😥Thinking of my childhood community today. 💚 #Grenfell

Such a beautiful little book about believing in yourself. 💛

This was one of the very first picture books my kids and I fell in love with together. It has a very special place in our hearts. 💛

Some argue that the need for libraries is diminishing in a digital age, but according to this BBC article "library visits increased by 71% between 2021-22 and 2022-23". In an age of austerity, we need libraries as much as we ever did. #SaveLibraries bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Ok, this sounds EPIC! 👀 Huge congratulations M. G. Leonard! Will be on the edge of my seat waiting for this one.

So happy for this brilliant writer and very lovely human! 💛📚

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This is so sweet!

What are we reading in KS1 this term? Three brilliant books that will develop an understanding of some of the #ProtectedCharacteristics as we explore the wider topic of ‘Wonderful Me!’. #Age #Disability #Race 💙 Witham St Hughs English Hub Dapo Adeola The Catchpole Agency Rashmi Sirdeshpande (Writing!) 📚

Our wonderful Children’s Laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce using his voice to speak out about the importance of libraries as safe spaces and places of “human contact”. 📚 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Rashmi Sirdeshpande (Writing!) Frank Cottrell-Boyce Billion %! Libraries were my oasis as a dyslexic, first migrant and social housing child. I did a number of free events in libraries over the summer. Libraries are the centre of a community!

As it's East and Southeast Asian (ESEA) Heritage Month, I'm reposting this review of M Ikemoto Ghosh's incredible Hyo the Hellmaker. An astonishing book. Scholastic UK

Chucking it down non-stop on the first day of school 🌧️ . Could be ominous. OR it could be auspicious. ☔️

Happy publication day to these two fantastically funny Little Tiger Books books! Clive Penguin by Dr Huw Lewis-Jones 🇦🇶 & Ben Sanders and Hank Goes Honk by Maudie Powell-Tuck & Duncan Beedie. Hooray for penguins and obnoxious geese! 📚 🎉

Congratulations on your shiny new series Laura Henry-Allain (She/her) & Yabaewah!

Very sad I can’t make the inaugral #SAILFest but the programme is fantastic. Take a look!

Happy publication day Piers Torday! Hearing so many amazing things about Midnight Treasure!

Happy publication day patrick_ness! This looks like so much fun!