Monty and Nettle, heroes of The Feathered Book, flee the river pirates. Illustration by Ewa Beniak-Haremska. #middlegradebooks #middlegradefiction #middlegradereads #childrensbookstagram #childrensbooks #kitlit @everywithwords.bsky.social

Help! Aliens Stole My Grandad written by @missdeplume.bsky.social & illustrated by @rorywalker.bsky.social is hilarious & poignant. Published by @everywithwords.bsky.social #UkKidLit Here’s my review 👇 vsviewfromthebookshelves.home.blog/2026/06/15/i...

#Illustrated Fiction Review: Help! Aliens Stole My Grandad by Hannah Moffatt, illustrated by Rory Walker

Cover art by Rory Walker, published by Everything With Words, 28 May 2026, ISBN: 978-1911427506 It takes a hugely talented writer to create a story which combines a poignant undercurrent of dealing…

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Thank you to LoveReading4Kids for including The Feathered Book in their list of 50 Cosy Crime Novels for Children and YA Readers. “A debut of the highest order." www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/blog/get-sle... @everywithwords.bsky.social #middlegradebooks #middlegradefiction #books #childrensbooks

My huge thanks to @everywithwords.bsky.social for this superb sounding The Silver Bones of Frances Winter by @fionagoggin.bsky.social coming in September www.everythingwithwords.com/books/the-si...

Help Aliens Stole My Grandad — Blogtour! Please Repost and follow! #kidlit #childrensbooks

Happy Publication day Help Aliens Stole My Grandad! @missdeplume.bsky.social @waterstoneskids.bsky.social @bookcraic.bsky.social One signed copy available— Follow RT by June first!

Help Aliens Stole My Grandad @missdeplume.bsky.social @waterstones.bsky.social @lib4sch.bsky.social @emmapullar.bsky.social A whimsical tale about space pirates and moon flowing with rivers of cheese!

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Are you enjoying listening to books on uLibrary? We are delighted to announce that this week they have introduced four new audiobooks! To access uLibrary, visit and sign in at https://wakefield.ulverscroftulibrary.com/ #NewBooks #Audiobooks #uLibrary #Crime #HistoricalFiction #BookSky

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Steve Antony. Deliberately upside-down panda and text in Super Mr. Panda, after the hero has saved the bake sale by squirting a pile of doughnuts with icing. Enjoying the cape with doughnut pattern and the drippy icing like paint. Hodder 7 May. @hodderbooks.bsky.social

Great to see Help Aliens Stole My Grandad out in the world A fun intergalactic adventure , complete with pirates, their parrot and a moon made of cheese! @missdeplume.bsky.social @booklib61.bsky.social

Just saw that one of my favourite bookshops, Bristol’s wonderful Heron Books, included The Feathered Book in their Favourite Kids Books of 2025! Thank you so much! #UKKidlit #childrensbooks #BookBloggers #books #bookshops @everywithwords.bsky.social

A massive thank you to @vonprice.bsky.social for including The Feathered Book in her 25 for 2025 round up! #UKKidlit #childrensbooks #BookBloggers @everywithwords.bsky.social

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My 25 for 2025 round up of the best children’s books I’ve read this year. Happy New Year to everyone I’ve interacted with on here 🥳 #UkKidLit vsviewfromthebookshelves.home.blog/2025/12/31/2...

A huge thank you to Mary Rees at @bookcraic.bsky.social for including The Feathered Book in her 25 Favourite Middle Grade Books of 2025! #UKKidlit #childrensbooks #BookBloggers #books @everywithwords.bsky.social

Thank you to The Irish Times for including The Feathered Book in their Children's Books for Christmas article! "A gripping whodunnit … there is word pleasure in abundance in this atmospheric debut." #UKKidlit #childrensbooks #BookBloggers @irishtimes.com @everywithwords.bsky.social

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year in these troubled times!

'Apart from the propulsive plot, there is word pleasure in abundance in this atmospheric debut' Thanks Sarah Keating @irishlittimes.bsky.social for Including The Feathered Book @charlienutbrown.bsky.social in your best books for Christmas!

#Viewfromabook The perfect read for today. 🤣🌧🌧🌧🌂#bookbloggers #librarians @carnegiemedals.bsky.social @susancahill.bsky.social @everywithwords.bsky.social #UKKidLit

#PhantomsFriday Another interior illustration by Stephen Fabian for the 1977 Underwood-Miller reprint of The Eyes of the Overworld (1966) by Jack Vance. This image is from a book that collects his art. In this scene, a ghostly city and ship full of ghost revelers appeared, then disappeared.

Illustration of the day from The Kingdom of Broken Magic by Christine Aziz— a tale of about a sinister monkey who rules the Kingdom of Broken Magic, a knitting elephant and dancing tigers! #KidLitUK #Illustrations #artist #animalTales

If after all those lies, all that harm, Epstein is what sinks Trump, what does that say about democracy? He can cut aid that affects millions....it's a weird world #Trump

Image of the day—looking thoughtful two thousand years ago. Pompeii Naples, sometime between 50 and 79 AD ( that volcano!) What to write? Words are dangerous, chaotic, comforting, misleading — no wonder she's hesitating. Go for it girl!

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Neal Layton depicting the young Michael Rosen for the pb of Rosen‘s Hot Food Nice! which Walker Books published on 6 Nov. 13 Nov is Michael Rosen Day with 266,000+ children signed up to watch his livestreamed event. @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social

CREATIVES! A gang of us are organising an auction raising funds for mutual aid groups in Sudan, amid the war on civilians. Can YOU contribute to the auction? Perhaps a piece of art or music? Signed books? Embroidery? Half an hour of creative mentoring? Sign up here! www.sudancoup.com/auction

Creatives4Sudan Fundraising Auction — Keep Eyes On Sudan

Creatives coming together to raise life-saving funds for the people escaping genocide in El-Fasher, Sudan

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Really enjoyed the brilliant new #storyshaped @sineadohart.bsky.social & @susancahill.bsky.social with fab Nate Lessore! Amid the hilarity, Nate has a serious point-without diverse authors we limit readership-the opposite is needed right now. #ukkidlit #kidlituk podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...

Getting Storyshaped With Nathanael (Nate) Lessore

Podcast Episode · Storyshaped · 06/11/2025 · 1h 3m

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Suggested reading list of books for 12 year olds. Authors include Mark Haddon, KM Peyton, Anne Cassidy and William Golding #ukedchat schoolreadinglist.co.uk/reading-list... #YAlit

Year 8 recommended reading list for children aged 12-13

Year 8 reading books - a selection of exciting easy reads and challenging titles, suitable for Year 8 pupils in secondary schools aged 12-13.

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We are delighted to announce the shortlist for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation in 2025! "Each of these books arrives in English in expert and accessible translations that honour the art and voice of their original authors." tinyurl.com/f9sccz4v

Illustration of the day from A Place of a Thousand Wishes by Sarah Merrett. The hero suspended in a ballon over the raging sea! #KidLit #Fiction #fantasy

Sign up for the Spark! School Book Award by 28 November and you'll receive TWO sets of the shortlisted books instead of one! Don't miss out...sign up now: sparkbookawards.co.uk/schools/scho...

Elon Musk has just suspended our X account—we're a danger to those who presently control the world, feeling honoured—building our hopes on Bluesky—please Repost Follow indie publisher of fine books #books #Fiction #chilrensbooks @louiestowell.bsky.social