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Just Imagine @justimaginecentre.bsky.social · 2d

Coming up Thursday, 16th October, 7.00 pm... one of our most popular evenings of the year. Our Halloween special with Jack McKay, Laura Theis, Christopher Edge and Michelle Robinson. Make it a family night in. justimagine.co.uk/evening-in/h...

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Helen Jones @hfj0108.bsky.social · 3d

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Helen Jones @hfj0108.bsky.social · 3d

Our local is @alligatorsmouth.bsky.social. They help us out with books for author visits and give fantastic suggestions to children and teachers.

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Helen Jones @hfj0108.bsky.social · 3d

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Jon Biddle @jonnybid.bsky.social · 3d

Happy Bookshop Day! There are over 200 independent children's bookshops on my map so do pay your local one a visit. It's regularly updated but please let me know of any more I could add. padlet.com/Jon_Biddle/r...

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Helen Jones @hfj0108.bsky.social · 3d

Just bought The History of We. It’s a beautiful book.

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Alastair Chisholm @alastairc.com · 3d

Today's school event at #CheltLitFest went brilliantly – thanks to all the pupils for your great energy and awesome ideas! 😊 Now getting ready for Saturday's public event, FLIGHT OR FIGHT – join me if you can! 🐺🐦‍⬛

👉 alastairc.com/events/20251...

@nosycrow.bsky.social #KidLitUk #IAmWolf

Author Alastair Chisholm standing below a banner reading CHELTENHAM LITERATURE FESTIVAL. Alastair is holding his books I AM WOLF and I AM RAVEN.

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Helen Jones @hfj0108.bsky.social · 3d

I quite like catching up later and seeing that many of my favourites have been mentioned. It’s both a confirmation that they are brilliant and gives me the opportunity to dig through my slightly tired brain for some more choices!

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Helen Jones @hfj0108.bsky.social · 3d

No social media at school. By the time I get home, most of my favourites have been mentioned already! I couldn’t see these though and have probably missed several others. #KidLitUK #KidsBooksFriday

Cover of High Rise Mystery by Sharna Jackson

Cover of The Misadventures of Mina Mahmood by Farhana Islam

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Helen Jones @hfj0108.bsky.social · 3d

A fantastic read. Just put a couple of copies into our school libraries today.

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Marianne Doherty @mariannedoherty.bsky.social · 4d

With the IBC Excluded Voices report making for sober reading this week, let’s use #KidsBooksFriday to celebrate brilliant books from global majority writers.
#KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit

www.inclusivebooksforchildren.org/excluded-voi...

Book cover for Spirit Warriors by Ashley Thorpe

Book cover for Nush and the Stolen Emerald by Jasbinder Bilan

Book cover for Nate Yu’s Blast from the Past by Maisie Chan

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Helen Jones @hfj0108.bsky.social · 3d

We read Birdie for the @sparkbookaward.bsky.social last year. A brilliant book.

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Helen Jones @hfj0108.bsky.social · 3d

We are reading Amazing Asia as part of the IBA and all the children taking part have been raving about it but I haven’t been able to get a look-in!

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Marianne Doherty @mariannedoherty.bsky.social · 6d

My fab colleague Paul and I got to write the autumn children's book reviews for the Scotsman. I think they were in the paper at the weekend but you can read them here online...
www.scotsman.com/arts-and-cul...

#UKKidLit #KidLitUK #KidLit

The best new children's books for autumn 2025

Among the heroes of this autumn’s best kids books are a sleepy bear, a water-loving rabbit and a pair of hyper-competitive turtles. Reviews by Paul Kane and Marianne Doherty

www.scotsman.com

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Jacqui Sydney 📚 @jacquisydney.bsky.social · 8d

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

worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/2025/10/06/t...

The Last Day of October by Phil Hickes, illustrated by Oriol Vidal

worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com

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Big Green Books (Simon) @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 6d

"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!!

www.biggreenbookshop.com/big-green-bo...

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Alastair Chisholm @alastairc.com · 7d

🚨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 · 9d

My book REEK is in the BookTrust Great Books Guide, yaaaay!!! 🥳🥳🥳. Alongside some brilliant company, too – check it out!

👉 alastairc.com/blog/2025100...

@barringtonstoke.bsky.social @booktrust.org.uk #KidLitUk #Reek

REEK is a BookTrust Great Book!

REEK by Alastair Chisholm has been included in the BookTrust Great Book Guide 2025

alastairc.com

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Helen Jones @hfj0108.bsky.social · 9d

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 · 10d

Less than a week away! 🐭🎨

Sarah McIntyre @sarahmcintyre.bsky.social · 20d

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 · 9d

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 · 12d

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...

@scholasticuk.bsky.social #KidLitUk

Medusa Gorgon's Bad Hair Day by Bethany Walker

I Am Reading: Medusa Gorgon's Bad Hair Day by Bethany Walker

alastairc.com

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Sarah McIntyre @sarahmcintyre.bsky.social · 15d

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 ☺️

@philipreeve.bsky.social @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social

Sarah, gaping at books, next to Philip, looking slightly more composed

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Marianne Doherty @mariannedoherty.bsky.social · 11d

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 · 10d

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 · 10d

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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