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Yesterday I had the privilege of speaking at The House Of Commons Westminster celebrating 25 years of The Summer Reading Challenge The Reading Agency - a fantastic event with many many brilliant people! Thank you.

We know that shared reading can be particularly transformative for children in contact with the social care system. Our #ReadingRights report with Waterstones Children's Laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce sets out our vision for how we can work together to support these children with reading 🧵

I met SO many brilliant young readers and writers at the Cumbria Library Services for Schools Spellbinding celebration! A lot of depressing stats about children's reading these days, but there are many green shoots of hope! 🌱 Shout out to all the awesome librarians helping youngsters find their stories

We have officially launched the Summer Reading Challenge!! 🌱🌿 We launched with our craft Plant a Plant and launched our poem competition "My Perfect Garden..."! A successful day, enrolling 15 people and all enjoyed planting their sunflowers in decorated pots to take away!

School visits in Northamptonshire, Preston, Leigh, Nottingham and Manchester this week. I am very grateful schools want us authors in. Most children’s authors would not be able to make a living without your support. #football #history tompalmer.co.uk/schools-librar…

We’re all decked out in flowery finery and can’t wait to start the #StoryGarden #SummerReadingChallenge with you in July! 🌸🌼🌸🌼🌺🌸🌼🌸🌺

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Amazing to see this conversation unfold in the House of Lords today. It is great to see the recognition for the SLA and the work we do advising schools on #schoollibrary provision: bit.ly/3Gqs5yL (watch from 14:47:09 - Index on Censorship and School Libraries) #uksla

Couple of tweaks for various reasons, but got our class novels for next year locked down. Y3, then 4, then 5 and then 6.

Steve Collingham 🌻 Book… BIG NEWS! I’ve written a book about otters 🦦 😃To be precise, about Portly the otter, from The Wind in the Willows. mgleonard.com/news/2025/7/1/…

"It's like going on holiday in my head!"- 9-year-old in #LetterboxClub Our #LetterboxClub sends fun parcels to children experiencing vulnerability or disadvantage. The books are chosen by a panel of experts, and here's what's coming up! Find out more: booktrust.org.uk/how-we-help/pr…

Get away from it all with Joan Aiken... Hope returns with Dido Twite, the heroine with the heart to save the world vanquishes all the villains on the magical island of Nantucket ⚓️ joanaiken.com/books/nightbir…

Lizza Aiken💙💛 Yes & I thought it really was a magical island. As in, not real. Until I met my New York editor, who mentioned she had a summer place on Nantucket. So I explained to her that I had always assumed it was a place made up by Joan Aiken & she explained that I was wrong, wrong, wrong.

"With performances organised across the country, schools can bring student groups to experience something that they may never have before." Thanks to Heath Books for sharing more details of our autumn programme: bit.ly/3Tk7M91 📚 #literacy #childrensbooks #authorevents

If you want to see something absolutely breath-taking and spell-binding, Penguin Kids have just released the full book trailer for TYGER, bringing Dave McKean's incredible art from the book to life. Just have a look at this! instagram.com/penguinkids/re…

📖 The Summer Reading Challenge returns on Saturday 5 July! 📖 We’ve been speaking to some of our brilliant volunteers, without whom the challenge simply couldn’t work. Find out more: orlo.uk/LG4S1

Lucy Strange Mrs Osh Tutors Cumbria Library Services for Schools Yes, many green shoots! So many young people love reading and writing. And there are wonderful librarians and teachers.

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!

Jacqui Sydney 📕 Penny Chrimes Firefly Press Oh wow, I love Penny Chrimes books and this sounds awesomw!

Penny Chrimes Jacqui Sydney 📕 Firefly Press I'm sure I will!