Jenny Jones
@jennysarahjones.bsky.social
School librarian, writer & reading enthusiast. Past Carnegie Award Judge, YLG South West Committee, Somerset FCBG, Golden Egg Academy Egg ‘21, WriteMentor Summer Mentee ‘23. Guppy Books LL ‘25. ND. jonestheschoollibrarian.com
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HERE IT IS!! The cover of HARI KUMAR ULTIMATE SUPERSTAR, illustrated by the amazing Mamta Singh with design magic by Kate Clarke and Elorine Grant. A funny diary-style story (8+) with a neurodivergent South Asian kid hero. Out Feb 2026! ✨ 🎬
@harpercollins.bsky.social
@harpercollins.bsky.social
August 14, 2025 at 11:06 AM
HERE IT IS!! The cover of HARI KUMAR ULTIMATE SUPERSTAR, illustrated by the amazing Mamta Singh with design magic by Kate Clarke and Elorine Grant. A funny diary-style story (8+) with a neurodivergent South Asian kid hero. Out Feb 2026! ✨ 🎬
@harpercollins.bsky.social
@harpercollins.bsky.social
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A round up from Bologna about the Kidlit graphic novel market www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/... #KidLitUK #KidsGNs #Comics #Graphicnovels #Publishing
Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2025: Going Graphic
The global graphic novel market is getting more attention in Bologna this year, with an expanded number of exhibitors and panels dedicated to the topic.
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April 3, 2025 at 7:15 AM
A round up from Bologna about the Kidlit graphic novel market www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/... #KidLitUK #KidsGNs #Comics #Graphicnovels #Publishing
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Excited to announce our 3rd annual MGHub Off-Social-Media pitching event for all ages of kidlit: PB / CB / MG / YA Click to learn more… #mglit #kidlit #pitch
MG Hub Pitch Party 2025
MG Hub Pitch Party 2025 The Middle Grade Hub (MG Hub - (https://bsky.app/profile/middlegradehub.bsky.social) is hosting its third annual pitch party! The Pitch Party Unlike other pitch parties, this...
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March 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Love the cover, love the title. Can't wait to read it!
📣 HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR! 🐍
It's COVER REVEAL TIME!
I'm proud to present my new novel
🏮NATE YU'S BLAST FROM THE PAST 💥 out June 12th.
The wonderful cover art is by Simone Douglas @SimsDougie
Published by @PiccadillyPress
It's COVER REVEAL TIME!
I'm proud to present my new novel
🏮NATE YU'S BLAST FROM THE PAST 💥 out June 12th.
The wonderful cover art is by Simone Douglas @SimsDougie
Published by @PiccadillyPress
February 4, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Love the cover, love the title. Can't wait to read it!
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It's here! Thrilled to reveal 'The Scream of the Whistle' cover by the incredible Micaela Alcaino. It's May Eve, and the veil between worlds is thin. Join Ruby Darke on the ghost ride of her life...
Out 5th June.
Pre-order: shorturl.at/E5aXz
shorturl.at/oLTwA
Out 5th June.
Pre-order: shorturl.at/E5aXz
shorturl.at/oLTwA
January 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
It's here! Thrilled to reveal 'The Scream of the Whistle' cover by the incredible Micaela Alcaino. It's May Eve, and the veil between worlds is thin. Join Ruby Darke on the ghost ride of her life...
Out 5th June.
Pre-order: shorturl.at/E5aXz
shorturl.at/oLTwA
Out 5th June.
Pre-order: shorturl.at/E5aXz
shorturl.at/oLTwA
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Congratulations to @racheldelahaye.bsky.social, shortlisted for the Portsmouth Book Awards!
January 13, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Congratulations to @racheldelahaye.bsky.social, shortlisted for the Portsmouth Book Awards!
This book! I was reading The Best of Worlds By Kenneth Oppel WAY past bedtime last night, I only stopped reading it because the battery on my Kindle ran out. It’s a confidently crafted, perfectly plotted YA sci-fi thriller & it’s blowing my mind 🤯. Thanks to Guppy Books & #Netgalley for the proof.
January 14, 2025 at 9:17 AM
This book! I was reading The Best of Worlds By Kenneth Oppel WAY past bedtime last night, I only stopped reading it because the battery on my Kindle ran out. It’s a confidently crafted, perfectly plotted YA sci-fi thriller & it’s blowing my mind 🤯. Thanks to Guppy Books & #Netgalley for the proof.
Just started reading The Last Dragon on Mars by Scott Reintgen and I’m instantly hooked. It’s fast paced, has rich world building, interesting characters that I already care about after only four short chapters and above all it’s very cool!🐉@rocktheboatnews.bsky.social
January 12, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Just started reading The Last Dragon on Mars by Scott Reintgen and I’m instantly hooked. It’s fast paced, has rich world building, interesting characters that I already care about after only four short chapters and above all it’s very cool!🐉@rocktheboatnews.bsky.social
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✨PODCAST ROLL CALL✨
Authors, Illustrators, Publishers & Librarians, do you have a spooky, magical, or fantastical tale to share?
#AroundTheCauldron my NEW podcast will be brewing up all things eerie & enchanting.
DM me if you’d like to stir up some literary magic together!
Launching 30.04.25
Authors, Illustrators, Publishers & Librarians, do you have a spooky, magical, or fantastical tale to share?
#AroundTheCauldron my NEW podcast will be brewing up all things eerie & enchanting.
DM me if you’d like to stir up some literary magic together!
Launching 30.04.25
a cartoon of a witch stirring a cauldron with the words " double double toil and trouble fire burn and caldron bubble "
ALT: a cartoon of a witch stirring a cauldron with the words " double double toil and trouble fire burn and caldron bubble "
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January 3, 2025 at 6:09 PM
✨PODCAST ROLL CALL✨
Authors, Illustrators, Publishers & Librarians, do you have a spooky, magical, or fantastical tale to share?
#AroundTheCauldron my NEW podcast will be brewing up all things eerie & enchanting.
DM me if you’d like to stir up some literary magic together!
Launching 30.04.25
Authors, Illustrators, Publishers & Librarians, do you have a spooky, magical, or fantastical tale to share?
#AroundTheCauldron my NEW podcast will be brewing up all things eerie & enchanting.
DM me if you’d like to stir up some literary magic together!
Launching 30.04.25
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If you’d like to listen to a meandering podcast about children’s literature, it is here.
Frank Cottrell-Boyce and I chat about 2024 in kids books and generally waffle on:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
Frank Cottrell-Boyce and I chat about 2024 in kids books and generally waffle on:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
By the fireside
Podcast Episode · The Island of Brilliant! · 01/01/2025 · 43m
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January 1, 2025 at 7:51 PM
If you’d like to listen to a meandering podcast about children’s literature, it is here.
Frank Cottrell-Boyce and I chat about 2024 in kids books and generally waffle on:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
Frank Cottrell-Boyce and I chat about 2024 in kids books and generally waffle on:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
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This one isn't, drat, I wonder if I know anyone with access... link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Becoming Active Readers with Metafictive Children’s Novels: Analysing Responses to The Bad Beginning and The Name of this Book is Secret - Children's Literature in Education
Unreliable narrators, multiple perspectives, and lack of a resolution are all experiences children in the twenty-first century increasingly encounter. These traits are present in metafictive children’...
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December 23, 2024 at 9:21 AM
This one isn't, drat, I wonder if I know anyone with access... link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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I'm keen to read more in-depth articles on children's books and I'd love your recommendations - there are sites like Leaf and School Library Journal that I've found great stuff on but there's so much. I'm particularly interested in fantasy, comedy, middle grade/8-12 books (any combo) #KidLitUK
December 22, 2024 at 9:14 AM
I'm keen to read more in-depth articles on children's books and I'd love your recommendations - there are sites like Leaf and School Library Journal that I've found great stuff on but there's so much. I'm particularly interested in fantasy, comedy, middle grade/8-12 books (any combo) #KidLitUK
Made my first gluten free baguettes today and they were SO much better than anything you can buy. Dense, chewy texture and proper crust. Worth getting the special tray for. Thank you @beckyexcell.bsky.social 💫🥖💕
December 19, 2024 at 1:58 PM
Made my first gluten free baguettes today and they were SO much better than anything you can buy. Dense, chewy texture and proper crust. Worth getting the special tray for. Thank you @beckyexcell.bsky.social 💫🥖💕
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⭐️Calling GHOSTWRITERS!⭐️
If you’re a UK ghostwriter of any kind (but especially for celebrity fiction), please do complete the @societyofauthors.bsky.social survey (closes 20th Jan).
Please repost & share round your networks.
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If you’re a UK ghostwriter of any kind (but especially for celebrity fiction), please do complete the @societyofauthors.bsky.social survey (closes 20th Jan).
Please repost & share round your networks.
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December 14, 2024 at 12:47 PM
⭐️Calling GHOSTWRITERS!⭐️
If you’re a UK ghostwriter of any kind (but especially for celebrity fiction), please do complete the @societyofauthors.bsky.social survey (closes 20th Jan).
Please repost & share round your networks.
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This survey builds on…
1/
If you’re a UK ghostwriter of any kind (but especially for celebrity fiction), please do complete the @societyofauthors.bsky.social survey (closes 20th Jan).
Please repost & share round your networks.
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Going to pin this – please share!
My Art Avenger books are perfect for kids aged 7-11 especially if they’re the kind of child who’d appreciate the highbrow/lowbrow blend of art fact-files and bum-faced snails.
You can get a copy here: linktr.ee/Ofalafel
My Art Avenger books are perfect for kids aged 7-11 especially if they’re the kind of child who’d appreciate the highbrow/lowbrow blend of art fact-files and bum-faced snails.
You can get a copy here: linktr.ee/Ofalafel
December 11, 2024 at 6:43 PM
Going to pin this – please share!
My Art Avenger books are perfect for kids aged 7-11 especially if they’re the kind of child who’d appreciate the highbrow/lowbrow blend of art fact-files and bum-faced snails.
You can get a copy here: linktr.ee/Ofalafel
My Art Avenger books are perfect for kids aged 7-11 especially if they’re the kind of child who’d appreciate the highbrow/lowbrow blend of art fact-files and bum-faced snails.
You can get a copy here: linktr.ee/Ofalafel
Late to the party, but Agatha All
Along is all kinds of awesome. Think I might have to watch it again straight away. That song is now playing on a permenant loop in my head though. Curses! 💜 🎶
Along is all kinds of awesome. Think I might have to watch it again straight away. That song is now playing on a permenant loop in my head though. Curses! 💜 🎶
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December 7, 2024 at 10:29 PM
Late to the party, but Agatha All
Along is all kinds of awesome. Think I might have to watch it again straight away. That song is now playing on a permenant loop in my head though. Curses! 💜 🎶
Along is all kinds of awesome. Think I might have to watch it again straight away. That song is now playing on a permenant loop in my head though. Curses! 💜 🎶
Beautiful morning in Bristol ahead of the next storm
December 6, 2024 at 11:53 AM
Beautiful morning in Bristol ahead of the next storm
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Mr KJC has templated this year's gingerbread house and it is *ambitious*.
December 1, 2024 at 6:27 PM
Mr KJC has templated this year's gingerbread house and it is *ambitious*.
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Check it out, I made a book! DONUT SQUAD TAKE OVER THE WORLD, this May! 🍩🎉🍩🎉🍩
🍩🤩Here is the cover for the brand-new DONUT SQUAD* by @neillcameron.bsky.social!💥
Pre-order NOW!🚨
Waterstones: ow.ly/i4pE50Ugy3S
The Phoenix: ow.ly/ao1G50Ugxkt
Foyles: ow.ly/O0Xu50UfEQp
Amazon: ow.ly/Bi5I50UfEQr
Or pre-order at your local independent bookshop!
*first seen in The Phoenix
Pre-order NOW!🚨
Waterstones: ow.ly/i4pE50Ugy3S
The Phoenix: ow.ly/ao1G50Ugxkt
Foyles: ow.ly/O0Xu50UfEQp
Amazon: ow.ly/Bi5I50UfEQr
Or pre-order at your local independent bookshop!
*first seen in The Phoenix
November 27, 2024 at 3:06 PM
Check it out, I made a book! DONUT SQUAD TAKE OVER THE WORLD, this May! 🍩🎉🍩🎉🍩
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This is so much the beginning of something - While writing it my mind has gone blank - and I can't find quite a few people on here who I thought were here - suggestions please - tag people below the post go.bsky.app/V2ynqEL
November 26, 2024 at 12:48 PM
This is so much the beginning of something - While writing it my mind has gone blank - and I can't find quite a few people on here who I thought were here - suggestions please - tag people below the post go.bsky.app/V2ynqEL
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In case you haven't heard – Medieval Women: In Their Own Words is open! *cue medieval fanfare*
Step into the Middle Ages and explore the lives of women both well-known and long-forgotten, and their stories of creativity, courage, and resilience: bit.ly/BLMedievalWo...
P.S. Members go free!
Step into the Middle Ages and explore the lives of women both well-known and long-forgotten, and their stories of creativity, courage, and resilience: bit.ly/BLMedievalWo...
P.S. Members go free!
November 18, 2024 at 5:38 PM
In case you haven't heard – Medieval Women: In Their Own Words is open! *cue medieval fanfare*
Step into the Middle Ages and explore the lives of women both well-known and long-forgotten, and their stories of creativity, courage, and resilience: bit.ly/BLMedievalWo...
P.S. Members go free!
Step into the Middle Ages and explore the lives of women both well-known and long-forgotten, and their stories of creativity, courage, and resilience: bit.ly/BLMedievalWo...
P.S. Members go free!
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So proud to be part of this amazing new publication SHELF, created by illustrator Helen Hancocks … reviewing the best of the best picture books alongside my beloved @librarymice.bsky.social check them out to find out where to pre-order … #bookdesign #illustration #kidlit #picturebooks
November 26, 2024 at 10:58 AM
So proud to be part of this amazing new publication SHELF, created by illustrator Helen Hancocks … reviewing the best of the best picture books alongside my beloved @librarymice.bsky.social check them out to find out where to pre-order … #bookdesign #illustration #kidlit #picturebooks
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Word of the day is ‘librocubicularist’: one who loves nothing better than reading in bed.
(Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).
(Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).
November 24, 2024 at 10:47 AM
Word of the day is ‘librocubicularist’: one who loves nothing better than reading in bed.
(Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).
(Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).