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Happy World Book Day! 📚🎉
It's been an exciting couple of days celebrating with our World Book Day author, founder, and CEO Christopher Lloyd.
From chatting on Heart radio, to meeting young readers at a fantastic World Book Day event at Leigh Library - take a look at some of the highlights so far!
This World Book Day, follow the trail of 100 hilarious, weird and astonishing facts in Funny FACTopia!
Funny FACTopia! is OUT NOW and it's only £1/€1.50 or FREE with your World Book Day Token! 📚🌍✨
✍️Christopher Lloyd & Kate Olesin
🎨Illustrated by Andy Smith
We’re beyond thrilled that Marvellous Animal Homes has been shortlisted for the 2025 British Book Design & Production Awards in the Children’s Trade 0 to 8 Years category. 🏆
Huge congratulations to the illustrator Laurie Avon for creating such a stunning design!
https://loom.ly/pQsU3Vc
✨ Searching for a gift that will delight little learners? ✨
These beautifully illustrated books answer big questions, bring bedtime tales to life, and invite children to create their own sound effects.
⁉️ First Big Book of How
📣 This Book is Too Quiet
💤 5 Minute Really True Stories for Bedtime
🎁 For the curious 8–12 year olds in your life! 🎁
From encyclopedias bursting with the latest facts, to visually stunning infographics, fascinating lists, and epic journeys through history, these books make reading irresistable.
📚: https://whatonearth.pub/44Iwl5z
✨ #NonFictionNovember Highlights ✨
Our Founder & CEO, Christopher Lloyd, hit the road for a trio of events celebrating non-fiction, running school sessions in Swindon & Manchester with @literacy-trust.bsky.social
& leading a workshop at @peters-books.bsky.social Love Literacy Conference.
💝 Perfect stocking fillers 💝
From the gruesomely gross to the extremely epic, from amazing animals to spectacular secrets, our FACTopia! titles take readers on a choose-your-own-path adventure through hundreds of mind-blowing facts.
📚: whatonearth.pub/48B6ttI
A brilliant night at the #BSMEAwards2025 celebrating Britain’s best editors, art directors, writers and columnists! We’re proud to share that our very own Editor-in-Chief, Andrew Pettie, won ‘Editor of the Year' in the Youth category 🏆 ⭐️
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There's even an #Endies category for BEST CLIFF’S NOTES VERSION taken by THIS BOOK IS TOO QUIET from @whatonearth.bsky.social 10/16
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We have our champions! 🎉
Huge congratulations to Ryde School with Upper Chine (Isle of Wight) — the overall winners of the What on Earth! National Schools Quiz 2025! 🏆
Massive well done to all the incredible schools who took part! And a big thank you to our fantastic charity partner, @sla.org.uk.
Something festive has jingled its way in… our December/January issue cover! 🎅 ✨
🐻❄️ Discover how explorers brave Earth's frozen poles.
🎄 Fascinating festive traditions from around the world.
🎉 26 things you need to know about in 2026.
Subscribers, this issue is dashing through the snow to you! 💌 ❄️
Harriet Tubman, Force of Nature @whatonearth.bsky.social Booth 504 #NCTE25 youtu.be/63m-pdzFbOI?...
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The covers of the 2026 Notable Children's Poetry Books are shown. The books are The History of We; Rap it Up!; A Universe of Rainbows; Black Diamond Kings; The Pine Cone's Secret; A Forest Song; Harriet Tubman: Force of Nature; Dear Acord (Love, Oak) Letter Poems to Friends; Cows and Sheep and Chicks that Cheep; and Awesome Earth.
Congratulations to the authors and illustrators of the 2026 Notable Children's Poetry Books, just announced at #NCTE25!
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We’re beyond excited to reveal that Harriet Tubman, A Force of Nature has been chosen as one of @slj.com’s Best Poetry Books of 2025 🏆 ⭐️
Huge congratulations to the author and illustrator, Caroline Brewer!
https://www.slj.com/story/best-poetry-books-2025-slj-best-books
🔥 New interview alert! Caroline Brewer chats with @yabookscentral.bsky.social about Harriet Tubman, A Force of Nature.
PLUS, find out how you can win your very own copy (US-only)!
Find out more here:
yabookscentral.com/author-chat-...
There's nothing better than spying your books out in the wild 👀 🤩
We’re so proud to see Britannica All New Children’s Encyclopedia on shelves across the UK, including @waterstones.bsky.social, Wantage Bookshop, The British Museum, @foylesforbooks.bsky.social, and more!
📚: whatonearth.pub/46nnUxO
Wonderful #childrensbooks told through #poetry about an amazing woman who escaped and then helped others escape from slavery and more👩🏿
#BookReview: #HarrietTubmanForceOfNature by #CarolineBrewer
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#bookblogger #books #BlackHistoryMonth
Here's an interview with Caroline Brewer author of HARRIET TUBMAN, FORCE OF NATURE from @whatonearth.bsky.social yabookscentral.com/author-chat-...
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Have you ever wondered what’s going on inside your favourite animals’ homes? 👀
With Marvellous Animal Homes, use the magic lens to see through, peek behind and tunnel deep into bear dens, armadillo burrows, termite nests, beehives, bat tents, squirrel dreys and more! 🔍
📚: whatonearth.pub/476qLvx
HARRIET TUBMAN, FORCE OF NATURE from @whatonearth.bsky.social featured in @theguardian.com in today's roundup of #Best new #kidsbooks! "A soaring verse biography of the heroic abolitionist with superb collaged illustrations, ideal for sharing with children of 7+" www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
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Something out-of-this-world has just landed… our November cover! 🚀
🛸 Blast off on an epic voyage across the solar system (and beyond!)
🎃 Marvel at a record-breaking pumpkin
🍼 Discover why we adore cute baby animals
Subscribers, get ready - this stellar issue is rocketing its way to you! 💌
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Tap into topics that fascinate kids with a Nonfiction Series webinar hosted by @pubspotlight.bsky.social next Tuesday October 28th at 3pm EDT/12pm PDT 🧠 💡
Register here:
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Or email: info@publisherspotlight.com
This #BlackHistoryMonth, we’re celebrating Harriet Tubman, a force of nature whose courage and spirit changed history ⭐️
Caroline Brewer’s lyrical poetry book brings Tubman’s extraordinary story to life through rhythm, rhyme and striking collage illustrations.
📚: https://whatonearth.pub/3VuPGCe
“without further ado, this month’s star read as suggested by him is Britannica’s Baby Encyclopedia” from @whatonearth.bsky.social alibrarylady.blog/2022/11/30/b...
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Today's review...'Harriet Tubman: A Force of Nature' by Caroline Brewer @whatonearth.bsky.social Quite beautiful!
www.throughthebookshelf.com/reviews/harriet-tubman-a-force-of-nature
Teachers and librarians, don't miss the Peters' reading for pleasure conference Love Literacy on 27th Nov 2025!
Our Founder & CEO, Christopher Lloyd, will be leading a workshop on how non-fiction books are vital to teen development in the internet age.
Secure your spot: peters.co.uk/love-literacy
Celebrate #IrishBookWeek with Greatest Stuff on Earth! 🇮🇪
Chosen for 'The Best Irish Books of 2025' by @childrensbooksireland.ie, this book is a quirky romp through the stuff that makes up our world.
Pick up your copy from your local bookstore today!
@booksaremybag.bsky.social
Happy #Bookshopday Day 📚 ✨
Bookshops are at the heart of communities, inspiring children to fall in love with reading and learning.
Find your local bookshop here: booksaremybag.com/bookshopsearch
#ChooseBookshops @booksaremybag.bsky.social