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Andrea Reece

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Mostly reading. Managing Editor Books for Keeps, administrator Klaus Flugge Prize and Branford Boase Award plus other book-y stuff.

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Books for Keeps, the children's books review journal @booksforkeeps.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
2027 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award nominees announced! UK reps incl Atinuke, @theclpe.bsky.social sky.social, Dean Atta, @empathylabuk.bsky.social,Julia Donaldson,Malorie Blackman, Michael Rosen,Nicola Davies,Patrice Lawrence, Philip Reeve, Quentin Blake,Tom Palmer🎉 #KidLit alma.se/en/nominatio...
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Nominated candidates 2027
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Gita Ralleigh @gitaralleigh.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Please do join @ibbyuk.bsky.social to hear amazing David Roberts author/ illustrator of 'We Are Your Children' our opening keynote! Copies will be available from bookseller @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social Tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/ibbyu... #ukkidlit #kidlituk #lgbtq+kids #defendingfreedom
David Roberts KEYNOTE GRAPHIC IBBY conference.Programme IBBY Conference:
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Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Tim Smart from Books According to Dog and Owl: The magical journey of reading. Text by Piers Torday. Orchard Books 22 Oct. This pic celebrates reading your first word by yourself. It warrants drums, trumpets, flowers, party hats & confetti. @hachettechildrens.bsky.social
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Letterbox Library @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
🎈2 year Birthday for @sflayzell.northsky.social ‘s Cottonopolis Shortlisted for @littlerebsprize.bsky.social of course AND we’ve just put in an order to replenish our shelves!
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Professor Karen Sands-O’Connor @ksandsoconnor.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Definitely the master of historical fiction, @catwrote.bsky.social produces stories of resistance and agency that—especially in @barringtonstoke.bsky.social editions—are accessible to a wide readership. Try one today!
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Letterbox Library @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
🌈Defending Freedom: LGBTQ+ Lives & Children’s/YA Literature🌈 Tix now open for @ibbyuk.bsky.social ‘s annual conference. 😃We’ll be chairing a panel with @sarahhaggerholt.bsky.social @krahim.bsky.social Carol Thompson & Jodie Lancet-Grant. #KidLitUK #BookSky www.tickettailor.com/events/ibbyu...
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Select tickets – The IBBY UK 2026 Conference – St Anne's Parish Hall
The IBBY UK 2026 Conference – St Anne's Parish Hall, Sat 7 Nov 2026 - Defending Freedom: LGBTQ+ Lives and Children’s and YA Literature The theme for this year’s IBBY UK conference is LGBTQ+ lives and ...
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Branford Boase Award @branfordboaseaward.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Happy Bookshop Day! If you can't make it into a bookshop, head to @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social. Happy browsing and purchasing 📚🛒📚 #BookshopDay uk.bookshop.org/shop/branfor...
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Branford Boase Award Bookshop UK
Now in its 26th year, the Branford Boase Award rewards the most promising new writers for children and their editors. It commemorates award-winning author Henrietta Branford and her editor Wendy Boase...
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Gardners @gardnersbooks.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Today is the day... Happy #BookshopDay! 💙📚 Bookshop Day is all about celebrating the incredible bookshops at the heart of our communities. We're so proud to be part of this fantastic event and to support the wonderful community of booksellers and readers who make it so special. ✨ #Booksellers
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Books for Keeps, the children's books review journal @booksforkeeps.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
NEW #BooksforKeeps interview. We chat to bestselling author Kevin Moran about the new Doomsday Club adventure, Irish mythology, and entertaining readers looking for thrills 👇#KidLit @theobrienpress.bsky.social
A photograph of author Kevin Moran.The cover of The Doomsday Club Bog Bodies, the second in Kevin Moran's bestselling series. Cover illustration of a car being driven by two teenage boys there's a bog body on the roof and two more chasing it. Eek!
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Books for Keeps, the children's books review journal @booksforkeeps.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
From the #BfK archive Authorgraph interview with Shaun Tan #KidLit booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/auth...
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Authorgraph No.219: Shaun Tan – Books For Keeps
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Branford Boase Award @branfordboaseaward.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Meet the judges #BranfordBoaseAward 2027🎉2026 winner Asli Jensen, Caroline Carpenter, Children's Ed & Deputy Features Ed @thebookseller.com; Sam Creighton, Literacy Lead Elmhurst Primary School & @uklitassociation.bsky.social Alex Strick Reflecting Disability branfordboaseaward.org.uk/2027-judges/
Graphic highlighting the 2027 judges for the Branford Boase Award awarded to the author and editor of the year's outstanding debut novel for children. Sponsors are ALCS and Walker Books. The judges are: winning author of the 2026 Branford Boase Award Asli Jensen. She will be joined by children’s book experts, Caroline Carpenter, Children's Editor and Deputy Features Editor at The Bookseller magazine; Sam Creighton, Literacy Lead at Elmhurst Primary School in Newham and part of the UKLA Book Awards team; and Alex Strick, a facilitator for Reflecting Disability, the Arts Council funded study into representation of disabled people in children’s literature.
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Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
#NewIllustrationoftheDay by Shaun Tan, from Hometown, his latest spectacular exploration of difference and belonging. Its surreal visual metaphors tell a story about what home means. Walker Studio 8 Oct. Hand-made with watercolour, coloured pencil and ink pens on paper. @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
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Books for Keeps, the children's books review journal @booksforkeeps.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
There’s more than a scrap of magick in Helen Parry’s hugely enjoyable novel, which is our NEW Book of the Week. Check out our review and enjoy a Q&A interview with the Helen too. @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social #KidLitUK booksforkeeps.co.uk/review/a-scr...
The cover of A Scrap of Moss and Magick by Helen Parry, cover illustration by Melissa Castrillon.A photograph of author Helen Parry. She has silvery gray hair, blue eyes and is looking directly into the camera. Helen's debut novel A Scrap of Moss and Magick is the new Books for Keeps Book of the Week.
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Letterbox Library @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“Schools should be doing everything possible to connect kids with reading..Instead, many are doing the opposite, banning books that help kids see themselves in literature, deepen their understanding and empathy of others, and develop their imaginations.” www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
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Book Bans Hit Unprecedented High in 2025–26 School Year, PEN Report Shows
At least 7,370 unique titles were removed from public schools across the U.S. in the last academic year, according to the new report, as administrators in states such as Texas and Florida increasingly...
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Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
#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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Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Northern Irish author/illustrator Colleen Larmour from her picturebook Follow Me Moon, in which a child thinks of the moon as a personal friend. Simple & effective woodblock-style images in primary colours including shades of blue. Nosy Crow 8 Oct. @nosycrow.bsky.social
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Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Zanna Goldhawk illustrating the South African story of a young girl who throws ash into the sky and creates the Milky Way, from A Universe Full of Stories, 50 tales about the skies and space. Retold by Angela McAllister. Frances Lincoln 8 Oct. @quartokids.bsky.social
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Books for Keeps, the children's books review journal @booksforkeeps.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
‘At an age when children are figuring out the world around them & where they fit in, it’s vital they have access to funny, inspiring, adventurous books that reflect the lives they live & the ones they don’t.' New @ibc-reads.bsky.social Excluded Voices report: booksforkeeps.co.uk/inclusive-bo...
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Books for Keeps, the children's books review journal @booksforkeeps.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"Judi Curtin writes warm, living and breathing characters, easy for young readers to identify with, and Gracie is an archetypal Curtin creation." Meet Gracie and her friends in our NEW Book of the Week #KidLit @theobrienpress.bsky.social booksforkeeps.co.uk/review/gracie/
The cover of Gracie by Judi Curtin which is the new Books for Keeps Book of the Week. It is set in 1930, Gracie, who has red hair and freckles, is sitting on a chair sewing next to a tailor's dummy while another girl with long black hair pets a dog on her knee.
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Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Andrew J Ross from his picturebook The Incredible Other Side. Multimedia image including collage and individually drawn bricks, and figures like Tomi Ungerer’s Three Robbers. Story with a twist to make you smile. Frances Lincoln paperback 1 Oct. @quarto-kids.bsky.social
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Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay. Half a spread by Leo Timmers from his stunning picturebook Kiki and me, Gecko Press 1 Oct, translated from Dutch by David Colmer. About the relationship between a horse and its owner. Skilled black-and-white drawings on other pages suggest Thelwell. @geckopress.bsky.social
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Books for Keeps, the children's books review journal @booksforkeeps.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Happy #NationalPoetryDay! We hope you enjoy today whether you are celebrating in a school, a library or elsewhere. Click the link for a set of articles full of poetry inspiration – interviews, booklists, and the best ways to bring #poetry into your school. linktr.ee/booksforkeep...
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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Mackay’s debut novel Gloam (@rocktheboatnews.bsky.social) has won two prizes at the Week Junior Book Awards 2026, taking both the Breakthrough and Audiobook awards. 👇
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Jack Mackay’s Gloam wins two Week Junior Book Awards
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Branford Boase Award @branfordboaseaward.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Submissions are open for #BranfordBoaseAward 2027. In memory of author Henrietta Branford & her editor Wendy Boase, supported by @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social & @alcs.co.uk, it recognises author & editor of the year's outstanding debut novel for children. branfordboaseaward.org.uk/submission-i...
Graphic announcing that the 2027 Branford Boase Award is open for submissions. The Branford Boase Award is presented to author and editor of the year's outstanding debut novel for children and young people. Criteria and submission information can be found at https://branfordboaseaward.org.uk/submission-information/
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Andrew McRae @mcraeandrew.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
An appeal for the UK HE English community: I’m convening a panel for the @univeng.bsky.social OGM, 11/12, for people coordinating REF2029 returns for UoA2029 (or for a cognate sub-panel, but including English lit/lang researchers). Contact me if you’d like to contribute.
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Andrea Reece @reeceandrea.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
And to Matt Goodfellow, Highly Commended & both a @branfordboaseaward.bsky.social AND #CLiPPA favourite. Great to see John Agard and James Carter on the #poetry shortlist with prize awarded to Traci N. Todd for THIS IS NOT A SMALL VOICE @theclpe.bsky.social 🎉
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Andrea Reece @reeceandrea.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hooray for @branfordboaseaward.bsky.social favourites, Jack Mackay and Helen Rutter 👏👏 and Ella Dove, also shortlisted.
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Books for Keeps, the children's books review journal @booksforkeeps.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Congratulations to the winners of The Week Junior Book Awards 2026 announced last night at a special ceremony in London. Jack Mackay's GLOAM bagged 2 awards with Paterson Joseph, Helen Rutter, Jamie Smart & Farhana Islam also taking home prizes 🎉 #KidLitUK booksforkeeps.co.uk/winners-of-t...
Graphic with photos of four of the winners of The Week Junior Book Awards: Jack Mackay, Farhana Islam, Paterson Joseph, Helen Rutter. Also logos of the sponsors The Bookseller, voxblock, CarverPR, Lovereading, Place2Be, The Week Junior Science and Nature, World Book Day, Go All In the National Year of Reading.
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Andrea Reece @reeceandrea.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Some great books on these lists (lots of crossover with the @branfordboaseaward.bsky.social too 👏)
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Books for Keeps, the children's books review journal @booksforkeeps.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Shortlists for the Diverse Book Awards have been announced incl a new children’s category: non-fiction. #TheDBAwards highlight ‘outstanding diverse and inclusive books’ published by authors based in the UK & Ireland 2026. Congrats to all on the lists! #KidLitUK booksforkeeps.co.uk/seventh-dive...
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Letterbox Library @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The @theclpe.bsky.social ‘s introductory membership for schools looks mighty fine, but the ⭐️All Access Membership⭐️ is just overflowing with literacy rich resources, from teaching plans to CPD series. We’re so impressed! clpe.org.uk/membership #KidLitUK
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Books for Keeps, the children's books review journal @booksforkeeps.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Sophie Anderson has a magic touch for reworking fairy tales & this collection of 12 stories brims with everything that makes her writing so appealing. NEW Book of the Week A YEAR OF FAIRY TALES is a treat for all her fans & fairy tale devotees. #KidLitUK booksforkeeps.co.uk/review/a-yea...
The cover of Sophie Anderson's collection A Year of Fairy Tales which is the new Books for Keeps Book of the Week. Cover illustration is by Elisa Paganelli and includes an image of the House with Chicken Legs as well as other characters climbing a beanstalk.
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Books for Keeps, the children's books review journal @booksforkeeps.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The longlists for the @uklitassociation.bsky.social Book Awards have been announced! Tailored to be useful for teachers, there are three age categories for fiction and poetry and a category for Information books. Check them out ⬇️ #KidLitUK booksforkeeps.co.uk/longlists-fo...
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Letterbox Library @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
1/2 “During my tenure as Waterstones Children’s Laureate, I will champion the power of books to make us feel like we belong…but Patrice will not BEGIN to do this during her tenure: she has been doing this all along, and for all ages of readers”👏 A tribute to- booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/beyo...
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Beyond the Secret Garden: Patrice Lawrence, UK Children’s Laureate – Books For Keeps
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Letterbox Library @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
1/2 The most recent “Letterbox Library Recommends” column has just published in @booksforkeeps.bsky.social A selection of books featuring characters experiencing social isolation & loneliness- prompting neighbourhood activism & solidarity. Read the article at booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/lett...
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Books for Keeps, the children's books review journal @booksforkeeps.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Huge congratulations to the librarians & schools shortlisted for the @sla.org.uk Secondary School Librarian of the Year Award, sponsored by Bloomsbury Publishing, & the Peter Usborne Primary School Library of the Year Award. Read all about them and their work!⬇️ booksforkeeps.co.uk/school-libra...
Photograph of young people reading in the library at Oxford High School. The librarian is one of three on the shortlist for the School Library Association  Secondary School Librarian of the Year Award
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Books for Keeps, the children's books review journal @booksforkeeps.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The #WainwrightPrize winners have been announced, the UK’s nature & conservation writing awards 🍂 Congrats to all children's books category winners & those highly commended & to Thomas Halliday & Gavin Scott Children’s Wainwright Prize Book of the Year winners. booksforkeeps.co.uk/winners-of-t...
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Letterbox Library @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
There is so much we want to share about the latest @booksforkeeps.bsky.social but, for now, head on over to their site. Essential bimonthly read for all you teachers/librarians invested in books as a life changing force for children❤️ #KidLitUK #BookSky
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Letterbox Library @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Letterbox Library Recommends We Are Family: Beyond Queer Parents Our 3rd Recommend column is out in @booksforkeeps.bsky.social 🌈lgbtq+ extended family members in UK picture books🌈 See a teaser on our Insta (grid image ⬇️) ➡️Read the full article: booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/lett... #KidLitUK
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coralrumble.bsky.social @coralrumble.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Thank you @booksforkeeps.bsky.social, for such a detailed review. I’m so encouraged that you felt the community spirit! Full review here ⬇️ When Skeletons Rise booksforkeeps.co.uk/?p=61110
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Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Victoria Ball from Tomorrow Bright Before Us: An Inspiring Quote for Every Day of the Year (250 rich spreads). Nosy Crow 10 Sept. @nosycrow.bsky.social. 15 Sept: ‘It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end’ Ursula Le Guin
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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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The Poetry Society @poetrysociety.org.uk · 14/09/2026
Teachers & poet-educators! Getting ready for National Poetry Day on 1 Oct? Join Dom Conlon & our Cloud Chamber network tomorrow for FREE online CPD. We'll explore this year's NPD theme 'wonder', do some practical creative activities & show you some further resources. bit.ly/CloudChamberPoetry
Photo of poet Dom Conlon wearing a dark jacket and smiling at the camera. A pink background with logos in white for The Poetry Society and Cloud Chamber. Text in black on an orange background says 'Free National Poetry Day CPD session for teachers & poet-educators with Dom Conlon, Tues 15 Sept, 4.30-5.30pm, Zoom, bit.ly/CloudChamberPoetry'
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Books for Keeps, the children's books review journal @booksforkeeps.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Our September issue is bursting with unmissable articles, interviews and new children’s book reviews and it’s all FREE to read, no paywall. Don’t miss an issue, sign up for our newsletter #KidLitUK booksforkeeps.co.uk#signup
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Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Circle Yuen from her picturebook Mama’s Wedding, about little flower girls and a blended family. Lantana 3 Sept. Joyous spread in crayon & watercolour, finished digitally. @circleyuen.bsky.social @lantanapub.bsky.social With good wishes to anyone getting married today.
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Letterbox Library @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Last week we were at the launch of super-creepy #MiddleGrade horror: 👻The Lost Name Society👻 @savitakalhan.bsky.social @storymix.bsky.social @foxandinkbooks.bsky.social We were greeted by ravens! See our Insta reel (image below) Catch our review: www.letterboxlibrary.com/product-page... #KidLitUK
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Books for Keeps, the children's books review journal @booksforkeeps.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Long awaited Reflecting Disability study into the representation of disabled people in children’s books is out today. It finds that 10% of children’s books feature disabled people in some way. Room for improvement & too many books have barriers to reading. #KidLitUK booksforkeeps.co.uk/60958-2/
Graphic from Reflecting Disability illustrating statistic that 10% of children's books published in 2024 featured disabled people.
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Books for Keeps, the children's books review journal @booksforkeeps.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Congratulations Forest Xiao, just announced winner of the 2026 #KlausFluggePrize for most exciting newcomer to picture book illustration. She wins for the 'adorable' SEVEN BABIES @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social 🎉 Prize presented by 2025 winner Emma Farrarons. booksforkeeps.co.uk/klaus-flugge...
Graphic with cover of Seven Babies by Forest Xiao, winner of the 2026 Klaus Flugge Prize. There's also a spread from the winning book showing the two adults welcoming the seven babies into their house.
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Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Forest Xiao, Cambridge School of Art MA, who today won the Klaus Flugge Prize for Seven Babies. Recalling Oxenbury, the book comes from Xiao’s experience that one new baby feels like seven, and from sketchbooks full of observation. Walker Books @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
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Andrea Reece @reeceandrea.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I was there! Am in this photo somewhere.
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