Letterbox Library
@letterboxlibrary.bsky.social
Est. 1983. Not-for-profit children’s booksellers celebrating equality, inclusion & diversity. Schools/EY supplier. Co-runs Little Rebels Award. Workers’ Cooperative. www.letterboxlibrary.com
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We are delighted to announce that the Winner of the 2025 Little Rebels Award for Radical Children’s Fiction is @sarahhaggerholt.bsky.social for The Fights That Make Us, published by Usborne.
Congratulations, Sarah! Our first ever double champion!!
#KidLitUK
We are delighted to announce that the Winner of the 2025 Little Rebels Award for Radical Children’s Fiction is @sarahhaggerholt.bsky.social for The Fights That Make Us, published by Usborne.
Congratulations, Sarah! Our first ever double champion!!
#KidLitUK
ICYMI
CONGRATULATIONS to the first ever double prize winner of The Little Rebels Award for Radical Children’s Fiction @sarahhaggerholt.bsky.social
CONGRATULATIONS to the first ever double prize winner of The Little Rebels Award for Radical Children’s Fiction @sarahhaggerholt.bsky.social
We’re the very lucky people who got to interview @lawrencepatrice.bsky.social for @booksforkeeps.bsky.social to mark her Nero Book Awards shortlisting.
Patrice’s energy for gathering stories and telling them across genres & age range is phenomenal.
Feeling very nourished!
Patrice’s energy for gathering stories and telling them across genres & age range is phenomenal.
Feeling very nourished!
November 27, 2025 at 1:13 PM
We’re the very lucky people who got to interview @lawrencepatrice.bsky.social for @booksforkeeps.bsky.social to mark her Nero Book Awards shortlisting.
Patrice’s energy for gathering stories and telling them across genres & age range is phenomenal.
Feeling very nourished!
Patrice’s energy for gathering stories and telling them across genres & age range is phenomenal.
Feeling very nourished!
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New @cilip.bsky.social Committee to defend intellectual freedoms.
“Intellectual freedom means the right of everyone to access information, ask questions, learn, explore ideas and express opinions without undue restriction…”
#KidLitUK
New @cilip.bsky.social Committee to defend intellectual freedoms.
“Intellectual freedom means the right of everyone to access information, ask questions, learn, explore ideas and express opinions without undue restriction…”
#KidLitUK
We're seeking committee members for #CILIP's new Intellectual Freedom Committee. The Committee will work towards everyone's right to read, think, and speak freely, and lead discussions on issues of censorship and access to information. Join us: https://ow.ly/k3I250XwXKR. Apply now!
November 27, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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New @cilip.bsky.social Committee to defend intellectual freedoms.
“Intellectual freedom means the right of everyone to access information, ask questions, learn, explore ideas and express opinions without undue restriction…”
#KidLitUK
New @cilip.bsky.social Committee to defend intellectual freedoms.
“Intellectual freedom means the right of everyone to access information, ask questions, learn, explore ideas and express opinions without undue restriction…”
#KidLitUK
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While CILIP welcomes the Budget announcement of £5m for secondary school libraries. CEO Louis Coiffait-Gunn calls for “a long-term strategy to secure statutory status for school libraries, with ongoing funding for professional library staff in every school”. https://ow.ly/OOC150XyxWb
Culture sector responds to snub in 'damp squib' Autumn Budget - Arts Professional
Rachel Reeves' sophomore budget has been branded a ”damp squib” as figures from across the creative industries share their disappointment with the Chancellor
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November 27, 2025 at 9:36 AM
While CILIP welcomes the Budget announcement of £5m for secondary school libraries. CEO Louis Coiffait-Gunn calls for “a long-term strategy to secure statutory status for school libraries, with ongoing funding for professional library staff in every school”. https://ow.ly/OOC150XyxWb
I'm excited to be a Reading Champion for the @BooksForTopics #BookFriday campaign on Nov 28th!
Forget Black Friday - we're celebrating Book Friday! This campaign is all about celebrating the best book finds in our schools and libraries.
Forget Black Friday - we're celebrating Book Friday! This campaign is all about celebrating the best book finds in our schools and libraries.
November 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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“Loving others is the loudest language of all.” — The New York Times
Thank you to @nytimes.com for this thoughtful review of Listening to the Quiet. 🤟✨
uk.bookshop.org/a/291/978191...
Thank you to @nytimes.com for this thoughtful review of Listening to the Quiet. 🤟✨
uk.bookshop.org/a/291/978191...
November 25, 2025 at 11:57 AM
“Loving others is the loudest language of all.” — The New York Times
Thank you to @nytimes.com for this thoughtful review of Listening to the Quiet. 🤟✨
uk.bookshop.org/a/291/978191...
Thank you to @nytimes.com for this thoughtful review of Listening to the Quiet. 🤟✨
uk.bookshop.org/a/291/978191...
The most recent @ibbyuk.bsky.social conference centred on what histories children are traditionally told and how these can be resisted, expanded, interrupted.
A superb lineup of speakers including:
Farrah @theclpe.bsky.social
@chrishaughton.bsky.social
@gitaralleigh.bsky.social
with …
#KidLitUK
A superb lineup of speakers including:
Farrah @theclpe.bsky.social
@chrishaughton.bsky.social
@gitaralleigh.bsky.social
with …
#KidLitUK
November 25, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The most recent @ibbyuk.bsky.social conference centred on what histories children are traditionally told and how these can be resisted, expanded, interrupted.
A superb lineup of speakers including:
Farrah @theclpe.bsky.social
@chrishaughton.bsky.social
@gitaralleigh.bsky.social
with …
#KidLitUK
A superb lineup of speakers including:
Farrah @theclpe.bsky.social
@chrishaughton.bsky.social
@gitaralleigh.bsky.social
with …
#KidLitUK
SCHOOLS GIVEAWAY ends TOMORROW 5pm.
And it’s an exceptional one 🤗
And it’s an exceptional one 🤗
1/2 ⭐️SCHOOLS!
⭐️BOOK PACK #giveaway
Author @sophieanderson.bsky.social is kindly gifting 1 UK-based Primary School a Reflecting Realities Book Pack.
TO ENTER:
1] follow
2] reply “ ⛄️ ”
3] sign up to our quarterly newsletter letterboxlibrary.com/subscribers
CLOSES 5PM 26th November
#KidLitUK
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⭐️BOOK PACK #giveaway
Author @sophieanderson.bsky.social is kindly gifting 1 UK-based Primary School a Reflecting Realities Book Pack.
TO ENTER:
1] follow
2] reply “ ⛄️ ”
3] sign up to our quarterly newsletter letterboxlibrary.com/subscribers
CLOSES 5PM 26th November
#KidLitUK
…
November 25, 2025 at 11:56 AM
SCHOOLS GIVEAWAY ends TOMORROW 5pm.
And it’s an exceptional one 🤗
And it’s an exceptional one 🤗
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Very happy to see THE PRINCES AND THE PEA by me and Claire Powell in this Books of the Year selection. Nice to be in such brilliant company. @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
The @booksforkeeps.bsky.social Books of the Year 2025 has our regular round up of selected primary aged texts with lgbtq+ stars🤩
Books by @tommydoyle.bsky.social Sarah Tagholm& @manumontoya.bsky.social @peterbently.bsky.social & Claire Powell @catwrote.bsky.social @maisiechanwrites.bsky.social
Books by @tommydoyle.bsky.social Sarah Tagholm& @manumontoya.bsky.social @peterbently.bsky.social & Claire Powell @catwrote.bsky.social @maisiechanwrites.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Very happy to see THE PRINCES AND THE PEA by me and Claire Powell in this Books of the Year selection. Nice to be in such brilliant company. @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
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⭐"A story of refugee and asylum stands out on several counts... full humanity...strength, dignity and warmth" #BfK275 p27
⭐Thank you Fen Coles @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social @booksforkeeps.bsky.social brilliant review of
KENDE! KENDE! KENDE! by Kirsten Cappy, Yaya Gentille, @rahanabanana.bsky.social
⭐Thank you Fen Coles @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social @booksforkeeps.bsky.social brilliant review of
KENDE! KENDE! KENDE! by Kirsten Cappy, Yaya Gentille, @rahanabanana.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
⭐"A story of refugee and asylum stands out on several counts... full humanity...strength, dignity and warmth" #BfK275 p27
⭐Thank you Fen Coles @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social @booksforkeeps.bsky.social brilliant review of
KENDE! KENDE! KENDE! by Kirsten Cappy, Yaya Gentille, @rahanabanana.bsky.social
⭐Thank you Fen Coles @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social @booksforkeeps.bsky.social brilliant review of
KENDE! KENDE! KENDE! by Kirsten Cappy, Yaya Gentille, @rahanabanana.bsky.social
Congratulations to Jamila Gavin, Patrice Lawrence, Struan Murray and Jenny Pearson, shortlisted in the Children's Fiction category of the still new but already prestigious Nero Book Awards 🎉 👏 🎆 🎉 #KidLitUK #bookawards
booksforkeeps.co.uk/nero-book-aw...
booksforkeeps.co.uk/nero-book-aw...
November 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
1/2 ⭐️SCHOOLS!
⭐️BOOK PACK #giveaway
Author @sophieanderson.bsky.social is kindly gifting 1 UK-based Primary School a Reflecting Realities Book Pack.
TO ENTER:
1] follow
2] reply “ ⛄️ ”
3] sign up to our quarterly newsletter letterboxlibrary.com/subscribers
CLOSES 5PM 26th November
#KidLitUK
…
⭐️BOOK PACK #giveaway
Author @sophieanderson.bsky.social is kindly gifting 1 UK-based Primary School a Reflecting Realities Book Pack.
TO ENTER:
1] follow
2] reply “ ⛄️ ”
3] sign up to our quarterly newsletter letterboxlibrary.com/subscribers
CLOSES 5PM 26th November
#KidLitUK
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November 20, 2025 at 12:48 PM
1/2 ⭐️SCHOOLS!
⭐️BOOK PACK #giveaway
Author @sophieanderson.bsky.social is kindly gifting 1 UK-based Primary School a Reflecting Realities Book Pack.
TO ENTER:
1] follow
2] reply “ ⛄️ ”
3] sign up to our quarterly newsletter letterboxlibrary.com/subscribers
CLOSES 5PM 26th November
#KidLitUK
…
⭐️BOOK PACK #giveaway
Author @sophieanderson.bsky.social is kindly gifting 1 UK-based Primary School a Reflecting Realities Book Pack.
TO ENTER:
1] follow
2] reply “ ⛄️ ”
3] sign up to our quarterly newsletter letterboxlibrary.com/subscribers
CLOSES 5PM 26th November
#KidLitUK
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“The most recent Reflecting Realities report, conducted by CLPE, shows children’s publishers making some good progress. But, at the same time, concerns have been raised around this wider commitment to change…
#KidLitUK
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#KidLitUK
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Comment: We pay leaders to lead, not take a back seat
When meaty issues come our way, we should not deny them because real change requires courage and persistence – we should expect leaders to lean into this, not sit idly by as others do the work and pay...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:43 PM
“The most recent Reflecting Realities report, conducted by CLPE, shows children’s publishers making some good progress. But, at the same time, concerns have been raised around this wider commitment to change…
#KidLitUK
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#KidLitUK
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Our Power of Reading project offers unique insights into what makes reading teaching successful in primary schools. This free booklet shares what teachers say is needed to foster a lifelong love of reading. Download now: https://clpe.org.uk/research/reading-pleasure-what-we-know-works
November 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Our Power of Reading project offers unique insights into what makes reading teaching successful in primary schools. This free booklet shares what teachers say is needed to foster a lifelong love of reading. Download now: https://clpe.org.uk/research/reading-pleasure-what-we-know-works
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Our friends at Letterbox Library have put together a book pack for primary school teachers, inspired by our Reflecting Realities research.
Get a book pack for your classroom here: https://www.letterboxlibrary.com/product-page/reflecting-realities-book-pack-key-stage-1-2
Get a book pack for your classroom here: https://www.letterboxlibrary.com/product-page/reflecting-realities-book-pack-key-stage-1-2
November 18, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Our friends at Letterbox Library have put together a book pack for primary school teachers, inspired by our Reflecting Realities research.
Get a book pack for your classroom here: https://www.letterboxlibrary.com/product-page/reflecting-realities-book-pack-key-stage-1-2
Get a book pack for your classroom here: https://www.letterboxlibrary.com/product-page/reflecting-realities-book-pack-key-stage-1-2
🎁That’s all your Xmas bookish gifting ideas and inspiration all in the one bumper-packed issue🎁
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 18, 2025 at 12:46 PM
🎁That’s all your Xmas bookish gifting ideas and inspiration all in the one bumper-packed issue🎁
The @booksforkeeps.bsky.social Books of the Year 2025 has our regular round up of selected primary aged texts with lgbtq+ stars🤩
Books by @tommydoyle.bsky.social Sarah Tagholm& @manumontoya.bsky.social @peterbently.bsky.social & Claire Powell @catwrote.bsky.social @maisiechanwrites.bsky.social
Books by @tommydoyle.bsky.social Sarah Tagholm& @manumontoya.bsky.social @peterbently.bsky.social & Claire Powell @catwrote.bsky.social @maisiechanwrites.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 12:44 PM
The @booksforkeeps.bsky.social Books of the Year 2025 has our regular round up of selected primary aged texts with lgbtq+ stars🤩
Books by @tommydoyle.bsky.social Sarah Tagholm& @manumontoya.bsky.social @peterbently.bsky.social & Claire Powell @catwrote.bsky.social @maisiechanwrites.bsky.social
Books by @tommydoyle.bsky.social Sarah Tagholm& @manumontoya.bsky.social @peterbently.bsky.social & Claire Powell @catwrote.bsky.social @maisiechanwrites.bsky.social
Trade Responds to Inclusive Companies Closing:
“When these presses disappear, we’re not just losing businesses, we’re losing the fertile ground of experimentation and incubation – the places where new voices, formats and audiences are discovered…
#KidLitUK
“When these presses disappear, we’re not just losing businesses, we’re losing the fertile ground of experimentation and incubation – the places where new voices, formats and audiences are discovered…
#KidLitUK
ICYMI: Trade figures have called on the publishing industry to ‘safeguard the future of inclusive storytelling’ following the recent closure of several organisations championing representation in children’s books 👇 #BookSky
‘This should be a wake-up call’: trade responds to inclusive organisations closing
ebx.sh
November 18, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Trade Responds to Inclusive Companies Closing:
“When these presses disappear, we’re not just losing businesses, we’re losing the fertile ground of experimentation and incubation – the places where new voices, formats and audiences are discovered…
#KidLitUK
“When these presses disappear, we’re not just losing businesses, we’re losing the fertile ground of experimentation and incubation – the places where new voices, formats and audiences are discovered…
#KidLitUK
“I think maybe sometimes in dealing with diversity and inclusion …in terms of business, they’ve come to mean ‘small, risky’, and you have to combat that.”
Reflections from Ken Wilson Max , author, illustrator, publishers- 40 yrs in the industry!
Kumusha/ @harpercollins.bsky.social
#KidLitUK
Reflections from Ken Wilson Max , author, illustrator, publishers- 40 yrs in the industry!
Kumusha/ @harpercollins.bsky.social
#KidLitUK
Kumusha means the idea of home. In HarperCollins terms, it’s a place where people can discuss an idea that perhaps doesn’t fit anywhere else, says Ken Wilson-Max as he shares his plans for the imprint 👇 #BookSky
Creator and publisher Ken Wilson-Max reflects on 40 years in the industry
ebx.sh
November 18, 2025 at 11:53 AM
“I think maybe sometimes in dealing with diversity and inclusion …in terms of business, they’ve come to mean ‘small, risky’, and you have to combat that.”
Reflections from Ken Wilson Max , author, illustrator, publishers- 40 yrs in the industry!
Kumusha/ @harpercollins.bsky.social
#KidLitUK
Reflections from Ken Wilson Max , author, illustrator, publishers- 40 yrs in the industry!
Kumusha/ @harpercollins.bsky.social
#KidLitUK
The key recommendation from the most recent @theclpe.bsky.social #ReflectingRealities Report:
“The core recommendation is about *systemic change* – really thinking about every layer of the process from concept to shelf, so that, moving forward, you don’t need…
#KidLitUK
“The core recommendation is about *systemic change* – really thinking about every layer of the process from concept to shelf, so that, moving forward, you don’t need…
#KidLitUK
Nearly one in four children’s books published in 2024 featured racially minoritised characters, a rebound from the sharp decline of the previous year 👇 #BookSky
Representation in kids’ books partially bounces back in 2024 following stark drop
ebx.sh
November 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The key recommendation from the most recent @theclpe.bsky.social #ReflectingRealities Report:
“The core recommendation is about *systemic change* – really thinking about every layer of the process from concept to shelf, so that, moving forward, you don’t need…
#KidLitUK
“The core recommendation is about *systemic change* – really thinking about every layer of the process from concept to shelf, so that, moving forward, you don’t need…
#KidLitUK
1/4 The 8th @theclpe.bsky.social Reflecting Realities report has landed!
This annual survey of racially-minoritised presences in UK children’s literature is a gift to the industry &to all of us working with/for children &young people. It’s a critical benchmark &a launchpad to do better.
#KidLitUK
This annual survey of racially-minoritised presences in UK children’s literature is a gift to the industry &to all of us working with/for children &young people. It’s a critical benchmark &a launchpad to do better.
#KidLitUK
The 8th Annual Reflecting Realities Report is out now, showing progress in ethnic representation in children’s books and urging publishers to keep inclusion as a standard practice. https://clpe.org.uk/research/clpe-reflecting-realities-survey-ethnic-representation-within-uk-childrens-literature-3
November 14, 2025 at 11:17 AM
1/4 The 8th @theclpe.bsky.social Reflecting Realities report has landed!
This annual survey of racially-minoritised presences in UK children’s literature is a gift to the industry &to all of us working with/for children &young people. It’s a critical benchmark &a launchpad to do better.
#KidLitUK
This annual survey of racially-minoritised presences in UK children’s literature is a gift to the industry &to all of us working with/for children &young people. It’s a critical benchmark &a launchpad to do better.
#KidLitUK
“Surely, the argument isn’t that inclusive books are a publishing trend?”
We blogged!
Ahead of tomorrow’s publication of the 8th @theclpe.bsky.social #ReflectingRealities Report, check out our most recent blog (6min read) :
www.letterboxlibrary.com/post/before-...
#KidLitUK
We blogged!
Ahead of tomorrow’s publication of the 8th @theclpe.bsky.social #ReflectingRealities Report, check out our most recent blog (6min read) :
www.letterboxlibrary.com/post/before-...
#KidLitUK
November 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
“Surely, the argument isn’t that inclusive books are a publishing trend?”
We blogged!
Ahead of tomorrow’s publication of the 8th @theclpe.bsky.social #ReflectingRealities Report, check out our most recent blog (6min read) :
www.letterboxlibrary.com/post/before-...
#KidLitUK
We blogged!
Ahead of tomorrow’s publication of the 8th @theclpe.bsky.social #ReflectingRealities Report, check out our most recent blog (6min read) :
www.letterboxlibrary.com/post/before-...
#KidLitUK
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Last week’s launch of @storymix.bsky.social The Other Father Christmas at Moon Lane Books truly had it all- from mince pies right through to a reading from the real Father Christmas aka Curtis Merriman.
Congrats to Jasmine Richards Priscilla Mante & @sha-hab.bsky.social
#KidLitUK
What a…
Congrats to Jasmine Richards Priscilla Mante & @sha-hab.bsky.social
#KidLitUK
What a…
November 11, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Last week’s launch of @storymix.bsky.social The Other Father Christmas at Moon Lane Books truly had it all- from mince pies right through to a reading from the real Father Christmas aka Curtis Merriman.
Congrats to Jasmine Richards Priscilla Mante & @sha-hab.bsky.social
#KidLitUK
What a…
Congrats to Jasmine Richards Priscilla Mante & @sha-hab.bsky.social
#KidLitUK
What a…
“Brand-new tween slice-of-life series” from Tolá Okogwu out next May!
#KidLitUK
www.penguin.co.uk/books/470029...
#KidLitUK
www.penguin.co.uk/books/470029...
Bim Blake’s Hot Takes: My Pencil Case Doesn’t Define Me
From the bestselling author of Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun comes the first in a brand-new tween slice-of-life series. Relatable, humorous and highly illustrated, Bím Blake's Hot Takes is perfect...
www.penguin.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 7:41 AM
“Brand-new tween slice-of-life series” from Tolá Okogwu out next May!
#KidLitUK
www.penguin.co.uk/books/470029...
#KidLitUK
www.penguin.co.uk/books/470029...
“The plot is sublime, spiralling out into the city’s nooks and crannies, intricate, but always firmly anchored by Lawrence’s soulful characters.”
@lawrencepatrice.bsky.social
The final Elemental Detectives is out! Perfect MG for history geeks&dragon-seekers.
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@lawrencepatrice.bsky.social
The final Elemental Detectives is out! Perfect MG for history geeks&dragon-seekers.
www.letterboxlibrary.com/product-page...
THE CASE OF THE DREAMING DRAGON | Letterbox Library
by Patrice Lawrence We’ve waited ever so long. But the wait was so worth it. The Elemental Detectives, Marisee Blackwell and Robert Strong, are back on the case in the conclusion to Patrice Lawrence’s...
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November 13, 2025 at 7:38 AM
“The plot is sublime, spiralling out into the city’s nooks and crannies, intricate, but always firmly anchored by Lawrence’s soulful characters.”
@lawrencepatrice.bsky.social
The final Elemental Detectives is out! Perfect MG for history geeks&dragon-seekers.
www.letterboxlibrary.com/product-page...
@lawrencepatrice.bsky.social
The final Elemental Detectives is out! Perfect MG for history geeks&dragon-seekers.
www.letterboxlibrary.com/product-page...
🐉Need more dragons in your life? Patrice-Lawrence-fashioned dragons? ..
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We’re celebrating the conclusion to The Elemental Detectives trilogy with a tidy bundle offer…
Newsletter out tomorrow!
@lawrencepatrice.bsky.social
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#KidLitUK
⭐️Sign up to our newsletter⭐️
We’re celebrating the conclusion to The Elemental Detectives trilogy with a tidy bundle offer…
Newsletter out tomorrow!
@lawrencepatrice.bsky.social
www.letterboxlibrary.com/subscribers
#KidLitUK
November 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
🐉Need more dragons in your life? Patrice-Lawrence-fashioned dragons? ..
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We’re celebrating the conclusion to The Elemental Detectives trilogy with a tidy bundle offer…
Newsletter out tomorrow!
@lawrencepatrice.bsky.social
www.letterboxlibrary.com/subscribers
#KidLitUK
⭐️Sign up to our newsletter⭐️
We’re celebrating the conclusion to The Elemental Detectives trilogy with a tidy bundle offer…
Newsletter out tomorrow!
@lawrencepatrice.bsky.social
www.letterboxlibrary.com/subscribers
#KidLitUK