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Delighted with this because Mathew Tobin knows picture books!

We have loved shadowing the Klaus Flugge Prize again this year and using Mathew Tobin's resources. Our winners were: The Cat Who Couldn't Be Bothered, Slug Life (2 classes), The Cafe at the Edge of the Woods (2 classes) and The Christmas Tree Mouse.

📚 Just arrived: Heave Ho by Sally Anne Garland — out July 3rd from SunbirdBooks A warm, sensory-rich story full of movement, imagination and feeling. Garland’s expressive artwork captures the swirl of emotion and play that helps children find calm. Perfect for EYFS & KS1 💛

Well Cressida Cowell will you look at what I found in the children's literature collection at my work. A little pocket of joy in the day for me

Mathew Tobin King Edward VI Preparatory School Klaus Flugge Prize Thank you - that's wonderful news! It was a real pleasure to take part again.

I have spent 30 years doing what I can for this Fabulous character. All I have wanted is to keep Mr Benn in the public domain. Am I doing a good job?

Just announced: the winners of the 2025 UKLA Book Awards. Congratulations to all the winning authors and illustrators and to the UKLA teacher judges 📚📚#UKLA25 #teachersbookawards #KidLitUK 💐 booksforkeeps.co.uk/winners-of-the…

I adore the Gina Kaminski books!

Late to the Geomancer series but having travelled miles with Ysolda in In the Shadow of the Wolf Queen, I’m in it for the long run now. Wow! A brilliant fantasy adventure celebrating the natural world. Out now for 9+. Thanks Hachette Children's Group 🐺 checkemoutbooks.wordpress.com/2025/06/29/in-…

'The very fact that adults object to certain books in a particular community often reflects the effects of their own well-defined roles and attitudes constituted by the values of that community.'

To those who need to hear this: 'You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert repenting' - Mary Oliver Look after yourself.

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

Only 1 in 3 young people (32.7%) enjoy reading – the lowest in 20 years. Reading is proven to boost learning, wellbeing, confidence & empathy. It’s time to turn the page.

With support from 30+ amazing partners & funders so far, we’ll launch school & community events across the UK. 72,000 books will be given to children in high-poverty areas this summer to kick-start the campaign. #NationalYearOfReading2026

Reading is for everyone — parents, teachers, librarians, employers, carers, book lovers. Together, we can transform the UK’s reading culture for good. Join the mission: nationalyearofreading.org.uk The Reading Agency BookTrust World Book Day UK 📚

Important thread here and would love to see others amplify: Teresa Cremin Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 NICE 爷爷 Jon Biddle ReadingRocks English Association Simon Smith Sarah Merchant Ben Harris Books for Keeps BookTrust

Just one tiny observation about the new writing curriculum: this is rubbish 'All writing is ultimately made up of sentences' A lot of poetry, playwriting, scriptwriting, ads, social media posts, dialogue in novels etc is not 'ulimately made up of sentences'.

📚 “Somewhere you’ll be safe. Somewhere you’ll get the answers you want so badly. A magical library…” Sangu Mandanna ’s #VanyaandtheWildHunt is a new fantasy that fuses British folklore with Indian mythology ✨ Out now from Macmillan Children's Books !