As the sun starts to shine, why not head outside and plant an acorn and make your own friend tree to celebrate the release of 'My Friend Tree'! 📚☀️

Full activity kit here: ow.ly/XB5Z50RuAqX

Don't forget to tag us in all your tree pictures! 🌳

Our youngest readers have been loving hearing about Penguin who loses his beloved Mikki Olsen this week! Penguin looks everywhere, including inside a whale's mouth, the place you would never look! Wonderful story by Alex MacDonald. Quarto Kids FL Children's Books The British School in Tokyo BST PTA

What better way to end the week than with a special clip of Chris Haughton 🇪🇺 presenting shortlisted 'When Dinosaurs Walked The Earth' Sean Taylor & Zehra Hicks (@QuartoKids Frances Lincoln Children's Books). Chris Haughton 🇪🇺 describes how the humour of the story & the illustrations caught his attention.

Here are our latest books reviews for you. Thank you Stephen Connor Eve Bearne, Stephen Dilley Rebecca Kennedy Roy James Moss Ed Finch Prue Goodwin Suzanne Horton Helen Dearing and Anne Bradley. Here’s the link to read them all:
justimagine.co.uk/childrens-book…

✨️Exciting delivery!✨️

My advance copies of DIWALI are here and they are gorgeous 😍

Out on 8th August and available to preorder🪔

Art by Darshika Varma
Published by Quarto Kids

uk.bookshop.org/p/books/diwali…

ICYMi, congratulations to Guilherme Karsten, winner of the BookTrust Storytime 2024 Prize 👏
booksforkeeps.co.uk/are-you-a-mons…

Author and illustrator Guilherme Karsten has won the BookTrust Storytime Award for Are You a Monster, published by Happy Yak at Quarto Kids

bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article-d… (£)

Wahoooo!🤩What a wonderful longlist!

We are so thrilled to see our books on the list!

Congratulations to:
'Darwin's Super-Pooping Worm Spectacular' by Polly Owen - Darwin’s Super-💩 🪱 Spectacular
'Hear Our Voices' by Radhika Natarajan & Headstrong Historian
'Cash is Queen' by rainchq have made the longlist! 🥳

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It's here! Today we're delighted to reveal our #IBA24 longlist. 🏆

With more books than ever before, this is a testament to the hard work of publishers, authors & designers who are bringing increasingly engaging #NonFic experiences to young readers. 👏🏼

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We're delighted to announce that Are You a Monster? by Guilherme Karsten is our #BookTrustStorytime Prize winner! 🏆

It was voted for by librarians and families taking part in BookTrust Storytime and is perfect for sharing with under-fives!

More: booktrust.org.uk/news-and-featu…

WAHOO 🥳🥳 Are You A Monster? is the WINNER of the BookTrust Storytime Prize 2024 🏆🙌🥳

Thank you BookTrust and congratulations to Guilherme!! 🏆

It's been a challenging decision for the judges this year with so many fantastic books! Judge and co-founder Viveka Alvestrand discusses 'The Hare-Shaped Hole' (@WriterPoetJohn and Thomas Docherty 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺/Quarto Kids)
and its position as an  'important' book on grief and loss.

Here is a special illustration for Oscar's Book Prize by Thomas Docherty 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺. Thomas is the illustrator of shortlisted book 'The Hare-Shaped Hole' Quarto Kids Frances Lincoln Children's Books. Read our interview with Thomas in full on our website: bit.ly/3xFK6Ey

COVER REVEAL 🤩🎉
Preorder before Wisdom Weavers publishes on Sept. 3 and submit your information (link below) for a chance to win some signed bookplates and indigenous-made gifts!
Click the link below for more info on the giveaway and this lovely title!😊
quarto.com/campaign/Wisdo…

Hear from Oscar's Book Prize shortlisted illustrator Zehra Hicks on why she loves Epsom! 📚🤩

Walking with dinosaurs … not quite
epsomandewelltimes.com/walking-with-d…

Illustrator @ilustrajo discusses how she inspired the polar bear in her own Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration shortlisted book Lost. #YotoCarnegies24 Quarto Kids

Discover the interview in full at yotocarnegies.co.uk/books/lost/

Author Signing alert for #TXLA24 Texas Library Assn. attendees! 🚨🤠
We'll be hosting Alliah L. BIG TUNE OUT NOW! Agostini and Matthew Cappucci for book signings on Thursday, April 18th (tomorrow morning!) Check out the details in the graphic below. 🤩
Don't forget to come check out Booth 3026 if you haven't already 😉

The 2024 Recommended Reads lists for each primary year group have launched from BooksForTopics BooksForTopics : booksfortopics.com/booklists/reco…

We are delighted to spot our titles among the new BooksForTopics Year Group lists! 🥳📚🤩

Wahooo!🤩🥳

We are thrilled to have 2 fantastic books on the #OscarsBookPrize2024 Shortlist!

Huge congratulations to Zehra Hicks & Sean Taylor for When Dinosaurs Walked The Earth!

And a massive congratulations to Thomas Docherty 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺 & John Dougherty for The Hare-Shaped Hole!