From comic chaos to the sights and sounds of a garden, this week's Staff Picks all feature animals. From a racehorse to a mechanical elephant, explore the selection and choose your next story.

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Shelly Hen lays eggs is now in paperback! 🥚🐣🐔

By Deborah Chancellor and Julia Groves, Shelly Hen is part of the #FollowMyFood series, helping children understand where their food comes from.

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Calling #edutwitter ! Have you discovered the #FollowMyFood series yet? The 4 titles provide a valuable resource for Foundation, Year 1 and Year 2 classrooms, and fit well with various aspects of the curriculum!

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Did you know, Shelly Hen lays eggs is now in paperback? 🐣

As a special #bankholiday treat, we're giving away a copy! To be in with a chance of winning simply:
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Closes Midday 29/08. UK only. #competition #edutwitter #kidsbooks

Shelly Hen is out now in paperback! Includes extra pages of eggcellent information and a recipe to try! Scallywag Press #followmyfood #freerange #EYFS #wyandotte

Dive into I SEE THE SEA by Julia Groves to see fascinating marine life through a clever die-cut hole, enhancing the reading experience.

At the back is an ocean of facts + info about our endangered oceans + how we can help!
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EVENT ALERT! I'll be talking about all my books from Varjak Paw to Tyger at BarnesKidsLitFest on June 24, as part of a fantastic programme. Please do come & join us - everyone welcome!
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What are you reading this #WorldEnvironmentDay ?🌳 How about...
💚 A New Green Day by Antoinette Portis
💚 I Heard a Bird by @_robramsden
💚 My Dad is a Tree by Jon Agee
💚 Granny Pip grows fruit by Deborah Chancellor & Julia Groves

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A reading experience to inspire environmental topics
Stunning illustrations + poetic text
Fascinating facts + how we can help #protectouroceans
Voyage of discovery, I SEE THE SEA by Julia Groves
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Themed story times are a gentle and fun way to introduce new topics, encourage discussion and ideas. #WorldWaterDay

Free activities to download, teaching resources, reading tips + more: childs-play.com #WaterAction #STEMkids #storytime #learningthroughplay

I SEE THE SEA...
Breathtaking art by Julia Groves, poetic text, and information at the back with tons of facts about these fabulous creatures and how we can protect them and their waters. Bold in every way.

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Also publishing in paperback today, Milly Cow gives milk! 🐄

Part of our #FollowMyFood series by Deborah Chancellor and Julia Groves, designed to help children understand where their food comes from. Discover resources for Milly Cow: ow.ly/enWL50N6Jws

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Travel deep into the RAINFOREST... what elusive and fascinating creatures will you find in this precious and endangered habitat? #WorldWildlifeDay

Julia Groves' illustrations are stunning + tons of facts for #wildlife fans to devour childs-play.com/products/97818… #Rainforest #WWD2023

I know many teachers who've paid out of their own pockets to buy books for their classes, because their school budgets can't run to books any more. The underfunding has been chronic for years & that's why teachers are striking. No-one cares more about children & their education!

In #Ipswich today? Meet Julia Groves signing her stunning new book I SEE THE SEA @diallanebooks 5pm!

Filled with Julia's glorious artwork + die-cut holes adding to the joy of discovery + lots of facts about fascinating sea creatures, our endangered oceans and how we can help

Thanks to everyone who came to our Heffers Bookshop launch last week!! Celebrating publication of our new books with laura winstone @FionaFoggDraws Scallywag Press Cicada Books Walker Books #deborahchancellor

Join Jenny from the Children’s Team TODAY at 11.am here: m.facebook.com/BromleyLibrari… when she will be celebrating #NNFN2022 & reading #PollyBeeMakesHoney written by #DeborahChancellor & illustrated by Julia Groves read with the kind permission of Scallywag Press

We’re having a book launch Heffers Bookshop come and help us celebrate! 6-8pm Weds 30 Nov 😊 @FionaGDraws laura winstone Scallywag Press Cicada Books Walker Picture Books #deborahchancellor

#GrannyPip Grows Fruit is the newest title in a brilliant series about where our food comes from. Perfect for our littlest readers 🍎 #FollowMyFood #DeborahChancellor Julia Groves

Do you know what crocodile babies are called?
Our ANIMAL BABIES books by Julia Groves are filled with stunning illustrations like this one! Some names we know and some maybe we don't!

More + fun free activities: childs-play.com/collections/an… #AnimalBabiesbooks #eggday