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Jacqui Sydney 📚
@jacquisydney.bsky.social
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Ex KS2 teacher, children’s book blogger and lover of undunked biscuits and Lego. Currently reading all the books. Autistic. She/her.
Blog: https://worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/
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Jacqui Sydney 📚 @jacquisydney.bsky.social · Jan 2
My bookish New Year’s Resolution for 2025 is to read or reread at least one book that I already owned on January 1st each month this year. I’m kicking off with this one from one of my favourite authors which has been waiting patiently on the shelf forever.
Copy of Mo, Lottie and the Junkers by Jennifer Killick, held in front of a Christmas tree. The book’s cover shows a white boy with ginger hair opening a box, with a girl with light brown skin and plaited brown hair just behind him. On the left is a cross-looking man leaning out of the serving window of an ice cream van and on the right, a frowning woman leaning out of a first floor house window.
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#BookReview up for Bizzy Bear: Camping Trip ★★★★1/2 stars! A super duper cute interactive book about a bear and his friends who go camping! Too cute! 😍⛺

#BookBloggers #Blogging #PictureBook #ChildrensBooks #Camping #Adorable #BookSky📚💙

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Pink Promo Banner for Twirling Book Princess Reviews featuring the Cover for Bizzy Bear Camping Trip by Benji Davies featuring a group of animals camping in the forest and looking at the stars at night
November 27, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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A new First Chapter First Paragraph Thursday Intros is up at my blog! With a book I am dying to get into my hands: Brigands & Breadknives by Travis Baldree!

#BookBloggers #Blogging #Teaser #Fantasy #TBR #BookSky📚💙

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Pink Promo Banner for First Chapter First Paragraph Thursday Intros on Twirling Book Princess featuring the cover for Brigands & Breadknives by Travis Baldree featuring a group of characters (and a horse) around a cooking fire
November 27, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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✨FIRST LINES FRIDAYS✨

It's time for my weekly #FirstLinesFridays feature, and this week's first lines come from a collection of horror stories that I'm excited to read!💀📚💙

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First Lines Fridays – 28th November 2025
Hey everyone!It is time for this week’s First Lines Fridays post. Today’s first lines are from a collection of horror stories that I can’t wait to read! First Lines Fridays is a weekly featur…
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November 28, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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#BookReview up for Badger Books ★★★ stars! A cute story about a bookstore, a badger working there, and a slightly annoying fox with dreams.

#BookBloggers #Blogging #ChildrensBooks #Books #PictureBook #BookSky📚💙

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Pink Promo Banner for Twirling Book Princess reviews featuring the Cover for Badger Books by Paddy Donnelly featuring a bookshop with a badger at the counter and a little fox demanding his attention
November 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Black Friday? NO. It's #BookFriday with @booksfortopics.bsky.social who asked me to choose my fave recent book to celebrate. There are so many books published, wading through em to find the right book is hard. Here to help! Free resources here too! #KidLitUK
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A graphic showing the cover of BOSS OF THE UNDERWORLD by Tor Freeman aka the book I've been wanging on about all year. I've given a 4 word book recommmendation: Funny, Weird, Mysterious, Absurd, Page-turner. The graphic says you can find the full Book Friday list of recommendations at Booksfortopics.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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Forget Black Friday - we're celebrating reading! Our authors have contributed their top recommended books to the Book Friday reading list for schools and libraries.

Download the FREE poster set now: booksfortopics.com/booklists/to....

#BookFriday #ReadingChampions @booksfortopics.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Move aside Black Friday - we're celebrating BOOK Friday! 📚

Discover the recommended books picked by Louie Stowell, Tony Bradman, Professor Teresa Cremin and all 40 of our Reading Champions.

View the full list and grab the FREE posters: www.booksfortopics.com/booklists/to...
November 28, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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This week’s #PictureBookFriday review is for the wonderful Have Yourself a Cheesy Little Christmas by Jory John, illustrated by Pete Oswald. Out now for 4-8 readers from @harper360uk.bsky.social

#KidlitUK #UKKidlit

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Have Yourself a Cheesy Little Christmas by Jory John, illustrated by Pete Oswald
Cover illustration copyright © 2025 by Pete Oswald Christmas stories have certainly evolved since I was very young and while I’ve read many over the years that have featured the obligatory sn…
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November 28, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Memoir Mixed Up by Leon Diop, which is about growing up mixed-race in Ireland, looks like a very important read for its 11+ audience. Out now from @littleislandbooks.bsky.social, thanks to @thelifeofdivia.bsky.social for sending.
The book and its press release. The cover shows a photo of the author when young wearing a yellow t-shirt under striped yellow and orange dungarees.
November 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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I got my annual email from the boys’ aunt yesterday checking in on what books to buy them for Christmas. What great kids books will you be buying, or what would you recommend we seek out for the kids in our lives this Christmas?
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#UKKidLit
#KidLit
#BookSky
#IndieBookshops
Book cover for Donut Squad: Take Over the World by Neill Cameron Book cover for Britannica’s All New Children’s Encyclopaedia edited by Christopher Lloyd. Book cover for The Cartoonists Club by Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud Book cover for Hidden Heroes of Science by Peter Gallivan and Robbie Cathro
November 28, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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I'm excited to be a Reading Champion for @booksfortopics.bsky.social’s #BookFriday campaign on Nov 28th!

This is a celebration of the best books in our schools & libraries. My recommendation is Ice Apprentices by Jacob North

There's a FREE resource kit for schools too! Link in the next post!
Poster showing my ugly mug, the cover of the book and my 5-word recommendation: adventure, excitement, monsters, diversity and secrets.
November 26, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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Forget Black Friday; Books For Topics celebrates #BookFriday on Nov 28!
My book rec is DANCE OF RESISTANCE by Catherine Johnson, and there're more book recs for schools to download here: www.booksfortopics.com/booklists/to....
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Cover: Katie Hickey
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November 27, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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Calling all teachers! Check out this brilliant free school event coming up next week from #BookSquad. Learn more and sign up for your virtual visit with #MichaelMorpurgo here: bit.ly/43SEqV5
November 27, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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LGBTQIA+ themed books for primary schools including titles by Jessica Love, Simon James Green, Ian Eagleton, Juno Dawson, Raina Telgemeier, Sarah Hagger-Holt, Alex Gino, Jen Carney, Benjamin Dean and more. schoolreadinglist.co.uk/genres/lgbtq... #kidlit
LGBTQIA+ themed books for primary school aged children
LGBTQIA+ books for 11-18s with titles by Jessica Love, Simon James Green, Ian Eagleton, Juno Dawson, Raina Telgemeier and Alex Gino
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November 27, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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I'm excited to be a Reading Champion for the @BooksForTopics #BookFriday campaign on Nov 28th!

Forget Black Friday - we're celebrating Book Friday! This campaign is all about celebrating the best book finds in our schools and libraries.
November 27, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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This article raises a lot of ethical questions about ensuring patient care and good quality science when pushing the frontiers of what is possible
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Face transplants promised hope. Patients were put through the unthinkable
Twenty years after the first face transplant, patients are dying, data is missing, and the experimental procedure’s future hangs in the balance
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November 27, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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✨BLOG TOUR✨

Today is my #review stop on the @thewritereads.bsky.social #blogtour for #AlizaInNaziLand by Elyse Hoffman!📚💙

Head over to my blog to see what I thought ⬇️
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Blog Tour Review: Aliza In Nazi-Land by Elyse Hoffman
Hey everyone!Today is my stop on the blog tour for Aliza In Nazi-Land by Elyse Hoffman, and I am excited to be sharing my review with you all. A massive thank you to @The_WriteReads&…
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November 27, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts.

If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Today's my stop on the @literallypr.bsky.social #BlogTour for #MayasSriLankanSpiceTrailOfTails by #SharikaChauhan a fun #childrensbooks about a girl visiting her pen pal in Sri Lanka

Check out my #BookReview on the blog today!

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#bookblogger #books #kidlit
November 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Today I am part of the very festive @silverdaggertours.bsky.social #BookTour for Thanksgiving Overruled by Libby Kay! F/F x Thanksgiving x Romance = YES!

#BookBloggers #Blogging #Thanksgiving #LGBT #Romance #Giveaway #BookSky📚💙

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Blog Tour banner for Thanksgiving Overruled by Libby Kay featuring two women in the kitchen making thanksgiving dinner
November 27, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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The epic tale of 3 girls whose lives are changed forever by WWII, middle grade The Blitz Sisters by @juditheagle.bsky.social is one of my favourite reads of the year. Out 26/02 from @faberchildrens.bsky.social

#KidlitUK #UKKidlit

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The Blitz Sisters by Judith Eagle
Although I love a fast-paced, action-packed adventure – preferably a fantasy or science fiction story – there are times when I need something cosy and uplifting to read, something perha…
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November 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Can’t wait! 😍
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“It was an unsaid goodbye, in case they didn’t get the chance, later on.”

Thrilled to reveal this beautiful cover for Artezans: The Last Spellbreaker, illustrated by @joetoddstanton

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November 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Its taken us 4 days to catch this guy and many fruitless chases.

Boy did he need catching! Fingers crossed for him. He's in our hospital now ❤️
November 27, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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The epic tale of 3 girls whose lives are changed forever by WWII, middle grade The Blitz Sisters by @juditheagle.bsky.social is one of my favourite reads of the year. Out 26/02 from @faberchildrens.bsky.social

#KidlitUK #UKKidlit

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The Blitz Sisters by Judith Eagle
Although I love a fast-paced, action-packed adventure – preferably a fantasy or science fiction story – there are times when I need something cosy and uplifting to read, something perha…
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November 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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I cannot articulate just how excited I am by today's book post! Ice Apprentices: The Frozen Curse by Jacob North is my most anticipated title of 2026 and is jumping the queue to be my next read. Out 15/01 from @simonkids.bsky.social for middle grade readers ❄️

#KidlitUK #UKKidlit
Proof copy of the book. The cover shows hero Oswin together with friend Ennastasia surrounded by trees in a frozen landscape.
November 27, 2025 at 1:50 PM