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Verity Robinson

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📚 Primary School Librarian 📖 English Hub 🖍️ Illustrator 🌿 Leaf Literature Festival Coordinator

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Verity Robinson @verityisreading.bsky.social · Jan 5

Hello BlueSky, nice to meet you 👋

I’m Verity, a primary librarian passionate about encouraging children’s #readingforpleasure 📚
I also work for an English Hub, coordinate a trust-wide literature festival and I’m an illustrator too (when I can!)🖍️

Looking forward to talking books with you all!

A white woman with a green jumper, long brown hair and glasses smiles to the camera with a bookshelf in the background

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Verity Robinson @verityisreading.bsky.social · May 19

After the craziness of last week (SATs and Ofsted!), I almost missed being featured in this month’s @openuni-rfp.bsky.social newsletter!

Lovely to be featured next to @amygreatrex.bsky.social too 🧺📚

Link to read my report of last year’s #LeafLitFest here: ourfp.org/eop/the-leaf...

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Verity Robinson @verityisreading.bsky.social · Apr 19

✨ Another fantasy I have loved getting lost in this Easter! I know I’m late to the party but if you haven’t read The Land of Roar series by @jennymclachlan.bsky.social illustrated by @benmantle.bsky.social, climb aboard a dragon now..!✨

Full review here: www.instagram.com/p/DIoQalqKDG...

Verity Robinson @verityisreading.bsky.social · Apr 15

Glad to see you here!

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Verity Robinson @verityisreading.bsky.social · Apr 15

Finally had time to reflect on the busiest term ever! Check out my insta to see a round-up of the Leaf Literature Festival - a festival between 17 primary schools in Bristol celebrating reading! 📚🌿

#LiteratureFestival #authorvisits #readingforpleasure

www.instagram.com/p/DIePPIrqyQ...

Verity Robinson @verityisreading.bsky.social · Apr 11

I hope they’re listening from the pearly gates of their London offices!

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Abie Longstaff @abielongstaff.bsky.social · Apr 9

My letter to the @theguardian.com on the META theft of our work. Will be in the physical paper tomorrow.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Letter. Please follow the link if this isn't legible

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Verity Robinson @verityisreading.bsky.social · Apr 10

This is so exciting to see! Congratulations Hannah!

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Verity Robinson @verityisreading.bsky.social · Apr 10

Really enjoyed escaping into this fantasy epic ✨ I love how Katherine Rundell always ‘writes up’ for children, this doesn’t disappoint!
Thanks @claireridsdale.bsky.social for lending it to me!

Review here: www.instagram.com/p/DIMR5xjq5y...
@kidsbloomsbury.bsky.social

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Verity Robinson @verityisreading.bsky.social · Apr 10

Currently reading this! I’m also feeling very late to this party - really enjoying it!

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Verity Robinson @verityisreading.bsky.social · Apr 10

Would love publishers to put more money into marketing lesser-known fabulous authors so there’s less pressure on librarians/booksellers promoting books children won’t have seen in supermarkets.

Also please make all books standard size so we can cover the books easily! 🙏

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Verity Robinson @verityisreading.bsky.social · Apr 10

Last term was so full on so I’m enjoying taking things a little more slowly now it’s the Easter Holidays. Had myself a little ‘booknic’ to make the most of the sun! ☀️
What are you all reading this Easter?

Verity Robinson @verityisreading.bsky.social · Mar 26

A very belated but absolute humongous thank you to @peters-books.bsky.social for this award-winning collection of nonfiction for our school library 😍

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Verity Robinson @verityisreading.bsky.social · Mar 8

Thank you Ian! It was such a wonderful afternoon for all of our schools and such a fantastic way to end the first week of the #LeafLitFest. So many children inspired by you now - you’re a star! 👏

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Ian Eagleton @ianeagletonauthor.bsky.social · Mar 7

2000 kids?! WOW!! What a wonderful event organised by brilliant book-loving people!

#KidLit #BookSky #PrimaryEduSky

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Verity Robinson @verityisreading.bsky.social · Mar 7

Absolute honour to host @ianeagletonauthor.bsky.social for our Leaf Literature Festival virtual author visit today!

All of our EY and KS1 classes from our 17 schools joined to hear #NenandtheLonelyFisherman and learn some sea-themed BSL too! Thank you Ian!! 📚🧜‍♂️📔

#LeafLitFest

Verity Robinson @verityisreading.bsky.social · Mar 7

This is amazing! And those cupcakes are 😍😍
Looking forward to celebrating your books with our #LeafLitFest event later!

Verity Robinson @verityisreading.bsky.social · Mar 7

Chance and choice is absolutely it!
And hopefully some great reading role models too!

Verity Robinson @verityisreading.bsky.social · Mar 6

To all the librarians, teachers, TAs, authors and illustrators up and down the country who are putting their all into making this #WorldBookDay special - even if you only encourage one child to pick up a book today, you’ve made the world a better place ❤️

(illustration by me 🖍️)

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Verity Robinson @verityisreading.bsky.social · Mar 5

Thank you to all the Reading Leads, librarians and student helpers creating who are helping make all these events brilliant in their schools!
And to Storysmith Books for being the most wonderful bookshop people on the planet 📚📚📚

Verity Robinson @verityisreading.bsky.social · Mar 5

We launched our Leaf Literature Festival on Monday morning and what a line up we have this year!

Big thank you to the Leaf Trust for my beautiful flowers and the Year 4 girl who handmade these gorgeous book earrings - it’s so appreciated! 📚🍃

#readingforpleasure #LeafLitFest

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Joshua Seigal - 'YAPPING AWAY' out now! @joshuaseigal.bsky.social · Mar 4

Here is a poem for #WorldBookDay. It’s one of my most popular, and is available for FREE on my website www.joshuaseigal.co.uk, along with many other poems! #BookSky #EduSky #KidLit

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · Mar 1

A cartoon for #worldbookday (coming on Thursday 6th) for this week’s @theguardian.com books.

A small girl wearing a rabbit costume and blue coat carries a book as she walks to school.

Her mother (head out of shot) wheels her baby brother along in a pushchair.

The baby says "Peter Rabbit may be the 'Hero' of the story, but surely the obedient, widowed Mrs Rabbit is a more effective symbol of the oppression inherent within Mister McGregor's regime"

The girls looks furious and snaps "Mum!! He's critiquing my world book day costume from a marxist perspective again!"

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Verity Robinson @verityisreading.bsky.social · Feb 28

There will be a time where the #LeafLitFest won’t take over my life (or my living room) but I am VERY excited to be launching our trust of school’s festival on Monday and can’t wait to talk about all the amazing authors and illustrators we have joining us too!
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Verity Robinson @verityisreading.bsky.social · Feb 28

@louiestowell.bsky.social is there a way of making Loki tshirts a thing?!

And very pleased he was lovely (as expected!)

Verity Robinson @verityisreading.bsky.social · Feb 28

Where’s the tshirt from?! I’m jealous! And jealous of meeting Ben Willbond too 😂

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