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Karl Duke @karlduke8.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

I’m loving contributing to @teachprimarymag.bsky.social by sharing some of the successful reading-inspired learning and outcomes in our curriculum #primary

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Karl Duke @karlduke8.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

I adore the artwork of #angelaharding and spending a couple of hours reading A Year Unfolding has been bliss. Just a beautiful collection of her printmaking celebrating our gorgeous countryside. #art #natureart #wildlife #conservation #bbcwildlife @nationaltrust.org.uk @chrisgpackham.bsky.social

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Karl Duke @karlduke8.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Inspired by #jackiemorris and #benrothery the children are producing some incredible art this term in Y5/6. #wildlife #wildlifeart #thelostspells #thelostwords #primaryart #sketchbooks Reading inspires Art!

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Philip Reeve @philipreeve.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Waterstones are running an ADVENTUREMICE PRIZE DRAW. Pre-order the new book, Of Mice and Mummies, before 25th Feb and you’ll have a chance to win an original portrait of yourself* as a mouse by Sarah McIntyre, and a cuddly Steiff mouse. www.waterstones.com/win/adventur... *Or your child, of course!

A picture of all eight Adventuremice titles, plus several of Sarah’s mice and the aforementioned Steiff cuddly.

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Simon Smith @smithsmm.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

If you have even a passing interest in children’s books then you need to check out Betsy Bird’s ( @fuse8.bsky.social ) extraordinary 31 lists in 31 day. I’m always relived when I find lots of my favourite books #FavePicturebook25 in her lists. There are always gems I’ve missed however!

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Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Giveaway! I’m giving one lucky person the chance to pick one shelf of books from our Bertvent bookcase. Follow and repost by midday on Saturday 27th and I’ll pick someone at random! Which shelf will you choose? (UK only)

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Pushkin Children's Books @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

The WONDERFUL latest Books for Keeps reviews The Invisibles by @susiebower.bsky.social, Captain Danger and the Stupid Shadow by Victor Engbers, and The Otherwhere Post by Emily J Taylor 🥳

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Pushkin Children's Books @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Introducing Pushkin Children’s Classics! Reading is never more ✨magical✨ than in childhood. That’s why we’re bringing you the most thrilling and inspiring children’s stories from around the world. Stay tuned for the six beloved titles we’re publishing on July 3rd 🥳

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Simon Smith @smithsmm.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

A storm, a rising sea, and a family that refuses to let go. In “The House That Floated” by #Goujing, stunning art tells a delicate, wordless tale of resilience and love. A #PicturebookPage treasure, it is a #WordlessWonder, quietly powerful and unforgettable. Just Perfect! One of the best of ‘25

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Simon Smith @smithsmm.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Final lot…so far… Part 3 3/3 105/105 #Top40 #FavePicturebooks25 #PicturebookPage

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Simon Smith @smithsmm.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Here are some more… Part 2…2/3 72/105 #Top40 #FavePicturebooks25 #PicturebookPage

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Simon Smith @smithsmm.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

So it begins…starting to think about my #Top40 #FavePicturebooks25 What an amazing year… there are more and I have no doubt a few coming out soon that will challenge the list. You’ve got to start somewhere though 1/3 36/105… #PicturebookPage

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Simon Smith @smithsmm.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Just finished Letters from the Upside and wow — Katya Balen does it again! Her writing is tender, powerful, and full of heart. One of the finest children's authors out there. Every book is a gift, and this one truly soars. Literally one of the best writers around 📚 #KatyaBalen

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Darrell Wakelam @darrellwakelam.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Kicking off the new academic year tomorrow with a hands-on making session . . . a group of teachers have asked me to help them explore fossils through 3D making. It's a bit like asking the Cookie Monster to do training about biscuits. 😆😆😆 www.darrellwakelam.com #edusky

A montage of photos of 3D sculptures of fossil ammonites. I've made so many over the years so the photos here span about 20 years worth of work. There are photos of work that children have made and also examples that I have made myself.

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Little Rebels Award @littlerebsprize.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

There’s a new book out from our 2019 #LittleRebelsAward Winner @catwrote.bsky.social and this time she’s unpacking the complicated life of always-starry, often-radical, Josephine Baker- dancer/singer/French Resistance Agent/✊🏿Civil Rights Activist. #KidLitUK #UKKidLit

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BarbaraV @barbaraevav.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Devoured #Gloam by Jack Mackay & loved it! Bone-chillingly scary & menacing with a villain I will not forget easily. Beautifully written & wrapped in mist,dark danger,threaded with grief, loss, the meaning of family. Broodingly beautiful illustrations by Ben Joel Price. @rocktheboatnews.bsky.social.

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Christopher Edge @christopheredge.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

I'm thrilled to be able to share the Waterstones Exclusive Edition of FEAR FILES: HIDE AND SEEK! With stunning red sprayed edges, this will be published by @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social on 25.09.25, but you can pre-order this exclusive edition from @waterstones.bsky.social now! shorturl.at/NNhLj

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Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

#NewIllustrationoftheDay by Matthew Forsythe from his 3rd picturebook Aggie and the Ghost, about a little girl who is haunted by a ghost and makes her own choices. Depicting a simple fairytale world, in watercolour, gouache & coloured pencil. 28 Aug Simon & Schuster. @simonandschuster.bsky.social

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Jamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

🌟PIN BADGES!🌟 Hero Slam was released this week through Waterstones and also via The Phoenix Comic. Not only that, but The Phoenix have made these SUPERCOOL HERO SLAM PIN BADGES, which are available in their online store: thephoenixcomic.shop ⚔️🔥💖

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Mat Tobin @mattobin.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

My youngest and I read the opening chapters to @pgbellwriter.bsky.social latest and are HOOKED!

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Mr Tom Slattery @slatterymr.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Here it is! The end of the a wonderfully joyous series Crookhaven by @joelarcanjo.bsky.social The perfect ending and so much heart! If you’ve never read it, this is spoiler free &gives a little round up of the whole series! @hachettechildrens.bsky.social tomsbookcorner.wordpress.com/2025/08/21/c...

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Crookhaven – The Thieves’ Revenge by J.J.Arcanjo

The Book in Rhyme… “The final year at Crookhaven – Year number five, But for some of the crew, they’re lucky to be alive. As the leaders of the Nameless – infamous crime bosses. Seek ul…

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Tom Griffiths @checkemoutbooks.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Why read Billionaire Boy when there’s already a brilliant selection of children’s books out there exploring friendships? Here’s some of my favourites but what others would you suggest instead of Walliams’ book? #kidlituk @louiestowell.bsky.social @lesleyparr.bsky.social @hamdesign.bsky.social

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Jacqui Sydney 📚 @jacquisydney.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Delighted to celebrate the publication of brilliantly creepy middle grade #Gloam by Jack MacKay last night. Huge thanks to @rocktheboatnews.bsky.social for inviting me.

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Tiny Tree Books 📕 @tinytreebooks.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Out today ✨ Linnet and the Periwinkle Flyer by @lindsaylittleson.bsky.social! A heartwarming, high-spirited adventure about invention, rebellion, and dreaming big in a world that wants to keep girls small. Out now 👉 amzn.to/4mnxEy0

Cover of Linnet and the Periwinkle Flyer on a dark blue background.

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Jon Biddle @jonnybid.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

With the new academic year approaching, this picturebook assembly overview might be useful to people. The suggested books cover themes around empathy, inclusion and diversity, and are all texts I've used in the classroom. Any shares appreciated. Link here: padlet.com/Jon_Biddle/r...

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Karl Duke @karlduke8.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Huge fan of @tompalmerauthor.bsky.social and it’s wonderful to see #wardog published after he shared with our children recently. Perfect to introduce WW2 in assembly with #hope #courage #friendship and #loyalty threaded through. Illustrated beautifully by Carolina Rabei. #picturebooks #WW2

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Olaf Falafel @ofalafel.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Blimey! Nominated for the best show 🍊

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Karl Duke @karlduke8.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

#inspired2read Just thinking of some of the books that really ignited my love of reading as a child in the late 70s and early 80s. Dad was a bin-man and he saved so many from the rubbish tip for us. Libraries and his job were vital in providing books when things were tough. 1/3

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Ian Eagleton @ianeagletonauthor.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

A story in four photos… YES, last night I MET Mariah Carey!! #LGBT #KidLit #BookSky

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Hazel Pinner @hazelmpinner.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Where the sea meets the sky, that's where you'll find me 😍 days with not even a breeze are rare in #Orkney but as these thistle seeds proved, today was one of those days! It was rather warm at times walking down my favourite stretch of the West coast from Birsay to Skail bay today- but gorgeous!

To the left grassy topped cliffs, the rest of the image is shades of blue as a flat calm Atlantic blends with a blue sky.

Close up of a thistle gone to seed with the seeds all clumped around it, evidence of the complete lack of breeze even on the cliffs today in Orkney.

View down the west coast of mainland Orkney. With grass cliff tops and leading off down the coast to views out to the north end of Hoy. The Atlantic is visible on the right.

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MrsVeriTea @mrsveritea.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

As the sharer of the #NationalDay, thought it would be wrong not to show my support… so cheers y’all, & Happy #NationalProseccoDay 🍾🥂

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Oh no, they cancelled Between the Covers - a rare bit of book coverage on telly. Boo.

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

“The right to protest is one we protect fiercely” Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has said. The government has just been defeated in the Court of Appeal in its attempt to curb our right to protest. It should now be reviewing all arrests made under these unlawful powers youtu.be/vbQxagbctoc?...

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Government quietly drops its fight for tougher anti-protest laws used to arrest hundreds of people

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Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

#NewIllustrationfotheDay by award-winning author-illustrator Kim Hillyard from her picturebook Bert and the Bubble, about learning to share. Funny, stylish and idiosyncratic image with hearts and stars and strawberry and pistachio colours. From Ladybird Books on 14 August @ladybirdbooks.bsky.social

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H S Norup @hsnorup.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

“An unputdownable fairy-tale for modern times!” 🧚 Thank you so much @barbaraevav.bsky.social for this wonderful quote. 💚🧚💙 @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social #thechangelingchild

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BarbaraV @barbaraevav.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Loved it @hsnorup.bsky.social! Magic & actuality woven beautifully into a menacing reality where the characters-Faerie,demi-fae, human-play their part with gusto!The descriptions of nature & magical realms,Saga's fight for conservation,make it an unputdownable fairy-tale for modern times! 5🌟 💙🧚‍♂️💚🌳

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Karl Duke @karlduke8.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Those who know me know I generally stick to MG but after The Handmaid’s Tale I’ve just finished There are Rivers in the Sky by @elifshafak.bsky.social It is one of the best books I have ever read. Oh my word. What storytelling between centuries and cultures. I’ll be ordering more of Elif’s books.

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Tom Griffiths @checkemoutbooks.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

📚 Alternate reads to Mr Stink 📚 You don’t need Walliams when you have these incredible books. If you know a child who is reading #MrStink then here’s some alternate reads they could read next to explore poverty and/or homelessness. Which other books would you recommend? #kidlituk

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Tom Griffiths @checkemoutbooks.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Why read Slime when you could read these alternate books featuring more authentic representations of wheelchair users? #kidlituk

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Tom Griffiths @checkemoutbooks.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Instead of reading Code Name Bananas, why not check out some more superior stories set during WW2? Here’s a few the Y5 & Y6 pupils I’ve taught (and myself!) have particularly enjoyed 📚 #kidlituk

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Simon Smith @smithsmm.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Huge fan of #RossMackenzie delighted to find a copy “The Uninvited” in @bookcornershop.bsky.social It’s cracking magical read, starting with a refugee crisis from a magical world into ours, it takes an a thrilling adventure where you can’t be sure who is good or bad, to get the Faerae home.

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Simon Smith @smithsmm.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

“Dawn” by #MarcMartin is a truly stunning, visually rich and lush picturebook that explores that fleeting moment. The simple poetic yet vocabulary rich text draws your eyes to the storytelling of the moment. The illustrations are utterly divine @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social #PicturebookPage

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Tom Griffiths @checkemoutbooks.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

It’s my stop on #TheChangelingChild blog tour & it’s brilliant to return to this vivid world. @hsnorup.bsky.social has created a sequel bursting with magic & mystery. a brilliant eco-adventure. Thanks @pushkinpress.com 🧚‍♂️ Out 14/8 for 8+ #kidlituk checkemoutbooks.wordpress.com/2025/08/04/t...

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