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...

✨️ Exciting news! ✨️ The latest edition of The Children's Writers' & Artists' Yearbook is out this Thursday. It has everything you need to know about children's publishing. It's packed with practical advice and inspiring articles, including one by ME 🤩 @writersandartists.bsky.social

💙📚 Aloha #newbooksday Friday! 🥳🍍 @sgorasiachapman.bsky.social @susannarumiz.bsky.social @sylviekant.bsky.social @julieclarkauthor.bsky.social @meganabbott.bsky.social @kelleyarmstrong.bsky.social @greenwell.bsky.social @patagoniabooks.bsky.social @badasscrossstitch.bsky.social

It's publication day for #TheMathsAdventurers MAKE A DIFFERENCE ✨️ ✏️ Words by me 🎨 Pictures by @susannarumiz.bsky.social 📚 Published by DK Books This is my 12th(!!) book and I managed to sneak all my kids names in! 🤩

📢 NEW: Our #ReadingRights report with Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social is out now! It shares 5 focus areas that will turn the tide on reading inequality and unveils plans for our City of Stories place-based pilot: www.booktrust.org.uk/about-us/rea...

So proud to be part of this wonderful series ❤️

Sam Evans@samevans.bsky.social · last yr.

Looking back to this time last week when #Readerful won the ERA Award for best Primary Resource or Equipment Non-ICT. 👏🏆 Fantastic recognition for the OUP Primary Literacy team and all the amazing authors & illustrators who've worked on the Readerful series! 🥳📚✨ #UKEd #EduSky #KidLitUK

🤖Beep and Boots are planning a school fair to raise money for their library 📚️ ⁠Are you coming? Book 6 of THE MATHS ADVENTURERS series is out on 5th June 2025! 🥳⁠ ⁠ Written by @sgorasiachapman.bsky.social Published by @dkbooks.bsky.social ⁠ #illustration #picturebook #kidlitart #stemeducation

Happy Easter!🐣 If you like books with your chocolate, my YA supernatural romcom #CloudNine ☁️💘 is on a kindle deal this week - a bargain at just £1.69. Why not treat yourself? 😋 #Easter @tbpagency.bsky.social

✨️NEW BOOK!!✨️ Book 6 of THE MATHS ADVENTURERS series is out on 5th June 2025! When Beep and Boots notice that their library needs more books, they arrange a school fair to buy some more. Can they raise enough money to fill the library? Illustrated by @susannarumiz.bsky.social

The Government is siding with big tech over British creativity. Today is the FINAL chance to respond to their consultation on AI and copyright. Let's make sure creators' voices are heard. Guidance below 👇 #MakeItFair #PayTheCreator www.alcs.co.uk/news/your-ri...

This is very urgent. The UK government is planning to change copyright law. If you are an artist, author, musician or work in the creative industry please read this. www.chrishaughton.com/blog/ai-and-...

I’m thrilled to support the charitable drive #ReadItForward. Buy any children’s book from @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social this Feb, & 10% will be donated to @booktrust.org.uk & @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social, so you can support indie bookshops & do good at the same time uk.bookshop.org/a/13437/9780...

It's PLR time! Thank you to everyone who borrowed one of my books last year. Over 2000 times! And thank you to all the wonderful libraries that put them on their shelves. 🙏🏾📚😍 In case you didn't know, authors & illustrators get paid every time you borrow a book from the library!

"Oh, what a shame you're 'just a children's bookshop." We hear this all too often. 📚 Children and teens deserve spaces and shops for them 📚 Children's and YA books change lives. It's not a shame we're a children's bookshop. It's a beautiful thing 💕

Would love all of my book-loving followers to give this a share (& sign up) - my new reader-facing newsletter As Seen On Booktok - as well as showcasing the BIG books, will also incl quieter books that booktokers love (in translation, short stories, debuts etc) asseenonbooktok.meetthebooktokers.com

MTBT - As Seen On Booktok

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Early Career children's authors (1-3 books) in: - Bromley - Greenwich - Wandsworth - Dudley - Lincolnshire Ask your publisher to nominate you for this great opportunity with local libraries – closes Jan 10th! #ukkidlit www.better.org.uk/library/gll-...

I asked a child what their fave book from last year was and their answer was a series that was published about a decade ago. A good reminder that a book is always new to a child who hasn't read it. The constant publishing hustle for novelty has nothing to do with what children want. #KidLitUK

MERRY BETWIXTMAS LADS and especially to everyone that got a kindle for Christmas because it’s only just over a quid today! BARGAIN amzn.eu/d/d5UKT5V

Exciting news! My book GIGANTIC is going to be read as the CBeebies Bedtime Story on New Year's Day by none other than the current undisputed WWE Champion of the World... Cody Rhodes! SMACKDOWN!! #bedtimestories #cbeebies #WWE #codyrhodes @cbeebies.bsky.social

I'm currently @booktrust.bsky.social Writer in Residence, championing reading for pleasure for children facing challenging circumstances. Picture books can start, shape and soothe conversations about tough subjects.

Rashmi Sirdeshpande@rashmiwriting.bsky.social · 2y ago

"Picture books are often quite undervalued, and sometimes seen as a stepping stone to 'proper reading'. But picture books can be transgressive and beautiful and complex." - @lawrencepatrice.bsky.social. ALL OF THIS! www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-fea...

It's Small Business Saturday! Buy ANY book book this weekend and you could win a £250 gift card! Every sale supports independent bookshops. Shop small, think big 📚 uk.bookshop.org/lists/win-a-...

I'm offering 3 hours of free picture book mentoring for a UK based writer whose voice is underrepresented in children's publishing. Please help me spread the word by sharing this post. Full details of how to apply are here: naomiandjamesjones.substack.com/p/free-pictu...

Free picture book mentoring

For an underrepresented writer

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Hello! It’s #smallbusinesssaturday today! Please support your local businesses - it’s been a tough year and every little sale helps. Billionaires don’t need any more money! Look for small businesses online. If you're in the UK, find us @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social uk.bookshop.org/shop/WedaleB...

I have exciting news! My new picture book, LITTLE SPRUCE is on CBeebies Bedtime Stories tonight! 6.50pm or catch up on iPlayer 🤩 #BedtimeStories #KidlitUK

I’m just an author, standing in front of the internet reminding everyone that: 1. Authors are small businesses 2. Books make amazing holiday gifts that keep giving 3. You can support authors, illustrators, *and* indie bookstores by shopping small this season! Win, win, WIN! #KidLitMegaFeed

If you're looking for an Indie Bookshop to spend your Christmas monies in this is a growing directory that could guide you to a local one this time of year is the time that most businesses make most their money. #ShopLocal #ShopIndie #ChooseBookshops

Big Bearded Spookseller@bigbeardedbookseller.com · 2y ago

I also run www.indiebookshops.com where there is a growing directory of Independent Bookshops and the #BrowseABookshop feature which is an indie bookshop q&a series

For the first time in its history, the annual CLPE #ReflectingRealities survey, funded by Arts Council England, reports an overall drop in the percentage of racially minoritised characters featured in published children’s books reviewed – from 30% in 2022 to 17% in 2023

The report shows the number of racially minoritised main characters has dropped by half to 7% in 2023, compared to 14% in 2022.

Librarians, parents, teachers! You’ll be swamped with Wicked book requests. BUT the 📖 is very different from the📽️ & contains mature content unsuitable for kids ⚠️So here are some kid-friendly, witchy recs to go with their fave songs. Why not put on a wickedly cool shelf? 👀✨👇🏽