Lio Kerfoot

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.

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

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

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 🪶

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

Yuppp! 🫣

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.

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

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...

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...

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.

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

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

What is common knowledge in your field but shocks outsiders?

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

Commenting just to share the dog snoot yep 😅

😂 such a mood tho

I’ve been weaving on circle looms for several months now so just had a go at doing a tiny dorset button ☺️

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 😩

Sky over water 🥰

Do seagulls ever SLEEP

Preordered Silverborn 4 years ago, I’m so happy and excited alshdks 🥹

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eight leatherbound books all titled "FERNS" volumes 1 through 8

Everyone in the past was neurotypical, which is how we got things like this single-author, eight-volume encyclopedia of ferns

Most parents don’t enjoy reading to their children, survey suggests Report from Nielsen and HarperCollins shows that parents see reading as a literacy skill, rather than something to encourage their children to love

Long thread alert🧵
I’ve been sitting on thoughts about this, but feel a need to post after the all too predictable parent bashing comments in the underbelly of social media.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

The Rianrhiod episode was especially specccctacular this season

WriteMentor 2025: Meet the Mentors - WriteMentor If you are new to WriteMentor, our summer mentoring programme is an application-based mentorship scheme for children’s writers that takes place over 4 months of…

Applications for the 2025 Summer Mentoring Programme are now open:

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My first post is also an ✨announcement✨ MY DEBUT is coming out with @wednesdaybooks.bsky.social / Macmillan in fall 2026!

I still can't believe I get to say that!? My dream imprint is going to publish my coming-of-age YA romcom about a perfectionist overachiever, an anxious introvert, ace/aro MCs…

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Sooo excited about this chonkier than expected bookpost! 👀🥰📚 #thefirstyear