thought we could do books featuring/celebrating food and cooking. (Take the theme as loosely as you please). #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit

You can download WRDMag for 8yrs+ & WRDXtra for teens+ FREE - Just click on the weblink in our bio If you subscribe we'll post you a beautiful printed copy Give #WRDmag to your kids, use it in the library or share it at book club - Spread the booky love! #GoAllIn2026 #NationalYearOfReading2026

Even with just-broken-up brain I can’t believe I read the whole book and only just realised what the title says 🤦‍♀️ If you fancy some fun with buccaneering hijinks and a mystery to solve then this is one for you. Thanks to #Toppsta and @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social #UKKidLit #KidLitUK

Keeping it simple for #KidsBooksFriday this week as I’m shattered. Share your great kids book recommendations featuring a cat. 🐈‍⬛ #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit

Someone on radio 4 earlier talking about the importance of a qualified librarian in school libraries had me saying YES out loud. Shouldn't need pointing out perhaps but so often librarians are left out of the conversation about school libraries. #UKKidLit

I was thrilled to see Beth O’Brien’s fabulous Wolf Siren win at the Carnegies this week. It so cleverly leans into and extends the story of Little Red Riding Hood. What other great children’s books play with well known Folk and Fairtytales, Myths and Legends? #KidsBooksFriday #KidLitUK #KidLit

Quite shocked - and a little ticked off - that @theguardian.com with its large book section has had zero coverage of the @carnegiemedals.bsky.social Kids books are a HUGE part of the industry, and the Carnegie is essentially our Booker. What’s up with that, @theguardian.com ?

Thank you to all the wonderful schools who read the books, watched the author visits, entered the competitions and voted! And finally, thank you to all of our shortlisted authors, illustrators & publishers for your engagement with the award - you're all amazing! 🙌

Huge congratulations to winners of the Spark! School Book Award 2026! It was close but here are the five books the children voted for…

In the Non-Fiction Category our winner is: 'Choose Your Own Evolution' by @juleshoward.bsky.social & @gordywright.bsky.social @nosycrow.bsky.social

In the 7+ Fiction Category our winner is: 'Wild Magic: Legend of the Black Lion' by Abiola Bello & Emma McCann @simonkidsuk.bsky.social

In the 9+ Fiction Category our winner is: 'Shrapnel Boys' by Jenny Pearson

@hfj0108.bsky.social Hi Helen, you are my lucky winner of a free copy of When Skeletons Rise. Could you contact me on here, or through my website, with an address and who to sign to.

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Today we’re celebrating a year of #KidsBooksFriday! 🎉 So let’s go back to where we started - what great book(s) do you wish every child had the opportunity to read? #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit (Also some practical questions below…)

It's time to vote, but how will you choose between all of these brilliant books!? 😍 Follow the link on the email to place your school's vote for the best book in each category. Who is it going to be??? Don't forget to get your votes in by Friday 19 June. ✨📚🏆

The countdown to the UK's biggest kids' books festival is officially on so here's the gang to remind you that there are TWO (2! AH AH AH!) weeks to go until Saturday 27 & Sunday 28 June! Be there! londonkidslitfest.org

I’ve been sorting book data for work this week and it’s sad to see some great books are now out of print or hard to come by. For this week’s #KidsBooksFriday, what brilliant forgotten gems should we be looking out for in libraries and second hand bookshops? #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit

Festival FOMO is real people! Fight back by getting your Russell Kane tickets right now, right here at the UK's biggest kids' books festival, Saturday 27 AND Sunday 28 June! Be there! ➡️ londonkidslitfest.org @quartokids.bsky.social

Don't forget that this SATURDAY 13TH, we will be joined by Tor Freeman, who will become a bookseller for a day! Pop in from 10am-1pm to meet Tor, ask her for some recommendations and get some Boss of the Underworld books signed.

A comical start to the weekend, Mighty Mega Pets are proper action heroes and the characters are brilliantly funny (my favourite is a grumpy tortoise called Arthur). The vibrant illustrations are just as bonkers but the wit and silliness is what really makes it for me. @stupidmonster.bsky.social

One of my favourite books as a kid (The Wicked One by Mollie Hunter) had this amazing cover that you had to open out to see the full scene. It was designed by Michael Foreman who has some amazing stuff online. This book terrified me (which I loved!) and the cover art just set the tone perfectly.

I believe in judging a book by its cover. Great cover art draws us in and helps us decide if we might enjoy a book. Sadly cover artists are often overlooked or barely credited. What great cover art has encouraged you or the kids in your life to read a book? #KidsBooksFriday #KidLitUK #KidLit

We're looking forward to the SLA Conference in Winchester this weekend...we hope you'll come and say hello to us and find out more about the Spark! School Book Awards! @sla.org.uk #SLAConference #ChangingNarratives

We have new wish list functionality on our library system and I’ve just checked the results after a few days. We already have sets of Loki books but apparently not enough @louiestowell.bsky.social #UKKidLit #KidLitUK