Bookwagon Limited
@bookwagonuk.bsky.social
Independent children’s bookstore sharing the reading joy with you!
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So happy to book sell during Kirsty Applebaum’s school visit today. What a writer! What a lovely school! What lucky #booksellers!
September 29, 2025 at 7:41 PM
So happy to book sell during Kirsty Applebaum’s school visit today. What a writer! What a lovely school! What lucky #booksellers!
The book lists that we build for schools are bespoke and include books we’ve researched, know and recommend. Here’s the first box of four being packed ahead of delivery to a Somerset primary school. #reading #childrensbooks #readingforschools #supportsmallbusiness #readingmatters
September 26, 2025 at 1:24 PM
The book lists that we build for schools are bespoke and include books we’ve researched, know and recommend. Here’s the first box of four being packed ahead of delivery to a Somerset primary school. #reading #childrensbooks #readingforschools #supportsmallbusiness #readingmatters
It’s a joy to share children’s books we know and love at our school popup book fairs.
September 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
It’s a joy to share children’s books we know and love at our school popup book fairs.
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We welcome the news that the Government is committing to ensure all primary schools have libraries by 2029. Please don't forget librarians. To build a school reading culture you need trained staff. @sla.org.uk #GreatSchoolLibraries www.thebookseller.com/news/governm...
Government commits to ensuring all primary schools have libraries by 2029
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has pledged to ensure all primary schools have libraries by the end of this parliament.
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July 21, 2025 at 8:55 AM
We welcome the news that the Government is committing to ensure all primary schools have libraries by 2029. Please don't forget librarians. To build a school reading culture you need trained staff. @sla.org.uk #GreatSchoolLibraries www.thebookseller.com/news/governm...
From @thebookseller.com:- The government is committed to ensuring libraries for all primary schools by 2029’
July 21, 2025 at 10:15 AM
From @thebookseller.com:- The government is committed to ensuring libraries for all primary schools by 2029’
Our customers know the other bookseller’s devotion to Princess Minna- he reads each one first. Thid forthcoming #middlegrade novel from #KirstyApplebaum is all mine! So looking forward to introducing this wonderful writer and The Strange Disappearance of Imogen Good in the new school year!
July 18, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Our customers know the other bookseller’s devotion to Princess Minna- he reads each one first. Thid forthcoming #middlegrade novel from #KirstyApplebaum is all mine! So looking forward to introducing this wonderful writer and The Strange Disappearance of Imogen Good in the new school year!
Our school #popuo is with a favourite, phenomenally busy, like all schools, but with a REAL reading joy, interest and determination, it walks the walk!
July 9, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Our school #popuo is with a favourite, phenomenally busy, like all schools, but with a REAL reading joy, interest and determination, it walks the walk!
We were so relieved to escape the traffic hitches to join @eyesab2.bsky.social and @hannahprutton.bsky.social during Abena’s author visit to Paxton Academy. Thank you so much! @nosycrow.bsky.social
July 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
We were so relieved to escape the traffic hitches to join @eyesab2.bsky.social and @hannahprutton.bsky.social during Abena’s author visit to Paxton Academy. Thank you so much! @nosycrow.bsky.social
Aren’t books the best gift of all? The other bookseller’s at the post office dispatching the latest thank you bundle we’ve curated. It includes this meaningful message from a grateful family to a hardworking school.
July 3, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Aren’t books the best gift of all? The other bookseller’s at the post office dispatching the latest thank you bundle we’ve curated. It includes this meaningful message from a grateful family to a hardworking school.
Thank you @jamierussell.bsky.social The astonished joy of readers discovering your encouraging messages within mighty Mech Brigade cannot be qualified. Thank you for your kindness.
July 2, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Thank you @jamierussell.bsky.social The astonished joy of readers discovering your encouraging messages within mighty Mech Brigade cannot be qualified. Thank you for your kindness.
I could not recommend this witter more highly. (Only Stevie Wonder could hold me back from being there!)
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Join me at Finchley Church End Library on Saturday 12th July, where we’ll be solving a WW2 cold case together and I’ll talk about the inspirations for my WW2 mystery novel, Friends and Traitors. It would be lovely to see you there xx
Join me at Finchley Church End Library on Saturday 12th July, where we’ll be solving a WW2 cold case together and I’ll talk about the inspirations for my WW2 mystery novel, Friends and Traitors. It would be lovely to see you there xx
Barnet libraries on X: "Join author Helen Peters @farmgirlwriter to solve a WW2 mystery & MI5 cold case at Finchley Church End Library on Saturday 12 July. Find out more and book tickets at https://t.co/6Tk6pEryy6 @Pramstead_ @FriendsBCL #BarnetSummerRead2025 https://t.co/Zb31P2H5kF" / X
Join author Helen Peters @farmgirlwriter to solve a WW2 mystery & MI5 cold case at Finchley Church End Library on Saturday 12 July. Find out more and book tickets at https://t.co/6Tk6pEryy6 @Pramstead_ @FriendsBCL #BarnetSummerRead2025 https://t.co/Zb31P2H5kF
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June 23, 2025 at 7:43 AM
I could not recommend this witter more highly. (Only Stevie Wonder could hold me back from being there!)
We are so proud to sell Running My Own Race. What a truly triumphant book, rich with meaning, experience, determination and feeling. Thank you @eyesab2.bsky.social @nosycrow.bsky.social
June 20, 2025 at 8:10 PM
We are so proud to sell Running My Own Race. What a truly triumphant book, rich with meaning, experience, determination and feeling. Thank you @eyesab2.bsky.social @nosycrow.bsky.social
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Amazing to see Nate Yu’s Blast From the Past as one of The Observer’s ‘The Best Children’s Chapter Books of the Summer’ 😳🤩 thanks to critic Kitty Empire for the review! #booksky #ukkidlit #kidlituk #middlegrade #blueskybooks
June 15, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Amazing to see Nate Yu’s Blast From the Past as one of The Observer’s ‘The Best Children’s Chapter Books of the Summer’ 😳🤩 thanks to critic Kitty Empire for the review! #booksky #ukkidlit #kidlituk #middlegrade #blueskybooks
#StPatricksDay though any day, we #recommend #After:- tinyurl.com/4wk8svdy a magnificent story of an aftermath, a new beginning and humanity @padraigkenny.bsky.social @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
March 17, 2025 at 10:26 AM
#StPatricksDay though any day, we #recommend #After:- tinyurl.com/4wk8svdy a magnificent story of an aftermath, a new beginning and humanity @padraigkenny.bsky.social @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social
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IT'S PUBLICATION DAY! School of Doom has been unleashed. 🖤💀🖤
Published by @chickenhousebooks
Cover illustration by Isabelle Follath
Published by @chickenhousebooks
Cover illustration by Isabelle Follath
March 13, 2025 at 9:41 AM
IT'S PUBLICATION DAY! School of Doom has been unleashed. 🖤💀🖤
Published by @chickenhousebooks
Cover illustration by Isabelle Follath
Published by @chickenhousebooks
Cover illustration by Isabelle Follath
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George and I had an energising, busy #londonbookfair2025 seeing lots of familiar faces. Colleagues from @booktrust.org.uk are there today too, supporting the Laureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social who is Author of the Day! The more public conversations about children’s books, the better.
March 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
George and I had an energising, busy #londonbookfair2025 seeing lots of familiar faces. Colleagues from @booktrust.org.uk are there today too, supporting the Laureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social who is Author of the Day! The more public conversations about children’s books, the better.
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If you know any budding 11-14-year-old writers living in the UK,
they might be interested in submitting up to 500 words of their finest prose to this year's MARTHA MILLS YOUNG WRITERS’ PRIZE.
Winners receive £200, a selection of books and a special souvenir.
they might be interested in submitting up to 500 words of their finest prose to this year's MARTHA MILLS YOUNG WRITERS’ PRIZE.
Winners receive £200, a selection of books and a special souvenir.
The Martha Mills Young Writers’ Prize 2025 | London Review Bookshop
The London Review Bookshop is proud to announce the third year of the Martha Mills Young Writers’ Prize. Inspired by the curiosity and imagination of Martha Mills, the…
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March 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
If you know any budding 11-14-year-old writers living in the UK,
they might be interested in submitting up to 500 words of their finest prose to this year's MARTHA MILLS YOUNG WRITERS’ PRIZE.
Winners receive £200, a selection of books and a special souvenir.
they might be interested in submitting up to 500 words of their finest prose to this year's MARTHA MILLS YOUNG WRITERS’ PRIZE.
Winners receive £200, a selection of books and a special souvenir.
March 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The bookseller couldn’t wait to get started on this #childrensbook Thank you @nosycrow.bsky.social We are rich with books to read, review, recommend and sell!
March 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The bookseller couldn’t wait to get started on this #childrensbook Thank you @nosycrow.bsky.social We are rich with books to read, review, recommend and sell!
After arranging the selected #childrensbooks at a #popup #school #bookfair there’s a moment to consider which title will kickstart the presentations.
March 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM
After arranging the selected #childrensbooks at a #popup #school #bookfair there’s a moment to consider which title will kickstart the presentations.
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Happy #WorldBookDay everyone! The books we love when we're young are the ones that make us readers, and change our lives FOREVER. So whatever else you do, please never stop reading books with kids, and encouraging them to read. There is nothing more important! #WorldBookDay2025
March 6, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Happy #WorldBookDay everyone! The books we love when we're young are the ones that make us readers, and change our lives FOREVER. So whatever else you do, please never stop reading books with kids, and encouraging them to read. There is nothing more important! #WorldBookDay2025
We’ve 7 crates of #childrensbooks selected for today’s #popup #bookfair. Every choice is one we’ve read, reviewed, recommend and feel proud to share. Happy #WBD Thank you to all the #writers and #illustrators who create the #readingjoy
March 6, 2025 at 8:54 AM
We’ve 7 crates of #childrensbooks selected for today’s #popup #bookfair. Every choice is one we’ve read, reviewed, recommend and feel proud to share. Happy #WBD Thank you to all the #writers and #illustrators who create the #readingjoy
Sending our best wishes to all the writers and illustrators stepping into schools for #WBD celebrations. May you be welcomed warmly and celebrated for the joy you bring,
March 3, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Sending our best wishes to all the writers and illustrators stepping into schools for #WBD celebrations. May you be welcomed warmly and celebrated for the joy you bring,
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Loveliest school visit this week from Jennifer Killick. Pupils bursting with excitement from start to finish! Big thank you to @bookwagonuk.bsky.social for facilitating book sales. Highly recommended for ease, customer service and for just clearly being book people! ##readingforpleasure #edusky
March 2, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Loveliest school visit this week from Jennifer Killick. Pupils bursting with excitement from start to finish! Big thank you to @bookwagonuk.bsky.social for facilitating book sales. Highly recommended for ease, customer service and for just clearly being book people! ##readingforpleasure #edusky
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According to @penamerica.bsky.social, 64% of banned picture books feature #LGBTQ characters and stories, so receiving a Kirkus Star for our gay fairy tale feels pretty radical and special.
@mrjamesmayhew.bsky.social @owletpress.bsky.social
#KidLit #BookSky #EduSky
@mrjamesmayhew.bsky.social @owletpress.bsky.social
#KidLit #BookSky #EduSky
February 28, 2025 at 10:57 PM
According to @penamerica.bsky.social, 64% of banned picture books feature #LGBTQ characters and stories, so receiving a Kirkus Star for our gay fairy tale feels pretty radical and special.
@mrjamesmayhew.bsky.social @owletpress.bsky.social
#KidLit #BookSky #EduSky
@mrjamesmayhew.bsky.social @owletpress.bsky.social
#KidLit #BookSky #EduSky