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Melissa

@melissacreate23.bsky.social
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Passionate about children's books and nurturing reading for pleasure. Especially in primary schools. Love time outdoors and protecting local trees. Was carer of someone with multuole chronic illnesses.

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Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Plz read this imp public service 🧵 Nuremberg is out, and I am making a special request you go see it. Go see Nuremberg: not only will it teach you about the Nazis’ many, many crimes, including the Holocaust which is (rightly) the one thing people know about the Third Reich.
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Marianne Doherty @mariannedoherty.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
@markgoodrich.bsky.social @whatsfsaid.bsky.social @carrieprimary.bsky.social @hookablebooks.bsky.social @f33lthesun.bsky.social @ljwattswales.bsky.social @hfj0108.bsky.social @sophiacollins.bsky.social @eyesshutteacher.bsky.social @melissacreate23.bsky.social @karlduke8.bsky.social
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Jacqui Sydney 📚 @jacquisydney.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
A gorgeous short seasonal story for 7+ readers, The Winter Snow Goose by @gilllewis.bsky.social, illustrated by Irina Avgustinovich is out now from @barringtonstoke.bsky.social ❄️ #KidlitUK #UKKidlit worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/2025/11/16/t...
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The Winter Snow Goose (The Island Vet Book 4) by Gill Lewis, illustrated by Irina Avgustinovich
Cover illustration © 2025 Irina Avgustinovich As someone who tries their level best to keep their TBR shelf under control, sadly I can’t add every title to it that is recommended to me by my …
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Marianne Doherty @mariannedoherty.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
@markgoodrich.bsky.social @whatsfsaid.bsky.social @carrieprimary.bsky.social @hookablebooks.bsky.social @f33lthesun.bsky.social @ljwattswales.bsky.social @j-scot.bsky.social @hfj0108.bsky.social @sophiacollins.bsky.social @eyesshutteacher.bsky.social @melissacreate23.bsky.social
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Marianne Doherty @mariannedoherty.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
@markgoodrich.bsky.social @whatsfsaid.bsky.social @carrieprimary.bsky.social @hookablebooks.bsky.social @f33lthesun.bsky.social @ljwattswales.bsky.social @j-scot.bsky.social @hfj0108.bsky.social @sophiacollins.bsky.social @eyesshutteacher.bsky.social @melissacreate23.bsky.social
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Brigit Strawbridge @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Just lovely... so worth a read
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Troika Books @troikabooks.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Go to our blog and read about Rachel's inspiration behind the sequel to Electric Life, #ElectricLifeSurge. As you would expect, it's a melting storypot of issues such as technology, politics and community. With an electric conclusion. 😃 @racheldelahaye.bsky.social www.troikabooks.com/blog/its-her...
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It's here! Rachel Delahaye introduces much-anticipated sequel 'Electric Life: Surge' — Troika Books
We’re so excited to have just published Electric Life: Surge , the much anticipated sequel to Rachel Delahaye’s award-winning and utterly unputdownable 2023 dystopian novel Electric Life . In...
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
“The effort to quiet Paris complements the wider campaign to make Paris greener, cleaner & less car-dependent, which include vehicle restrictions in the center, crackdowns on polluting vehicles, & an ambitious expansion of bike networks. Those have cut the city’s average noise level by 2 decibels.”
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Europe’s Noise Capital Tries to Turn Down the Volume
To combat the ill effects of urban noise pollution, Paris is deploying automated sensors and cracking down on the loudest vehicles.
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BookTrust @booktrust.org.uk · 21/10/2025
No child should miss out on the life-changing benefits of reading. So over the next five years we'll be working hard to support early years families - with a particular focus on those on low incomes. Read our strategy to find out how we'll do it: bit.ly/46ZFaJV
A photo of a woman and a child sharing a book together, both smiling. Plus the words: "Reading for a brighter future - BookTrust's strategy 2025-2030" in a banner, and: "2.15 million - the number of children we'll reach in the next five years, including at least 1.7 million families with low incomes"
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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Chiltern Railways has conceded that East West Rail services from Oxford to Milton Keynes are unlikely to start this year, after troubles were first reported by the Clarion. A statement that “we are confident that trains will be running this year” has been quietly removed from their website.
East West Rail train on a test run at Oxford station
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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
59 years ago today. I can remember watching our grainy black & white TV. My tough old mum sobbing. The little school that looked exactly like my own. The terrible sense of utter tragedy. It's the first 'news event' I remember. 144 died, 116 of them children. Rest easy.❤️ share.google/TYTuaQnzekoc...
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Aberfan disaster - Wikipedia
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Dr Ellie Chowns MP @elliechowns.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Really lovely to meet hospice staff in Parliament to chat about the vital work hospices do caring for people at home!
Ellie smiling with hospice staff in Parliament. Ellie is holding a sing which reads "I'm supporting Hospice Care Week"
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Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Also out this week, the long-awaited The Rose Field, the culmination of Lyra’s story. Available in the shop on Thursday, but can be ordered online now! - Michael bertsbooks.co.uk/product/the-...
The Rose Field
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Louis Coiffait-Gunn @louiscoiffait-gunn.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Parliament absolutely should debate how the £10m investment in a library for every primary school is best spent. Thank you Sir Alan Campbell MP & Jayne Kirkham MP for recognising school librarians' positive impact hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2025...
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 20/10/2025
“Only 5% of migration is from small boats, but it gets 95% of the headlines. It would be ludicrous to cut legal migration when we have 150,000 NHS vacancies." Zack Polanski says politicians must stop fuelling fear and start telling the truth about immigration. #Peston
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Cynthia Mackey, Butterfly Sea, out now! @booksbycindy.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Librarians, If you love The Rabbit Listened, here’s a giveaway for you! www.librarything.com/ner/detail/5... 🐝 📕 🍃 🧚‍♂️ #giveaway #librarians #anxiety #SEL #fairyland
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Book Giveaway for If a Bumblebee Lands on Your Toe by Cynthia Mackey and Vikki Zhang
Enter to win one of 30 free copies available from LibraryThing Early Reviewers.
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Emily Johnston @enjohnston.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
BUILD SOCIAL HOUSING. In NYC alone “If children who lack permanent housing made up their own school district, it would be among the nation’s 20 largest public school systems — bigger than those in major cities such as Baltimore, Denver, Philadelphia or San Diego. “
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154,000 New York City Students Were Homeless Last Year, a Record Number
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Marianne Doherty @mariannedoherty.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
@markgoodrich.bsky.social @whatsfsaid.bsky.social @carrieprimary.bsky.social @hookablebooks.bsky.social @f33lthesun.bsky.social @ljwattswales.bsky.social @j-scot.bsky.social @hfj0108.bsky.social @sophiacollins.bsky.social @eyesshutteacher.bsky.social @melissacreate23.bsky.social
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Woolfinder General @brianwoolfinder.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
I see the "The Greens are damaging Labour" narrative has started after Labour's slide in the polls. Labour, in it's current form, is no longer fit for purpose. People have every right to look to alternatives.
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Pr Carlos Moreno - IAE Paris1 Sorbonne University @carlosmorenofr.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Our dear colleague and friend @brenttoderian.bsky.social , a committed and dedicated Canadian urban planner who advocates for cities for people, has prepared a worldwide urbanism for life starter pack for newcomers to Bluesky, which existing members can also enjoy. I recommend it... Go!
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2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/rare-whit...
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Locals stunned by world-famous white whale sighting off NZ coast
Locals near Kaikōura captured rare footage of a white humpback whale.
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Oh oh (redux) ... ‘This is bad news’: Australian tropical rainforest trees switch in world first from carbon sink to emissions source. Researchers say carbon emissions change in Queensland tropical rainforests may have global #climate implications. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘This is bad news’: Australian tropical rainforest trees switch in world first from carbon sink to emissions source
Researchers say carbon emissions change in Queensland tropical rainforests may have global climate implications
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Making the case for wealth taxes on @SkyNewsPolitics just now. Rumours that Chancellor might seek yet more spending cuts are horrifying - public services are already on their knees & top 50 richest families in UK now hold more wealth than the poorest half of the population - over 34 million people.
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Climate, Ecology, War & More: Dr. Glen Barry BigEarthData.ai @bigearthdata.ai · 16/10/2025
These ancient bumblebees were found with their pollen source ->Science News | More from Lil' Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
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These ancient bumblebees were found with their pollen source
A telltale hint was on the bee’s knees. An analysis of 127 fossil flowers, flower buds and bees from central Germany revealed pollen particles that precisely matched ancient flowers to their pollinators. The fossils date to around 24 million years...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 16/10/2025
CO2 from wildfires increases by 9% as climate crisis supercharges infernos
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CO2 from wildfires increases by 9% as climate crisis supercharges infernos
Greenhouse gases from wildfires at sixth highest level on record after blazes in large areas of the Americas and Africa Carbon emissions from extreme wildfires increased by 9% last year to reach the sixth highest level on record. Intense fast-spreading fires devastated huge swathes of South America’s rainforests, dry forests and wetlands and decimated Canada’s northern forests, pushing up the levels of damaging greenhouse gases. Continue reading...
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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 13/10/2025
These are the utterly heaven-sent people who publish the historical A-Zs of London, so if you write London-set historicals, you want to follow!
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Shropshire and Beyond @shropshirebeyond.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
A beautiful morning on the Llangollen Canal near Ellesmere, with narrowboats echoing the colours of autumn. This is a favourite spot of mine, especially at this time of year when the beech trees along the towpath turn a glorious shade of red and gold. #Shropshire
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Rich @hoxtonrich.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
About 5 years #carfree for us. Well north of £10k saved. I’m used to it now but ‘free’ is the right term. It honestly felt like having a weight lifted. No stressing about insurance, huge unexpected bills & money wasted at petrol pumps. Journeys are now fun. 🚆 🚊 🚃 🚌 🚲 🚶‍♀️
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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 12/10/2025
The e-cargo bike in question is from North Vancouver’s pilot lending program, which makes a variety of electric bicycles available for residents to borrow at for free from a branch of their local library. We were honoured to learn it was inspired by a chapter of our book ‘Building the Cycling City’!
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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 12/10/2025
It’s been an exhilarating, exhausting and emotional week, fantastically finished with a social ride in North Vancouver—reminding us why it’s called the “wet coast”. Thanks to everyone who bought a ticket and/or a book, and made time to come see and speak with us. It really does mean the world to us.
A man and woman in rain gear pose with a cargo bike, the man in the saddle and the woman in the bucket.
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AltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · 11/10/2025
Badgers are like little tanks.
Badger moving across a short grass prairie.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Many urbanist speakers, including many friends, have packaged speeches they give around the world. Many such speeches are great & inspiring, and help cities. But my approach is very different, probably because my real job is advising cities. I agonize over very specific presentations for each city.
Picture of me presenting in Kingston, Jamaica this week.
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Liv “Leev” Rainey-Smith @livraineysmith.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
I get past it fairly fast, there are trees outside my studio window after all, but it still happens.
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Liv “Leev” Rainey-Smith @livraineysmith.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
I swear every time I start drawing trees after not drawing any for a while, my brain goes, “I have never seen a tree in my life.”
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Wake Forest Pride’s second annual PRIDE FEST was simply beautiful! What a joy-filled celebration of diversity and community. The vibe was perfect.
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@ExlibrisMrHunt @exlibrismrhunt.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
#ThisBookTheseReasons 2 books on video gaming history: A) Blips—great narrative nonfic pic book re: creator of Odyssey, a game that later became immortalized as Pong (Atari copied it). @katehanniganbooks.bsky.social nails whittling down info to best narrative tidbits; Ohora nails 60s/70s vibes. & …
Photo of two books about video gaming history:
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Narrative nonfiction picture book Blips On A Screen: How Ralph Baer Invented TV Video Gaming and Launched a Worldwide Obsession.
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Game On: Video Game History…

Blips features an illustrated scene with a perhaps middle aged 1968 Ralph seated on the floor with his “brown box” console, playing his Odyssey game—playing the first wide-market video game (later copied and renamed Pong by Atari)—on a huge wooden box TV from the era.

Game On features…schematics style background lines?…the title centred with circular subtitles around it, and little circular inset images in the four corners—showing Pong, Pac-Man, Mario, and the Minecraft cube.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 12/10/2025
An ethereally self-aware comedy genius: the loss of Diane Keaton is devastating | Peter Bradshaw
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An ethereally self-aware comedy genius: the loss of Diane Keaton is devastating | Peter Bradshaw
America’s sweetheart was so much more than that: an actor of astonishing singularity and freshness who starred in the very best films of the past century
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Climate, Ecology, War & More: Dr. Glen Barry BigEarthData.ai @bigearthdata.ai · 11/10/2025
The influence of environmental knowledge, awareness, and concern on corporate ... ->PLOS ONE | #Environment | More from Lil' Dr Glen at BigEarthData.ai
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The influence of environmental knowledge, awareness, and concern on corporate ...
Recent research seeks to investigate the influence of employees’ understanding of sustainability on sustainable corporate performance, utilizing independent variables such as environmental knowledge, awareness, and concern, along with dependent variables including environmental, financial and social performance. The total sample for...
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Riley Black 🏳️‍⚧️ 🦕 @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Word of mouth is so important for books. If you’ve read something you like, shout it out, leave a review somewhere, ask your library to carry it.
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Christopher Edge @christopheredge.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
After a long week on the road, it was such a thrill to pop in to WHSmith Travel at London Paddington this evening and spy ESCAPE ROOM: GAME ZERO in the WHSmith Kids' Book Club! ESCAPE ROOM: GAME ZERO is an adventure like no other and I really hope WHS Book Club readers enjoy escaping into its pages!
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Marianne Doherty @mariannedoherty.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
@markgoodrich.bsky.social @whatsfsaid.bsky.social @carrieprimary.bsky.social @hookablebooks.bsky.social @f33lthesun.bsky.social @ljwattswales.bsky.social @j-scot.bsky.social @hfj0108.bsky.social @sophiacollins.bsky.social @eyesshutteacher.bsky.social @melissacreate23.bsky.social
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
A jaw-dropping 11,787 drones lit up the night sky, setting a new Guinness World Record in China Look at the sheer scale of this 😲
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Swapna Haddow @swapnahaddow.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
I had to clean my oven to take this photo. It’ll make sense when you read the book so you should probably go and get the book. (I also hit my head on the grill twice whilst cleaning, so I’d appreciate the support.)🙏🏾 Dave Pigeon (Turkey Dinner!) is out NOW! 🦃
Photo of Dave Pigeon (Turkey Day!) in the oven with a faux turkeyCover of Dave Pigeon (Turkey Day!). Cover art by Sheena Dempsey.
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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
🌳 Small elevation differences in an Amazonian forest affect tree growth and survival, partially explaining species' habitat preferences @danielfzuleta.bsky.social #AmacayacuFDP @ForestGEO 🏔️ Read more:https://buff.ly/kYEp7N4
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Alastair Chisholm @alastairc.com · 07/10/2025
🚨I'm off to the Cheltenham Lit Fest, yay!🚨 Here's Whisky to tell you about my event THIS SATURDAY, featuring my books I AM WOLF and I AM RAVEN. Join me for some action-packed fun! 🐺🐦‍⬛ 👉 alastairc.com/events/20251... @nosycrow.bsky.social #CheltLitFest #KidLitUk #IAmWolf #IAmRaven
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Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
A landscape with a toxic past gives wildlife a chance to thrive in today's @theguardian.com country diary. #countrydiary #naturewriting
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Country diary: The unlikely success of wildlife in lead country | Mark Cocker
Bonsall, Derbyshire: It was, in fact, the poison in the ground that prevented this patch from becoming cattle country – then nature took care of itself
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Avert Your Eyes, Pamela Ganache! @pressfuturist.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
“Robert Jenrick complained about visiting an area of Birmingham where he “didn’t see another white face” and said it was not the kind of country he wanted to live in.” Porno Bob will get very angry if you call him a racist, though. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Robert Jenrick complained of ‘not seeing another white face’ in part of Birmingham
Shadow justice secretary criticised for suggesting he could tell how integrated Handsworth was based on short visit
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Mothin Ali @mothinali.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
I had to leave the Green Party Conference early today to visit the mosque that was firebombed in Peacehaven. It's times like this we've got to come together as a community to stamp out hate and those thay seek to divide us.
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Alastair Chisholm @alastairc.com · 05/10/2025
My book REEK is in the BookTrust Great Books Guide, yaaaay!!! 🥳🥳🥳. Alongside some brilliant company, too – check it out! 👉 alastairc.com/blog/2025100... @barringtonstoke.bsky.social @booktrust.org.uk #KidLitUk #Reek
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REEK is a BookTrust Great Book!
REEK by Alastair Chisholm has been included in the BookTrust Great Book Guide 2025
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