This week's wonderful pets spotlight is Mooi, who loves to read with her owners, Edith and Ottilie. We especially love that the Kitty books are featured. If you need any new reads for the Bank Holiday, don't forget we are open until 4:00 today!

Wanna win a proof of my next book? It's not quite VIP Oasis tickets, but it's still pretty mint.

Calling all teachers! We are delighted to be partnering with Really Big Pants Theatre Co (live & online shows!) so 5 schools can win an online show with creative writing challenges. All you have to do is come to The Alligator's Mouth and say "REALLY BIG PANTS". The first 5 teachers to do so by 1st Oct will win!

Starting school next week? Join us today at 11am for our fun musical storytime, led by Tony and Mark - there will be songs, goody bags, and upbeat school stories!

Last few tickets left for this gorgeous reading and crafting event - Starting in 30 mins! Tickets £5 (redeemable against a copy of the book)

A huge thank you to Momoko Abe, who came to celebrate the paperback launch of Pearl and Her Bunch yesterday. The children had so much fun listening to the story and crafting their own vegetable characters. We now have limited signed copies remaining!

Happy September! We are delighted to share that the Children's Indie Book of the Month Books Are My Bag is Troll by Fran Stickley, illustrated by Stefano Martinuz. This fun story about discovering kindness is full of beautiful pictures, and we have exclusive bookmarks to match!

Our pets spotlight of the week is Barney! It looks like he is enjoying these very appropriately-selected books... Keep emailing your wonderful pets pictures to us, for the chance to win a £5 National Book Token!

The secondhand buy-back book scheme launched as a ‘sustainable alternative to Amazon’ (Bookshop.org) positive.news/society/read-s…

Congratulations to Piers Torday whose latest book Midnight Treasure publishes today. Thank you for visiting us with copies of your spooky and exciting new novel!

Out today, from PuffinBooks a Centenary collection of late Joan Aiken modern fairytales that Books for Keeps called her masterpiece... How can you resist? joanaiken.wordpress.com/2024/09/05/joa…

Last chance to win a free copy of REEK! 👇

This. So true and so important. I've been into many schools where Beanstalk reading helpers operate and it's wonderful to see. If you can help them in their work, well... something to think about, isn't it!

Giveaway time!! 📚 Do you know a class of 30 children who would enjoy the #Skandar series by A.F. Steadman ? We’re giving away 30 copies of the first two books in the series ahead of the release of the fourth book, #SkandarandtheSkeletonCurse on 10th October!💚 To #Win Simply

A huge thank you to one of our favourite authors Chris Haughton 🇪🇺 who popped in to sign copies of his latest book, The History of Information. This beautiful new guide is uniquely illustrated and full of facts. Pop in to find the latest addition to our infamous illustration wall!