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Helen Jones
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Upper KS2 TA. Trying to encourage a love of reading and maths.
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Jacqui Sydney 📚 @jacquisydney.bsky.social · 2d
A fabulously spooky short read, perfect for brave souls, The Last Day of October by Phil Hickes, illustrated by @oriolvidal.bsky.social is out 09/10 from @barringtonstoke.bsky.social 👻

#KidlitUK #UKKidlit

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The Last Day of October by Phil Hickes, illustrated by Oriol Vidal
Cover illustration © 2025 Oriol Vidal Although cold hard logic tells us that in real life scares come along throughout the year, we all know that in stories they are most likely to happen at Hallow…
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Big Green Books (Simon) @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 1d
"The Big Green Books 500 Club".

UPDATE

We reached our first £500!

I contacted the first school to let them know I was going to send them £500 of books.

They sent me a long list of stuff they want.

I'm posting the books tomorrow.

I LOVE THIS!

Thanks!!

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Alastair Chisholm @alastairc.com · 2d
🚨I'm off to the Cheltenham Lit Fest, yay!🚨 Here's Whisky to tell you about my event THIS SATURDAY, featuring my books I AM WOLF and I AM RAVEN. Join me for some action-packed fun! 🐺🐦‍⬛

👉 alastairc.com/events/20251...

@nosycrow.bsky.social #CheltLitFest #KidLitUk #IAmWolf #IAmRaven
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Alastair Chisholm @alastairc.com · 4d
My book REEK is in the BookTrust Great Books Guide, yaaaay!!! 🥳🥳🥳. Alongside some brilliant company, too – check it out!

👉 alastairc.com/blog/2025100...

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REEK is a BookTrust Great Book!
REEK by Alastair Chisholm has been included in the BookTrust Great Book Guide 2025
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Helen Jones @hfj0108.bsky.social · 4d
Why not sign up? Year 3 had a brilliant time with Abiola Bello last week.
Review of the virtual author visit with Abiola Bello
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Sarah McIntyre @sarahmcintyre.bsky.social · 5d
Less than a week away! 🐭🎨
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Sarah McIntyre @sarahmcintyre.bsky.social · 14d
Mark your diary! New drop of original book art, a Mousebase poster and Christmas cards on book launch day:

Thursday, 9 Oct at 9pm UK time!!

The shop at Adventuremice.com🐭

Note: sadly we cannot ship to the EU at this time, apologies!
Poster for art launch at Adventuremice.com. Prices range widely, from £5 - £300
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Just Imagine @justimaginecentre.bsky.social · 4d
Journey to the Centre of the Earth with the Adventure Mice in the company of Sarah McIntyre and Philip Reeve. Get your paper and pencils ready - we're going to have some fun! Friday 17th October at 11.15. Details and registration on our website justimagine.co.uk/childrens-au...
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Alastair Chisholm @alastairc.com · 7d
This week #IAmReading MEDUSA GORGON'S BAD HAIR DAY by #BethanyWalker, illustrated by @katieabey.bsky.social – godly shenanigans meet 21st century school drama in this funny and lovely tale. Fans of Loki, check it out!

👉 alastairc.com/i-am-reading...

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Medusa Gorgon's Bad Hair Day by Bethany Walker
I Am Reading: Medusa Gorgon's Bad Hair Day by Bethany Walker
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Sarah McIntyre @sarahmcintyre.bsky.social · 10d
Bath Kids Lit Fest managed to get early copies of our new book, ‘Adventuremice: Mousehole to the Centre of the Earth’!

I’ve only had my one author copy and it’s SO NICE to see a bunch of them all together ☺️

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Sarah, gaping at books, next to Philip, looking slightly more composed BOOKS
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Marianne Doherty @mariannedoherty.bsky.social · 6d
It’s #DyslexiaAwarenessWeek in Scotland this week and in the rest of the UK next week. As a dyslexic reader myself I wanted to use #KidsBooksFriday this week to celebrate brilliant, accessible and super-readable texts of all kinds.
#UKKidLit #KidLitUK #KidLit
Book cover for Reek by Alastair Chisholm, illustrated by George Caltsoudas showing a young person with a helmet and rocket books swinging through a futuristic Edinburgh via a rope. Book cover for Wonderfully Wired Brains by Louise Gooding showing a young person with short hair and glasses wearing a green hoodie. Around their head are a myriad of different things from animals to basketballs, pencils, paint brushes and games controllers. Book cover for Ink Girls by Marieke Nijkamp and Sylvia Bi showing three girls with papers in their hand as if passing our leaflets, hovering over a medieval European style city. Book cover for The Horse Dreamer by Holly Surplice showing a sketch style drawing of a girl riding a galloping horse.
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Helen Jones @hfj0108.bsky.social · 5d
Graphic novels are great too, from Max and Chaffy by Jamie Smart for younger readers up to Another Kind by Cait May/Trevor Beam and No Place for Monsters by Kory Merrit for upper KS2.
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Helen Jones @hfj0108.bsky.social · 5d
Barrington Stoke books are fantastic but I also think the idea of using a verse novel like Wider Than the Sea is really clever. I would pick The Final/First Year by Matt Goodfellow and Digging for Victory by Cathy Faulkner.
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Mark Goodrich @markgoodrich.bsky.social · 5d
Decided to do a #followFriday on here to encourage people to follow and stick around. This week @suchmo83.bsky.social - sure that most primary teachers already following him but he really is the best person at distilling reading research into classroom action so useful for secondary too!
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Just Imagine @justimaginecentre.bsky.social · 6d
This week’s round up of book reviews did you. Thank you to all our fantastic reviewers this week:
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ed public relations @edpr.bsky.social · 7d
November is Empathy Action Month and what better way to celebrate in school than by joining @amdassu.bsky.social for a FREE virtual event on Thurs 6th Nov who will whisk you on a mesmerising journey across the world with her new book, #WildJourney

Register here sevenstories.org.uk/event/author...
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Big Green Books (Simon) @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 7d
When this #buyastrangerabook offer from @applecott.bsky.social is picked up, I can then draw a line under today's magnificent performance.

Come on now.

There are LOADS of books at £10ish.

Just ask
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Just Imagine @justimaginecentre.bsky.social · 7d
Drumroll 🥁 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁
Just Imagine’s 3000th book review!
Thank you Lucy Timmons for your fantastic review of Fablehouse: Heart of Fire: ‘a tale of hidden magic, shapeshifting talents, friendship and belonging...’ Read full review here:
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Just Imagine @justimaginecentre.bsky.social · 7d
National Poetry Day - enjoy an evening of poetry with the family. Join Pie Corbett, Michaela Morgan, Tom Morgan-Jones and Zaro Weil and nourish your poetry soul. Thursday 2nd, October, 7.00 pm via Zoom buff.ly/0WVQHUP
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Alastair Chisholm @alastairc.com · 8d
It's #DyslexiaAwarenessWeek this week in Scotland (next week England). @barringtonstoke.bsky.social publish incredible, dyslexia-friendly, accessible books for all and I'm delighted to be on their list.

For 20% discount use code DAW20 here 👉 collins.co.uk/pages/barrin... (ends 12/10)

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A poster announcing Dyslexia Awareness Week 2025, and showing two books by Alastair Chisholm – REEK and BLITZERS, both published by Barrington Stoke.
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Lesley Parr @lesleyparr.bsky.social · 8d
#DyslexiaAwarenessWeek is underway in Scotland (the rest of the UK is next week) and I'm so proud to have a book with @barringtonstoke.bsky.social so I can be a part of it all.
Dyslexia awareness week picture with a book at its centre. The book cover has a girl and an old lady in a garden under a tree. The lady has a black cat on her lap.
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LoveReading4Kids @lovereading4kids.bsky.social · 8d
The winners of The Week Junior Book Awards were announced this evening at a fabulous ceremony held at London’s County Hall.
Check out the full list of winners:
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#TWJ #twjbookawards #kidsbooks
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Helen Jones @hfj0108.bsky.social · 8d
Looks right up my street. Added to my burgeoning wish list.
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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 8d
I just finished a proof of this brilliant book! Witty, poignant and thought-provoking. (Also made me realise I am much shallower than the main character Zubair and would be going back in time to ride dinosaurs rather than help my family)
Iqbal Hussain @ihussainwriter.bsky.social · 13d
I’ve been waiting a while to share this! Thank you @puffinbooksuk.bsky.social @waterstoneskids.bsky.social
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Walker Books @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social · 8d
We are so thrilled that TWO of our titles won their categories at this year's Week Junior Book Award! 🎉

🌟Happy Days: 365 Facts to Brighten Every Day of the Year by Emily Coxhead

🌟Totally Chaotic History: Roman Britain Gets Rowdy, narrated by @gregjenner.bsky.social Jenner and Emma Southon
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