Not long now till our International Conference, July 5th-7th. Please note a programme alteration. We welcome the brilliant SF Said, keynote speaker SF Said David Fickling Books #ukla24

The NEW #PoetryByHeart Poem of the Week is Emily Dickinson's I Started Early - Took My Dog. How will you speak this haunting, poignant poem?

Use our Give it a Go tips to decide how the speaker's voice sounds in different parts of the poem. #poetry

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Thank you so much and these posters are wonderful! Well done to everyone in Yr 2 and thank you Mathew Tobin for all you’ve done.

Very much enjoyed talking with Jake Hope about The Tree and the River. Thanks for a wonderful interview!

The next #BeyondtheSecretGarden for Books for Keeps will look at representations of Palestinians in children’s literature. As ever, Karen Sands-O'Connor and I will attempt to foreground books published in the UK.

Hazel Pinner🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈🧡#EqualityForAll Are you signed up for Books for Keeps magazine? booksforkeeps.co.uk It was a great guide when I was teaching and still enjoy looking at it now I’m retired!

Overjoyed to see #swifts flying out and flying in to our roof gable and that they've come back to make our house their house. (Here's the one who fell to Earth in 2022)

'It deals with some pretty complex themes and it amazes me the way children respond to these.'

NEW #BFK interview with the winner of the Carnegie Medal for Illustration, Aaron Becker. Thanks to Jake Hope for the questions. #illustration #writing

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If you love picture books, you may want to shadow the Klaus Flugge Prize. I have a special piece from the creator of the nominated #TheDreamBook - Bia Melo… Templar Books Andrea Reece

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Hello children's book lovers.
After a long absence here's my Reading Matters round up with all the latest news. Loads of awards, some summer reading tips and new books to tempt you. Happy reading!
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A blazing 5🌟for the new #BFK Book Of The Week THE BOY ON FIRE from Klaus Flugge Prize shortlisted Sarthak Sinha. It will leave you glowing! Flying Eye B👀ks

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We can't wait to celebrate #PoetryByHeart 2024 Shakespeare’s Globe 1 July! 110,000 children & young people involved; 48,000 poems performed by heart; 3,030 video entries ❤️

Could 2025 be even bigger? We think so! Find out more and register today! ow.ly/wG2P50SnGRO

We’re up early and ready for a day of book-joy here in the Children’s Bookshop.

Please drop by today to take part in our 50th Anniversary celebrations. We have games and activities, cake, prizes to be won, and we’re announcing the winner of our creative writing competition!!

This is exactly why picture books are exciting to investigate with older children - but really accessible for everybody, because we're all expert readers of pictures. Klaus Flugge Prize

NEW in the #KlausFluggePrize Shortlist Sketchbook series Emily Kapff describes the inspiration for her debut picture book, The Crown, an environmental poem, and her intentions for her dramatic, memorable illustrations. Walker Picture Books #illustration

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Na’ima B. Robert was shortlisted for a 2024 Yoto Carnegie Award for A Child Like You, pub Otter-Barry Books. Author & illustrator discuss in: A Story of Hope: an interview with Na’ima B. Robert and Nadine Kaadan by @SueMcGonigle in Books for Keeps (May 2023) booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/a-stor…

#NewIllustrationoftheDay . Yesterday Joseph Coelho OBE won the Yoto Carnegie Medal for writing for his novel in verse The Boy Lost in the Maze. This skilful and striking image is one of Kate Milner's illustrations for that novel. The Yoto Carnegies Otter-Barry Books Joseph Coelho

Six weeks until the #FoyleYoungPoets of the Year Award deadline!

If you're aged 11-17, send your poems by 31 July. Winners receive poetry books and posters, and ongoing talent development support.

Enter online at foyleyoungpoets.org

#youngpoets #poetrycompetition

#NewIllustrationoftheDay . An expressive delight by Rebecca Cobb from mariesa dulak 🐯's rhyming There's a Tiger on the Train. What parents might miss while on the phone. Shortlisted for the #IndieBooksAwards . Winners announced 20 June. Faber Books Rebecca Cobb Books Are My Bag

Just a few days left to apply for the Young Poets Network paid internships! Open to anyone 18+, in the UK or Ireland, and who has won/been commended in the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award or a Young Poets Network challenge.

📅 Apply by Monday 24 June! ow.ly/8wVa50SlzJA