THIS SUNDAY, The Sunday Times has brought back The Funday Times as part of their reading campaign and The Phoenix is involved! The Funday Times was a weekly comic supplement, all big and newspapery, an absolute joy to read and an instrumental part of a lot of our childhoods 🤩
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In today's author spotlight video, Nikkolas Smith talks about educational justice in his beautifully illustrated information book 'The History of We' @4nikkolas.bsky.social @rocktheboatnews.bsky.social
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Thank you Nadia - a very generous offer that will be happily received at school 😊
25.02.2026 20:21 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0That is fantastic news. Thank you both 😊 They will be a lovely addition to the school library.
25.02.2026 20:12 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
It's #buyastrangerabook day!
An next week it's gonna be #worldbookday.
So, @jenillustrates.bsky.social would like to buy " kids/teens a book each up to about a tenner each.
If there's a book you (or a kiddo you know) would love, get in touch.
UK only
More #buyastrangerabook day magic!
@humanaqvi.bsky.social is offering to buy one lucky person the book of their choice, up to £15!
Any book (not just what's on my website).
So, if there's a particular book you're after, just get in touch.
UK only
Half of this #buyastrangerabook day offer is still up for grabs.
@lancslass.bsky.social is still happy to buy someone a book, up to about a tenner (so a paperback).
Your choice of book.
If there's something you're after, just get in touch!
UK only
We would love them if they are still available 🤞
25.02.2026 19:05 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Our shortlist author spotlight videos are here! You can catch them all on our YouTube channel but we'll be highlighting them here one at a time...first up @deborahhocking.bsky.social introducing her wonderful Non-Fiction book: 'The Great Pollination Investigation'
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The first review of WE ARE DRAGON is out, and it's a corker!
"Highly original, technically brilliant, and utterly gripping, this is middle-grade sci-fi at its absolute peak."
Thank you so much! 😍
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@nosycrow.bsky.social #KidLitUk #WeAreDragon
The Disgusting Sandwich by Gareth Edwards illustrated by Hannah Shaw
Harold Snipperpot’s Best Disaster Ever by Beatrice Alemagna
The Crow’s Tale by Naomi Howarth
The Journey by Francesca Sanna
We don’t have an assembly on the day but we use a different book for each year to share in class. #KidsBookFriday
20.02.2026 10:44 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1
Pen& Inc front cover. Children playing near a large horse statue at sunset, one holding a red balloon and another riding a scooter beside a white goose.
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Book cover for Chocolate Cake by Michael Rosen, illustrated by Kevin Waldron
Book cover for The Little Wooden Robot and The Log Princess by Tom Gauld
Book cover for Mixed by Arree Chung
Book cover for Margarash by Mark Riddle and Tim Miller
With World Book Day just round the corner I’ve seen quite a few teachers asking about good books to share in assembly.
For this week’s #KidsBooksFriday, what books do you think work well across age groups and/or with a mixed group of kids?
#KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit
That’s what I assumed and I usually hate to have errors pointed out (even if they were made by someone else in something I’ve worked on). It conflicts sharply with my need for everything to be correct though so swings and roundabouts!
17.02.2026 11:00 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Take it all as good news, your brain was clearly just moving so fast it had predicted what it was going to say and moved on! Just as a matter of interest, would authors want to know if there is an error in a book that has already been published? I always assume not.
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The Year of Reading 2026 is well under way so I’ve added my voice to the chat with a monthly blog - Here’s February! Recommendations, teacher ideas and resources. Probably nothing groundbreaking but hopefully there’s something useful… tomsbookcorner.wordpress.com/2026/02/14/t...
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With the Winter Olympics on it’s a perfect read of the second in the Ice Apprentice series by @jacobnorthauthor.bsky.social @simonschusteruk.bsky.social brilliantly atmospheric, fantasy/mystery with a fast paced plot full of twists and revelations! tomsbookcorner.wordpress.com/2026/02/15/i...
15.02.2026 19:27 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
We are very excited to announce a holiday workshop with Mariah Mannae!
🗓️ Fri 20th Feb, 3-4pm
🎨 Ideal ages 7-12
🎟️ Tickets £13 (£3 redeemable)
Book now via our bio!
Cover of Always Angel by Bex Glendining showing Angel wearing her headphones to block the world out
Quiet Storm was one of my favourite books of the year when it was released. Always Angel is another triumph - authentic voices and full of empathy. Both books allow children to find themselves and to appreciate others. Great reads too! #KidLitUK #UKKidLit
15.02.2026 12:05 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A handwritten letter to Sarah McIntyre's MP. It asks him to stand up for the UK's children's book illustrators and their copyright and is illustrated with a picture of a serious-looking mouse holding a large pencil.
An important message beautifully presented by writer/illustrator and SoA Fellow Sarah McIntyre.
13.02.2026 10:01 — 👍 47 🔁 35 💬 1 📌 2I need to get that one - I missed it when it first came out.
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Cover of The Big Bad Wolf Murder by P.G. Bell
Brilliant suggestions here and below. I can think of lots more mystery books but not so many murder mysteries. This one was fun.
15.02.2026 09:57 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0I was wondering if I could shoehorn The Murderer’s Ape in too!
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As it’s Half Term - let’s do a #SundayMorningBookChat in honour of #TheYearOfReading I am writing a monthly blog with recommendations, teacher tips and genre spotlight. This month its murder mystery… what are your favourites? Heres the blog to check out. tomsbookcorner.wordpress.com/2026/02/14/t...
15.02.2026 08:59 — 👍 20 🔁 13 💬 11 📌 0I loved this although maybe not sci-fi. Have you read the sequel No Refuge?
14.02.2026 11:38 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Happy Friday! We’re excited today to reveal the shortlist for this year’s Ruth Rendall Award, presented in partnership with the @literacy-trust.bsky.social. Found out more about the shortlist here: www.alcs.co.uk/news/ruth-re...
13.02.2026 11:41 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0And The Boy Who Fell From the Sky by Benjamin Dean or The Girl Who Fell to Earth by Patricia Forde!
14.02.2026 10:48 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Just thought of The Middler by Kirsty Applebaum too
14.02.2026 10:32 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Following this because I would love to read them! I’ve been racking my brain but apart from the SF Said ones already mentioned I haven’t come up with anything else I’ve read that fits. Books by Pádraig Kenny and Alastair Chisholm have themes of discrimination but not what you are looking for.
14.02.2026 10:18 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Buzz's Book club is back, bigger and buzzier than ever before! Our mascot, Buzz, (with help from Scott) will be recommending brilliant books every Friday - so watch this space... First up, the legendary 'Varjak Paw' by @whatsfsaid.bsky.social #BuzzsBookClub
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