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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We're hiring a full-time Designer to join our Character, Custom and Entertainment team! Visit the link for more details and to apply: walkerbooks.peoplehr.net/Pages/JobBoa... Applications close on the 11th August.

Happy International Tiger Day! 🐅 If you happen to be taking the train today be sure to keep an eye out for stripy tails, orange paws and sharp teeth! Do You See the Tiger is a delightful picture book about imagination, and one little girl's surprising adventure on a trip to London.

We're hiring a full-time Fiction Designer to join our Design team! Visit the link for more details and to apply - walkerbooks.peoplehr.net/Pages/JobBoa... Applications close on the 2nd August.

Search and Find: The Traitors has been nominated for the 2026 licensing award! We could not be more pleased - this has been a real passion project for the team at Walker Books 🧡 Thank you @all3media-int.bsky.social and The Traitors for your support and good luck to all the nominees! 6 m

🐋 WHALE SONG and 🦈 THE SILVER SHADOW have been longlisted for the children's @wainwrightprize.bsky.social! We're so pleased that these fish-themed picture books are being recognised for their wonderful craftsmanship 💫

We're hiring a full-time Production Controller to join our Production team! Visit the link in our bio to apply. Applications close Sunday 26th July.

Hilariously funny, with a highly relatable protagonist, Really Rubie: A Diary by Maddie Frost tells of Rubie’s unforgettable summer camp experience after bestie Riley can’t go with her. Out now for 8+ readers from @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/2026/07/05/r...

Really Rubie: A Diary by Maddie Frost

Cover artwork © 2026 Madison Frost Along with graphic novels/comic books, highly illustrated diary-style titles are enormously popular in school, with multiple copies of each frequently to be spott…

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Have you - or your child - ever wondered what to put in a survival kit? Or how to build a shelter in the Amazon? If not, then perhaps how to escape the World's Most Wanted Man?! Here's some perfect summer reading for adventures of ALL ages! @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social

It's July publication day! From tours, to time travel and tales from the shadow hunters universe, our books are perfect to devour in the sunshine 🌞

We're hiring a full-time Accounts Assistant to join our UK Finance team! Learn more and apply here: walkerbooks.peoplehr.net/Pages/JobBoa... Applications close Wednesday 1st July

We are so excited to share that SKIPSHOCK by Caroline O’Donoghue has been shortlisted for this year’s @yabookprize.bsky.social! Thanks to the judges at @thebookseller.com and @edbookfest.bsky.social for loving Margo and Moon’s story as much as we do 🌙 www.walker.co.uk/skipshock-by...

#NewIllustrationoftheDay by Atinuke from her board book M is for Mango. The mango tree with monkeys in it makes a gorgeous, richly coloured pattern, inviting scrutiny to spot the creatures and the fruit, and also encouraging counting and storytelling. Walker Books 5 June. @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social

We’ve partnered with @nationalbooktokens.bsky.social on a special Guess How Much I Love You-themed giveaway for Father’s Day, a perfect prize package to tell the father figure in your life that you love them to the moon – and back! 🌙 Enter here: nationalbooktokens.com/win/win-a-fa...

Win a special Father's Day gift edition of Guess How Much I Love You and a £50/€60 National Book Token

The prize includes a signed and numbered art print by illustrator Anita Jeram, and a men's skincare set from Horace.

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A lovely review in the Guardian! "This witty, stylishly drawn enemies-to-friends graphic novel elegantly subverts the “chosen one” trope, asking pointed questions about what happens after the final battle." www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int... @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social @bethfullerart.bsky.social

#BookReview: THE VICTORS by Wren James, illustrated by Beth Fuller @wrenjameswriter.bsky.social @bethfullerart.bsky.social @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social #UKYA sifaelizabethreads.wordpress.com/2026/06/14/b...

Book Review: THE VICTORS by Wren James, illustrated by Beth Fuller

A graphic novel about the aftermath of war on the chosen one

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History! It's a game the whole family can play on Sunday 28 June with @gregjenner.bsky.social! Grab your tickets now for the UK's biggest kids' book festival and join us for a fun family book adventure like no other!➡️ londonkidslitfest.org #youredeadtome @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social

#RefugeeWeek Beautifully empathetic & heartfelt stories full of colour,courage,hope & love in tough times #PictureBooks #UKKidLit @hachettechildrens.bsky.social @oxfordunipress.bsky.social @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social @flyingeyebooks.bsky.social #KidsBooksFriday @mariannedoherty.bsky.social

Meet a beetle with an unusual job in #DaveDontGiveUp @ofalafel.bsky.social @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social - with one little beetle’s hilarious final comment it’s #RedReadingHub’s #picturebook of the day reviewed on the blog wp.me/p11DI5-dR3

Dave, Don’t Give Up!

Dave, Don’t Give Up!Olaf FalafelWalker Books Dave is a beetle with a very strange job. He has to roll a massive ball of dung to the top of a very steep hill. Why you might wonder, but you’ll likely…

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Described as Skandarmeets the BFG,The Thing About Giants by Christopher Galvin looks and sounds incredible 🤩 Out now for 9+ readers, huge thanks go to @courtinabook.bsky.social @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social #KidlitUK #UKKidlit

#NewIllustrationoftheDay by Satoshi Kitamura from Pyramid Boy about a boy who travels in time to Ancient Egypt. Walker 4 June. In this eventful, angular, ink-&-watercolour spread he chases a cat from a museum through a sarcophagus into the blue & out again up a staircase. @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social

👀The doctor will see you now! Well maybe not RIGHT NOW but on Saturday 27 June you're still in with a chance of meeting Dr #RoopaFarooki here at the UK's biggest kids' book festival so get booking gang! 🎟️➡️ londonkidslitfest.org @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social

Review for #PrideMonth! Princess Pete – The Non-Binary Experience from a Child’s Eye Perspective in Zoey Allen and Frenci Sanna’s Delightful Children’s Book. Published by @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social www.brokenfrontier.com/princess-pete/

Princess Pete - The Non-Binary Experience from a Child's Eye Perspective in Zoey Allen and Frenci Sanna's Delightful Children's Book – Broken Frontier

For Pride Month Andy Oliver looks at Zoey Allen and Frenci Sanna's eloquent children's book 'Princess Pete'.

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We're hiring a Senior Production Controller to join our dynamic Production team! For more details and to apply visit our jobs board or click the link below walkerbooks.peoplehr.net/Pages/JobBoa... 📍London, Vauxhall 📆 Closing date: 17th June

We're excited to share that The Football Goat: Kane V. Bellingham is shortlisted for The Week Junior Book Awards! ⚽ #TheWeekJuniorBookAwards

✨ It's June publication day ✨ With beautiful picture books, page-turning fiction, and two new Where's Wally? books, we've got lots to offer this month.

The BooksForTopics 2026-27 Recommended Reads lists for each primary year group have launched today! www.booksfortopics.com/booklists/re... We are delighted to spot our titles among the new BooksForTopics Year Group lists ⭐

We're delighted to share that Oh Dear, Look What I Got! has been longlisted for the @booktrust.org.uk Storytime Prize 2027. 🐻🦜 Congratulations to our creators, Michael and Helen!

Watch this excellent video celebrating Margaret Brook, our Bookbug Hero for 2026. youtu.be/tzv5iYPhPXw?...

Margaret Brook wins Bookbug Hero 2026 award with Walker Books

YouTube video by Scottish Book Trust

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We are so pleased to continue our sponsorship of Scottish Book Trust's Bookbug Hero Award and celebrate Margaret Brook’s deserved win. ⭐

Scottish Book Trust@scottishbooktrust.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Margaret Brook, a volunteer at The STAR Project in Paisley, has been bringing books, songs and joy to families for over 12 years. And, in partnership with @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social, we think that is worth celebrating. Congratulations Margaret, you are our Bookbug Hero 2026! 🏆👏