The Times children's book of the week is 'Movies Showing Nowhere' by Yorick Goldewijk.

You may sob hot tears at the finale.

It's brilliant.
Everyone should read it.

Pushkin Press
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Out 09/05, #IAmWolf by Alastair Chisholm is one of favourite middle grade reads of 2024. Am celebrating the arrival of this finished copy from Sîan Nosy Crow by resharing my review 🐺

Oooh she’s GOOD! Cant put this one down…Bonnier Books UK Stacey Halls is away

40 NEW WAYS TO RETELL A STORY The first draft is now almost complete. Will be releasing as a PDF download in a month or so!
This is the second book in my new ‘Engaging Able Writers’ series.
All my books can be found at alanpeat.com #literacy #educhat #gifted

🥳Happy 13th Birthday Roundhay parkrun!

#parkrun 498 is my 1st since running #LondonMarathon for parkrun!😀
💚Thanks to everyone who #loveparkrun for your support for me & parkrun, I'm almost at my target, you can still donate 😊
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#ukrunchat

Today's book post was epic lex croucher Bloomsbury Kids & YA UK

⭐️Giveaway⭐️
Themes of social anxiety, transition to Year 7 & local history, I’ve got 5 copies of The Flower Boy AND the sequel Flower Power! to give away, AND a teacher resource pack! Reading activities also included, ideal for Y6/7. Retweet by 8pm today (Sat) to be in the hat!

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We're officially into the final countdown...

#TT2024

Loved launching The Wolverhampton Colour Palette at the station last night. It’s the first large-format palette to come to life through augmented reality and one of eight artworks for the Street Stories project 😍

“The experts” absolutely right The Guardian⁩
The experts: librarians on 20 easy, enjoyable ways to read more brilliant books theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

#NewIllustrationoftheDay . ‘One Day WE are going to clean up the ocean for good.’ Heightened colour and relaxed brushwork in a beach scene from Ken Wilson-Max’s just-published picture book Aqua Boy, a follow-up to Astro Girl and Eco Girl. Ken Wilson-Max Otter-Barry Books

Laugh out loud hilarious as well as deeply moving- this is a very special text. 🥲Thanks Simon Smith for recc.
Somehow intimate, captures relationships authentically and sings off the page Simon James Green 👏👏

'The story beautifully weaves together themes of friendship, environmental issues, being a ‘global citizen’ and of being yourself'
THANK YOU, Throughthebookshelf, for this wonderful and thoughtful review of STORM CHILD! 💙🩵

The Incredible Ride #endurance #america #longdistanceriding #southamerica #motorcycle Bikers Bookshelf bikersbookshelf.com/2023/10/05/the…

Psst!…. I’ve written a guest blog for Nosy Crow about the inspiration for Secrets of the Snakestone, including musings on circus contortionists & the need for pacy, page-turning children’s bookssss!

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Make #EmpathyDay 2024 the best one yet!

Our toolkits have all the resources, ideas and activities to get ready for 6 June. Use them to take part in this year's Mission Empathy challenge - complete with BRAND NEW activities!

Register at empathylab.uk/empathy-day

When dreams come true! As I was writing Finding Treasure Island the dream was to one day see it in a bookshop alongside Robert Louis Stevenson… thank you Ginger & Pickles in Edinburgh (& Barbara Henderson #WIP 5477 for the pic)

The Motorcycle Diaries #travel #southamerica #motorcycle Bikers Bookshelf bikersbookshelf.com/2023/09/25/the…

1/2 Delighted to have welcomed leaders from the Department for Education West Midlands Regions Group to learn about their #education priorities and to provide an opportunity for them to speak with us about our School’s provision, standards, aims, and ambitions Department for Education

Nush and the Stolen Emerald by Jasbinder Bilan - I'm meant to be writing... (front cover by David Dean) is a fantastically exciting adventure story set in Jaisalmer and London during the 19th century. Touches on many areas, family dynamics, equality, colonialism, with a very deft touch. A great book for Y5/6.