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Our inheritance is bleak, our challenges vast, our ambition resolute: to use the power of government to build a country where children come first.

Most read blogs on Check ‘Em Out Books for June 2025 (another month of over 1k views 🥳): checkemoutbooks.wordpress.com 10. In the Shadow of the Wolf Queen 9. Naeli & the Secret Song 8. Happy Hills: Mr Big Fluff Rules 7. The Elixir Lindsay Galvin THE GREAT PHOENIX OF LONDON🐦‍🔥 6. Live

Summer Under the Stars came out three weeks ago. If you’ve read and enjoyed it, please consider leaving a review (on Amazon, Waterstones, Goodreads) Lots of people have let me know they loved it, but my fave is the Year 9 lad who told me it was ‘surprisingly good’ 😂 #Winning

Skrimsli roars into paperback TODAY! 🐯 Wales Book of the Year WINNER & Wainwright Prize shortlisted Skrimsli, by Nicola Davies with internal illustrations by Jackie Morris, lands in bookshops with a new-look cover from Jane Matthews. We can't wait to see it out in the world!

#Fireblood by the awesome @IAmSamStanton, published by Firefly Press is a beautifully written fantasy for children and teens - boys and girls alike. Two children search for their missing father in a brave and selfless battle to save the world. Full review: bit.ly/4l7737m

There are so many brilliant children's books out there - but we know that it can be a bit overwhelming. That's why every month we select our favourite new reads, all sorted into age categories. Find July's selection here: booktrust.org.uk/book-recommend…

Big news! 2026 has officially been announced as the National Year of Reading by Bridget Phillipson. We’re proud to join Department for Education to lead this national campaign to get the UK reading again. #NationalYearOfReading2026 nationalyearofreading.org.uk

Huge congratulations to a j clack for winning Lancashire Book of the Year AND Staffordshire Young Teen Fiction Book of the Year for Lie or Die 🎉

Thrilled to be at the #NationalYearOfReading announcement at UK Prime Minister today! Every child deserves the magic of reading and it starts in the library this summer with our #SummerReadingChallenge. Reading creates happy, healthy and thriving lives 👉 nationalyearofreading.org.uk

✨ Tilly was the lucky winner of our Parakeet competition last month - with thanks to our publisher partners Firefly Press Bounce Sales and Marketing ❤️📗 for this excellent prize! 🐌 📖 ✨ #kidsbookclub

I cannot wait to introduce Grimstink to tomorrow’s #school #popup reading audience. What a jewel! ⁦Daniel Peak⁩ ⁦Firefly Press⁩

Today I'm sharing nine completely captivating middle grade adventures that will get kids reading this summer! Find my reviews on the link below: Simon & Schuster Children's Books Faber Children's Firefly Press PuffinBooks Scholastic UK The O'Brien Press Macmillan Children's Books Usborne Publishing scopeforimagination.co.uk/2025/07/09/cap…

📣WINNERS ANNOUNCED Huge thanks to everyone who entered our poster competition! If these posters have inspired you, catch up on Callie, Grace and Bo’s latest adventure in #MajorandMynah #ProjectPuffin ! Available now fireflypress.co.uk/books/major-an… Karen Owen #LouiseForshaw

Grimstink lands in bookshops TODAY 🪐

'Outrageously funny' The The Guardian Hilarious MG sci-fi comedy Grimstink, by Daniel Peak, lands in bookshops TODAY! Superb cover by Jack Brougham.

This term I’ve been the Resident Author at Blessed William Howard - character workshops with Yrs 7&8, talking to Year 9 about being an author, a book club discussing Asking for a Friend and focused sessions on students’ own writing projects. The focus: the joy of reading and writing! 🎉

My X post promoting my book: 14 likes, 1 comment My daughter’s TikTok mocking my book: 21,000 likes, 424 comments

It's a double award winning week for A. J. Clack! 🏆🏆 LIE OR DIE has won Staffordshire Young Teen Fiction Award 2025 *and* Lancashire Book of the Year 2025! A huge congratulations to a j clack! Get your copy of this award-winning book today: amazon.co.uk/Lie-Die-realit…