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Thanks to Nathaniel Swift for this #prompt. Here's a poem for younger readers called The Planetary Parade #poetry #poetrycommunity #kidlit #poetryprompt #planetaryparade

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Lol this sign "Do not bring food into the library Food residue will attract mice Mice will acquire knowledge in the library Get into university Then replace you" 😂

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My cat just stepped on the remote and turned the TV sound off. I guess you could say he mewted it.

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Fact: It's not a question of IF you do the voices when reading to your little ones, but HOW MANY! 😅 #kidsbooks #amreading

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Comic book adaptations of prose novels are actually awesome, and we should make more of them bc then we get more comics readers AND more readers of the original books, win win

submitted 12 days ago • 11 comments

Tell stories. Share stories.

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I do not believe that books can be nutritious, or bad for your health. I do not believe that books can have ages or genders. But I do believe the books we love are the ones that make us readers - and I do believe every reader should have the right to choose what they read. #books #literacy

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Remember what regulations are. They are our protection against the predations of capital. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

submitted 20 days ago • 43 comments

100% this!!!!!

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First of the month! Who's on the @islandofbrilliant.bsky.social today kids? Why it's Patrice Lawrence herself!!! The bringer of .... doughnuts ... islandofbrilliant.podbean.com/e/patrice-la...

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Love this.

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Could not agree more!

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Goodbye to the lost children of Gaza. You were loved, you are remembered, you did not deserve it | Nesrine Malik

submitted 28 days ago • 36 comments

Just a reminder that the books we call "children's books" are really books written for an audience that includes children, but excludes absolutely no-one at all. They are BOOKS FOR EVERYONE - and you can never, ever be too old to read them, and to love them!

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In January 2021, during the third national lockdown, I pulled into this deserted pub car park to turn the van round and found a lamppost and a bin engaged in lively conversation while they thought no one was looking. Incredible.

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God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and a horse that solves crimes

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Word of the day is a favourite for this time of year. To be ‘crambazzled’, in old Yorkshire dialect, is to be prematurely aged by excess drinking or partying.

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If we care about the future of our children - we need a library & a librarian in every single school, to help every single child find the books that will make them lifelong readers! Libraries & librarians create the readers of the future! #libraries #librarians #literacy (Art: Chris Riddell)

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My favourite kennings (Old English / Norse circumlocutions)… 10. Chin-forest (beard) 9. Skull-forest (hair) 8. Dung-bearer (man) 7. Scarf-tree (woman) 6. Valley-trout (serpent) 5. Wave-horse (ship) 4. Shoulder-branches (arms) 3. Thought-chamber (mind) 2. Mouth-rudder (tongue) 1. Tongue-land (mouth)

submitted 77 days ago • 15 comments

This looks fabulous!

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in the end, the little evils matter not, they fall, and in their falling betray themselves. in the end, dandelions of a sunlit color appear in cracks. they craft a way, these common bearers. [Dandelion Seeds by Henry Fox Talbot (1852-7)]

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Please , if you are able , support Independent publishers who are doing most of the heavy lifting in finding great new writers! @littletollerbooks.bsky.social @saraband-books.bsky.social @influxpress.bsky.social @galleybeggars.bsky.social @peepaltreepress.bsky.social And many more

submitted 82 days ago • 8 comments

Great article!

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Support your local bookstores. Support your local bookstores. Support your local bookstores. Support your local bookstores. Support your local bookstores. Support your local bookstores. Support your local bookstores. #BookSky #BlackBookSky ☕️📚

submitted 86 days ago • 308 comments

As librarian can confirm

submitted 85 days ago • 1 comment

Make it weird, no one will ask you to host ever again.

submitted 85 days ago • 4 comments

“It is also November. The noons are more laconic and the sundowns sterner. November always seemed to me the Norway of the year.” -Emily Dickinson, in letter to Lavinia Dickinson (Nov 1864) #everynightapoem #november

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98% of parents believe it's important for a child to own their own book. But for some, books are a luxury they can't afford. Your donation to @BookTrust will bring children the comfort of books to cherish for years to come. Donate now: www.booktrust.org.uk/xmas

submitted 90 days ago • 1 comment

Did…did a minotaur write this

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Hi friends, I help to organise a book festival on the West coast of Scotland and we’ve just set up our #BlueSky profile! I’d be so grateful if you could give @hburghbookfest.bsky.social a follow and if you were able to share the post below I’ll be your best friend! ⬇️ #BookSky 💙📚

submitted 91 days ago • 25 comments

Libraries feel like something about which we could very easily be saying, “Remember that place where you could borrow books, for FREE, and return them when you were finished?” And kids would say “What?? No way!” And yet there they still are, despite everything we’ve become, existing. Remarkable.

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I made up a starter pack of children's poets. Poetry is brilliant. It's quick to read, packs a punch, and it's fun. People often go straight for picture books and novels. And did too. But now I am enlightened. 😁 Check these top poets out! go.bsky.app/Tk98tFK #kidlit #parents #teachers #poets

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💫Emerging children's writers, if you're thinking of stepping up for the Bath Children's Novel Award 2024, don't miss the deadline! With £5,000 for the winner, and literary agent Enrichetta Frezzato judging, enter by Nov 30th for your chance to shine #booksky bathnovelaward.co.uk/childrens-no...

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An hour ago my weather app said there was a 100 percent chance of snow this morning. Now it’s just forecasting wind and freezing temperatures again and I’m cold and wistful.

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Truth

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November, 1879. By John Atkinson Grimshaw who upset his family by leaving his job on the railways at the age of 24 to pursue a career as an artist. He was entirely self-taught.

submitted 95 days ago • 31 comments

The stuff dreams are made of…

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Why do I write for children? Because when you get negative feedback from a child it generally looks like this.

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My first book vending machine spot at Exeter station. Very exciting!

submitted 96 days ago • 25 comments

My map of children's independent bookshops is updated regularly. Most provide an online service and they're all run by people who can make well-informed book recommendations. Make sure you support your local one if you want to keep it. Any missing, please let me know. padlet.com/Jon_Biddle/r...

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