Pushkin Children's Books @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social · 25/06/2026WIN 50 PUSHKIN CHILDREN’S BOOKS of your choice for your school! Every child deserves a classroom of books. In celebration of the National Year of Reading 2026, Pushkin Children’s is helping to make that happen. We’re gifting 500 books – 50 to 10 state primary schools across the UK. 142
Reposted by Pushkin Children's BooksThe Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 25/06/2026@pushkinchildrens.bsky.social has launched a nationwide book-donation campaign for state primary schools as part of the National Year of Reading. 👇ebx.shPushkin Children’s to donate 500 books to primary schools 021
Pushkin Children's Books @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social · 07/05/2026We're looking for a senior/commissioning children's editor! Come join our team 🎈 pushkinpress.com/were-hiring-...pushkinpress.comWe’re Hiring – Senior/Commissioning Children’s Editor – Pushkin PressFor the first time since the imprint’s founding 14 years ago, Pushkin Children’s Books is seeking a full-time in-house Senior Editor/Commissioning Editor. 110
Pushkin Children's Books @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social · 23/04/2026We're hiring a senior children's editor/commissioning editor for Pushkin Children's Books. If you are creative, entrepreneurial, with strong editorial vision and experience commissioning globally, we'd love to welcome you to the team. Apply here: jobs.thebookseller.com/career/28901... 031
Reposted by Pushkin Children's BooksJodie Chapdelaine @bookladyof3.bsky.social · 14/03/2026#BookPosse new book coming in from out of the book ocean. Love the back of this book it says “Think Remarkable Bright Creatures for children”. About being a good friend to the planet, animals, people and ourselves. @amydominy.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social 1127
Pushkin Children's Books @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Tune in next week to hear from Carnegie-shortlisted author & illustrator Kengo Kurimoto: ▶️ www.scholastic.co.uk//Kengo-Kurim... @carnegiemedals.bsky.social @kengokurimoto.bsky.social 033
Reposted by Pushkin Children's BooksIan Eagleton @ianeagletonauthor.bsky.social · 10/02/2026A great big HELLO and WELCOME to Amy Fellner Dominy who joins me in The Reading Realm to talk about her new book MONSTER DOWN DEEP… thereadingrealm.co.uk/2026/02/10/m... @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social #KidLit #BookSkythereadingrealm.co.ukMONSTER DOWN DEEP: An interview with Amy Fellner Dominy - The Reading RealmA great big HELLO and WELCOME to Amy Fellner Dominy who joins us in The Reading Realm to talk about her new book MONSTER DOWN DEEP… What is MONSTER DOWN DEEP about? Monster Down Deep is wondrous seasi... 031
Pushkin Children's Books @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Congratulations to Kengo Kurimoto on his wonderful book WILDFUL making the 2026 Carnegies longlist! 🎉 020
Pushkin Children's Books @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social · 03/02/2026As an indie publisher, we LOVE indie bookstores, and so we're proud to support #ReadItForward 2026! Buy ANY children's book on Bookshop.org during February, and @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social will donate 10% to @booktrust.org.uk - you'll be supporting indie bookshops with every purchase!uk.bookshop.orgRead It Forward with Bookshop.orgThis February, we invite you to Read It Forward. 10% of all children's book sales through Bookshop. 277
Reposted by Pushkin Children's BooksNicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social · 10/11/2025#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by John Devolle from Humans, a book of funny, flat, graphic images and few words, in the Big Science for Little Minds series. Look for the bats, flea, mouse, moth, spiders, seagull, badger, robin, chicken, other wildlife and pets. Pushkin 6 Nov. @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social 0104
Pushkin Children's Books @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social · 18/11/2025The Otherwhere Post is nominated for the Young Adult Fantasy and Sci-Fi Goodreads Choice Awards! pushkinpress.com/book/the-oth...pushkinpress.comThe Otherwhere Post by Emily J. Taylor | 9781782694427 | Pushkin PressAn electric new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Hotel Magnifique , which was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's book prize. Seven ye 010
Pushkin Children's Books @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social · 05/11/2025We're THRILLED that The Gnome Book has been shortlisted for @foylesforbooks.bsky.social Book of the Year! The gnomes feel so proud to have been recognised in our world 🍬 072
Pushkin Children's Books @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social · 24/10/2025@TheBookerPrizes we're so excited about the announcement of the Children's Booker Prize! We can't wait for children's books to be recognised for the amazing works of art they are 🥳 010
Pushkin Children's Books @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social · 14/10/20252026 is going to be an unmissable year for Pushkin Press Children's - preorder our future bestsellers with 25% off at Watertones.com now! @waterstones.bsky.social 010
Pushkin Children's Books @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social · 06/10/2025A greater than ever guide, featuring Mika Song's One Smart Cookie, X Fang's We Are Definitely Human, and Kengo Kurimoto's Wildful! 020
Reposted by Pushkin Children's BooksThe Folklore Podcast @folklorepod.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Just finished reading THIRST by @darrensimpson44.bsky.social , published by @pushkinpress.com Coincidentally, this came out the same day as my book Britain’s Folklore Year Thirst is a dark and brooding YA novel deeply rooted in the folklore of rivers. Expect a feature and review soon on this 171
Pushkin Children's Books @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social · 07/08/2025The 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 🥳 154
Reposted by Pushkin Children's BooksIan Eagleton @ianeagletonauthor.bsky.social · 07/08/2025I’m thrilled to welcome @hsnorup.bsky.social into The Reading Realm to talk about her wonderful new book THE CHANGELING CHILD, which is published by @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social! thereadingrealm.co.uk/2025/08/07/h... #KidLit #BookSky #PrimaryEduSky #KidLitUKthereadingrealm.co.ukH.S Norup on the inspiration for THE CHANGELING CHILD and INTO THE FAERIE HILL - The Reading RealmWhen I’m writing the first draft of a story, much of the work happens away from my desk. I think about the plot while I go for long walks or bake or cook. So, I thought it would be interesting to desc... 0104
Pushkin Children's Books @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social · 07/08/2025Frank Cottrell Boyce recommended the AMAZING Queen of Freedom by Catherine Johnson on his summer book club this morning - listen now! (2.54.00) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... pushkinpress.com/book/queen-o...bbc.co.ukToday - 28/07/2025 - BBC SoundsNews and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day. 021
Pushkin Children's Books @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social · 07/08/2025Piglettes by Clémentine Beauvais is 'witty, empowering and irresistibly bonkers', available NOW for all your summer holiday reading 🐽 www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...newstatesman.comThe best children’s books for summer 2025Our action-packed list will thrill readers whether they’re three or 13. 040
Pushkin Children's Books @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social · 05/08/2025'Fortune invariably favours the brave' in Journey Under the Sea, one of our 6 AMAZING choose-your-own adventure books. Go rediscover the remarkably 'fresh' format almost fifty years later 🎉 www.telegraph.co.uk/books/childr...telegraph.co.ukA charming love letter to misplaced umbrellas – and other new children’s booksOur critic rounds up the best new titles for young readers, from science and drama to old-fashioned tales of derring-do 011
Pushkin Children's Books @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social · 05/08/2025THRILLED to see Wildful by Kengo Kurimoto shortlisted for the Children's Wainwright Prize for Fiction! pushkinpress.com/book/wildful/pushkinpress.comWildful by Kengo Kurimoto | 9781782694892 | Pushkin PressA beautiful graphic novel about nature and dealing with grief, perfect for fans of The Secret Garden , October, October and Greenwild . Nothing's been the same 251
Pushkin Children's Books @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social · 28/07/2025Been eyeing our upcoming releases? Use the code SUMMER25 online at waterstones.com and on the app for 25% off when preordering Thirst, The Twelve paperback, and The Snow Fox and the Long, Long Night! 211
Reposted by Pushkin Children's BooksKC 😎📝 Casey's Pages @fly276.bsky.social · 08/07/2025Check out the whole @susiebower.bsky.social collection! Published by @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social 📚😎 022
Pushkin Children's Books @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social · 27/06/2025Introducing 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 🥳 0186
Pushkin Children's Books @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Our phenomenal author @londonbessie.bsky.social is running an unmissable FREE online workshop on writing children's fiction!! Perfect for aspiring authors 📚📚 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-ch...eventbrite.co.ukWriting Children’s Fiction with Liz HyderJoin our free workshop with Liz Hyder on writing children’s fiction—perfect for aspiring authors eager to craft stories for young readers! 021
Reposted by Pushkin Children's BooksPushkin Press @pushkinpress.com · 13/06/2025THRILLED that The No-Girlfriend Rule by @bycrandall.bsky.social is included in the CBI Read with Pride guide 🏳️🌈 'This charming LGBTQ+ coming of age story shows us that we can discover the most about ourselves in the unlikeliest of places' 🌈 More Pushkin pride coming soon! @pushkinpress.com 073
Reposted by Pushkin Children's BooksSusie Bower @susiebower.bsky.social · 06/06/2025#GIVEAWAY! It's publication day for The Invisibles! To celebrate, I'm giving away a signed and dedicated copy! To enter: send me your details via my website susiebower.co.uk Winner will be announced on Thurs 12th June! @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social 011
Pushkin Children's Books @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social · 30/05/2025📢 Calling middle-grade reviewers! Wanting to read the new fantasy adventure from Susie Bower @susiebower.bsky.social jam-packed with immortal children, magical lands and mysterious secrets? Comment below and we'll get in touch! Must be UK based. 🪜 pushkinpress.com/book/the-inv... 141
Reposted by Pushkin Children's BooksMary Rees @bookcraic.bsky.social · 27/05/2025 #TheCurseOfTheSilvanOaks is a magical, mesmerising adventure into a feuding realm where those with courageous hearts form firm friendships and fight to break a cruel curse on the land. You can read my review at bookcraic.blog/2025/05/25/r... @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social #UKKidLitbookcraic.blogReview: The Curse of the Silvan Oaks by Georgia ChannonWritten by Georgia ChannonCover Illustration by Richard JohnsonPublished by Pushkin Press The Curse of the Silvan Oaks is an enchanting fantasy adventure that completely captured me … 032
Reposted by Pushkin Children's BooksJacqui Sydney 📚 @jacquisydney.bsky.social · 27/05/2025The very creepiest of creepy reads, #YA novel #Thirst by @darrensimpson44.bsky.social is not for the faint-hearted. Out 11/09 from @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/2025/05/27/t...worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.comThirst by Darren SimpsonCover art by Natalie Smillie I’ve got in the habit of sticking the names of some of my favourite authors into the search bar on the Waterstones website every so often to check on whether or n… 252
Reposted by Pushkin Children's BooksDaisy May Johnson @chaletfan.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Happy National Biscuit Day! "You really should have an Emergency Biscuit store in your house. A sock drawer would be ideal ... make sure that the socks are clean and that the biscuits are wrapped. There is no joy to be found in a crumbly sock drawer." @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social #booksky 081
Reposted by Pushkin Children's BooksA.F. Harrold @afharrold.com · 19/05/2025Just read this excellent kids-folk-horror-walk-away-from-Omelas-wickerman-is-a-river-adventure from @darrensimpson44.bsky.social and @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social. Gripping, gruesome, dark and dripping. Beware the woods and the reanimated child corpses... #Thirst out in September. A Good Thing. 452
Reposted by Pushkin Children's BooksSusie Bower @susiebower.bsky.social · 20/05/2025THE INVISIBLES are coming! Thanks to Thy Bui for the beautiful cover, to @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social and to @irontreemedia.bsky.social for this amazing trailer (sound up!). Any pre-orders very gratefully received! www.amazon.co.uk/Invisibles-S... 143
Reposted by Pushkin Children's BooksRashmi Sirdeshpande @rashmiwriting.bsky.social · 14/05/2025My EXCITEMENT at receiving these Choose Your Own Adventure Books, a beautiful blast from the past brought back by Pushkin Children’s! I LOVED these when I was growing up. #KidLitUK @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social 7475
Pushkin Children's Books @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social · 12/05/2025An animal sacrificed every year. But this year, the river is thirsty for more. We're thrilled to reveal the cover of THIRST – a chilling new teen novel from two-time Carnegie Medal nominee Darren Simpson @darrensimpson44.bsky.social. Coming September 2025. Pre-order: pushkinpress.com/book/thirst 221