Laura Howard 📚
@bylaurahoward.bsky.social
Children's Writer | Write Mentor PB Award LL 25, 24, Searchlight Awards PB LL 23, Writing Magazine PB Prize LL 23, Books That Help RU 24 #KidlitUK
Penguin to open 90 Little Book Stops across the UK as part of its 90th birthday celebrations - what a fab idea! 🎈📚🐧 @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
www.thebookseller.com/news/penguin...
www.thebookseller.com/news/penguin...
Penguin to open 90 Little Book Stops across the UK
Penguin Books has announced it will install a series of book boxes, which it is calling "90 Little Book Stops", in communities across the UK.
www.thebookseller.com
April 1, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Penguin to open 90 Little Book Stops across the UK as part of its 90th birthday celebrations - what a fab idea! 🎈📚🐧 @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
www.thebookseller.com/news/penguin...
www.thebookseller.com/news/penguin...
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I adore picturebooks and totally believe that the best ones are a truly untapped resource in our schools and that they are works of true literary merit. Absolutely agree with #MacBarnett. (He is really is one of the great picturebook creators)
www.npr.org/2025/02/06/n...
www.npr.org/2025/02/06/n...
Are picture books undervalued? This new ambassador of children's literature thinks so
The Library of Congress has given Mac Barnett the job of promoting books and reading to kids across the country. His plan is to focus on picture books.
www.npr.org
February 8, 2025 at 11:15 AM
I adore picturebooks and totally believe that the best ones are a truly untapped resource in our schools and that they are works of true literary merit. Absolutely agree with #MacBarnett. (He is really is one of the great picturebook creators)
www.npr.org/2025/02/06/n...
www.npr.org/2025/02/06/n...
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We're so excited that the shortlist for the @waterstones.bsky.social Children's Book Prize is here!
The Illustrated Books, Younger Readers, and Older Readers categories are looking absolutely fantastic - congrats to all the nominees!
Find out more 👇
www.waterstones.com/the-watersto... #WCBP25
The Illustrated Books, Younger Readers, and Older Readers categories are looking absolutely fantastic - congrats to all the nominees!
Find out more 👇
www.waterstones.com/the-watersto... #WCBP25
February 6, 2025 at 9:12 AM
We're so excited that the shortlist for the @waterstones.bsky.social Children's Book Prize is here!
The Illustrated Books, Younger Readers, and Older Readers categories are looking absolutely fantastic - congrats to all the nominees!
Find out more 👇
www.waterstones.com/the-watersto... #WCBP25
The Illustrated Books, Younger Readers, and Older Readers categories are looking absolutely fantastic - congrats to all the nominees!
Find out more 👇
www.waterstones.com/the-watersto... #WCBP25
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Tired of shopping? Fed up with consumerism? I have just the tonic...
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐁𝐄𝐀𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐅𝐔𝐋 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 (02/01/25 Andersen Press) illust by Ali Pye: Squirrel doesn’t know what The Really Beautiful Thing is, or even what it does, but it’s AMAZING, and he wants it...
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐁𝐄𝐀𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐅𝐔𝐋 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 (02/01/25 Andersen Press) illust by Ali Pye: Squirrel doesn’t know what The Really Beautiful Thing is, or even what it does, but it’s AMAZING, and he wants it...
December 27, 2024 at 11:08 AM
Tired of shopping? Fed up with consumerism? I have just the tonic...
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐁𝐄𝐀𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐅𝐔𝐋 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 (02/01/25 Andersen Press) illust by Ali Pye: Squirrel doesn’t know what The Really Beautiful Thing is, or even what it does, but it’s AMAZING, and he wants it...
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐁𝐄𝐀𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐅𝐔𝐋 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 (02/01/25 Andersen Press) illust by Ali Pye: Squirrel doesn’t know what The Really Beautiful Thing is, or even what it does, but it’s AMAZING, and he wants it...
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Something brand new for #TygertaleAdvent today. Santa's First Christmas is a dazzling new festive favourite from Mac Barnett, author of 'How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney?' and illustrated by Sydney Smith whose snowy classic 'Small in the City' I'll be featuring later in the month.
#Booksky
#Booksky
December 3, 2024 at 11:53 AM
Something brand new for #TygertaleAdvent today. Santa's First Christmas is a dazzling new festive favourite from Mac Barnett, author of 'How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney?' and illustrated by Sydney Smith whose snowy classic 'Small in the City' I'll be featuring later in the month.
#Booksky
#Booksky
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'Let your children read what they want – within reason, without pressure. Please don’t tell them you were reading weighty tomes at their age, it’s not helping. Resist that urge, relax your rules, let them read.'
#UKKidLit #KidLitUK #amreading #childrensbooks #BookSky
#UKKidLit #KidLitUK #amreading #childrensbooks #BookSky
By me, in @theguardian.com today www.theguardian.com/books/2024/n... << inc @dapsdraws.bsky.social @melindasalisbury.com @redbreastedbird.bsky.social @serenakpatel.bsky.social and more
‘Relax your rules, let them pick what they want’: 10 page-turners to get kids reading
A report this month revealed fewer children than ever read for pleasure. From spooky tales to choose-your-own-adventure fantasy epics, here are 10 irresistible titles
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2024 at 4:25 PM
'Let your children read what they want – within reason, without pressure. Please don’t tell them you were reading weighty tomes at their age, it’s not helping. Resist that urge, relax your rules, let them read.'
#UKKidLit #KidLitUK #amreading #childrensbooks #BookSky
#UKKidLit #KidLitUK #amreading #childrensbooks #BookSky
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Every single school should have a library & a librarian, to help every single child find the books that will make them readers, and give them all the lifelong benefits of literacy. Libraries & librarians change children's lives FOREVER!
#literacy #libraries #librarians
#literacy #libraries #librarians
November 25, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Every single school should have a library & a librarian, to help every single child find the books that will make them readers, and give them all the lifelong benefits of literacy. Libraries & librarians change children's lives FOREVER!
#literacy #libraries #librarians
#literacy #libraries #librarians
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I’m trying to make my first Starter Pack! Where are all my @write-mentor.bsky.social friends? Hub members/writers/anyone involved in any way. I’d love to find everyone on Bluesky. Please give me a wave if you want to be added
go.bsky.app/4xu4cAe
go.bsky.app/4xu4cAe
November 18, 2024 at 6:37 PM
I’m trying to make my first Starter Pack! Where are all my @write-mentor.bsky.social friends? Hub members/writers/anyone involved in any way. I’d love to find everyone on Bluesky. Please give me a wave if you want to be added
go.bsky.app/4xu4cAe
go.bsky.app/4xu4cAe
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#NewIllustrationOfTheDay finally gives in to Christmassy books. This crisp and impactful caricature, part of a spread, is by Kate Hindley from The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland. Santa has to deliver to the princess of hearts. Out in paperback from Macmillan Children’s Books since October.
November 16, 2024 at 9:13 AM
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay finally gives in to Christmassy books. This crisp and impactful caricature, part of a spread, is by Kate Hindley from The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland. Santa has to deliver to the princess of hearts. Out in paperback from Macmillan Children’s Books since October.
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Some laws are universal
Bluesky, you know what to do
Lip Sync Battle - Tom Holland
YouTube video by Comedy Central Latinoamérica
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November 21, 2024 at 10:50 AM
Some laws are universal
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Ahead of its February release in the US, there's a Kirkus review of Little Lion Girl by me and @fionawoodcock.bsky.social (Bloomsbury)
"Perfectly captures a courageous youngster's explorations of an unfamiliar setting."
So flipping delighted 🦁 ❤️
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
"Perfectly captures a courageous youngster's explorations of an unfamiliar setting."
So flipping delighted 🦁 ❤️
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
LITTLE LION GIRL | Kirkus Reviews
While spending the day in the city with her mother, a small child envisions herself as a big cat.
www.kirkusreviews.com
November 19, 2024 at 6:10 PM
Ahead of its February release in the US, there's a Kirkus review of Little Lion Girl by me and @fionawoodcock.bsky.social (Bloomsbury)
"Perfectly captures a courageous youngster's explorations of an unfamiliar setting."
So flipping delighted 🦁 ❤️
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
"Perfectly captures a courageous youngster's explorations of an unfamiliar setting."
So flipping delighted 🦁 ❤️
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
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My map of children's independent bookshops is updated regularly. Most provide an online service and they're all run by people who can make well-informed book recommendations. Make sure you support your local one if you want to keep it. Any missing, please let me know. padlet.com/Jon_Biddle/r...
November 19, 2024 at 6:43 AM
My map of children's independent bookshops is updated regularly. Most provide an online service and they're all run by people who can make well-informed book recommendations. Make sure you support your local one if you want to keep it. Any missing, please let me know. padlet.com/Jon_Biddle/r...
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Really recommend this set of short essays about children’s fiction by the brilliant Katherine Rundell on BBC Sounds 👏
November 16, 2024 at 2:21 PM
Really recommend this set of short essays about children’s fiction by the brilliant Katherine Rundell on BBC Sounds 👏
This sounds lovely!
Wooohoo! I have a new picture book publishing in February with Andersen Press and the INCREDIBLE Fiona Lumbers . It's truly beautiful and it's in the Bookseller 's Children's Preview! #kidlit #picturebooks #thespacebetween
November 18, 2024 at 8:11 PM
This sounds lovely!
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November 18, 2024 at 9:17 AM
Hello! 👋 I've fallen down a Bluesky rabbit hole, when I really should be writing! But I'm so happy to see all you lovely book people again. 😊
November 16, 2024 at 9:19 AM
Hello! 👋 I've fallen down a Bluesky rabbit hole, when I really should be writing! But I'm so happy to see all you lovely book people again. 😊