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Tanja at Good Night To Read @gntread24.bsky.social · Nov 21

Introduce yourself using four of your favourite childhood books.
Inspired by
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@carnegiemedals.bsky.social #UKKidLit #YA #AmaraSage @faberbooks.bsky.social #BodyImage #ToxicDating #BookBloggers #Librarians #BookHaikus
gntread24.bsky.social Tanja at Good Night To Read @gntread24.bsky.social · 1d
Celebrating @carnegiemedals.bsky.social 2026 nominations with a #bookhaiku a day #YA

Exploding diet/
myths with strength and sass,
though vulnerable,

Saffron celebrates
the power of self expression
body beautiful

overcoming pain
and toxic relationships
to become self aware.
Orange background. Body beautiful girl with attitude and curly blonde hair with fizz dressed in animal print top and cargo pants. Yellow and green Carnegie board
November 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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Celebrating @carnegiemedals.bsky.social 2026 nominations with a #bookhaiku a day #YA

Exploding diet/
myths with strength and sass,
though vulnerable,

Saffron celebrates
the power of self expression
body beautiful

overcoming pain
and toxic relationships
to become self aware.
Orange background. Body beautiful girl with attitude and curly blonde hair with fizz dressed in animal print top and cargo pants. Yellow and green Carnegie board
November 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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#BookBloggers @jacquisydney.bsky.social @vonprice.bsky.social @hfj0108.bsky.social @hookablebooks.bsky.social #Librarians #Authors #BookCommunity challenge- #CrimeandMystery titles in different styles using London train stations. My contribution- Don’t Get Off at Bank 🔎
November 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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#TheFeatheredBook by @charlienutbrown.bsky.social illustrated by #ewabeniakharemska & published by @everywithwords.bsky.social is brilliant! Think: The Wind In The Willows meets The Name of The Rose!
#UkKidLit
Here’s my review👇

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MG Fiction Review: The Feathered Book by Charlie Nutbrown, illustrated by Ewa Beniak-Haremska
Cover image by Holly Ovenden, published September 2025 by Everything With Words, ISBN:978-1911427476 The Feathered Book is a magnificent middle grade debut by author Charlie Nutbrown, with internal…
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November 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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#SundayBookChat What are your WWWs #bookbloggers & #librarians @vonprice.bsky.social @slatterymr.bsky.social @hookablebooks.bsky.social @hfj0108.bsky.social @jacquisydney.bsky.social @blikablika.bsky.social @stpaulslibraryni.bsky.social
gntread24.bsky.social Tanja at Good Night To Read @gntread24.bsky.social · 2d
📚WWW meme- What I’ve just read, What I’m currently reading and what I am reading next. 📚#bookbloggers #librarians @carnegiemedals.bsky.social #UKKidLit #Libraries #New York #Historicalfiction #MG #animaladventures 🦁#fantasy
Savannah landscape. Orange, purple and blue shadows. Sky with streaks of orange and blue. Flying birds in silhouette. Trees. Cute golden haired lion cub with hazel eyes in foreground. Woman with red hair in up style dressed in yellow reading a book walking away from grand building with marble frontage in Beaux Arts architecture style with pillars, arched window & stained glass. Different hues of deep blue , sky blue and turquoise representing rain clouds. Droplets. Title in bold letters of contrasting shades of blue.
November 23, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Do read and share! Free and worth debating the individual- social and reflective ways forward rb.gy/4ih4ez @profsarahmcg.bsky.social @kashleyenglish.bsky.social @openuni-rfp.bsky.social @debbiethomas.bsky.social @debrakidd.bsky.social as well as the evidence on the associated benefits of reading!
July 2, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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📚WWW meme- What I’ve just read, What I’m currently reading and what I am reading next. 📚#bookbloggers #librarians @carnegiemedals.bsky.social #UKKidLit #Libraries #New York #Historicalfiction #MG #animaladventures 🦁#fantasy
Savannah landscape. Orange, purple and blue shadows. Sky with streaks of orange and blue. Flying birds in silhouette. Trees. Cute golden haired lion cub with hazel eyes in foreground. Woman with red hair in up style dressed in yellow reading a book walking away from grand building with marble frontage in Beaux Arts architecture style with pillars, arched window & stained glass. Different hues of deep blue , sky blue and turquoise representing rain clouds. Droplets. Title in bold letters of contrasting shades of blue.
November 23, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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Ticklepenny and Pecksniff descend the library steps. An illustration by Ewa Beniak-Haremska from The Feathered Book

#illustrations #kidlit #kidlituk #UKKidlit #booksky #childrensbooks
A dormouse and and a squirrel descend a flight of steps in a library inside a tree
November 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Light, shade & angles. #NaturePhotography #RiverLagan #Mindfulness #ScenicNI
Grey bridge, light bars, arches, reflections. Golden light, Green foliage.
November 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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All obvious ones, but some of the greatest children’s writers ever were Scottish, including J.M. Barrie, Kenneth Grahame, R. M. Ballantyne, Eric Linklater, and Robert Louis Stevenson.

#BookWeekScotland #KidsBookFriday #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson The Coral Island by R.M. Ballantyne
November 21, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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Celebrating @carnegiemedals.bsky.social 2026 nominations with a #bookhaiku a day
@andersenpress.bsky.social 📚 A vivid portrait
of India singing with
authentic voices

a love song to crafts,
diverse cultures and friendships,
suddenly ruptured
#historicalfiction #UKKidLit
Indian setting. Three children from different religions pictured against backdrop of train and iconic buildings. White, gold, green and brown as predominant shades with some dusky purple seeping in. Yellow & green Carnegie colours. Nominations board.
November 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Celebrating @carnegiemedals.bsky.social @chrisvickwrites.bsky.social @zephyrbooks.bsky.social 2026 nominations with a #bookhaiku a day #ShadowCreatures 📚 Authentic living
history shines through a war /time tale of courage,
Children running through snowy wood beside blue lake. Pink glow. Blue sky lit with yellow stripes. Fighter plane. Shadows across landscape. Frosty branches. Author beside book cover as previously described. Norwegian heritage. Green & yellow Carnegie banner.
November 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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It’s National Non-fiction November #NNFN so today I am reviewing the children’s version of #TinaTheDogWhoChangedTheWorld by @niallharbison.bsky.social published by @farshorebooks.bsky.social
#UkKidLit

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#NNFN: Tina The Dog Who Changed the World by Niall Harbison
Cover image by Happy Doggo and Shutterstock, Published by Farshore, 6 November 2025, ISBN: 978-0008798864 Tina The Dog Who Changed the World is a book which I am sure will delight many readers aged…
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November 16, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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@peterburnsauthor.bsky.social I really enjoyed reading #ShadowThieves It was exhilarating. I’ve reviewed it here.
November 14, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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@peterburnsauthor.bsky.social #bookhaiku
gntread24.bsky.social Tanja at Good Night To Read @gntread24.bsky.social · 11d
Action, danger and
surprises quickly follow as he picks up skills.

Can he help his friends or will he run out of time as villains threaten.

Cinematic read
full of shocks and thrills,
exciting writing

skilful world building
intriguing plot and cool scenes
so entertaining.
📚
November 14, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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@carnegiemedals.bsky.social #UKKidLit
gntread24.bsky.social Tanja at Good Night To Read @gntread24.bsky.social · 11d
@carnegiemedals 2026 nominations with a #bookhaiku a day @peterburnsauthor.bsky.social @farshorebooks.bsky.social 📚Plucky orphan Tom
enters a world of secrets
when he takes a chance

to escape hardship
by accepting an offer
that will change his life.
November 14, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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@carnegiemedals 2026 nominations with a #bookhaiku a day @peterburnsauthor.bsky.social @farshorebooks.bsky.social 📚Plucky orphan Tom
enters a world of secrets
when he takes a chance

to escape hardship
by accepting an offer
that will change his life.
November 14, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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#KidLit #KidLitUK #BookSky
booksforkeeps.bsky.social Books for Keeps, the online children's books review journal @booksforkeeps.bsky.social · 12d
Out now! #BfK275, our seasonal special & it's a bumper issue: Books of the Year, unmissable gift guides incl #poetry & non-fiction. Authorgraph interview with Christopher Edge, Petr Horacek Windows into #Illustration, Nicolette Jones interviews Lauren Child 🎁🎁🎁

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Cover of the November issue of Books for Keeps featuring artwork by Lauren Child from her new book I am Wishing Every Minute for Christmas, listing the contents including Authorgraph interview with Christopher Edge, Windows into Illustration with Petr Horacek, and our unmissable Christmas gift guides.
November 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Celebrating @carnegiemedals.bsky.social with a #bookhaiku a day #ALanguageofDragons #SFWilliamson @harpercollins.bsky.social 🐉 Exhilarating
epic dragon adventure
as a polyglot
despairing teen takes
a mysterious job where
she will need her wits
Blue,gold, orange. Dragon 🐉 with purple wings breaking out of gold circle set against fiery London sky. Tail wrapped around top of building & emerging in a smaller gold circle at side of cover. Green & yellow Carnegie Medal nomination board.
November 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Celebrating @carnegiemedals 2026 nominations with a #bookhaiku a day #TraumaLand by #JoshSilver @rocktheboatnews.bsky.social Vulnerable teen
impulsively follows a
rabbit while trying

to recall feelings
and to remember the past,
falling into a
Black cover with pink rabbit with a demonic stare. Green & yellow Carnegie nomination board.
November 12, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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🥳@carnegiemedals.bsky.social 2026 nominations with a #bookhaiku a day A fantastical
lyrical own voice set in an atmospheric

small town in Ireland
exploring psychology
and identity.

Working through the pain
of prejudice shifting through
the surreal towards light.
November 11, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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Celebrating @carnegiemedals.bsky.social 2026 nominations with a #bookhaiku a day #Birdie
@andersenpress Lonely and troubled
girl relocated to a
small mining village

Big hearted Birdie
faces prejudice and finds
a pony in need.

Risking all to save
neglected Mr Duke
alone in the dark.
November 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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🥳@carnegiemedals.bsky.social 2026 noms with a #bookhaiku a day @grainneobrien.bsky.social 🎼Recorder girl, so
fragile as her heart breaks in
two, disconnected

from the cadences
of music flowing through her
fingers, can friendship

and family help
Daisy heal from the
pain of betrayal
Girl hanging off a white recorder. Peach background. Author in green standing in front of pink background holding novel with peach cover. Central image of girl hanging off a white recorder. Green & Yellow Carnegie nomination background.
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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#BookHaiku a day Totally Gothic
a chilly mist crawls across
a lake of secrets

Beside a spooky
school with creepy staff,
fragile memories

trapped, set new pupil
Rosella on Edge ,
eerie Black Roses #CarnegieMedals
#Gothic
Creepy green lake. Black rose. Floating black silhouette. Midnight blue sky. Full moon, Green, black, blue. School on shore of eerie lake. Leaves. Black rose. Floating figure in black. Blurb of book in white. Black & white photograph of author. Green & yellow Carnegie nomination board
November 8, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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@mariannedoherty.bsky.social #KidsBooksFriday #NonFictionNovember #UKKidLit #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks #Music #Nature #Football
Green, purple, pink, violet, yellow, orange against black background. Colourful border around title. Yellow background. Red & black. Fist around a mike. Blue background. Geometric face of wolf. Green background of football field. Ronaldo in white. Messi in red and blue stripe. Active shots.
November 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM