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📚 Primary School Librarian 📖 English Hub 🖍️ Illustrator 🌿 Leaf Literature Festival Coordinator
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✨ Another fantasy I have loved getting lost in this Easter! I know I’m late to the party but if you haven’t read The Land of Roar series by @jennymclachlan.bsky.social illustrated by @benmantle.bsky.social, climb aboard a dragon now..!✨ Full review here: www.instagram.com/p/DIoQalqKDG...

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Finally had time to reflect on the busiest term ever! Check out my insta to see a round-up of the Leaf Literature Festival - a festival between 17 primary schools in Bristol celebrating reading! 📚🌿 #LiteratureFestival #authorvisits #readingforpleasure www.instagram.com/p/DIePPIrqyQ...

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

My letter to the @theguardian.com on the META theft of our work. Will be in the physical paper tomorrow. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

submitted 21 days ago • 3 comments

Really enjoyed escaping into this fantasy epic ✨ I love how Katherine Rundell always ‘writes up’ for children, this doesn’t disappoint! Thanks @claireridsdale.bsky.social for lending it to me! Review here: www.instagram.com/p/DIMR5xjq5y... @kidsbloomsbury.bsky.social

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

Last term was so full on so I’m enjoying taking things a little more slowly now it’s the Easter Holidays. Had myself a little ‘booknic’ to make the most of the sun! ☀️ What are you all reading this Easter?

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A very belated but absolute humongous thank you to @peters-books.bsky.social for this award-winning collection of nonfiction for our school library 😍

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

2000 kids?! WOW!! What a wonderful event organised by brilliant book-loving people! #KidLit #BookSky #PrimaryEduSky

submitted 54 days ago • 1 comment

Absolute honour to host @ianeagletonauthor.bsky.social for our Leaf Literature Festival virtual author visit today! All of our EY and KS1 classes from our 17 schools joined to hear #NenandtheLonelyFisherman and learn some sea-themed BSL too! Thank you Ian!! 📚🧜‍♂️📔 #LeafLitFest

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To all the librarians, teachers, TAs, authors and illustrators up and down the country who are putting their all into making this #WorldBookDay special - even if you only encourage one child to pick up a book today, you’ve made the world a better place ❤️ (illustration by me 🖍️)

submitted 55 days ago • 0 comments

We launched our Leaf Literature Festival on Monday morning and what a line up we have this year! Big thank you to the Leaf Trust for my beautiful flowers and the Year 4 girl who handmade these gorgeous book earrings - it’s so appreciated! 📚🍃 #readingforpleasure #LeafLitFest

submitted 56 days ago • 1 comment

Here is a poem for #WorldBookDay. It’s one of my most popular, and is available for FREE on my website www.joshuaseigal.co.uk, along with many other poems! #BookSky #EduSky #KidLit

submitted 57 days ago • 2 comments

A cartoon for #worldbookday (coming on Thursday 6th) for this week’s @theguardian.com books.

submitted 60 days ago • 8 comments

There will be a time where the #LeafLitFest won’t take over my life (or my living room) but I am VERY excited to be launching our trust of school’s festival on Monday and can’t wait to talk about all the amazing authors and illustrators we have joining us too! 📚🍃📚🍃📚🍃📚

submitted 61 days ago • 0 comments

Huge thank you to Storysmith Bookshop who have sponsored our #LeafLitFest Bookmark Design and Writing competitions for all our schools. Can’t wait for these to be announced next week and send out book tokens to all the winners! 🙌✨

submitted 65 days ago • 1 comment

One week to go until The Leaf Literature Festival 2025 begins! Huge thank you in advance to all the school’s Reading Leads and our amazing line-up of visiting authors and illustrators who are making this happen! 🍃📚 #LeafLitFest

submitted 65 days ago • 3 comments

This year’s Leaf Literature Festival is drawing close - a festival celebrating reading across 14+ primary schools in our trust 🍃📚 I’ll share more soon but my round-up of how I planned last year’s on the Open University’s #RfP website - go check it out! ourfp.org/eop/the-leaf...

submitted 69 days ago • 1 comment

KS2 were absolutely buzzing after meeting Tom Percival last week. He treated us to not just a reading from his new book #SquirrelandDuck, but also a sing along, lots of games and live illustration. Big thanks to Tom, @kidsbloomsbury.bsky.social and Storysmith Bookshop for organising! 🐿️🦆

submitted 72 days ago • 0 comments

Last week EY and KS1 had a visit from Mevan Babakar to talk to us about her new book The Bicycle - one girl said “This is the best time of my life” 😍 Author visits make such an impact! Thank you to @maxminervas.bsky.social for organising! 📚🚲

submitted 72 days ago • 0 comments

Big thank you to @whatsfsaid.bsky.social for my copy of Safiyah’s War by Hiba Noor Khan. I’ve heard lots of great things about it so can’t wait to read it and then share in my school’s library! 📚💙

submitted 74 days ago • 1 comment

Do not mess with librarians. They let complete strangers borrow their books. For a living. Even the hardcovers. They are so much stronger than you know.

submitted 76 days ago • 166 comments

SAVE THE DATES 2025: Libraries Week: Libraries Change Lives will take place in June and  Green Libraries Week in October. Through a new campaign approach & schedule, CILIP will lead two separate annual campaigns with partners. Read more: cilip.org.uk/news/693446/...

submitted 77 days ago • 0 comments

Quote of the day: “Holy smokes! That’s ridiculous! That’s amazing!” I’ve been sharing the news of our author visits for the #LeafLitFest25 in library lessons this week. Fair to say that the reaction has been great! @louiestowell.bsky.social

submitted 78 days ago • 1 comment

It's been a busy month in the world of children's books. Here's your chance to catch up with what you may have missed. My Reading Matters round up includes book awards, free events, resources and new books to tempt you. #UKKidLit alibrarylady.blog/2025/02/01/r...

submitted 88 days ago • 2 comments

Read Barbara Throws a Wobbler by @nadiashireen.bsky.social to all of the Reception classes today and a couple of them said “This is the best book you’ve ever read to us” 🥹 #Children’sMentalHealthWeek

submitted 85 days ago • 1 comment