Lesley Parr
@lesleyparr.bsky.social
Author: Bloomsbury Children's, Barrington Stoke Rep: Sam Copeland at RCW Made of Port Talbot steel Chopsy lesleyparr.com
Looking to help your child with back to school worries? From new classmates to changing daily routines, returning to school after the holidays can be an intimidating prospect for children of all ages. We've put together a list of 15 books to calm back-to-school nerves: collins.co.uk/blogs/barrin...
The “top left-hand corner of Wales” - will forever be the land of Ivor the Engine
The caption under that photo has now been changed to “… which protestors believed was being used to house asylum seekers”. BBC News hasn’t noted the change.
Mic Wright@brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 5d agoThis is truly execrable reporting from the BBC on the racist disorder in Thetford. “…amid fears they were being used to house asylum seekers.” What were those “fears” and why are you giving them this implicitly legitimacy?
Thornhill, by Pam Smy, has been around for a while now. It's one of my favourite YA books, telling two tragic stories set 35 years apart. One is told through a diary, the other through wonderfully Gothic illustrations. It's dark, haunting and an absolute masterpiece. Perfect for KS3.
How do you do that with paint? The mastery of artist Harry Wingfield. ‘Milk’ Third Picture Book (1973)
The HarperCollins UK summer sale is on! Get 40% off across everything when you use code SUMMER40 at checkout, including Barrington Stoke books. Explore the books at harpercollins.co.uk/discount/SUM.... Offer ends 16th August.
Hubs sent me this video from Facebook and it's made my entire life better so I screen-recorded it so y'all can partake in the goat joy. Happy Friday! ☺️
Ladybird book in the spotlight. The first ‘Peter and Jane’ book (1964) Artist: Harry Wingfield
The latest Children's Poetry Summit blog from @charliehacking.bsky.social, Finding Every Child's Voice, is one not to miss. 'Once children discover that their voice matters, there is no telling where it might take them.' childrenspoetrysummit.com/2026/07/23/c...
Misogynistic attitudes and gender-based aggression are on the rise in schools and in society. Books alone obviously can't be the solution, but they can certainly help. Here are just a few that I've read or used in the classroom over the past few years. Please feel free to add more.
Ladybird book in the spotlight. ‘Beaky the Greedy Duck’ Artist: PB Hickling
The modern world in old Ladybird books. The mail train Artist: John Berry (The Postman, 1965)
"And the prime minister's car just driving up the Mall now, all four wheels on the ground, propelled possibly by an internal combustion engine, Keir Starmer and Lady Victoria no doubt in the back, continuing to respirate and draw oxygen into their lungs, on this unusually sunny..."
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Liz Brizzi, from Milo and Twig, a story told by an injured bird about a boy who nurses him better and then sets him free. Post Wave 16 July. The nostalgic style (using digitised drawing) turns an old-fashioned street into a satisfying pattern. @postwavebooks.bsky.social
The creator of Roger Rabbit (who is 85 years old by the way) is a good sort Crossposted with @openvibe.social
As an academic, I have decided to pre-empt AI taking my job, so I am going to take ITS job! I am going to start hallucinating, lying to my students, and drinking 700,000 litres of water
Calling all reviewers! Carnegie Medal winning author @tanyalandman.bsky.social's new accessible retelling of #AnimalFarm is now available to request on NetGalley: www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book... Available until 30th July.
From ‘Outstanding’ and a good reminder that investing in the arts is a win-win, not a lose-lose, proposition.
'Leaving the moon' From; ‘Exploring Space’ - first published in 1964 - 5 years before the moon landing- so they were guessing what it would be like. Artists: B Knight
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"My side won by cheating". Anti-choice activists have started saying the quiet part out loud🚨
Beautiful everyday Ladybird things. The cotton-reel tank/tractor (Toys and Games to Make, 1966) Artist: Robert Ayton
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