Catherine Friess @ Story Snug
@storysnug.com
Bookblogger: https://storysnug.com
#scbwi #writementor #writemagic
SL: '24 Searchlight PBs / '24 #WM #IdeaIdol PB / '23 #WMCNA PB
LL: #WMCNA PB & CB / Searchlight PB / Writing Magazine CB
Top 100: #CNPKids CB
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#scbwi #writementor #writemagic
SL: '24 Searchlight PBs / '24 #WM #IdeaIdol PB / '23 #WMCNA PB
LL: #WMCNA PB & CB / Searchlight PB / Writing Magazine CB
Top 100: #CNPKids CB
https://www.instagram.com/cjfriess_storysnug
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I still can't believe that two of my #picturebooks have been shortlisted in @writingawards.bsky.social 😊
www.searchlightawards.co.uk/best-childre...
#writingcommunity #amwriting #childrensbooks
Congratulations @tomwriting.bsky.social & all the shortlistees 🎉
www.searchlightawards.co.uk/best-childre...
#writingcommunity #amwriting #childrensbooks
Congratulations @tomwriting.bsky.social & all the shortlistees 🎉
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IT'S WEDNESDAY!
It's the budget busting #buyastrangerabook day.
The grooviest of all the days.
I'll give out TWO books.
FOR FREE.
If you'd like one, let me know.
Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know.
It's a thing! Look.
biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
UK only
It's the budget busting #buyastrangerabook day.
The grooviest of all the days.
I'll give out TWO books.
FOR FREE.
If you'd like one, let me know.
Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know.
It's a thing! Look.
biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
UK only
Buy A Stranger A Book. #buyastrangerabook - Stuff you might like... - Big Green Bookshop. @biggreenbooks on Twitter. Cheese fan. My Mum says hi.
The Big Green Bookshop an independent online bookshop in selling awesome titles by awesome authors to awesome people
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November 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
IT'S WEDNESDAY!
It's the budget busting #buyastrangerabook day.
The grooviest of all the days.
I'll give out TWO books.
FOR FREE.
If you'd like one, let me know.
Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know.
It's a thing! Look.
biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
UK only
It's the budget busting #buyastrangerabook day.
The grooviest of all the days.
I'll give out TWO books.
FOR FREE.
If you'd like one, let me know.
Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know.
It's a thing! Look.
biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
UK only
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Poetry By Heart @poetrybyheart.bsky.social has opened its annual Festive Showcase, an advent calendar of seasonal poems perfect to learn by heart, share and perform aloud. This year’s list features not the usual 24, but 31 poems, one for each day of December #Poetry
poetrybyheart.org.uk/showcase/8
poetrybyheart.org.uk/showcase/8
November 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Poetry By Heart @poetrybyheart.bsky.social has opened its annual Festive Showcase, an advent calendar of seasonal poems perfect to learn by heart, share and perform aloud. This year’s list features not the usual 24, but 31 poems, one for each day of December #Poetry
poetrybyheart.org.uk/showcase/8
poetrybyheart.org.uk/showcase/8
Only a week until #December 1st & Winston is coming home for #Christmas 🎄
storysnug.com/2018/11/how-...
@macmillankidsuk.bsky.social #amreading #AlexTSmith #AdventCalendar #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #StorySnug #BookSky #HowWinstonCameHomeForChristmas
storysnug.com/2018/11/how-...
@macmillankidsuk.bsky.social #amreading #AlexTSmith #AdventCalendar #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #StorySnug #BookSky #HowWinstonCameHomeForChristmas
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Only a week until #December 1st & Winston is coming home for #Christmas 🎄
storysnug.com/2018/11/how-...
@macmillankidsuk.bsky.social #amreading #AlexTSmith #AdventCalendar #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #StorySnug #BookSky #HowWinstonCameHomeForChristmas
storysnug.com/2018/11/how-...
@macmillankidsuk.bsky.social #amreading #AlexTSmith #AdventCalendar #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #StorySnug #BookSky #HowWinstonCameHomeForChristmas
Only a week until #December 1st. Almost time to get Winston out...
storysnug.com/2018/11/how-...
#amreading #AlexTSmith #AdventCalendar #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #StorySnug #BookSky
storysnug.com/2018/11/how-...
#amreading #AlexTSmith #AdventCalendar #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #StorySnug #BookSky
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Only a week until #December 1st. Almost time to get Winston out...
storysnug.com/2018/11/how-...
#amreading #AlexTSmith #AdventCalendar #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #StorySnug #BookSky
storysnug.com/2018/11/how-...
#amreading #AlexTSmith #AdventCalendar #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #StorySnug #BookSky
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The Dirigible Balloon poetry submission window will open on Monday December 1st and close on Sunday December 14th.
The guidelines are on the website. This is an open call with no theme. We're looking for poems to entertain and intrigue children. We are a global poetry platform.
#PoetryForChildren 🎈
The guidelines are on the website. This is an open call with no theme. We're looking for poems to entertain and intrigue children. We are a global poetry platform.
#PoetryForChildren 🎈
a colorful hot air balloon flies over a mountain range at sunset
ALT: a colorful hot air balloon flies over a mountain range at sunset
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November 24, 2025 at 6:28 AM
The Dirigible Balloon poetry submission window will open on Monday December 1st and close on Sunday December 14th.
The guidelines are on the website. This is an open call with no theme. We're looking for poems to entertain and intrigue children. We are a global poetry platform.
#PoetryForChildren 🎈
The guidelines are on the website. This is an open call with no theme. We're looking for poems to entertain and intrigue children. We are a global poetry platform.
#PoetryForChildren 🎈
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Schoolreadinglist.co.uk is an independent website that recommends children's and YA books to schools, parents, teachers and home educators in the UK. ✅ We write all our own reviews. ✅ Books are selected by experienced teachers and librarians. ✅ Our resources are free.
November 24, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Schoolreadinglist.co.uk is an independent website that recommends children's and YA books to schools, parents, teachers and home educators in the UK. ✅ We write all our own reviews. ✅ Books are selected by experienced teachers and librarians. ✅ Our resources are free.
November 24, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Tootles the Taxi is my favourite #Ladybird book. I still have my very battered childhood copy 🚖
#amreading
#amreading
Oompus the omnibus,
from Tootles the Taxi (1956)
Artist: John Kenney
from Tootles the Taxi (1956)
Artist: John Kenney
November 23, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Tootles the Taxi is my favourite #Ladybird book. I still have my very battered childhood copy 🚖
#amreading
#amreading
November 23, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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This is today!
Our workshop "Chronic Illness Caregiving for Youth, Teen, and Adult Children" with Denise Lopez-Majano is this Saturday - November 22nd at 3 pm ET! Get your ticket now: ow.ly/3IcV50XlbZh
All caregivers welcome! New to caregiving or a veteran at it, there is something for you!
#caregiver
All caregivers welcome! New to caregiving or a veteran at it, there is something for you!
#caregiver
November 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
This is today!
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The first Northland Small appeared in the frost. They came ahead to tell of their coming. Next weekend there would be feasting and merriment.
A Yule collection of creatures like never seen!
A Yule collection of creatures like never seen!
November 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The first Northland Small appeared in the frost. They came ahead to tell of their coming. Next weekend there would be feasting and merriment.
A Yule collection of creatures like never seen!
A Yule collection of creatures like never seen!
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London #kidlitUK folks! I'm giving away my small collection of the last 9 issues of Carousel magazine (from Winter 2016 to Winter 2019). Pick up from E3 or can meet in Central. Any takers?
November 20, 2025 at 8:46 AM
London #kidlitUK folks! I'm giving away my small collection of the last 9 issues of Carousel magazine (from Winter 2016 to Winter 2019). Pick up from E3 or can meet in Central. Any takers?
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The Big Green Books Advent Calendar.
Choose from 4, 6 or 12 books.
Unwrap a surprise book every few days in the run up to Christmas.
Each book will be individually picked based on what you enjoy reading.
Info HERE.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/simon-likes-...
PLEASE SHARE
Choose from 4, 6 or 12 books.
Unwrap a surprise book every few days in the run up to Christmas.
Each book will be individually picked based on what you enjoy reading.
Info HERE.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/simon-likes-...
PLEASE SHARE
November 16, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The Big Green Books Advent Calendar.
Choose from 4, 6 or 12 books.
Unwrap a surprise book every few days in the run up to Christmas.
Each book will be individually picked based on what you enjoy reading.
Info HERE.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/simon-likes-...
PLEASE SHARE
Choose from 4, 6 or 12 books.
Unwrap a surprise book every few days in the run up to Christmas.
Each book will be individually picked based on what you enjoy reading.
Info HERE.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/simon-likes-...
PLEASE SHARE
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schoolreadinglist.co.uk/resources/ch...
Here's our children's Christmas book advent calendar pack, with 24 classic Christmas stories for the month of December. Open each door. What will you find?
#teachertwitter #picturebooks #christmas
Here's our children's Christmas book advent calendar pack, with 24 classic Christmas stories for the month of December. Open each door. What will you find?
#teachertwitter #picturebooks #christmas
Christmas children's book advent calendar
Advent calendar of classic & modern children's Christmas picture books - for every child aged 2-9 who still believes in Father Christmas!
schoolreadinglist.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
schoolreadinglist.co.uk/resources/ch...
Here's our children's Christmas book advent calendar pack, with 24 classic Christmas stories for the month of December. Open each door. What will you find?
#teachertwitter #picturebooks #christmas
Here's our children's Christmas book advent calendar pack, with 24 classic Christmas stories for the month of December. Open each door. What will you find?
#teachertwitter #picturebooks #christmas
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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 🎁🎁🎁
booksforkeeps.co.uk/issue/bfk-27...
booksforkeeps.co.uk/issue/bfk-27...
November 13, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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 🎁🎁🎁
booksforkeeps.co.uk/issue/bfk-27...
booksforkeeps.co.uk/issue/bfk-27...
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Other work by the Ladybird artists
‘November on the Dorset Coast’
Whitbread calendar 1971
Artist: SR Badmin
‘November on the Dorset Coast’
Whitbread calendar 1971
Artist: SR Badmin
November 13, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Other work by the Ladybird artists
‘November on the Dorset Coast’
Whitbread calendar 1971
Artist: SR Badmin
‘November on the Dorset Coast’
Whitbread calendar 1971
Artist: SR Badmin
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"The Festive Big Green Book Swap" is back!
Let me know the kind of stuff you like reading.
I'll match you up with someone with similar tastes.
I'll post you both a book I think you'll like (+ choc & tea)!
Read, chat & eat choc!
Just £15
DETAILS HERE!
biggreenbookshop.com/index.php
Let me know the kind of stuff you like reading.
I'll match you up with someone with similar tastes.
I'll post you both a book I think you'll like (+ choc & tea)!
Read, chat & eat choc!
Just £15
DETAILS HERE!
biggreenbookshop.com/index.php
November 1, 2025 at 12:56 PM
"The Festive Big Green Book Swap" is back!
Let me know the kind of stuff you like reading.
I'll match you up with someone with similar tastes.
I'll post you both a book I think you'll like (+ choc & tea)!
Read, chat & eat choc!
Just £15
DETAILS HERE!
biggreenbookshop.com/index.php
Let me know the kind of stuff you like reading.
I'll match you up with someone with similar tastes.
I'll post you both a book I think you'll like (+ choc & tea)!
Read, chat & eat choc!
Just £15
DETAILS HERE!
biggreenbookshop.com/index.php
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The elves in the back have been busy wrapping!! All the work is done for you - you only need to pick one up and pop it under the tree!
November 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The elves in the back have been busy wrapping!! All the work is done for you - you only need to pick one up and pop it under the tree!
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BOOK GIVEAWAY!!! I'm not on social media much at the moment, working hard on my new book, which I feel sure will be my best one yet when it's done! In the meantime, I'm giving away signed copies of all my books so far. Follow & repost to enter, and say which book you'd like & why. Closes Dec 5!
November 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
BOOK GIVEAWAY!!! I'm not on social media much at the moment, working hard on my new book, which I feel sure will be my best one yet when it's done! In the meantime, I'm giving away signed copies of all my books so far. Follow & repost to enter, and say which book you'd like & why. Closes Dec 5!
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Well done! Lively and deep!
November 8, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Well done! Lively and deep!
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Tonight's the night! Tune in from 9:30pm GMT / 4:30pm EST / 3am IST to hear the #BookerPrize2025 winner as it's announced.
Save this link for later: www.youtube.com/live/sKu9vc8...
Save this link for later: www.youtube.com/live/sKu9vc8...
November 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Tonight's the night! Tune in from 9:30pm GMT / 4:30pm EST / 3am IST to hear the #BookerPrize2025 winner as it's announced.
Save this link for later: www.youtube.com/live/sKu9vc8...
Save this link for later: www.youtube.com/live/sKu9vc8...
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I present the UK’s one and only TV show about books. We feature readers & writers from across Scotland, around the UK and all over the world. It’s commissioned by BBC Scotland & made by IWC. Public broadcasting is a shared space for sharing stories & building bridges.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Scotland - The Big Scottish Book Club - Available now
Available episodes of The Big Scottish Book Club
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I present the UK’s one and only TV show about books. We feature readers & writers from across Scotland, around the UK and all over the world. It’s commissioned by BBC Scotland & made by IWC. Public broadcasting is a shared space for sharing stories & building bridges.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
I was very lucky to be mentored by @amysparkes.bsky.social . This is a fabulous opportunity!
#amwriting #writingcommunity
#amwriting #writingcommunity
I'm passionate about making creative opportunities accessible to all, so I offer a free 6-month mentoring opportunity for children's writers who might find it particularly hard to pursue writing.
Open for applications: 8th - 16th Nov.
www.storygodmother.co.uk/index.php/op...
#WritingCommunity
Open for applications: 8th - 16th Nov.
www.storygodmother.co.uk/index.php/op...
#WritingCommunity
November 7, 2025 at 10:46 AM
I was very lucky to be mentored by @amysparkes.bsky.social . This is a fabulous opportunity!
#amwriting #writingcommunity
#amwriting #writingcommunity
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Hey illustrators/agents!
I’m a #kidlit art director starting work on a new picture book—we’re looking for: expressive, commercial, human characters; texture (printmakingish); AND BATS! Lively, active, swarming BATS!
Please respond w/ samples + folio link.
Please no emails/DMs.
💙❤️ #artcommissions
I’m a #kidlit art director starting work on a new picture book—we’re looking for: expressive, commercial, human characters; texture (printmakingish); AND BATS! Lively, active, swarming BATS!
Please respond w/ samples + folio link.
Please no emails/DMs.
💙❤️ #artcommissions
November 6, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Hey illustrators/agents!
I’m a #kidlit art director starting work on a new picture book—we’re looking for: expressive, commercial, human characters; texture (printmakingish); AND BATS! Lively, active, swarming BATS!
Please respond w/ samples + folio link.
Please no emails/DMs.
💙❤️ #artcommissions
I’m a #kidlit art director starting work on a new picture book—we’re looking for: expressive, commercial, human characters; texture (printmakingish); AND BATS! Lively, active, swarming BATS!
Please respond w/ samples + folio link.
Please no emails/DMs.
💙❤️ #artcommissions