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Books for Keeps “the most important periodical in the world of children’s books”. Taking children's books seriously since 1980. New issue published bi-monthly. booksforkeeps.co.uk Joined March 2010-
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Before you dive into PEREGRINE QUINN AND THE COSMIC REALM, read our NEW interview with author Ash Bond @ashbwrites #weekendreading @piccadillypress @TheAgencyBooks ow.ly/4ijM50RpUJL
Huge congrats to @NateLessore @EarlyTrain @IdreamofNarnia @ayaan_moham @HibaNoorKhan1 @bethatintervals for being shortlisted for the @BranfordBoase Award! It’s a huge thrill being a judge this year! #branfordboaseaward
There's still time to enter our Brenda Eastwood Award for Diversity and Inclusion. This award celebrates the work of those whose practice empowers, promotes respect & appreciation for all aspects of diversity & inclusion. Deadline 10th May. Find out more: ukla.org/awards/the-bre…
English 4-11 Picture Book Awards 2024. Congratulations to this year’s shortlist! Winners announced at the EA’s AGM on 25 May. The winner of the Margaret Mallett Award for Children’s Non-Fiction will also be announced Book tickets now to discover winners 😃 englishassociation.ac.uk/2024-english-4…
ICYMI, the longlist has been announced for the @uksla Information Book Award. Plus, #teachers, find out how to get FREE copies booksforkeeps.co.uk/longlist-for-t…
Thank you @michellepauli for an interview about Star Trek and the nature of evil… have I mentioned I love this job?! @piccadillypress @TheAgencyBooks
Thank you @michellepauli for an interview about Star Trek and the nature of evil… have I mentioned I love this job?! @piccadillypress @TheAgencyBooks
Huge thanks to our wonderful judges @lucasjmaxwell @CPillainayagam @amymckay14 @EmilyDrabs - a difficult task to choose a shortlist for this year's #BranfordBoaseAward from so many great books on the longlist, but they did it! Thanks @clpe1 for hosting branfordboaseaward.org.uk/shortlist-2024/
Want #library inspiration? Look no further! Meet Kotryna, a Year 11 student from Liverpool, recently named UK Pupil Library Assistant of the Year, & Reuben, a Year 6 pupil from Watford, who was highly commended. 👏👏👏 booksforkeeps.co.uk/uk-pupil-libra…
ICYMi, congratulations to Guilherme Karsten, winner of the BookTrust Storytime 2024 Prize 👏 booksforkeeps.co.uk/are-you-a-mons…
Thank you so much Books for Keeps for this fantastic review!
‘What’s a book if not a portal into a magical world?' NEW #BFK interview! @michellepauli interviews Ash Bond @ashbwrites about her cosmic debut children's book. @piccadillypress #PeregrineQuinn ow.ly/UgzE50RnBLM
Marking its 25th anniversary in style! Shortlist announced for the #BranfordBoaseAward presented annually to the author AND editor of the outstanding debut novel for children. ow.ly/pMw250RnBHL @BranfordBoase
Our NEW #BookOfTheWeek is a real treat for young crime fiction fans. THE TOWER GHOST by Natasha Mac a'Bháird @daughterofbard is a cracking 1960s set boarding school murder mystery and highly recommended. @OBrienPress booksforkeeps.co.uk/review/the-tow…
#NewIllustrationoftheDay. Characteristically sweet faces of children in The Show, a story about teamwork, and the third and latest in @ClaraVulliamy’s charming, highly illustrated, early reader series The Dog Squad. She also draws dogs well. @HarperCollinsCh
📣Calling all #teachers & #librarians who took part in #PoetryByHeart! Book your place at the announcement of our 2024 finalists! Coming LIVE from @The_Globe, 4pm Wednesday 1 May, a celebration of everyone who entered the competition! Find out more: ow.ly/rmN250RiLPY
Thanks @WRDmag for featuring the #BranfordBoaseAward 25th Anniversary longlist! One week until the shortlist announcement 🗓️Thursday 25 April. Meanwhile, check out the brilliant books on the longlist branfordboaseaward.org.uk/2024-longlist/
NEW #BookOfTheWeek GARGOYLES by Tamsin Mori. This new fantasy adventure is well-plotted, full of action & adventure and while the young protagonists are put in situations which require courage, readers have no doubt about where their real strength lies. booksforkeeps.co.uk/review/gargoyl…
TOMORROW! If you are in READING please do pop in and say hello! 5pm. THERE WILL BE CUPCAKES....
TOMORROW! If you are in READING please do pop in and say hello! 5pm. THERE WILL BE CUPCAKES....
#BookIllustrationOfTheDay #60for60 today it’s “Mouse and Mole: Clink, Clank, Clunk”. Mouse is trying to read in the hammock. What is that terrible noise? Another great tale in the on going series by Joyce Dunbar (2023). Ink line, watercolour wash, coloured pencil.
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970 Followers 717 Following School Librarian working for the School Library Assocation. Doesn't read enough. Spends too much time on Twitter. Views my own.Moose Allain Ꙭ @MooseAllain
139K Followers 3K Following He/him. Illustrator, cartoonist, husband, father, son, brother, uncle, nephew, cousin, second cousin, grandson, friend, acquaintance, enemy. @[email protected]Ben Martynoga @mountainogre
1K Followers 712 Following writer // biologist // collection of cells // maker of Explodapedia non-fiction series (@DFB_storyhouse), with @MooseAllain // Guardian contributorHuge congrats to @NateLessore @EarlyTrain @IdreamofNarnia @ayaan_moham @HibaNoorKhan1 @bethatintervals for being shortlisted for the @BranfordBoase Award! It’s a huge thrill being a judge this year! #branfordboaseaward
There's still time to enter our Brenda Eastwood Award for Diversity and Inclusion. This award celebrates the work of those whose practice empowers, promotes respect & appreciation for all aspects of diversity & inclusion. Deadline 10th May. Find out more: ukla.org/awards/the-bre…
English 4-11 Picture Book Awards 2024. Congratulations to this year’s shortlist! Winners announced at the EA’s AGM on 25 May. The winner of the Margaret Mallett Award for Children’s Non-Fiction will also be announced Book tickets now to discover winners 😃 englishassociation.ac.uk/2024-english-4…
Thank you @michellepauli for an interview about Star Trek and the nature of evil… have I mentioned I love this job?! @piccadillypress @TheAgencyBooks
‘What’s a book if not a portal into a magical world?' NEW #BFK interview! @michellepauli interviews Ash Bond @ashbwrites about her cosmic debut children's book. @piccadillypress #PeregrineQuinn ow.ly/UgzE50RnBLM
@BooksForKeeps @michellepauli @piccadillypress Thank you for such a wonderful (first ever!) interview @michellepauli , I really enjoyed it ☺️🪴
#NewIllustrationoftheDay. ‘One Day WE are going to clean up the ocean for good.’ Heightened colour and relaxed brushwork in a beach scene from Ken Wilson-Max’s just-published picture book Aqua Boy, a follow-up to Astro Girl and Eco Girl. @kenwilsonmax @OtterBarryBooks
Huge thanks to our wonderful judges @lucasjmaxwell @CPillainayagam @amymckay14 @EmilyDrabs - a difficult task to choose a shortlist for this year's #BranfordBoaseAward from so many great books on the longlist, but they did it! Thanks @clpe1 for hosting branfordboaseaward.org.uk/shortlist-2024/
Thank you so much Books for Keeps for this fantastic review!
Our NEW #BookOfTheWeek is a real treat for young crime fiction fans. THE TOWER GHOST by Natasha Mac a'Bháird @daughterofbard is a cracking 1960s set boarding school murder mystery and highly recommended. @OBrienPress booksforkeeps.co.uk/review/the-tow…
#NewIllustrationoftheDay. Characteristically sweet faces of children in The Show, a story about teamwork, and the third and latest in @ClaraVulliamy’s charming, highly illustrated, early reader series The Dog Squad. She also draws dogs well. @HarperCollinsCh
📣Calling all #teachers & #librarians who took part in #PoetryByHeart! Book your place at the announcement of our 2024 finalists! Coming LIVE from @The_Globe, 4pm Wednesday 1 May, a celebration of everyone who entered the competition! Find out more: ow.ly/rmN250RiLPY
SO excited to announce our 2024 shortlists for 1. Jhalak Prize and 2. Jhalak C&YA Prize Congratulations to all our shortlistees! #jhalakprize24 #jhalakprize
#BookIllustrationOfTheDay #60for60 today it’s “Mouse and Mole: Clink, Clank, Clunk”. Mouse is trying to read in the hammock. What is that terrible noise? Another great tale in the on going series by Joyce Dunbar (2023). Ink line, watercolour wash, coloured pencil.
#NewIllustrationoftheDay. An inventor makes a wooden robot in The Little Wooden Robot and the Log Princess by US cartoonist @tomgauld. Bringing together scrupulous exactitude and intiguing profusion. The fairy tale adventure is now in paperback. @templarbooks
Happy Eid Mubarak to Our Muslim friends and family 💞 📸 @FotoNugget
Thank you to everyone who stopped by our stand today at Bologna to help us celebrate our 5th birthday! 🥳📚❤️ #BCBF24
Introducing the #poetryByHeart judges! Poet Mariah Whelan @MWhelanWriter is one of the team at our special #poetry Judgeathon. We are evaluating *every* entry to this year's competition. With over 3000 entries, it's a huge job & we take it very seriously. ow.ly/uMzX50Rb9He
Introducing the #poetryByHeart judges! Mike Dixon @mdixoneducation is a long-time member of the team now at our #poetry Judgeathon evaluating entries to this year's competition. With over 3000 videos to watch, it's a huge job & we take it very seriously 👉 ow.ly/uMzX50Rb9He
HCA winners - Heinz Janisch author, Sydney Smith,illustrator. Young Inferno (Agard) and Classic Nursery Rhymes (Morris)! Both selected to be on the Highly Recommended list by the HCA jury @BooksForKeeps
#NewIllustrationoftheDay. One more nostalgia trip from just published 50th anniv edition of Cars and Trucks and Things That Go. Loving detail with a fine pen and flat colour, displaying wit, imagination and feminism from father of Search-and-Find Richard Scarry. @HarperCollinsCh