WIN 50 PUSHKIN CHILDREN’S BOOKS of your choice for your school! Every child deserves a classroom of books. In celebration of the National Year of Reading 2026, Pushkin Children’s is helping to make that happen. We’re gifting 500 books – 50 to 10 state primary schools across the UK.

@pushkinchildrens.bsky.social has launched a nationwide book-donation campaign for state primary schools as part of the National Year of Reading. 👇

Pushkin Children’s to donate 500 books to primary schools

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We're looking for a senior/commissioning children's editor! Come join our team 🎈 pushkinpress.com/were-hiring-...

We’re Hiring – Senior/Commissioning Children’s Editor – Pushkin Press

For the first time since the imprint’s founding 14 years ago, Pushkin Children’s Books is seeking a full-time in-house Senior Editor/Commissioning Editor.

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We're hiring a senior children's editor/commissioning editor for Pushkin Children's Books. If you are creative, entrepreneurial, with strong editorial vision and experience commissioning globally, we'd love to welcome you to the team. Apply here: jobs.thebookseller.com/career/28901...

#BookPosse new book coming in from out of the book ocean. Love the back of this book it says “Think Remarkable Bright Creatures for children”. About being a good friend to the planet, animals, people and ourselves. @amydominy.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social

Tune in next week to hear from Carnegie-shortlisted author & illustrator Kengo Kurimoto: ▶️ www.scholastic.co.uk//Kengo-Kurim... @carnegiemedals.bsky.social @kengokurimoto.bsky.social

A great big HELLO and WELCOME to Amy Fellner Dominy who joins me in The Reading Realm to talk about her new book MONSTER DOWN DEEP… thereadingrealm.co.uk/2026/02/10/m... @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social #KidLit #BookSky

MONSTER DOWN DEEP: An interview with Amy Fellner Dominy - The Reading Realm

A great big HELLO and WELCOME to Amy Fellner Dominy who joins us in The Reading Realm to talk about her new book MONSTER DOWN DEEP… What is MONSTER DOWN DEEP about? Monster Down Deep is wondrous seasi...

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Congratulations to Kengo Kurimoto on his wonderful book WILDFUL making the 2026 Carnegies longlist! 🎉

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Announcing the longlist for the #Carnegies2026 Medal for Illustration!🏅🎨 Featuring lively colours and immersive mediums, these 19 works beautifully portray themes of identity, relationships, nature, and life’s journey. 📚🌟 https://carnegies.co.uk/2026-longlists-announced/

As an indie publisher, we LOVE indie bookstores, and so we're proud to support #ReadItForward 2026! Buy ANY children's book on Bookshop.org during February, and @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social will donate 10% to @booktrust.org.uk - you'll be supporting indie bookshops with every purchase!

Read It Forward with Bookshop.org

This February, we invite you to Read It Forward. 10% of all children's book sales through Bookshop.

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#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by John Devolle from Humans, a book of funny, flat, graphic images and few words, in the Big Science for Little Minds series. Look for the bats, flea, mouse, moth, spiders, seagull, badger, robin, chicken, other wildlife and pets. Pushkin 6 Nov. @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social

The Otherwhere Post is nominated for the Young Adult Fantasy and Sci-Fi Goodreads Choice Awards! pushkinpress.com/book/the-oth...

The Otherwhere Post by Emily J. Taylor | 9781782694427 | Pushkin Press

An electric new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Hotel Magnifique , which was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's book prize. Seven ye

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We're THRILLED that The Gnome Book has been shortlisted for @foylesforbooks.bsky.social Book of the Year! The gnomes feel so proud to have been recognised in our world 🍬

@TheBookerPrizes we're so excited about the announcement of the Children's Booker Prize! We can't wait for children's books to be recognised for the amazing works of art they are 🥳

The Booker Prizes@thebookerprizes.com · 10mo ago

For over 50 years, the Booker Prizes have recognised the best fiction for adults. Now, we're delighted to announce the Children’s Booker Prize, supported by AKO Foundation. Find out more: thebookerprizes.com/children

2026 is going to be an unmissable year for Pushkin Press Children's - preorder our future bestsellers with 25% off at Watertones.com now! @waterstones.bsky.social

A greater than ever guide, featuring Mika Song's One Smart Cookie, X Fang's We Are Definitely Human, and Kengo Kurimoto's Wildful!

BookTrust@booktrust.org.uk · 10mo ago

📚 NEW: The #GreatBooksGuide 2025-26 is here! The guide is packed with 100 reading recommendations, carefully curated to engage and excite children from 4 to 11. Explore the guide here 👇 https://bit.ly/46zY4Xx

Just finished reading THIRST by @darrensimpson44.bsky.social , published by @pushkinpress.com Coincidentally, this came out the same day as my book Britain’s Folklore Year Thirst is a dark and brooding YA novel deeply rooted in the folklore of rivers. Expect a feature and review soon on this

The WONDERFUL latest Books for Keeps reviews The Invisibles by @susiebower.bsky.social, Captain Danger and the Stupid Shadow by Victor Engbers, and The Otherwhere Post by Emily J Taylor 🥳

Books for Keeps, the children's books review journal@booksforkeeps.bsky.social · last yr.

Out now! #BfK273, our #summer special! Authorgraph interview Kenneth Oppel, Windows into Illustration Jarvis, new Beyond the Secret Garden, new Picture This, Nikesh Shukla on reading for pleasure + interviews, new #childrensbook reviews & more #KidLit #BookSky 😎 booksforkeeps.co.uk/issue/bfk-27...

I’m thrilled to welcome @hsnorup.bsky.social into The Reading Realm to talk about her wonderful new book THE CHANGELING CHILD, which is published by @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social! thereadingrealm.co.uk/2025/08/07/h... #KidLit #BookSky #PrimaryEduSky #KidLitUK

H.S Norup on the inspiration for THE CHANGELING CHILD and INTO THE FAERIE HILL - The Reading Realm

When I’m writing the first draft of a story, much of the work happens away from my desk. I think about the plot while I go for long walks or bake or cook. So, I thought it would be interesting to desc...

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Frank Cottrell Boyce recommended the AMAZING Queen of Freedom by Catherine Johnson on his summer book club this morning - listen now! (2.54.00) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... pushkinpress.com/book/queen-o...

Today - 28/07/2025 - BBC Sounds

News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.

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Piglettes by Clémentine Beauvais is 'witty, empowering and irresistibly bonkers', available NOW for all your summer holiday reading 🐽 www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...

The best children’s books for summer 2025

Our action-packed list will thrill readers whether they’re three or 13.

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'Fortune invariably favours the brave' in Journey Under the Sea, one of our 6 AMAZING choose-your-own adventure books. Go rediscover the remarkably 'fresh' format almost fifty years later 🎉 www.telegraph.co.uk/books/childr...

A charming love letter to misplaced umbrellas – and other new children’s books

Our critic rounds up the best new titles for young readers, from science and drama to old-fashioned tales of derring-do

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THRILLED to see Wildful by Kengo Kurimoto shortlisted for the Children's Wainwright Prize for Fiction! pushkinpress.com/book/wildful/

Wildful by Kengo Kurimoto | 9781782694892 | Pushkin Press

A beautiful graphic novel about nature and dealing with grief, perfect for fans of The Secret Garden , October, October and Greenwild . Nothing's been the same

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The Wainwright Prizes@wainwrightprize.bsky.social · last yr.

We’re excited to reveal the 2025 Children’s #WainwrightPrize for Fiction Shortlist! 🌿 Stories of wonder, courage and care. These authors inspire the next generation to imagine a better, wilder world. #StoriesThatConnect

Been eyeing our upcoming releases? Use the code SUMMER25 online at waterstones.com and on the app for 25% off when preordering Thirst, The Twelve paperback, and The Snow Fox and the Long, Long Night!

Check out the whole @susiebower.bsky.social collection! Published by @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social 📚😎

Introducing Pushkin Children’s Classics! Reading is never more ✨magical✨ than in childhood. That’s why we’re bringing you the most thrilling and inspiring children’s stories from around the world. Stay tuned for the six beloved titles we’re publishing on July 3rd 🥳

Our phenomenal author @londonbessie.bsky.social is running an unmissable FREE online workshop on writing children's fiction!! Perfect for aspiring authors 📚📚 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-ch...

Writing Children’s Fiction with Liz Hyder

Join our free workshop with Liz Hyder on writing children’s fiction—perfect for aspiring authors eager to craft stories for young readers!

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