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Lio Kerfoot

@llykaios.bsky.social

School librarian πŸ“š | textiles teacher | children’s writer | poet | artist & crafter | avid reader | nature enthusiast | dnd nerd AllStories Mentee 2021 Autistic | hEDS | Non-Binary they/them πŸ³β€πŸŒˆ

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My school doesn’t allow dressing up anymore so I compromised with a book-themed staff hat competition! Here’s mine! #worldbookday #aliensloveunderpants

05.03.2026 12:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hi teachers – join my live (and importantly free) @puffinbooksuk.bsky.social Virtual Visit on March 13 where I will be chatting about The Street Art Mystery. I'll tell you all about the book and your class can ask me ANYTHING at the end
puffinschools.co.uk/virtualvisits << sign up here

16.02.2026 14:18 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is beautiful and heartbreaking ❀️

16.02.2026 13:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s by Cuiwos! Very good instructions and very well made compared to another I have so I really recommend it!

10.01.2026 12:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

For a detective, Amanda is soooo far off every ball and gunning for Jade for no reason at all big yikes 😳#TheTraitorsUK #Traitors

08.01.2026 22:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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First finished band? I attempted to follow a 5th century Finnish pattern by Shelagh Lewins. Nonsense to begin with but finally did get the pattern in the second half πŸ˜… #tabletweaving #weaving #fibrearts #crafts

07.01.2026 17:45 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#newyear project: teaching myself tablet weaving with a tiny children’s loom and pokemon cards.

#fibrearts #weaving #bandweaving #whenwillirunoutofhobbies #neveeerrrr

01.01.2026 14:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Uh tip for booklovers: don’t put your salt lamp on top of a book, even if you have it on a plate/dish. 😳😩😭 #books #whoopsy

01.01.2026 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Whoops I forgot Bluesky existed for a while. Anyway, allow me to return with pics of the #booknook my mum got me for christmas which I spent the four days after joyfully building πŸ₯°

31.12.2025 21:12 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Exclusive: David Walliams dropped by publisher over inappropriate behaviour towards women Telegraph investigation into best-selling children’s author uncovers claims that he β€˜harassed’ junior female employees at Harper Collins

Every time there's a breaking story about a celeb's treatment of women, everyone in the book world asks, "Is it finally Walliams?" Well, it finally is.

19.12.2025 16:21 β€” πŸ‘ 3329    πŸ” 769    πŸ’¬ 132    πŸ“Œ 152
The cover of Loki A Bad God's Guide To Being Good by Louie Stowell, with an orange cover, a black circle surrounded by runes with horns, and lots of pictures such as a devil, a snake, a hammer, a sword, a chicken, a house, a pencil, a book

The cover of Loki A Bad God's Guide To Being Good by Louie Stowell, with an orange cover, a black circle surrounded by runes with horns, and lots of pictures such as a devil, a snake, a hammer, a sword, a chicken, a house, a pencil, a book

For anyone who may be hastily returning certain books they bought as Christmas presents, here's a thread of excellent children's books I highly recommend you buy instead:

Loki A Bad God's Guide To Being Good by Louie Stowell

Funny, chaotic and a little bit naughty
okay, a lot naughty

20.12.2025 11:10 β€” πŸ‘ 125    πŸ” 66    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 8

Never felt like a meaner dog owner than when the clocks changed and now my dog is forced to wait an extra hour for dinner, every single day, for reasons he cannot ever comprehend.

28.10.2025 13:01 β€” πŸ‘ 58    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2
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Important piece from @booktrust.org.uk and @openuni-rfp.bsky.social about the value of book choice for pupils and how to help promote it in the classroom. Do have a read! files.booktrust.org.uk/docs/documen... @teresacremin.bsky.social @richardruddick.bsky.social

26.10.2025 07:21 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Katherine Rundell on, "understanding the pedagogical value of fart jokes;" and so much more. Well worth a read.

26.10.2025 09:31 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Have you ever seen a wren have a bath? No? Nor had I till just now. Filmed through a rain-spotted window & on my phone, so not perfect, but hope it brings you a spot of delight nonetheless πŸͺΆ

24.10.2025 15:28 β€” πŸ‘ 430    πŸ” 53    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 3
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11 Excpetional Middle Grade Books, August 2025 - Imagination Soup Today, I’m sharing middle grade books from previous months as well as new middle grade releases from this month, August 2025! There are so many...

11 exceptional middle grade novels, August(ish) 2025 -- imaginationsoup.net/middle-grade... #kidlit

14.08.2025 18:39 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yuppp! 🫣

13.08.2025 15:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s made me very aware ever since of how alienating and confusing a lot of Christian jargon is, even the stuff directed at non&new Christians, and the survey responses went on to inform how that church directed things like Alpha courses which was great.

13.08.2025 13:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One of the most eye-opening things my church youth group ever did was give us a few words/phrases (mine were β€˜salvation’, β€˜grace’, and β€˜recieve Christ’) commonly used in churches, and go out and ask random people on the streets for their definitions and feelings about them.

13.08.2025 13:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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The @theclpe.bsky.social Reflecting Realities report is an essential read each year. Please share it with colleagues in schools and look at the books currently available to pupils. They deserve authentic representation in the books they find on the classroom shelves. clpe.org.uk/research/clp...

05.08.2025 08:37 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My latest article for Educate magazine is all about how children choose books. It was inspired by this wonderful blog from David Reedy and Alice Reedy: collins.co.uk/blogs/the-bo...

The article can be found here: neu.org.uk/latest/libra...

09.07.2025 18:49 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is so true. 99% of book bans have the intended effect: you never hear about those books again. The 1% of banned books that become infamous bestsellers elsewhere are not the norm.

27.06.2025 16:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2825    πŸ” 1036    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 6

I’ve applied to 12 different schools in the last 3 months and not even got a single interview. I feel so hopeless atm that nobody will even give me a chance, I just want to teaaach 😩😭 #teaching #primaryteacher #covidmessedupmyPGCEsighhh

24.06.2025 13:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hosted my first in-person author visit and book fair this week. Great to see so many kids get excited about books! Ele Fountain is awesome, folks! ☺️ #schoollibrary #authors #kidlit

21.06.2025 13:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What is common knowledge in your field but shocks outsiders?

It is good and proper in a well-kept library to dispose of books.

17.06.2025 00:41 β€” πŸ‘ 883    πŸ” 98    πŸ’¬ 47    πŸ“Œ 64

Commenting just to share the dog snoot yep πŸ˜…

11.06.2025 16:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜‚ such a mood tho

11.06.2025 16:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’ve been weaving on circle looms for several months now so just had a go at doing a tiny dorset button ☺️

26.05.2025 14:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I dunno why I’m so upset but the F1 minifigure car I bought on a whim in Lidl is missing a wheel centre and 😩

25.05.2025 20:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sky over water πŸ₯°

13.05.2025 20:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0