School visits in Altrincham today w/the Waterstones Kids tour-de-force that is Rachael 📚📖. Loved meeting so many imaginative kids at Bowdon Church School & Ambrose Prep. Here we are in Bowdon’s beautiful library (tho this pic makes it look like Rachael &I r in the gallows!)

For today’s #BuyAStrangerABook day, I would like to buy 3 people a copy of Ember Spark And The Thunder Of Dragons by Abi Elphinstone 📚
If you would like one, please let Big Green Bookshop know 📚

A friend just sent me this, from The Telegraph! (which I will probably get tattooed on my forehead). EMBER SPARK’S first national review and it’s five stars 🥳 Thank you so very much Emily Bearn The Telegraph

Thank you so much to everyone who has shared this post and to everyone who has placed an order with us, I really am so grateful! We’re working through the orders and you still have time to get 25% of EVERYTHING online, including all these marvels 👇

P3 - P7 felt really inspired after a talk from children's author, Abi Elphinstone today. We loved hearing about where she gets her story ideas from, how she got into writing and the details of her new book! #ReadingSchools

Celebrating the work of Raymond Briggs at the Ditchling Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft. Exhibition curated by ⁦Katie McCurrach⁩ (right), co-curated by me (left), supplemented by the Ditchling team with treasures from Raymond’s home eg cupboard doors, desk, armchair, paper-mache dog.⁩

🕰️ Twins who stop time solving crime! We're thrilled that Twice Upon a Time has been included in the #PrimarySchoolBookClub April 2024 vote this evening. Head to #PrimarySchoolBookClub and vote for us using the pinned tweet! 🇺🇦 Natalie Smillie 🇺🇦

Don't miss tomorrow's epic Myths & Stories online author event with Mr Dilly and guests.

Find more fabulous FREE author events to inspire your pupils in our summer term roundup: 👉kntn.ly/LiteracyHive-s…

Hay Festival Tom Palmer Abi Elphinstone Waterstones Kids

We loved our visit from local author Abi Elphinstone this morning! Our pupils and staff were hugely inspired by Abi's motivational messages and really enjoyed hearing about her experience of becoming and being a writer! Such a wonderful visit!
Thank you Abi📚📝
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We did it!!!! Our first Children’s Market Number One for SKANDAR. Huge congratulations to our incredible author A.F. Steadman: we believe in unicorns and we believe in you! Team Skandar is NUMBER ONE Simon & Schuster Children's Books

Thanks to the awesome kids I met at Preston Tower Primary, Musselburgh Burgh Primary & Cockenzie Primary. Here I am signing ur books, to the soundtrack of Pulp Fiction, w/ Rebecca Night Owl Books (I love her even more now I know she wrote her thesis, at Cambridge, on unicorns 🦄)

Why should the adults get all the fun? Ember Spark and the Thunder of Dragons by Abi Elphinstone is out next week, too!

We have Indie paperbacks available to order!

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Grateful to 🙏 Abi Elphinstone for visiting us and inspiring our P4-P6 students with her captivating stories and insights. 📚✨ Her message to 'keep your eyes open; there are stories everywhere' 👀 resonates with our young writers. ✍️ St George's Library Abi Elphinstone #EmberSpark

Huge thanks to The Week Junior for featuring Beastlands as book of the month 😍💕😍💕😍💕 - especially lovely to share the spread with beastly pals Yuval Zommer Jenny McLachlan Beast Quest Stephen Krensky and Matt Sewell.

THE ROCKETSHIP NEEDS YOUR HELP!
Due to continuing construction work & road works on our street, we are experiencing unprecedented financial challenges. Use RocketshipMayDay as a coupon on the website for 25% of everything until May 6th! Thank you.
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We’re really looking forward to hosting Jo’s workshop at #FourbearsFest24 on Sunday 19th May. Book tickets here fourbearsbooks.co.uk/event-details/… but hurry as they’re selling fast …

Just finished this absolute gem from my lovely friend James Nicol . I always love curling up with his stories & I think this one might just be my favourite yet! ☁️📚❤️

First stop off on the EMBER SPARK tour! Thanks to all the wonderful kids who came to my events today: St George’s, Cramond Primary, Cargilfield & Merchiston 🐉

Love this. Doodling is important! And it helps, not hinders, many kids to concentrate.

New Children's Books - a round up of picture books, early readers and novels
These are just some of the recently published books for children of all ages that have lifted my spirits or offered hope & kindness. I hope you enjoy them too.
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