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Libraries 4 Schools @lib4sch.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Some picture books reach beyond their target audience, and Dylan’s Park by Dylan Thomas, edited by @helendocherty.bsky.social and illustrated by @thomasdocherty.bsky.social, is certainly one!

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Jill Bennett @jillshanti.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

A lyrical text @johndougherty.bsky.social & @thomasdocherty.bsky.social's expressive illustrations #ItWontBeForEver @quartokids.bsky.social show young children that absence and loss are different. It’s #RedReadingHub’s #picturebook of the day reviewed on the blog wp.me/p11DI5-dMe

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It Won’t Be Forever

It Won’t Be ForeverJohn Dougherty and Thomas DochertyFrances Lincoln Children’s Books At the edge of the forest lives a loving family of eight little fox cubs and their parents, Kit (the mother) an…

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Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Thomas Docherty from Dylan’s Park, Graffeg 14 May. The text is Dylan Thomas’s memory of Cwmdonkin Park, Swansea, where he played as a boy. Docherty blends make-believe and real places, and young Thomas sits in a tree. @graffegbooks.bsky.social @thomasdocherty.bsky.social

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John Dougherty @writerpoetjohn.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Very excited to reveal the cover of It Won't Be Forever, my latest collaboration with @thomasdocherty.bsky.social, coming in May from @QuartoKids

The cover of It Won't Be Forever, depicting a father fox, backpack by his side, comforting his cub before going away

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John Dougherty @writerpoetjohn.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

I love finding out what titles my foreign editions have been given! It turns out that #TheBearShapedHole is published as The Shape of the Void in Greek, and What Will Remain When You Leave, Bear? in German @thomasdocherty.bsky.social @quartokids.bsky.social

Covers of the Greek and German editions of The Bear-Shaped Hole, a book for children about loss. Both covers feature a bear-cub holding hands with the silhouette of a lost friend.

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John Dougherty @writerpoetjohn.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Thanks so much for sharing, and for all the good work you do. @thomasdocherty.bsky.social

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BookTrust @booktrust.org.uk · 12/11/2025

Today's #BookTrustStorytime spotlight is on the wonderful #Superwolf by @helendocherty.bsky.social and @thomasdocherty.bsky.social! Head to our website to find Helen reading the story plus additional activities and resources to use in your library: bit.ly/4nY61vi

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Scholastic UK @scholasticuk.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

We're delighted that #Superwolf by @helendocherty.bsky.social & @thomasdocherty.bsky.social has been shortlisted for #BookTrustStorytime Prize 2026! 🥳 Huge congrats and thank you to @booktrust.org.uk for all their important work in engaging children across the country through the prize!

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Scholastic UK @scholasticuk.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Thrilled to have two fabulous books on the #BookTrustStorytime Prize 2026 longlist! ✨One Goose, Two Moose by @kaeltudor.bsky.social & Nicola Slater ✨Superwolf by @helendocherty.bsky.social & @thomasdocherty.bsky.social Huge congrats!

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John Dougherty @writerpoetjohn.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

In advance of publication this week of #TheBearShapedHole, thanks to @thomasdocherty.bsky.social and @quartokids.bsky.social for my lovely new t-shirt!

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Jacqui Sydney 📚 @jacquisydney.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Who doesn’t love a Julia Donaldson story? Excited to receive a copy of her latest title, Follow the Swallow, illustrated by @thomasdocherty.bsky.social Out 05/06 for 3-6 readers, huge thanks go to @sarahreadsandruns.bsky.social @farshorebooks.bsky.social 🥰 #KidlitUK #UKKidlit

The book and its press release. The foiled cover shows a swallow flying across a large sun, followed by an assortment of other animals.

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Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Thomas Docherty from his picturebook Moon Girl about Leila who is afraid of the dark but is helped by the girl in the moon who has a paintbrush full of moonlight. Spot the cat, the fox, the owl. From OUP 3 April. @oxfordchildrens.bsky.social @thomasdocherty.bsky.social

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QuartoKids @quartokids.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

The Bear-Shaped Hole is publishing this May! 🐻✨ "The Bear-Shaped Hole is going to be one of the most important picturebooks of 2025." @jonnybid.bsky.social "powerful, sad and joyous in equal measure." @smithsmm.bsky.social By @writerpoetjohn.bsky.social & @thomasdocherty.bsky.social 🩵

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Simon Smith @smithsmm.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Absolutely lovely bookpost today “The Bear-Shaped Hole” by @writerpoetjohn.bsky.social and @thomasdocherty.bsky.social is a truly wonderful book for supporting young people in preparing for loss. It’s powerful, sad and joyous in equal measure. Beautiful @quartokids.bsky.social #PicturebookPage

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John Dougherty @writerpoetjohn.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Unboxing video!!! "The Bear-Shaped Hole is going to be one of the most important picturebooks of 2025." - Jon Biddle #BearShapedHole #HareShapedHole #kidlit #loss #grief @thomasdocherty.bsky.social @jonnybid.bsky.social

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John Dougherty @johndougherty.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Got to see @thomasdocherty.bsky.social's roughs for our next collaboration and they are GORGEOUS.

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Mary R Morrow @marymorrow.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Read it slowly and understand it. 😳🥺 Repost 👇🏾 👇🏾

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Helen Docherty @helendocherty.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Thank you to the lovely people at @rshipbshop.bsky.social in #Salisbury for getting lots of copies of our books in for us to sign! 📚 😍 @thomasdocherty.bsky.social grew up in Salisbury, so this is a special bookshop for us ❤️ and it has such a brilliantly curated selection of children's books! 📚

Helen and Thomas Docherty in the Rocketship Bookshop in Salisbury, with signed copies of their books: Someone Just like You, All The Ways I Love You, All The Things We Carry, Superwolf, Into The Wild and The Hare-Shaped Hole

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Thomas Docherty Illustrator @thomasdocherty.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

My new book Moon Girl with OUP is out in April and available to pre-order now. It's also being published in The Netherlands and in Finland. I had so much fun painting the moonlight glow and all the creatures hugging in the dark and the lovely, trusting relationship between the girls.

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Helen Docherty @helendocherty.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

If you look carefully in the last photo, you'll see a signed copy of The Hare-Shaped Hole by @writerpoetjohn.bsky.social and @thomasdocherty.bsky.social on display 😊

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Helen Docherty @helendocherty.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

This beautiful, heartfelt book by @writerpoetjohn.bsky.social and @thomasdocherty.bsky.social will be coming out in 2025 💗✨ Another deeply emotional and important book (following on from The Hare-Shaped Hole) which will help to comfort anyone facing the death of a loved one 💜 #thebearshapedhole

The Bear-Shaped hole, a new picture book by John Dougherty and Thomas Docherty

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Thomas Docherty Illustrator @thomasdocherty.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

So proud of our new book The Bear-Shaped Hole by @writerpoetjohn.bsky.social and myself . I know that this book is going to help so many people, young and old, to talk about and discuss something that can be so hard to put into words. It has been a wonderful experience to work on this book.

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Helen Docherty @helendocherty.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

I'm so proud to have had FOUR picture books published in 2024! 📚 🥰 Illustrated by four equally amazing #illustrators: #DavidRoberts, @brizidamagro.bsky.social, @thomasdocherty.bsky.social & @stevenlenton.bsky.social ✨✨✨✨ These would all make great #Christmas #gifts, just saying 😉💖 #picturebooks

Me with my four picture books published in 2024: Superwolf, The Green-Fingered Witch, Someone Just Like You (paperback edition) and All The Things We Carry

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John Dougherty @writerpoetjohn.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Book news!!!

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