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Butterfly Books @butterflybooks.bsky.social · 14d

New season, new look? 👀

Our official site has been gifted with a fresh lick of paint as Butterfly Books enters a new chapter of our journey.

Want to see more? Head over to www.butterflybooks.co.uk and have a look around!

#ReadaNewBookMonth #butterflybooks

Butterfly Books - Inclusive Children's Book Store

Discover inclusive children's picture books that challenge gender stereotypes in careers at Butterfly Books. Empower children with diverse stories.

www.butterflybooks.co.uk

Butterfly Books @butterflybooks.bsky.social · 16d

Massive congrats to England manager Sarina Wiegman for winning women's coach of the year at the 2025 Ballon d'Or awards, and England ‘keeper Hannah Hampton for scooping the Yashin Trophy for best goalkeeper – both Euros 2025 heroes who are inspiring the next generation of champions!

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Butterfly Books @butterflybooks.bsky.social · 20d

With it being National Neonatal Nurses Week and #WorldGratitudeDay on the 21st, we can’t pass up the chance to express our many gratitudes, but also to the essential and hardworking nurses who helped inspire one of our books.

Who or what are you grateful for? Let us know!

#NeonatalNursesWeek

The cover to My Daddy is a Nurse, which shows a group of patients of different ages and races standing in front of a tree, next to the titular Daddy and his daughter.

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Butterfly Books @butterflybooks.bsky.social · 23d

Struggling to find some new books for your little ones during #ReadanEbookDay in #ReadaNewBookMonth? Why not try Oxford Owl’s massive, diverse and free ebook library, ideal for kids aged 3 to 11 years-old?

Sign up here: www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/fin...

#ReadaBookDay #kidlit #ReadingisFun #books

Free eBook library | Oxford Owl from Oxford University Press

Browse our library of free children’s eBooks to read with your child including Oxford Reading Tree adventures with Biff, Chip and Kipper.

www.oxfordowl.co.uk

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Butterfly Books @butterflybooks.bsky.social · 27d

With your little ones back to school, how about a little fun for Colouring Day?

We have some handy activities you can download for free from our official site – head on over and enjoy!

butterflybooks.co.uk/for-kids

#NationalColoringDay #butterflybooks #KidLit

A screengrab of the Kids page from the Butterfly Books site, which says:

Become the Best Illustrator!
Do you love drawing and colouring? So do we! We’ve created a blank illustration so you can show off your creativity and create your own Butterfly Books’ picture.

Illustrators work to create our books, drawing our characters and creating stories. Being creative is super important, and even better, it’s great fun too.

Download our PDF below, get your markers and colouring pencils out and get creative. Don’t forget to engage with us on social media, and show us how great of an illustrator you are!

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Butterfly Books @butterflybooks.bsky.social · Sep 8

The emergency services have inspired two of our books to date, so today - Emergency Services Day – gives us all the chance to express our gratitude and love to these essential, dedicated and courageous people who keep us safe in so many ways.

#EmergencyServicesDay #butterflybooks

Butterfly Books @butterflybooks.bsky.social · Sep 5

With National Read a Book Day, Buy a Book Day AND Literacy Day all incoming, there’s no excuse to not pick up a new book or talk about your favourites – so tell us which fresh books or beloved stories are on your radar right now!

#NationalReadaBookDay #BuyaBookDay #LiteracyDay #ButterflyBooks

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Butterfly Books @butterflybooks.bsky.social · Sep 2

Did you know that September is officially the International Month of Black Women in the Arts? The perfect time to give an always well deserved shout out to our co-founder/co-author Kerrine Bryan – why not join us!

#WomenInSTEM #DiversityInTech #FemaleRoleModels #butterflybooks

Co-founder / co-author Kerrine behind a table full of Butterfly Books' titles, flanked by blue balloons

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Butterfly Books @butterflybooks.bsky.social · Aug 29

Does your little ones need a boost when it comes to reading, writing & numeracy? Then Literacy & Numeracy Week is the perfect time to give them the support they might need, and celebrate these vital skills.

Visit our Activities page to get involved!

butterflybooks.co.uk/activities/

Activities - Butterfly Books

Check out our fun range of free activities below. Try all of our activities, then engage with us on social media showing us all of your amazing work

butterflybooks.co.uk

Butterfly Books @butterflybooks.bsky.social · Aug 26

Who is your UK Sportswoman of the Century? 🏆

BBC Sport is running one of its biggest ever awards to discover who you think deserves the honour of being crowned UK sportswoman of the 21st Century.

Vote for your top 3 before this Friday via www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articl...

Who is your UK sportswoman of the 21st Century?

We're inviting you to decide which athlete deserves the title of UK sportswoman of the 21st Century.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Butterfly Books @butterflybooks.bsky.social · Aug 19

Given that Butterfly Books is Black owned, run and written, we’re naturally big fans of #NationalBlackBusinessMonth – so how about spreading the love and shouting out any other Black businesses you know and want to promote in the comments below?

#celebration #inclusion #diversity

An image from the Butterfly Books About Us page which says:

Who We Are
Butterfly Books publish career themed children’s picture books and was founded by brother and sister duo Kerrine Bryan and Jason Bryan.
As a chartered electrical engineer, Kerrine remembers the misconceptions and lack of knowledge about engineering as a profession when she was at school. Kerrine and Jason came together to challenge that lack of knowledge, and the stigma of gender bias in a new and exciting way.

Butterfly Books write and sell books that address gender bias in professions.

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Butterfly Books @butterflybooks.bsky.social · Aug 15

This weekend brings the arrival of another Tell a Joke Day, which means we’ve got an (appropriately science based) joke for you to kick things off:

Q: Why can’t you trust an atom?

A: Because they make up everything!

We’re sure you can do better, so tell us your best jokes and japes below!

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Butterfly Books @butterflybooks.bsky.social · Aug 12

With National Science Week hitting during the school holidays, there’s no better time to introduce your little ones to My Mummy is a Scientist and My Mummy is an Engineer – a whole world of science fun awaits!

butterflybooks.co.uk/shop

#NationalScienceWeek #kidlit #butterflybooks

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Butterfly Books @butterflybooks.bsky.social · Aug 7

While we wait on tenterhooks to see if we’ll scoop a Small Business of the Year gong at next month’s Black Talent Awards, we’re delighted to get a shout out in an article about the Awards in The Voice!

www.voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-news...

#BTA2025 #BlackTalentAwards #BlackExcellence

Finalists announced for awards celebrating UK Black excellence - Voice Online

The Evenfields Black Talent Awards (BTA) is shining a spotlight on outstanding Black professionals across the UK.

www.voice-online.co.uk

Butterfly Books @butterflybooks.bsky.social · Aug 5

With #FarmworkerAppreciationDay and #ProfessionalEngineersDay here, let’s take a moment to give a big thank you to these brilliant workers who have inspired not one, but two of our books – obviously including our cofounder and engineer Kerrine!

#butterflybooks #inspiring #kidlit

Butterfly Books @butterflybooks.bsky.social · Jul 31

It’s the school holidays, so with National Colouring Book Day coming this weekend, why not give the kids a chance to show off their creativity by downloading a page from one of our books to colour in?

butterflybooks.co.uk/activities/

#colouringbookday #bookloversday #butterflybooks

Activities - Butterfly Books

Check out our fun range of free activities below. Try all of our activities, then engage with us on social media showing us all of your amazing work

butterflybooks.co.uk

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Butterfly Books @butterflybooks.bsky.social · Jul 29

It’s Paperback Book Day on the 30th, and we’re never shy about our book recommendations – but what are you reading right now and what are your favourite books that you’d suggest everyone should read? 📚

#PaperbackBookDay #kidsbooks #butterflybooks #children #childrensbook #ReadingisFun #books

An image where two people are sitting on a pile of books, reading, with a green background. The text says:

Paperback book day
What are your favourite books?

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Butterfly Books @butterflybooks.bsky.social · Jul 28

They did it! 🎉🔥🏆

Biggest congrats to England on winning Euro 2025, what an incredible achievement – the inspirational Lionesses have gone back-to-back and brought the trophy home once again!

#MyMummyisaFootballer #Euros #WEURO2025 #Lionesses

An image showing the Women's Euros 2025 final fixture of England vs Spain 1-1, 3-1 on penalties) and an image from My Mummy is a Footballer where a crowd are playing instruments and celebrating, with the rhymes:

My mummy is a footballer!
Her team are on the up.
We will score so many goals,
and then we'll lift the cup!

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Butterfly Books @butterflybooks.bsky.social · Jul 25

After another stunning comeback, it all comes down to the last match – England faces Spain in yet another big final between the two sides, which promises to be a stunner!

Wishing all of the luck to the mighty lionesses this Sunday, we’re all behind you!

#WEURO2025 #Lionesses

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Butterfly Books @butterflybooks.bsky.social · Jul 22

We’re into the business end of Euro 2025 now, with England’s thrilling comeback and penalties against Sweden last week leading to tonight’s massive semi-final against Italy! Best of luck to the mighty Lionesses - we’ll be watching, will you?

#MyMummyisaFootballer #Euros #WEURO2025 #Lionesses

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Butterfly Books @butterflybooks.bsky.social · Jul 17

Massive luck going out to England against Sweden tonight in Euro 2025 – we’re hoping they’ll progress to the semi-finals, especially given we’ll all be celebrating the appropriately timed #NationalFootballDay on the 19th! What’s been your favourite football memory or experience? Tell us below!

Butterfly Books @butterflybooks.bsky.social · Jul 15

With Wales now sadly out, all hopes are pinned on England to get something from Euro 2025 with a tough quarter final against Sweden this Thursday! Let’s cheer them on to the semis, and get one step closer to retaining the trophy! ⚽🏆

#Lionesses #MyMummyisaFootballer #Euros #WEURO2025

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Butterfly Books @butterflybooks.bsky.social · Jul 11

This is it – tomorrow is the big one of the group stages. With England a win off qualifying, and Wales fighting for results to go in their favour, this match between them is massive. Where will you be watching? ⚽🏆

#MyMummyisaFootballer #Euros #WEURO2025 #celebration #kidlit

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Butterfly Books @butterflybooks.bsky.social · Jul 8

So our teams didn’t get off to the best of starts over the weekend in their opening Euro 2025 matches, but it’s still all to play for – so let’s cheer on England vs Netherlands, and Wales vs France for Wednesday! ⚽🏆

#MyMummyisaFootballer #Euros #WEURO2025 #butterflybooks

Butterfly Books @butterflybooks.bsky.social · Jul 4

With Euro 2025 kicking off in fine style, we’re looking forward to seeing England and Wales in action this weekend, against France and Netherlands, respectively.

Wishing them the best of luck – and will be keeping tabs on their progress in the coming week! ⚽🏆

#Euros #WEURO2025

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