Marianne Doherty

Glad you enjoyed it! If you like that you’ll likely also enjoy Squished if you haven’t tried it already.

Great suggestions!

SJ Wills’s Bite Risk! Namina Forna’s The Gilded Ones!! Rebel Skies by Ann Sei Lin. Inkbound by Philippa Leathley. Sue Lynn Tan’s epic fantasy romances. Danielle Jawando’s YA books. So many. #kidlituk #kidsbooksfriday

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No I’m not sure I did. I shall seek it out and see what I reckon.

Congratulations! So excited by the new graphic novel category!

No apologies needed at all. I only do it on a Friday cause I’m off work myself. And I think it’s great that folk still catch up with it over the weekend when they maybe have a bit more time. Book chat is for every day after all! ❤️📚

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My latest article for Educate magazine is all about verse novels. In it, I explore how they can help make reading possible for children who might feel overwhelmed by the amount of text on a page, why they work brilliantly as read-alouds and how they're helpful for developing empathy.

I slept on it.
And came up with The Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner.
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If, and only if, it was done to the standard of his Lockwood books adaptation, l would love to see Jonathan Stroud's superb Scarlett & Browne trilogy on the big screen. Given the scope of the altered landscape (it's futuristic) animation might work best.
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Yes there was. It looks amazing.

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I too am still angry about this. Normally I shy away from anything remotely scary but I loved this adaptation. Madness to cancel it with such an enthusiastic fanbase.

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Ooh yes, I could see that. Great shout.

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Crookhaven is a PERFECT pick — that underground spy school premise has built-in episodic energy. For #KidsBooksFriday my vote is Greenglass House... a snowed-in inn full of smugglers and secrets is basically already a cozy mystery series waiting to happen.

I am so hoping some TV execs will discover this thread and make our dreams come true!

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Turquoise , midnight blue & gold. Girl on top of compass with companions. Facade of lit buildings below.

Green, gold and purple. Girl amid plants in front of arched doorway.

Purple, red and green covers with girl in black floating down through the sky with a red umbrella.

#KidsBooksFriday #UKKidLit So exciting & so much electrifying adventure, crackling characters, fantastical world building, imaginative locales & dazzling visual magic for cinematic adaptations @prleathley.bsky.social @jessicatownsend.bsky.social #parithomson #jonathanstroud

Funding libraries (including school libraries) properly. This One Weird Trick should be a priority for central government. #GoAllIn #NationalYearofReaading. But for smaller scale stuff, if adults could just stop judging children's reading matter that would be a start. And costs nothing!

Comics need to be celebrated not shunned🥳 Would also like to see reading for pleasure sessions instead of fronted adverbial & equivalent unnecessaries
Not reading because they finished their work or got in early - actual dedicated 15 min where everyone reads for pleasure including the teacher …

Yes! All of these would be great.

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