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Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social · Jun 4

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Gwen Millward from Kerfuffle Bird by Helen Docherty, a picturebook about expressing bottled-up feelings. Neon tones, a scribbly line and an exuberant sense of fun. Paperback from Oxford Children’s Books 5 June. @oxfordchildrens.bsky.social @helendocherty.bsky.social

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Helen Docherty @helendocherty.bsky.social · Jun 2

✨🐦 KERFUFFLE BIRD is out this week!!! 🐦✨
Illustrated by Gwen Millward @oxfordchildrens.bsky.social

Huge thanks to Gerry Smith for the FAB Kerfuffle Bird song 🎵 & to @imogencarter.bsky.social @familyofbeasts.bsky.social @marcelafwrites.bsky.social for the reviews 💗💛💚

Available to pre-order now! 😍

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Scholastic UK @scholasticuk.bsky.social · May 28

Thrilled to have two fabulous books on the #BookTrustStorytime Prize 2026 longlist!

✨One Goose, Two Moose by @kaeltudor.bsky.social & Nicola Slater

✨Superwolf by @helendocherty.bsky.social & @thomasdocherty.bsky.social

Huge congrats!

BookTrust @booktrust.org.uk · May 28

✨ Our #BookTrustStorytime Prize 2026 longlist is here! ✨

The BookTrust Storytime Prize - part of our BookTrust Storytime programme with libraries - celebrates reads that are great for sharing with 0–5s.

Enter to win all 23 longlisted books 👇

www.booktrust.org.uk/about-us/new...

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Anna Shannon @annashannon.bsky.social · May 28

"Millward’s scratchy, wild drawings [are the] perfect accompaniment to this fabulous exploration of feelings and freedom" 🐣💛

Kerfuffle Bird featured in The Observer, ahead of pub day next week! 🎉

observer.co.uk/culture/book...

@helendocherty.bsky.social
@imogencarter.bsky.social

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Helen Docherty @helendocherty.bsky.social · May 8

Brilliant to see I'll Carry You featured! 🎈

Helen Docherty @helendocherty.bsky.social · Apr 27

@oxfordchildrens.bsky.social 😊

Helen Docherty @helendocherty.bsky.social · Apr 27

✨ Delighted to share that I'll be opening the @canterburykidslit.bsky.social on Fri 11 July, with 2 public events at 10 am & 4 pm 📚😍
Join me for a fun and interactive storytelling session! ✨
Learn to sing the Kerfuffle Bird Song 🐦🎵🎵
& draw Superwolf! 🐺🎨🖌
www.canterburykidslitfest.co.uk/programme

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Helen Docherty @helendocherty.bsky.social · Feb 14

Cover reveal! ✨📗🌈💖 I'm so excited to share the cover of Make It All Go Away, my upcoming book about sensory overload. It's beautifully illustrated by @taylorbarron.bsky.social and published by Moon + Bird in the UK and the US. Available to pre-order now!

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Helen Docherty @helendocherty.bsky.social · Feb 11

Exciting news in @the-bookseller.bsky.social today about my forthcoming book with Moon+Bird, with stunning illustrations by @taylorbarron.bsky.social 📗🌈💛

Make It All Go Away is a story about sensory overload, drawing on personal experience. It's the book I wish we'd had on our shelves years ago 💛

Article from the Bookseller about my new book, Make It All Go Away, illustrated by Taylor Barron and published by Moon+Bird

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Helen Docherty @helendocherty.bsky.social · Feb 10

Thank you to the lovely people at @rshipbshop.bsky.social in #Salisbury for getting lots of copies of our books in for us to sign! 📚 😍
@thomasdocherty.bsky.social grew up in Salisbury, so this is a special bookshop for us ❤️ and it has such a brilliantly curated selection of children's books! 📚

Helen and Thomas Docherty in the Rocketship Bookshop in Salisbury, with signed copies of their books: Someone Just like You, All The Ways I Love You, All The Things We Carry, Superwolf, Into The Wild and The Hare-Shaped Hole

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Helen Docherty @helendocherty.bsky.social · Feb 7

Thank you, Kim! 💗🧡

Kim Campbell @pblove.bsky.social · Feb 6

“On the outside you look different, but your feelings are the same.”💗💗💗

One of my favorite lines from Someone Just Like You, written by @helendocherty.bsky.social & illustrated by David Roberts. The story is beautiful & the illustrations feel like sunshine! Buy/borrow/share it!

#KidLit #SimonKids

Image of cover of picture book, Someone Just Like You, written by Helen Docherty & illustrated by David Roberts. Six happy looking diverse young children with bright colored clothes on. Lots of neon pink & neon orange used with the characters’ clothes and letters of the book title.

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Helen Docherty @helendocherty.bsky.social · Feb 6

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Helen Docherty @helendocherty.bsky.social · Feb 6

✨ Indie bookshops, who would like some signed bookplates for my latest books published by Alison Green Books @scholastic.bsky.social ? DM me if you'd like some! 📚✨
@booknookhove.bsky.social @wonderlandbookshop.bsky.social @telltales.bsky.social @maxminervas.bsky.social @portybooks.bsky.social

Books by Helen Docherty: All The Ways I Love You, Superwolf and All The Things With Carry, with signed bookplates

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Helen Docherty @helendocherty.bsky.social · Feb 5

Parenting Expert UK are giving away a copy of 💗ALL THE WAYS I LOVE YOU 💗 by me and Daniela Sosa 💗

"The best bedtime story EVER! We gave this toddler book a well deserved 10 out of 10 stars. All the adults and children we shared it with loved it!" 💗

parentingexpert.co.uk/book-review-...

Book Review : "All the Ways I Love You" by Helen Docherty

Discover the heartwarming picture book 'All the Ways I Love You' that celebrates the unique bond between parent and child.

parentingexpert.co.uk

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Helen Docherty @helendocherty.bsky.social · Feb 4

Huge thanks to @alligatorsmouth.bsky.social for hosting the book launch for 💗ALL THE WAYS I LOVE YOU💗 by me and Daniela Sosa! We had a brilliant evening - thanks so much to everyone who joined us, and to everyone who's bought a copy of our book! 🙏🏼💗
@scholastic.bsky.social #picturebook #love 💗

The Alligator's Mouth @alligatorsmouth.bsky.social · Feb 3

We were thrilled to host the book launch for All the Ways I Love You! Huge congratulations to @helendocherty.bsky.social and Daniela Sosa. It was wonderful to share the delights of the book and a draw-along with their family and friends. Thank you to Scholastic and everyone that came!

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Wonderland Bookshop @wonderlandbookshop.bsky.social · Jan 31

Lovely @helendocherty.bsky.social has sent us some bookplates! Order a copy and you'll receive one fitted with a signed bookplate 💕

Wonderland Bookshop @wonderlandbookshop.bsky.social · Jan 23

Our friend is running The Leeds Marathon raising money for the Jo Cox Foundation (which he leads). To support him, we're going to donate £1.50 from every sale of Someone Just Like You by @helendocherty.bsky.social to his fundraiser 💕

wonderlandbookshop.co.uk/product/some...

Cover image of Someone Just Like You by Helen Docherty and David Roberts.

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Helen Docherty @helendocherty.bsky.social · Jan 28

Look what arrived in the post today! These beautiful Italian and German co-editions of All The Things We Carry by me and @brizidamagro.bsky.social 🌻🧡💛

#lecosecheportonelcuore
#alleswaswirtragenkonnen
#allthethingswecarry
@scholastic.bsky.social

Italian and German co-editions of All the Things We Carry by Helen Docherty and Brizida magro: Le cose che porto nel cuore and Alles Was Wir Tragen Konnen

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Helen Docherty @helendocherty.bsky.social · Jan 26

I also found it depressing that all the finalists were white, when the original group was so diverse. Am I the only one thinking this? Kas & Freddie were both targets of unfounded suspicion when Faithfuls. And Minah should've been in the final. Could she have made it if she'd recruited someone else?

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Helen Docherty @helendocherty.bsky.social · Jan 26

I feel exactly the same. Minah and Alexander were both amazing, and the only worthy winners (though Minah sealed her fate by trusting Charlotte). Leanne and Jake were like the Alphas of the Popular Gang at school. I missed Kas and Dan - wish they'd both stayed in the game longer.

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Helen Docherty @helendocherty.bsky.social · Jan 23

✨ You can help raise money for the Jo Cox Foundation by buying a (signed) copy of SOMEONE JUST LIKE YOU by me and David Roberts from @wonderlandbookshop.bsky.social ✨
Our book was inspired by the words of Jo Cox:
"We have far more in common with each other than things that divide us" 💗🧡

Wonderland Bookshop @wonderlandbookshop.bsky.social · Jan 23

Our friend is running The Leeds Marathon raising money for the Jo Cox Foundation (which he leads). To support him, we're going to donate £1.50 from every sale of Someone Just Like You by @helendocherty.bsky.social to his fundraiser 💕

wonderlandbookshop.co.uk/product/some...

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Helen Docherty @helendocherty.bsky.social · Jan 23

What a brilliant thing to do! All the very best of your luck to your friend, and hope you sell lots of copies of Someone Just like You! 💗🧡 Would you like me to send you some signed bookplates?

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Wonderland Bookshop @wonderlandbookshop.bsky.social · Jan 23

Our friend is running The Leeds Marathon raising money for the Jo Cox Foundation (which he leads). To support him, we're going to donate £1.50 from every sale of Someone Just Like You by @helendocherty.bsky.social to his fundraiser 💕

wonderlandbookshop.co.uk/product/some...

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Sabrina Shah #kidlit author @sabrinashahauthor.bsky.social · Dec 21

Hello #writingcommunity. My reach here is so very low. If anyone sees this, would love a little support. I want to reach out to the amazing #librarians and #teachers out there fighting for diversity in publishing.

Pre-orders and ARC requests now available.

#Weneeddiversebooks #debut #barefootbooks

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Helen Docherty @helendocherty.bsky.social · Jan 20

These two brothers are SUPER fans of all my books with @thomasdocherty.bsky.social 📚
Here they are enjoying our latest book together, SUPERWOLF! 🐺❤️
With thanks to their lovely mum for allowing me to share this photo 🥰
@scholastic.bsky.social
#alisongreenbooks
#superwolf
#picturebooks
#boysreading

Two brothers reading Superwolf by Helen and Thomas Docherty

Cover of Superwolf (picture book by Helen and Thomas Docherty)

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Helen Docherty @helendocherty.bsky.social · Jan 19

Came across these three in Swansea Museum today. #TheTraitors mission eat your heart out.
@thetraitors.bsky.social