Congratulations to Jane Elson on launch of another wonderful book for 8-12 year-olds: Will you catch me?

Adorable picture book!

Congratulations Matt! Looking forward to your visit to Harrow next week!

We've checked, and we officially could not be more in love with this, Neil Gaiman & chris riddell 💗 Neil Gaiman and Chris Riddell on why we need libraries – an essay in pictures theguardian.com/books/gallery/…

Mulling. How many bags of popcorn to send the first person to Amazon review Popcorn Eating Squirrels? Would two be enough? amazon.co.uk/Popcorn-Eating…

Inspiring visit to 4 of our schools by Matt Dickinson as part of #PopcornEatingSquirrels tour. Everyone loved meeting him, hearing about his journey up Everest & listening to his new book @KenmoreParkJuniorSch #KrishnaAvantiPrimary #AvantiHousePrimary #StJosephsCatholicPrimary

#BookIllustrationOfTheDay is by Margaret Bloy Graham for "Harry the Dirty Dog" by Gene Zion (1956). Such an iconic classic, and still as irresistible as ever. I love the muted, limited colour and bold line. Note the little sign in cafe window: "No Dogs"... poor Harry!

And the winner is… The Explorer by Katherine Rundell as voted for by children from 14 primary schools at the Harrow Junior Book Award ceremony, an annual prize for children’s fiction organised by Harrow School Library Service harrow.gov.uk/info/200062/ha…

Poet Neal Zetter visited St George's Primary School in Harrow yesterday and entertained the children with two hilarious sessions of performance poetry! The event was organised for the school by the School Library Service - one of many ways that they support schools in Harrow.

Look out for our Harrow Junior Book Award shortlisted books. We'll let you know today!

First on #HarrowJuniorBookAward shortlist Cogheart by @peterbunzl

Second on the #HarrowJuniorBookAward is Who Let The Gods Out? by @MaryAliceEvans

Third on our the #HarrowJuniorBookAward is The Matilda Effect by Ellie Irving

Fourth on list #HarrowJuniorBookAward is The Boy who Went Magic by A P Winter

Fifth on list #HarrowJuniorBookAward is The Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson

Sixth on the list #HarrowJuniorBookAward is Letters From the Lighthouse by @emmac2603

Hurray for our shortlist.Sure all the kids will love them! @peterbunzl @MaryAliceEvans Ellie Irving A P Winter Lisa Thompson @emmac2603