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I feel as if I've read a LOT of good books this year! & I have a big pile of really good ones still to read. Off the top of my head: Koku Akanbi: The Heart of Midnight, Maria Motunrayo Adebisi; Gloam, Jack Mackay; A Million Tiny Missiles All at Once, Lucas Maxwell; Crow, Fiona Dixon.

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Marianne Doherty @mariannedoherty.bsky.social · 14h

Happy publication day for this excellent book. One of my favourite reads this year.

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Jacqui Sydney 📚 @jacquisydney.bsky.social · 14h

That’s a hard question! Going to go for middle grade fantasies Inkbound: Meticulous Jones and the Shadow Compass by Philippa Leathley and A Scrap of Moss and Magick by Helen Parry x

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Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social · 17h

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Kanako Abe from The Paper Girl, about a girl who stops trying to please everybody. Text by Caryl Lewis. The illustrations use kirie (Japanese cut-paper art) & origami. Some, such as this image of a state of mind, add colour. Frances Lincoln 8 Oct @quartokids.bsky.social

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Tanja at Good Night To Read @gntread24.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

@thatstephendaly.bsky.social Some of the stand out books I’ve read this year 📚⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Tanja at Good Night To Read @gntread24.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

To read Little Reads co-founder Hannah Rix’s lovely guest post on favourite children’s book characters just visit Good Night To Read. Scroll down for a wonderful surprise to celebrate the National Year of Reading #bookbloggers #librarians goodnighttoread.wordpress.com

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Marianne Doherty @mariannedoherty.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Yesterday we celebrated National Poetry Day. I confess poetry is not my main area of expertise so I particularly look forward to everyone’s recommendations. What great children’s poems/poetry books would you suggest for #KidsBooksFriday? #KidLitUK #KidLit #UKKidLit #Poetry #ChildrensPoems

Book cover for Poems on Toast by Attie Lime illustrated by Emily Ford.

Book cover for A Great Big Cuddle by Michael Rosen, illustrated by Chris Riddle

Book cover for Poetry Prompts: All sorts of ways for start a poem by Joseph Coelho, illustrated by Georgie Burkett, Grasya Oliyko, Amanda Quartey and Viola Wang.

Book cover for Being Me: Poems about Thoughts, Worries and Feelings by Liz Brownlee, Matt Goodfellow and Laura Mucha, illustrated by Victoria Jane Wheeler

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Tanja at Good Night To Read @gntread24.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I thoroughly enjoyed it. I loved the family dynamics, the take on time travel, the rich historical & cultural context & its emotional impact on me as a reader. I was reading it in the laundarette & I spoke about it to another customer who immediately took a photograph of the front cover.❤️📚⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️read

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School Reading List @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

schoolreadinglist.co.uk/category/pod... It's #InternationalPodcastDay ! Listen to our children's literature podcast featuring new children's and YA book reviews and previews, occasional interviews, discussions on current themes in literacy and English teaching & much more. #teachertwitter

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School Reading List Podcast - listen to our monthly children's literature podcast. Each episode includes resources, links and a transcript.

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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Lisa Benson (British Artist, born 1958) "Lunar Light", 2019. Linocut Print, 37.5 × 48.5 cm. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

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worldkidlit.bsky.social @worldkidlit.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Just a few days left of #WorldKidLitMonth 2026 but it's never too late to set yourself a #readtheworld reading challenge! Use these bingo charts for inspiration or make your own! Link here to the canva template to make your own: worldkidlit.org/what-is-worl... #kidlitUK #booksky #kidlit #GoAllIn

Bingo chart for the World Kid Lit Explorer Challenge: reading prompts for reading children's and YA books in translation and books from every continent

Bingo chart for the World Kid Lit Explorer Challenge: middle grade reading prompts for reading children's books in translation and books from every continent

Bingo chart for the World Kid Lit Explorer Challenge: reading prompts for discovering picture books from other countries and in translation from other languages

Bingo chart for the World Kid Lit Explorer Challenge: teen/YA reading prompts for discovering books from other countries and in translation from other languages

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Tanja at Good Night To Read @gntread24.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Have to recommend Chris Haughton’s Little Library & lovely animal stories too & Martin Waddell’s Owl Babies , Percy the Park Keeper’s board books & Usborne tactile touchy feely sounds series. #KidsBooksFriday #KidLitUK

Red slip case. Purple, blue, green, fawn & orange covers.

Black night. Three snowy owls with amber eyes on a leafy branch.

Badger 🦡, hedgehog 🦔 & other animals on a snowy night. Dark blue. White flakes. Green shrubs.

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Tanja at Good Night To Read @gntread24.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The one where they came out of a revolving lemon 🍋 in Botanic Park.

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

For the day that's in it, what's the first U2 concert you ever saw? #u2

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Tanja at Good Night To Read @gntread24.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#KidsBooksFriday - what books would you particularly recommend for reading with babies? Fun slide panels & exploration of different colours & sea creatures . Interactive & tactile books for babies. I still remember following the caterpillar’s eating journey when I was small.

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colours . Caterpillar 🐛 on top

Grey background. Multi coloured dots. Clouds. Cat.

Pale blue sea. Ocean bed with sand . Pink octopus with purple spots, shark and jelly fish.

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Marianne Doherty @mariannedoherty.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A family friend has just had a new wee baby which has sent me down a rabbit hole of the best books for babies. So for this week’s #KidsBooksFriday what books would you particularly recommend for reading with babies? #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit

Book cover for Each Peach Pear Plum by Janet and Allan Ahlberg

Book cover for Little Miss Austen: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen and Alison Oliver.

Book cover for A Great Big Cuddle: Poems for the Very Young by Michael Rosen and Chris Riddell

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Tanja at Good Night To Read @gntread24.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The expression, the colours, the language of movement. Just beautiful.

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Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Bulgarian illustrator Kalina Muhova, based in Rome, & working in pastel & pencil crayon. From Footprints, with text by Stephen Davies telling the story of Mary Leakey’s discovery of Lucy, from a species between ape and human. Post Wave 17 Sept. @postwavebooks.bsky.social

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Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay. Half a spread by Rob Biddulph from his picturebook South, about a young goose who’s left behind when the rest of his family migrates. Snowy landscape with sunrise in candy colours. HarperCollins Children’s Books 10 Sept. @robbiddulph.bsky.social @harpercollins.bsky.social

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Tanja at Good Night To Read @gntread24.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

So many. Here are a few of my favourites from lovable, chaotic hounds to tenacious terriers to unbreakable loyalty. What great children’s books can you recommend that feature or celebrate dogs? #KidsBooksFriday #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit

White cover. Scruffy afghan hound covered in mud running on grass.

Yellow background. Terrier with ears quirked.

Tin Tin dancing with white fox terrier. Green and blue background.

City scape of Edinburgh. Terrier in foreground.

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Liam Neeson on The Lost Children of Tuam, his film about Catherine Corless’s uncovering of hundreds of deaths at the town’s Bon Secours mother and baby home www.irishtimes.com/culture/film...

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Liam Neeson: ‘I got angrier and angrier. I’m an Irishman. I was an altar boy. But I was horrified’

The actor on The Lost Children of Tuam, his film about Catherine Corless’s uncovering of hundreds of deaths at the town’s Bon Secours mother and baby home

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Marianne Doherty @mariannedoherty.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A few weeks ago we did cats as our prompt so this week it’s time for the doggies to get their chance to shine. What great children’s books can you recommend that feature or celebrate dogs? #KidsBooksFriday #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit

Book cover for Bear by Ben Queen and Joe Todd Stanton

Book cover for What’s That in Dog Years? by Ben Davis and Julia Christians

Book cover for Claude in the Country by Alex T. Smith

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Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay. Polly Dunbar adds impact to the last section of Michael Rosen‘s poem London Airport with this touching image. From Peas On Your Knees: a life in the poems of Michael Rosen, an anthology of favourites with five illustrators. Walker Books 10 Sept. @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social

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Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Jane Ray. From The Tale That Time Sews and the Threads That Bind, with text by Sita Brahmachari. A story of lifetimes, and the love that links generations. Illustrated with such tenderness and decorative loveliness. Templar Books 10 Sept. @templarbooks.bsky.social

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Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

"The Los Cedros Cloud Forest is evoked as a 'miraculous realm' ” in Robert Macfarlane and illustrator Paula Terán Ospina’s “immersive accordion-style” picture book SONGS OF THE CEDARS buff.ly/iHMk3rb

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Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

★ “Horror morphs into magic as silhouettes and shadows embody night’s quixotic wonders” in Mariachiara Di Giorgio’s “tantalizing wordless fantasy” picture book THE NIGHT buff.ly/zS8GdZ1

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Brian Moses @brianmosespoet.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Daily poetry prompt: Playing with collective nouns... I might feel uncomfortable spending time with a prickle of porcupines, or finding myself far too close to a stench of skunks. More here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2024/09/coll...

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Collective Nouns I might feel uncomfortable spending time with a prickle of porcupines, or finding myself far too close to a stench ...

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Jacqui Sydney 📚 @jacquisydney.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Top tier book post this afternoon from @hachettechildrens.bsky.social I’m beyond excited to read this stunning proof of The Raven’s Gift by Kiran Millwood Hargrave, illustrated by Tom de Freston. Out 08/10 for 10+ readers, enormous thanks go to Emily. #KidlitUK #UKKidlit

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Books for Keeps, the children's books review journal @booksforkeeps.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Out now! Our September issue #BfK280. Authorgraph interview David Solomons, Windows into Illustration Carly Gledhill, 20 years of Lulu, Guy Bass & David Roberts interview, NEW Beyond the Secret Garden, NEW insights into reading for pleasure & much more, inc new book reviews #KidLitUK bit.ly/4rfrQtp

The cover of the UK's children's book review journal, Books for Keeps September 2026 issue, no. 280. Cover features illustration from Guy Bass and David Roberts' new book THE WORST THING THAT COULD POSSIBLY HAPPEN.

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Attie Lime @attielime.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

What my 9yo and I are reading this week. Plus everything he's reading at school 📚 Reading to him is already dropping off a little in Year 5 because he's so keen to read his own book independently; I hope we can keep it up as long as possible. #KidLitUk #UKKidLit

The Day Our Lives Collided by Laura Pearson
Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo
Time Travelling with a Hamster by Ross Welford
If I Met a Tiger (I'd let it eat me) by AF Harrold

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Marianne Doherty @mariannedoherty.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Don’t miss Neill this Wednesday on Authors Live! Free and open to schools across the UK. Can’t wait!

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Tanja at Good Night To Read @gntread24.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

During the #YouthLibrariesGroup Conference in Oxford one of the highlights was meeting Chris Baker at #BroadeningtheBookshelf who champions translated books & whose Instagram feed is full of wonderful reading recs #bookbloggers #librarians #Translatedbooks #NationalYearofReading #WorldKidLit

Map of the world with book mark promoting #WorldKidLit month. Blues and greens.

Tirquoise background. Ape in turban. Steamship. Elephant. Typewriter.

Monochrome effect of sky studded with stars & sea reflecting back. Tiny white boat on waves.

Small person sitting on red book. Green background. Blue glass on cover.

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Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I’ll be celebrating his epic series Mortal Engines with Philip Reeve at Bath Festival on Saturday 26th September at the Guildhall 6-6.45pm. Join us to hear about cities that eat each other, names inspired by biscuit tins, and the new prequel Bridge of Storms. www.bathboxoffice.org.uk/whats-on/cel...

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Celebrating Mortal Engines with Philip Reeve

Bath Children’s Literature Festival in association with Longleat presents

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Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Britta Teckentrup from her book The Chairs, about community, and hostility to, or acceptance of, outsiders. An important and beautiful story notable for its astonishing use of texture and of sunlight, moonlight and firelight. Prestel 8 Sept. @brittateckentrup.bsky.social

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12/09/2026

I absolutely LOVE this. Christian Bale spent roughly 17 years fighting to make this happen. This week, his foster-care village opened in Palmdale, California: 12 homes built specifically to help keep siblings together when they enter foster care.

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Garrett Carr @garrettcarr.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

We've got a new a Children’s Writing Fellow for Northern Ireland, YA author Stephen Daly. Welcome! Stephen will be based with us at the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's for two years, working with students and the public.

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Tanja at Good Night To Read @gntread24.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Camilla Reid, co-founder of #NosyCrow on the fun, playfulness, energy & the importance of reading for pleasure during shared reading of parent & child. #YLGConference #NationalYearofReading

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Marianne Doherty @mariannedoherty.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Kids books are riddled with terrible parenting and untrustworthy grown-ups. But sometimes an adult character will get to shine through as a source of kindness, refuge, wisdom or fun. For this week’s #KidsBooksFriday which books feature the lesser-spotted decent adult? #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit

Book cover for Boy in the Tower by Polly Ho-Yen.

Book cover for Frizzy by Claribel A. Ortega and Rose Bousamra

Book cover for Wee Granny’s Magic Bag by Elizabeth McKay and Maria Bogade

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Tanja at Good Night To Read @gntread24.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Such a beautiful nurturing image ❤️📚#Magicofillustration

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

These are the only types of Irish data centres we care about in this neck of the woods:

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Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Cathy Fisher from A Wild Lullaby, with lyrical text by Jackie Morris about animals and the approach of night. Templar Books 3 Sept. Precisely observed drawing, with the highlight of a white bird, and sunset colours. @templarbooks.bsky.social @cathyfisherartist.bsky.social

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Tanja at Good Night To Read @gntread24.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Great novel about second chances, baking, playing to your strengths, empathy, mental health, foster care & not giving in to peer pressure #NationalYearofReading2026 #BookBloggers #Librarians #ReadingRecommendations

Pale Green background. Girl of Caribbean heritage with braided hairstyle on front wearing large head phones 🎭🎶

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JohnChalmers+SandraMarrs=Metaphrog @metaphrog.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

On the Wilomina book tour! It’s such a buzz sharing our graphic novel with kids! We visited 4 more primary schools around Glasgow with Daydreams bookshop, talked to hundreds of kids about Wilomina & making comics, signed tones of books! Looking forward to more next week! @scholasticuk.bsky.social

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