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otterbarrybooks.bsky.social @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social · 3d

Happy Publication Day to My Book of Classic Nursery Tales! 🎈

Brilliantly illustrated gift book from a bestselling author-illustrator, featuring eight much-loved
traditional nursery tales.

Congratulations to @mrjamesmayhew ⭐️

#TheBookofClassicNurseryTales #kidsbooks

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otterbarrybooks.bsky.social @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social · 3d

Happy Publication Day to Ming The Panda! 🐼

A true story of courage and hope from World War II and the London Blitz, with London Zoo’s first
panda at the centre.

Congratulations to Jake Hope and Yu Rong 🤩

#MingthePanda #bookpublication #publicationday #kidsbooks @bouncesalesandmarketing

otterbarrybooks.bsky.social @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social · 4d

A sneak peek into the wonderful new book #MingthePanda by @jakegatehouse and Yu Rong - out tomorrow 🐼

otterbarrybooks.bsky.social @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social · 4d

@OtterBarryBooks open for business at Frankfurt Book Fair! @Book_Fair

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Neal Zetter @nealzetterpoet.bsky.social · 5d

Special offer on my next/14th book, out Jan:

#poems #LibrarySky #EduSky #BookSky #poetry #TeacherSky #poetrylovers #PoetrySky #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #teachers #literacy @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social #kidlit @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social

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otterbarrybooks.bsky.social @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social · 6d

We are excited to share that #TheBoyWhoLovesToLickTheWind came 2nd place in the Picture Book category in The Diverse Book Awards 2025 🤩

Congratulations to Fiona Carswell and Yu Rong ✨

#diversebookawards2025 #kidsbook

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Bev Humphrey @libwithattitude65.bsky.social · 17d

What a brilliant pairing #MichaelaMorgan & #NickSharratt is! This is a fab anthology with poems to make you think , laugh & maybe even shed a tear (look out for Ice Cream 😢) with many tips on reading aloud etc included #NationalPoetryDay @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social

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Kate @katepoet.bsky.social · 16d

A very happy National Poetry Day with Hagbourne Primary School, Oxon, via Zoom! Here are the younger children enacting a wood, ready for animal rhymes! Then 4/5 & I explored emotions, with wonderfully expressive outcomes! Well done all!
@otterbarrybooks.bsky.social

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otterbarrybooks.bsky.social @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social · 17d

✨ It’s National Poetry Day and we’re thrilled to share some news! ✨

Amazon have chosen 5 NPD poems to ask Alexa, including Word Play from All Together Now 🛝

Today, simply say to your Alexa speaker:

👉 “Alexa, today is National Poetry Day, please read me a poem.”

Congrats @michaelamorganpoet 🤩

otterbarrybooks.bsky.social @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social · 17d

Celebrate National Poetry Day with us! 🌟

Join Nikki Gamble and guests for a special National Poetry Day celebration with @justimagine_books

Tonight, Thursday 2 October, 7pm 🤩

register via this link
justimagine.co.uk/evening-in/n... 📚

otterbarrybooks.bsky.social @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social · 25d

We are so excited to share that #TheFirstYear has been selected as part of @waterstones Paperback of the Year 2025 collection 🤩

A massive congratulations to @mattgoodfellowpoet and @joetoddstanton 👏

Avaliable to purchase at your local Waterstones!

#waterstones #kidsbooks #picturebookoftheyear

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Books for Keeps, the online children's books review journal @booksforkeeps.bsky.social · 26d

In our NEW issue, #BfK274 for our Authorgraph interview, Ferelith Hordon talks to James Mayhew on publication of his new book MY BOOK OF CLASSIC NURSERY TALES and looks back over his impressive career. #illustration #KidLitUK #BookSky @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social
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Graphic showing the cover of the new issue of online children's review journal Books for Keeps, a photograph of author illustrator James Mayhew, who is the subject of the new Authorgraph interview, and a cover of his latest book My Book of Classic Nursery Tales.

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Save Redland Library @saveredlandlibr.bsky.social · Sep 17

Shared for #BookshopWednesday 📚

otterbarrybooks.bsky.social @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social · Sep 16

Lovely window display of The Summer Puppy by @jackiemorrisartist and @cathyfisherart in The Dragon’s Garden Bookshop, Llandovery 📚

Ready for visitors to their Sheep Festival starting this week, from 20-21st of September!

#thesummerpuppy #booktour #kidsbooks

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otterbarrybooks.bsky.social @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social · Sep 17

So proud to be nominated for Sky Arts Award Poetry and congrats to winner @CalebFemi. Thanks @SkyArts for a fabulous evening. And thanks to judges inc #RogerMcGough and #LisaMead of @ApplesAndSnakes. @bouncemarketing

otterbarrybooks.bsky.social @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social · Sep 16

Lovely window display of The Summer Puppy by @jackiemorrisartist and @cathyfisherart in The Dragon’s Garden Bookshop, Llandovery 📚

Ready for visitors to their Sheep Festival starting this week, from 20-21st of September!

#thesummerpuppy #booktour #kidsbooks

otterbarrybooks.bsky.social @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social · Sep 8

The Boy Who Loves To Lick The Wind has been shortlisted for the Picture Book Category by The Diverse Book Awards 🎉 congratulations to @FionaCarswell and @YuRong ⭐️

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otterbarrybooks.bsky.social @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social · Sep 4

Happy Publication Day to It’s Really, Really Not Fair! 🎉 A funny, picture book by @AngieMorgan — here's a sneak peek of what's inside! ⭐

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Jill Bennett @jillshanti.bsky.social · Sep 2

Published this week a cracking collection of over 50 new poems from Pie Corbett #DragonCat with fun illustrations by Tom Morgan-Jones @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social it's #RedReadingHub’s book of the day reviewed on the blog wp.me/p11DI5-dpJ

Dragon Cat

Dragon CatPie CorbettOtter-Barry Books A cracking collection of over fifty new poems from Pie Corbett, many of which are of a playful nature, several of which sent me back to my childhood. One of t…

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Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social · Sep 4

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Angie Morgan from It’s Really, Really Not Fair, in which Polly learns to appreciate the possible. ‘Polly wanted to fly.’ Demonstrating a talent for comical drawings, the pigeon, the cat and the child are all funny. Otter-Barry Books 4 Sept. @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social

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otterbarrybooks.bsky.social @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social · Sep 4

Happy Publication Day to Dragon Cat! 🐉🐱 A thrilling solo poetry collection by @PieCorbett , full of playful adventures, surprises, word games, and thoughtful poems. Illustrated beautifully by @TomMorganJones — here is a sneak peek of what's inside!

otterbarrybooks.bsky.social @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social · Aug 18

Come and join author Sheena Davies as she reads from Unity Street School Saves the Planet at Heffers
Bookshop, Cambridge!

Plus meet the characters from her book with a fun colouring in session!

📅25 August 2025
⏰3pm!
📍Heffers Bookshop, Cambridge

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nature-wee...

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National Poetry Day @poetrydayuk.bsky.social · Aug 13

🧟🦾 Ready to stomp, hop, and bleep your way into poetry?
We're continuing our playful journey to National Poetry Day 2025 with another joyful highlight: ‘Monster March’ by Jane Newberry (@janenewberry59) from Big Green Crocodile published by @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social. Link: 👉 buff.ly/lNGDGMB

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Scoobiesue2 @scoobiesue2.bsky.social · Aug 14

Today's review...'All Together Now' by Michaela Morgan
illustrated by Nick Sharratt
@otterbarrybooks.bsky.social
A fantastic collection!
throughthebookshelf.com/reviews/all-...

All Together Now — Through the Bookshelf

‘All Together Now’ is a brilliant book of poems by Michaela Morgan, all gathered together for the first time! With a colourful cover by Nick Sharratt, it is a real treasure trove of poetry fun, a must...

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otterbarrybooks.bsky.social @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social · Aug 13

Great to see National Poetry Day promoting poetry for the very young. #BigGreenCrocodike is an ideal way to introduce babies and toddlers to poetry!

@Janenewberry55
@CarolinaRabei

@bouncemarketing.bsky.social

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otterbarrybooks.bsky.social @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social · Aug 13

All Together Now! Book Launch 📚

Join @michaelamorganpoet & @nick.sharratt for an afternoon of poems, live drawing, tea & cake at the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education!

Tickets available via Eventbrite www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...