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Scallywag Press @scallywagpress.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

What else could we post on #InternationalCatDay, except a cat with #CatSchool goodies?! 😺 (Meet Claude 👋😻 ) Find out more about the new graphic novel series from Rose Robbins: www.scallywagpress.com/books-catsch... #kidsbooks #ScallywagPress

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Scallywag Press @scallywagpress.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

'Young children will love Fred’s outrageous behaviour and his delight at getting his own way but also recognise that discovering where you belong is the best fun of all.' - Daily Mail on Fred the (very demanding) Deer by Pepe Smit uk.bookshop.org/p/books/fred...

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Scallywag Press @scallywagpress.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Happy #IndependentBookshopWeek! 📚✨ There’s something magical about stepping into an independent bookshop and we're so grateful to the booksellers who champion our books, along with a host of other incredible children's books - you're amazing!

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Scallywag Press @scallywagpress.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Were you following the Artemis II mission? 🚀 🌒 Our astronauts are back to Earth safely, but how about taking a trip to space yourself?! In 'To Activate Space Portal Lift Here' by Antoinette Portis, be the first to meet alien life-forms - you might discover, they're not so different to us after all!

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Scallywag Press @scallywagpress.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Wonderful to be a Regional & Country Finalist (London) again in the Small Press of the Year category of the #BritishBookAwards! 🏅 Huge congratulations to all the other independent publishers who have also been selected! #Nibbies #ScallywagPress

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Scallywag Press @scallywagpress.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Huge congratulations to Brendan Wenzel who has been longlisted for The Carnegie Medal for Illustration for Good Golden Sun! #Carnegies2026 @carnegiemedals.bsky.social @cilip.bsky.social

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Scallywag Press @scallywagpress.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

From all of us at Scallywag Press, if you're celebrating, we wish you a very merry Christmas! May your stockings be filled with books, books and MORE BOOKS 📚🎅

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Scallywag Press @scallywagpress.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

It's December 1st! The Christmas countdown is ON!! 🎄 Get in the festive mood now with the ultimate Santa origin story in Little Santa by Jon Agee 🎅✨ Get your copy in time for Christmas: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/litt... #earlyyears #picturebooks #advent

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Scallywag Press @scallywagpress.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

It's tiiiiiiime!! 🎄🎅 With 30 days to go, whatever you're looking for this Christmas, we've got you covered.

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Scallywag Press @scallywagpress.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

⭐️ COVER REVEAL ⭐️ I am Ray's Imaginary Friend by Brian Moses, illus. by Bethan Welby, publishes in March '26! This verse chapter book (7+) is narrated by the imaginary friend that Ray invents to help him cope with moving home... Pre-order your copy: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/i-am...

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Scallywag Press @scallywagpress.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

The lovely people @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social have picked Mat o' Shanter by Simon Lamb as their Junior Book of the Month, and are giving away 5 copies! Learn more and enter their #comp: www.scottishbooktrust.com/competitions... #poetry #kidsbooks #scottishbooks

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Junior Book of the Month: Mat O'Shanter by Simon Lamb

We are a national charity bringing the benefits of reading and writing to everyone in Scotland.

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Scallywag Press @scallywagpress.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

We're thrilled to have 3 books nominated for the #Carnegies2026 Medal for Illustration! 🎻 Hannah and the Violin by Satoshi Kitamura 🐻 George & Lenny are Always Together by Jon Agee ☀️ Good Golden Sun by Brendan Wenzel More: carnegies.co.uk/nominations-... @carnegiemedals.bsky.social

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Scallywag Press @scallywagpress.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Happy #Halloween! Need some spooky baking inspiration? Try the #IvyNewt inspired broomstick buns! Find the recipe free to download on our website: www.scallywagpress.com/resources.ht...

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Scallywag Press @scallywagpress.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

We're supporting the National Year of Reading in 2026 & the #GoAllIn campaign The initiative from the Dept for Education, delivered with @literacy-trust.bsky.social aims to increase the number of people who are reading regularly... So if you’re into it, read into it. 📚 More: www.goallin.org.uk

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KidLit TV @kidlittv.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

✨🧙PERFECT FOR #HALLOWEEN! Get ready for magical mischief w/ author Derek Keilty as he chats about the latest book in his #middlegrade series featuring the loveable Sand Witch, IVY NEWT — IVY NEWT AND THE STORM WITCH: www.kidlit.tv/StoryMakersD... @scallywagpress.bsky.social @pubspotlight.bsky.social

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Publisher Spotlight @pubspotlight.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

"Every #Halloween, a spooky haunted house appears near Newt Castle for one day only..." Download a free e-galley of IVY NEWT AND THE TIME THIEF from @scallywagpress.bsky.social www.netgalley.com/widget/96097...

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Scallywag Press @scallywagpress.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Heading to a pumpkin patch soon? 🎃 Read We Planted a Pumpkin by @robramsden.bsky.social to help little ones understand how a pumpkin grows from a seed, and try our free pumpkin spinner activity: www.scallywagpress.com/images/pumpk... #Halloween #Autumn #PumpkinPatch #HlfTerm #InTheGarden

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Scallywag Press @scallywagpress.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

We're proud to be supporting #IrishBookWeek! Let's show some love for your favourite Irish bookshops, Irish authors or anything you're doing to celebrate! We'll go first and take a moment to appreciate our Irish talent - Derek Keilty and Brian Fitzgerald! #IrishBookADay #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks

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Scallywag Press @scallywagpress.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Scallywag Press are at Frankfurt Book Fair! If you’re at the Fair this week, pop by 6.1 C114 and say hello 👋

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Scallywag Press @scallywagpress.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

"There are so many wonderful things that are happening in bookshops." Bookshop Day ambassador and Scallywag poet Simon Lamb spoke to the ScottishSun about the importance of bookshops for this year's #BookshopDay. Have a read 👇 @booksaremybag.bsky.social www.thescottishsun.co.uk/health/15438...

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We must look after our book shops to tackle loneliness and mental health

TODAY’S Bookshop Day is turning the spotlight on small independent stores and the benefits they bring to local communities. Founded in 2016 by the Booksellers Association, it’s part of the Books Ar…

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Scallywag Press @scallywagpress.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

It's #BookshopDay! 📚🛍️ Booksellers are superheroes without capes - connecting us to new worlds and opening doors to new ideas. We LOVE THEM. Show your support and find your local bookshop (UK) here: booksaremybag.com/bookshopsearch #ChooseBookshops

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Scallywag Press @scallywagpress.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

One Button and the Sea by @saralstan.bsky.social and Viviane Schwarz is a White Raven 2025! Selected by the International Youth Library the #wrlist2025 includes books from ~50 countries and > 40 languages. Find out more: www.ijb.de/en/home/the-...

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Scallywag Press @scallywagpress.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

The space portal to Zrk and Blrg has opened! 🚀 To Activate Space Portal Lift Here by Antoinette Portis publishes today! Described by @publisherswkly.bsky.social as 'wonderfully weird and slyly relevant', it's ideal for fans of interactive books. uk.bookshop.org/p/books/to-a...

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Scallywag Press @scallywagpress.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

In #NationalPoetryDay, we're excited to announce a new offering from @brianmosespoet.bsky.social publishing in March 2026! I Am Ray's Imaginary Friend, illustrated by Bethan Welby is a verse chapter book written by an imaginary friend, with a theme of moving home, for ages 7+. Stay tuned for more!

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Scallywag Press @scallywagpress.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Simon Lamb spoke to BBC Radio Scotland about new book, Mat o' Shanter, launched at Tidelines Book Festival today! Simon talks about his childhood experiences of reading Robert Burns, and why Mat o' Shanter is called 'A Cautionary Tale'... 👀 Listen from 10 mins: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Afternoons - The Arts Mix - Frank Turner, Mat O'Shanter and Hercules the Bear - BBC Sounds

Punk-folk singer-songwriter Frank Turner on his upcoming Scottish gigs.

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Jacqui Sydney 📚 @jacquisydney.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Looking forward to reading To Activate Space Portal Lift Here by Antoinette Portis and Mat o' Shanter by Simon Lamb, illustrated by Ross MacRae. Out 09/10 & now for 3+/9+ readers, huge thanks go to @laurasmythepr.bsky.social @scallywagpress.bsky.social #KidlitUK #UKKidlit

The 2 books. The first has the title in large print against a background of a starry sky and the second shows a boy trapped in the upper half of an egg timer that is bobbing about in a stormy sea.

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Scallywag Press @scallywagpress.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

It's time - Mat o' Shanter by @simonlambcreative, illustrated by @ross.macrae.art is out now! A modern day reimagining of Robert Burns' famous poem Tam o' Shanter, Mat o' Shanter is for the ears, and eyes, and hearts of today. www.waterstones.com/book/mat-o-s... #kidslit #poetry #robertburns

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Scallywag Press @scallywagpress.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

We love this photo from Ross MacRae showing his workspace for Mat o' Shanter, from initial sketches to the finished book itself 😍 Mat o' Shanter: A Cautionary Tale by Simon Lamb, illus. by Ross, publishes tomorrow!! www.waterstones.com/book/mat-o-s... @bouncemarketing.bsky.social #poetry

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Scallywag Press @scallywagpress.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Argh me hearties! It's #TalkLikeAPirateDay and have we got some scurvy stories for you! 🏴‍☠️ Step on board the Black Hound, and join a ship full o' the cleverest pirate investigators in Flyntlock Bones - a chapter book series by Derek Keilty. ⚓️ 📷 : bookishwaytoplay (Insta) #kidsbooks #youngfiction

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Scallywag Press @scallywagpress.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

'A Gallery of Cats' by Ruth Brown is the Starred Children's Review in the latest @shelf-awareness.com ! Read the full review here: www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html @pubspotlight.bsky.social #kidsbooks #kidslit

Frame surrounded by cats with words reading 'If Brown's goal is to make readers of all ages curious to learn more about great artists, she should consider this goal achieved, spectacularly.' - Shelf Awareness, starred review

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Scallywag Press @scallywagpress.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

'We Found a Seed" by @robramsden.bsky.social inspired a Story Walk at the Lewes Public Library, across the pond in Delaware! 🇺🇸 We love this video timelapse of the trail which helped encourage children to explore the natural world around them! 🌱 @pubspotlight.bsky.social #InTheGarden #earlyyears

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Publisher Spotlight @pubspotlight.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

“There’s lots to look at and discuss” in WOLF IN THE CITY from @scallywagpress.bsky.social Author/illustrator Rachel Tilda Wolf "moves seamlessly back and forth between full-page bleeds, deployed to impress us with the city’s grandeur, and homey vignettes” ysbookreviews.wordpress.com/2025/07/24/w...

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Wolf in the City by Rachel Tilda Wolf

Wolf in the City by Rachel Tilda Wolf. Scallywag Press, 2025. 9781836300106 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Hardcover picture book What did you like about …

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Scallywag Press @scallywagpress.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Meet Mat! 👋 Here's your first look inside Mat o' Shanter, a modern day reimagining of Robert Burns' famous poem Tam o' Shanter, publishing next month! Words by Simon Lamb, illustrations by Ross Macrae. Pre-order your copy: www.waterstones.com/book/mat-o-s...

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Scallywag Press @scallywagpress.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Good Golden Sun by Brendan Wenzel has been shortlisted in the picture books category of the Teach Early Years Awards 2025! ☀️ The winner will be revealed in November - keep your fingers crossed for us! @bouncemarketing.bsky.social

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Scallywag Press @scallywagpress.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Remember we have plenty of free resources on our website! For Detective Catz by Marjoke Henrichs, this includes a spot the difference, maze and a secret code to decipher... 👉 www.scallywagpress.com/resources.ht... 📷: faeriesandfantasy (IG) @pubspotlight.bsky.social @bouncemarketing.bsky.social

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Scallywag Press @scallywagpress.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

We LOVE bookseller feedback - especially when it looks like this! Erin from Waterstones Belfast said of #IvyNewt: 'I can't get enough of this series! Magic and mayhem abound...' ✨ Find the Ivy Newt series by Derek Keilty in your local @waterstoneskids.bsky.social 🫶

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Scallywag Press @scallywagpress.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

A Seed Grows by Antoinette Portis has been reviewed by @nytimes.com! They say: 'A cyclical ending shows how the life of the natural world is never-ending. Bold, graphic illustrations and a dramatic sunflower reveal make this a splendid addition to your shelf.' 🌻

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Books for Kids Starting Preschool

These back-to-school reads will help children tackle first-day nerves, new teachers, letters, numbers and more.

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Scallywag Press @scallywagpress.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

'Dark, yet hopeful, the verse story of danger and adventure is ultimately vigorous and inspiring [...] highly recommended for children who love reading and adults who love giving children great books.' @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social on Mat o' Shanter REVIEW: schoolreadinglist.co.uk/childrens-bo...

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Scallywag Press @scallywagpress.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Bunny's boarding a plane! ✈️ Bunny's Most Fabulous Holiday Ever! by Brian Fitzgerald has been spotted at the WHSmith in Gatwick Airport departures, thanks to Scallywag author Deborah Chancelllor!

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Scallywag Press @scallywagpress.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

We can confirm, George & Lenny were in the @dailymail.co.uk TOGETHER! 😂 Check them out in Sally Morris' children's books roundup: www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/a... @bouncemarketing.bsky.social #kidslit #jonagee

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Scallywag Press @scallywagpress.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

The talented Viviane Schwarz bringing One-Button and Grandpa to life 😍✍️ One-Button and the Sea by Sara Stanley, illustrated by Viviane Schwarz, publishes in paperback this week. A poignant tale of community and hope 💙🌊 @saralstan.bsky.social @bouncemarketing.bsky.social

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Scallywag Press @scallywagpress.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

For #NationalMarineWeek, we couldn't think of a more appropriate read than The Tale of the Whale by @karenswann.bsky.social, illus. by Padmacandra. A tale of friendship, it's also an invitation to consider our responsibilities towards the environment 🐳 📷: @faeriesandfantasy.bsky.social

A front shot of The Tale of the Whale by Karen Swann and Padmacandra against a dark wood background with a pile of books underneath and a textile behind

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Publisher Spotlight @pubspotlight.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

“For lovers of cats and fine art, A GALLERY OF CATS reimagines iconic paintings if cats were inserted in each scene” @scallywagpress.bsky.social yabookscentral.com/a-gallery-of...

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Scallywag Press @scallywagpress.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Bunny has been spotted at London Victoria! We wonder where she'll travel to next... If you spot Bunny's Most Fabulous Holiday Ever! by Brian Fitzgerald in a UK airport or train station WHSmith, take a photo and tag us on socials using #BunnysHoliday and you could win a set of summer books!

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Scallywag Press @scallywagpress.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

One-Button and the Sea by Sara Stanley, @saralstan.bsky.social, publishes in paperback next week! Celebrating the importance of community and the power of hope, browse our free resources for this heartwarming picture book on our website: www.scallywagpress.com/resources.ht... #kidsbooks #kidslit

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Books for Keeps, the children's books review journal @booksforkeeps.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Jon Agee is a reak #BfK favourite and his new book GEORGE AND LENNY ARE ALWAYS TOGETHER is our Book of the Week. Get to know these two friends in his typically witty, entertaining picture book. #KidLit #BookSky @scallywagpress.bsky.social booksforkeeps.co.uk/review/georg...

The cover of George and Lenny Are Always Together by Jon Agee. The illustration shows George (a large brown bear) and Lenny (a small grey rabbit) on the same skateboard striking the same pose, in perfect symmetry.

Illustration from George and Lenny Are Always Together showing George (a large brown bear) hanging upside down on a climbing frame text Hey, Lenny! Where are you going? and Lenny - a small grey rabbit walking away from him (and out of the image) text Over here, George. I see a perfect spot to be alone.

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