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The Dictionary of Difficult Words by Jane Solomon and Louise Lockhart

Book cover for Wonderfully Wired Brain’s by Louise Gooding and Ruth Burrows

Book cover for The Hidden Heroes of Science by Peter Gallivan and Robbie Cathro

Book cover for Britannica’s All New Children’s Encyclopaedia edited by Christopher Lloyd

I genuinely think we live in a golden age of kids non-fiction, so I’m very excited for us to celebrate #NonFictionNovember with this week’s #KidsBooksFriday.

What brilliant non-fiction would you recommend? This is another week where I can’t possibly stop at four.

#UKKidLit #KidLitUK #KidLit

Digital illustration: a Little anthropomorphic fox wearing a yellow sweater, blue jeans , and green boots, is hiking up a hill while carrying a big green hiking backpack decorated with a few exploration patches; a blue blanket is rolled and stuck in the flap. The path they are walking along goes through a birch tree forest and they are walking towards the intense morning sunlight glowing through the trees. The leaves are orange and slowly falling through the woods. A small blackbird is sitting on a stone in the foreground and on the bend of the hill sits a cairn.

New art alert!
« Early Morning Hike » is a celebration of the colours and glow of autumn mornings 🍂

#Art #Illustration #Digital #Autumn #Fall #DigitalIllustration #Artist

Book cover for The Spick and the Span by Pil Van Martin

Book cover for A Kind of Spark by Elle McNicoll

Book cover for The Wall Between Us by Dan Smith

Book cover for Squished by Megan Wagner Lloyd and Michelle Mee Nutter

I’ve been in a right reading slump lately. I’m conscious it’s often just the right book coming along at the right time that does the trick, but what books have helped you or the kids in your life get out of a reading slump?
#KidsBooksFriday
#KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit

Book cover for Spirit Warriors by Ashley Thorpe

Book cover for Nush and the Stolen Emerald by Jasbinder Bilan

Book cover for Nate Yu’s Blast from the Past by Maisie Chan

Book cover for Birdie by J. P. Rose

With the IBC Excluded Voices report making for sober reading this week, let’s use #KidsBooksFriday to celebrate brilliant books from global majority writers.
#KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit

www.inclusivebooksforchildren.org/excluded-voi...

Book cover for Reek by Alastair Chisholm, illustrated by George Caltsoudas showing a young person with a helmet and rocket books swinging through a futuristic Edinburgh via a rope.

Book cover for Wonderfully Wired Brains by Louise Gooding showing a young person with short hair and glasses wearing a green hoodie. Around their head are a myriad of different things from animals to basketballs, pencils, paint brushes and games controllers.

Book cover for Ink Girls by Marieke Nijkamp and Sylvia Bi showing three girls with papers in their hand as if passing our leaflets, hovering over a medieval European style city.

Book cover for The Horse Dreamer by Holly Surplice showing a sketch style drawing of a girl riding a galloping horse.

It’s #DyslexiaAwarenessWeek in Scotland this week and in the rest of the UK next week. As a dyslexic reader myself I wanted to use #KidsBooksFriday this week to celebrate brilliant, accessible and super-readable texts of all kinds.
#UKKidLit #KidLitUK #KidLit

This is NOT just america. This is happening here. Local coverage of it, if you can bear the pop up ads....

www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/2548259...

#UKKidlit #Edusky

Autumn is here ! 🍁🍂
#pokemon

#pixel #pixelart

Loki author @louiestowell.bsky.social presenting her Lokifesto about reading – this is brilliant!

Book cover for My Aunt is a Monster by Reimena Yee.

Book cover for Dungeon Fun: The Adventures of Fun Mudlifter by Neil Slorance and Colin Bell.

Book cover for The Firelight Apprentice by Bree Paulsen

Book cover for Another Kind by Cait May and Trevor Bream

I’m thrilled to see 2 comics on this year’s #WorldBookDay lists. A lot of folk don’t know where to start with comic books, so for this week’s #KidsBooksFriday, what kids comic books might folk not already know about but should definitely go and seek out? #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit #KidsGN📚💬

Just finished this after seeing @louiestowell.bsky.social and @mariannedoherty.bsky.social talk about it here. Loved it! So much fun!

Why should The Night House Files: The Wintermoor Lights be on your radar? If you’ve enjoyed these books then you’ll love the latest from @dansmithauthor.bsky.social @barringtonstoke.bsky.social out now for 11+ 📖 #kidlituk

Book cover for The Essential Calvin and Hobbes: A Calvin and Hobbes Treasury by Bill Watterson

Book cover for The Tea Dragon Society by K. O’Neill.

Book cover for My Life as a Cat by Carlie Sorosiak

Book cover for Mr Wolf’s Class by Aron Nels Steinke

This week at work we were chatting about cosy, comforting reads. At the current time, books that help kids find comfort are more important than ever, but might take different forms for different kids. What comforting reads would you recommend for #KidsBooksFriday?
#UKKidLit #KidLitUK #KidLit

Angela Rayner accidentally pays less tax than she should have, resigns, and the media gives her hell.

Nigel Farage deliberately pays less tax than he should have, and the media gives him a free pass.

That, right there, is the problem.

A black poster with pictures of books on it. In the centre is a circle with horns on that says Loki A Bad God's Guide inside it. The title reads: Like Loki? Read these! The books recommended are Donut Squad (tagged with the following Loki-overlap qualities: Funny + subersive + junk food), Boss of the Underworld (Comedy + other realms + weird main character), Who let the gods out (Funny + gods behaving badly + anarchy), The Cheat Book (Funny + Illustrated + bad behaviour), The Boy to Beat the Gods (Adventure + gods + tricksters) and Skulduggery Pleasant (Supernatural + comedy + snark).

A lot of people have asked for recs of things to read after Loki, and after much whittling and pondering I have a wee poster for you. Things that Loki readers might like with the aspects of Loki that those books capture! #UKKidlit @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social

I was happy to see @thebookseller.com feature a podcast that @grainneobrien.bsky.social & I are launching in Sept to highlight great Children’s and YA books! The idea is very simple - each episode is 10 minutes long and will discuss the book - we’ll also have author chats and giveaways!

Book cover for Blitzers by Alastair Chisholm

Book cover for The Little Wooden Robot and the Log Princess by Tom Gauld

Book cover for It Might Be an Apple by Shinsuke Yoshitake

Book cover for Back to School Tortoise by Lucy M George

Schools are back this week in Scotland. So at @samcreighton.bsky.social’s suggestion, this week’s #KidsBooksFriday is about great books to share with a new class of kids. I’m not a teacher but I think these are all great books to read to kids as a first port of call. #UKKidLit #KidLit #KidLitUK

I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/

the phrase “moral panic” gets thrown around a lot but I’m not sure what other reaction I’m supposed to have to the information that facebook, on purpose, built chatbots for the purpose of having cybersex with children

A sunday question for the #UkKidlit gang - what's a children's book you've read recently that you push upon anyone who'll listen? The one that turns you into the ancient mariner, forcing people to listen to you about it?

I’ve been very excited about the release of this book and was delighted when a copy appeared this week courtesy of @hachettechildrens.bsky.social . I loved the bold black and white art style. Both @rikworth.bsky.social and @jordancollver.bsky.social have done a brilliant job with the book 1/2

Book cover for Just Jaime by Terri Libenson

Book cover for Loki: A Bad God’s Guide to Being Good by Louie Stowell.

Book cover for Freddy vs School by Neill Cameron

Book cover for Steady for This by Nathanael Lessore

Inspired by @louiestowell.bsky.social’s post this morning - what book do you recommend to kids who think reading isn’t cool? #KidsBooksFriday #KidLitUK #KidLit #BooksAreCool

Finished it this afternoon, and trust me, you need this book. A twist on the Frankenstein origin story, it is sensational and horrifying and BRILLIANT! I am shook. Publishes on September 30th and I am excited to recommend.

Book cover for I Am Raven by Alastair Chisholm

Book cover for North and the Only One by Vashti Hardy

Book cover for Scrap by Guy Bass

Book cover for Mega Robo Bros: Power Up by Neill Cameron

Following on from this week’s sci-fi chat from @jacquisydney.bsky.social and @pgbellwriter.bsky.social, what are your #KidsBooksFriday sci-fi recommendations? We’re lucky to have the phenomenal @alastairc.com leading the charge and I’ve read a few other brilliant examples lately. #KidLitUK #KidLit

Book cover for Bumble & Snug and the Angry Pirates by Mark Bradley.

I reckon we could use some more kids’ book chat on BlueSky, so I thought I might attempt a #KidsBooksFriday chat. Let’s start with… What is one book you’d love every child to get the chance to read? Mine would be @markbradley.bsky.social’s Bumble & Snug and the Angry Pirates. #KidLitUK #KidLit

I grew up knowing nothing of this – luckily there are now great books for teachers, educators and parents with a global perspective on WW2 for young readers.
(personally have mixed feelings about VE/VJ day and would prefer the International Day of Peace (21st September) marked instead) #kidlituk

It is deeply weird that only after a sustained years-long campaign to deprive trans people of every right enjoyed by cis people did the Guardian ask someone from a womens' refuge if they had ever had problems resulting from trans women using their services & got the reply 'Never, in fifteen years"

Demo at the mound

Demo at the UK Government building

Biggest demo I've seen in Edinburgh in years. Incredibly impressive turn out in solidarity with trans rights 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍⚧️

Photo of thousands of people with placards and flags packing Parliament Square. Thousands show solidarity at #TransRightsAreHumanRights Demo in Parliament Square.

Thousands show solidarity at #TransRightsAreHumanRights Demo in Parliament Square.

(long🧵) Watching some gays & lesbians celebrate that heinous UK Court ruling against trans women has me again thinking about how little most gay people know about their own history. No, I'm not rehashing if trans people were at Stonewall (they were). I'm talking about the long arc of what it even...