If you happen to see a child reading something they're enjoying - PLEASE LET THEM JUST ENJOY IT! By all means, recommend books you love to kids, but please: never, ever belittle or dismiss their own choices. Reading for pleasure is the heart of  #literacy !

(Art: Quentin Blake)

You can never really know what someone else is getting from a book - especially kids. And you can never know what kind of impact it will have on their lives. That's why I think it's wrong to dismiss other people's choices. All reading is reading, and it's all good! #literacy

If you happen to see a child reading something they're enjoying - PLEASE LET THEM JUST ENJOY IT! By all means, recommend books you love to kids, but please: never, ever belittle or dismiss their own choices. Reading for pleasure is the heart of  #literacy !

(Art: Quentin Blake)

You can’t go wrong with Tyger Love this opening …

Yes. Kids who read for pleasure on their own time will inevitably do better on tests and in school in general.

Just like payday comes early in December, so does #NoShelfControl
With our low down of our favourite books from the past year!
Are your favourites included?

I was very pleased to contribute a highlighted review of this special book by ⁦Candy Gourlay⁩ to ⁦Historical Novel Society earlier this year historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/wild-s… ⁦David Fickling Books⁩

Definitely a highlight of the year and my journey so far.
Very honoured.
☺️💚

We’ve made a huge decision & put our bookshop up for sale! It’s thriving & after 21yrs the time feels right to pass the baton on. Interested? Want to know more? Do get in touch & please lovely people spread the word.

Don’t forget the new BBC series Mythical Creatures, looking at British folkloric creatures, starts tomorrow. Available on BBC Sounds and Radio 4.

It’s hosted by Rhianna Pratchett 🧙🏻‍♀️ and features a number of great folklorists … and me in episodes 1,3,6 and 10

bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00….

It was so interesting talking to Rhianna Pratchett 🧙🏻‍♀️ Gabrielle Kent about the fabulous Tiffany Aching's Guide to Being a Witch In The Reading Corner.
justimagine.co.uk/video/rhianna-…
Listen to the podcast, watch the video or read the transcript. On the usual platforms and our website.…

Love “On The Edge of The World” by #AnnaDesnitskaya . It a story of two separate almost parallel lives about children living literally at the end of the world, one in Kamchatka and one in Chile. Its clever design makes full of detail, and comparison #PicturebookPage

Wrote a little blog about what we've been doing in graphic novel club and how we used resources from Authorfy and Jon Scieszka to help us. comicsinclass.school.blog/2023/12/28/wha…

Been saving £15p/m on my Bookily card all year for a post-Christmas blowout. Sadly no half price hardback sale, but several of my wishlist hardbacks were half price anyway. This is part 1 - part 2 to follow tmrw after I’ve been to Meadowhall 👀 I can’t choose what to read first!

👇👇👇THIS! 👇👇👇

As we head towards a new year, let’s embrace ALL forms of reading and celebrate each and every one. Let’s be clear that reading for pleasure really is about the individual’s pleasure… #readwhatyoufancy

SF Said Absolutely. There’s a fantastic secondary school example of practice on football reads including journalism coming to Reading for Pleasure 🧶 very soon from 1 of my colleagues. Look out for this Teresa Cremin, Stephanie, Kelly Ashley #WordPower, Debbie Thomas

SF Said BookwagonUK My 6 year old is loving Top Trumps and his reading is improving so much but more importantly he is enjoying it, so for Christmas I grabbed every Top Trumps I could find from Volcanoes to One Direction 😆

The Boy and the Heron.
But is it a heron?
I'll say no more.

#benjaminzplantz