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Lucy Bannerman
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Children's book critic and journalist at The Times.
Championing the best in children's literature every week.
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Insta: @lucybannerman_books
'Augmented' by Kenechi Udogu is The Times children's book of the week.
A fresh take on eco sci-fi for young adults 🪴🌱🌿🌾🌻
(with a bit of gentle romance)...
@faberbooks.bsky.social
June 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Are you an unpublished children's author who wants to win a £10k publishing deal?
Send your manuscript to The Times Chicken House Children's Fiction Competition.
✨Only 10 days left to enter.... ✨

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May 23, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Also, I don't care what anyone says, this was the best movie of the 1980s.
Once seen, never forgotten...
#ReturntoOz
March 8, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Why are some of the best dogs - Airedale terriers! Old English Sheepdogs! Irish terriers! - on this list of vulnerable breeds?
There's no justice.
I blame the cavapoos.

@crufts.bsky.social @kennelclub.bsky.social @dogstrust.bsky.social
March 6, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Hipster dad from 1410

#bologna #pinacoteca
February 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
✨📚✨I'm in picture-book heaven. ✨📚✨
This weekend I'm being a fly on the wall as the judges pick the winners of the BolognaRagazzi Awards. They have two days to decide the winners from 4000 books from 80+ countries.
It's like the kids' book Olympics. 🎖️🏅🥈🥉
February 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM