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Happy Publication Day to #YouAreAWildlifeWarrior by Smriti Halls! 🌍✨ An inspiring read for young eco-warriors, out now from Random House Children's Books. 🌿📖

⭐️New book⭐️ It was a pleasure to work on #YouAreAWildlifeWarrior with Bindi Irwin - across three continents - and three time zones! Will post more about this inspirational book in the coming weeks - but for now, sharing these STUNNING blooms with all you wildlife warriors.

📖 You Are a Wildlife Warrior! by Bindi Irwin Smriti Halls & Ramona Kaulitzki invites readers of all ages to step inside the Australia Zoo and see what nature has to offer.

What an amazing two days we have had with Smriti Halls. Assemblies in four partner schools, four parent sessions, many books dedicated and signed, a coffee morning with our volunteers and lots of talk about the power of reading. Thank you Julia Rausing Trust for making this possible.

A VERY busy and rewarding week visiting wonderful schools throughout Wandsworth with Learn to Love to Read and getting to meet children, parents, staff and volunteers 💛📚 SO inspiring to see the work of this brilliant reading charity.

🎙️INTRODUCING the 2025 #ReadforEmpathy collection 🔎💫 ⭐ April's Garden, Isla McGuckin & Catalina Echeverri ⭐ Best of All, Smriti Halls & Chaaya ⭐ Bird Boy, written by catherine bruton ⭐ Bobby Bains Plays a Blinder, written by bali rai, illustrated by Daniel Duncan

A message to our government: please respect our copyright 🙏

There is STILL time to fill in the AI consultation. A guide here, cos it's ridiculously complicated, but this gives you simple instructions: alcs.co.uk/news/your-righ… #HandsOffOurCopyright

#MakeItFair #HandsOffOurCopyright #PayTheCreators

This week in English, we have been exploring our new vehicle text “The Ways of the Wolf” by Smriti Halls and J Woodward. We discussed how illustrations and vocabulary will help when we create a documentary narrative. 🐺Literacy Counts

📚✨ Big news! We’re thrilled to announce the incredible judges for the 2025 Oscar's Book Prize shortlist! 🌟 CBeebies presenter Ben Cajee, with bestselling author Smriti Halls and Imogen Russell Williams an expert reviewer, Viveka Alvestrand our co-founder and Zak Watts, Amazon.co.uk

This is just LOVELY. #WorldBookDay

Today’s the day!! So chuffed that BUN ON THE RUN is going to ALL Reception class children in Wales. ❤️📚 Especially happy as I lived in Wales when I was in Reception class 🥰 Happy reading everyone!! #BunOnTheRun

Guess who's published new board books? Smriti Halls and #MartaAltes, that's who! There are now four of these deliciously tempting and fun GUESS WHO board books out in the world, with flaps to lift on every spread and a mirror surprise.

Today, as I resist an inundation of press requests to comment on Shakespeare B Trust, seems a good day to re-read James Baldwin's great essay "Why I stopped hating Shakespeare": "to defeat all labels and complicate all battles" - yes.

Back from Bologna and EXCITING NEW BOOK news on the way… cover reveal tomorrow… watch this space!! 💛

HERE WE GO!!! Meet TINY TIGER… A brand new creation from Steve Small & ME… one little tiger with big, BIG feelings! Irrepressible… and utterly IRRESISTIBLE - Out in July… can’t wait to share more soon. 💛 For now… enjoy THIS delight!! Simon & Schuster Children's Books #TinyTiger #kidlitUK

Happy #WorldBeeDay!! 💛

Reading with children from birth changes lives - so let's work together to make it a reality for EVERY child. 💪🏽💪🏽❤️📚 Discover the #ReadingRights report from @BookTrust and Frank Cottrell-Boyce and join us in getting involved: booktrust.org.uk/readingrights

Grateful to Walker Books for sharing the poignant final page from PEACE ON EARTH written by me and illustrated by David Litchfield ❤️ EVERY child has the right to live their lives in peace. They are the peacemakers of tomorrow. Please let’s be the peacemakers of today 🕊️🤍💙