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Headteacher Update @headteacherupdate.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

How to create an inclusive school library. Practical tips from @verityisreading.bsky.social & an @sla.org.uk award-winning library. Build an inspiring library. Make reading part of school culture. Ensure diversity & pupil voice: buff.ly/5cLxVvC #NationalYearOfReading2026 #literacy #edusky

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Top tips from the Primary School Library of the Year - Headteacher Update

Discover practical tips for building an inspiring primary school library that fosters reading for pleasure & more

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Verity Robinson @verityisreading.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

After the craziness of last week (SATs and Ofsted!), I almost missed being featured in this month’s @openuni-rfp.bsky.social newsletter! Lovely to be featured next to @amygreatrex.bsky.social too 🧺📚 Link to read my report of last year’s #LeafLitFest here: ourfp.org/eop/the-leaf...

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Verity Robinson @verityisreading.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

✨ Another fantasy I have loved getting lost in this Easter! I know I’m late to the party but if you haven’t read The Land of Roar series by @jennymclachlan.bsky.social illustrated by @benmantle.bsky.social, climb aboard a dragon now..!✨ Full review here: www.instagram.com/p/DIoQalqKDG...

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Verity Robinson @verityisreading.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Finally had time to reflect on the busiest term ever! Check out my insta to see a round-up of the Leaf Literature Festival - a festival between 17 primary schools in Bristol celebrating reading! 📚🌿 #LiteratureFestival #authorvisits #readingforpleasure www.instagram.com/p/DIePPIrqyQ...

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Verity Robinson @verityisreading.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

I hope they’re listening from the pearly gates of their London offices!

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Abie Longstaff @abielongstaff.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

My letter to the @theguardian.com on the META theft of our work. Will be in the physical paper tomorrow. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Letter. Please follow the link if this isn't legible

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Verity Robinson @verityisreading.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

This is so exciting to see! Congratulations Hannah!

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Verity Robinson @verityisreading.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Really enjoyed escaping into this fantasy epic ✨ I love how Katherine Rundell always ‘writes up’ for children, this doesn’t disappoint! Thanks @claireridsdale.bsky.social for lending it to me! Review here: www.instagram.com/p/DIMR5xjq5y... @kidsbloomsbury.bsky.social

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Verity Robinson @verityisreading.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Currently reading this! I’m also feeling very late to this party - really enjoying it!

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Verity Robinson @verityisreading.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Would love publishers to put more money into marketing lesser-known fabulous authors so there’s less pressure on librarians/booksellers promoting books children won’t have seen in supermarkets. Also please make all books standard size so we can cover the books easily! 🙏

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Verity Robinson @verityisreading.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Last term was so full on so I’m enjoying taking things a little more slowly now it’s the Easter Holidays. Had myself a little ‘booknic’ to make the most of the sun! ☀️ What are you all reading this Easter?

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Verity Robinson @verityisreading.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

A very belated but absolute humongous thank you to @peters-books.bsky.social for this award-winning collection of nonfiction for our school library 😍

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Verity Robinson @verityisreading.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Thank you Ian! It was such a wonderful afternoon for all of our schools and such a fantastic way to end the first week of the #LeafLitFest. So many children inspired by you now - you’re a star! 👏

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Ian Eagleton @ianeagletonauthor.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

2000 kids?! WOW!! What a wonderful event organised by brilliant book-loving people! #KidLit #BookSky #PrimaryEduSky

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Verity Robinson @verityisreading.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Absolute honour to host @ianeagletonauthor.bsky.social for our Leaf Literature Festival virtual author visit today! All of our EY and KS1 classes from our 17 schools joined to hear #NenandtheLonelyFisherman and learn some sea-themed BSL too! Thank you Ian!! 📚🧜‍♂️📔 #LeafLitFest

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Verity Robinson @verityisreading.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

This is amazing! And those cupcakes are 😍😍 Looking forward to celebrating your books with our #LeafLitFest event later!

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Verity Robinson @verityisreading.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Chance and choice is absolutely it! And hopefully some great reading role models too!

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Verity Robinson @verityisreading.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

To all the librarians, teachers, TAs, authors and illustrators up and down the country who are putting their all into making this #WorldBookDay special - even if you only encourage one child to pick up a book today, you’ve made the world a better place ❤️ (illustration by me 🖍️)

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Verity Robinson @verityisreading.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Thank you to all the Reading Leads, librarians and student helpers creating who are helping make all these events brilliant in their schools! And to Storysmith Books for being the most wonderful bookshop people on the planet 📚📚📚

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Verity Robinson @verityisreading.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

We launched our Leaf Literature Festival on Monday morning and what a line up we have this year! Big thank you to the Leaf Trust for my beautiful flowers and the Year 4 girl who handmade these gorgeous book earrings - it’s so appreciated! 📚🍃 #readingforpleasure #LeafLitFest

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

A cartoon for #worldbookday (coming on Thursday 6th) for this week’s @theguardian.com books.

A small girl wearing a rabbit costume and blue coat carries a book as she walks to school.

Her mother (head out of shot) wheels her baby brother along in a pushchair.

The baby says "Peter Rabbit may be the 'Hero' of the story, but surely the obedient, widowed Mrs Rabbit is a more effective symbol of the oppression inherent within Mister McGregor's regime"

The girls looks furious and snaps "Mum!! He's critiquing my world book day costume from a marxist perspective again!"

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Verity Robinson @verityisreading.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

There will be a time where the #LeafLitFest won’t take over my life (or my living room) but I am VERY excited to be launching our trust of school’s festival on Monday and can’t wait to talk about all the amazing authors and illustrators we have joining us too! 📚🍃📚🍃📚🍃📚

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Verity Robinson @verityisreading.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

@louiestowell.bsky.social is there a way of making Loki tshirts a thing?! And very pleased he was lovely (as expected!)

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Verity Robinson @verityisreading.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Where’s the tshirt from?! I’m jealous! And jealous of meeting Ben Willbond too 😂

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Verity Robinson @verityisreading.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Totally agree with this! I think most schools aren’t aware of how much authors earn - some people definitely think you’re all millionaires 😂

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Verity Robinson @verityisreading.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Author/illustrator visits are so valuable and really do have an impact. As an example - your books are still some of our most borrowed after your visit last year! But I also see the amount of work that goes into them and know that’s not all schools are able to afford + promote as much as we’d like!

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Verity Robinson @verityisreading.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

I’m so glad, thank you for joining us! 🖍️✏️📚

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Verity Robinson @verityisreading.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Thank you Fleur! ❤️ So pleased you can join us again!

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Verity Robinson @verityisreading.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Huge thank you to Storysmith Bookshop who have sponsored our #LeafLitFest Bookmark Design and Writing competitions for all our schools. Can’t wait for these to be announced next week and send out book tokens to all the winners! 🙌✨

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Verity Robinson @verityisreading.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

One week to go until The Leaf Literature Festival 2025 begins! Huge thank you in advance to all the school’s Reading Leads and our amazing line-up of visiting authors and illustrators who are making this happen! 🍃📚 #LeafLitFest

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Verity Robinson @verityisreading.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

This year’s Leaf Literature Festival is drawing close - a festival celebrating reading across 14+ primary schools in our trust 🍃📚 I’ll share more soon but my round-up of how I planned last year’s on the Open University’s #RfP website - go check it out! ourfp.org/eop/the-leaf...

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The Leaf Literature Festival - Reading for Pleasure

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Verity Robinson @verityisreading.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Great idea! I do this with Year 4 every year in the library and it always leads to great discussions

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Verity Robinson @verityisreading.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

KS2 were absolutely buzzing after meeting Tom Percival last week. He treated us to not just a reading from his new book #SquirrelandDuck, but also a sing along, lots of games and live illustration. Big thanks to Tom, @kidsbloomsbury.bsky.social and Storysmith Bookshop for organising! 🐿️🦆

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Verity Robinson @verityisreading.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Last week EY and KS1 had a visit from Mevan Babakar to talk to us about her new book The Bicycle - one girl said “This is the best time of my life” 😍 Author visits make such an impact! Thank you to @maxminervas.bsky.social for organising! 📚🚲

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Verity Robinson @verityisreading.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Big thank you to @whatsfsaid.bsky.social for my copy of Safiyah’s War by Hiba Noor Khan. I’ve heard lots of great things about it so can’t wait to read it and then share in my school’s library! 📚💙

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Do not mess with librarians. They let complete strangers borrow their books. For a living. Even the hardcovers. They are so much stronger than you know.

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CILIP @cilip.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

SAVE THE DATES 2025: Libraries Week: Libraries Change Lives will take place in June and  Green Libraries Week in October. Through a new campaign approach & schedule, CILIP will lead two separate annual campaigns with partners. Read more: cilip.org.uk/news/693446/...

group photo of libraries change lives parliamentary event

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Verity Robinson @verityisreading.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

We recently shared it with a group of Year 1s who were struggling and they really resonated with the story - so thank you! 🥰

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Verity Robinson @verityisreading.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Quote of the day: “Holy smokes! That’s ridiculous! That’s amazing!” I’ve been sharing the news of our author visits for the #LeafLitFest25 in library lessons this week. Fair to say that the reaction has been great! @louiestowell.bsky.social

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Verity Robinson @verityisreading.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Would love the nonfiction pack for our school library but we’d be happy with any of them really! 😍

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Verity Robinson @verityisreading.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

My pleasure! We have a group of Year 1 girls struggled with emotions lately and have really resonated with a Shelter for Sadness so thank you!

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Anne Thompson @librarylady.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

It's been a busy month in the world of children's books. Here's your chance to catch up with what you may have missed. My Reading Matters round up includes book awards, free events, resources and new books to tempt you. #UKKidLit alibrarylady.blog/2025/02/01/r...

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Reading Matters – Children’s Book News

Hello and welcome to this month’s round up of what has been happening in the world of children’s books. With January behind us many are looking forward to discovering what February hold…

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