Caroline Fielding
LightNews LightNews
banner
cazapr1.bsky.social
Caroline Fielding
@cazapr1.bsky.social
2.7K followers 1.1K following 1.7K posts
Chartered School Librarian, CILIP @YLGLondon Committee, National conference exhibition manager, Bea keeper. She/her
Posts Replies Media Videos
cazapr1.bsky.social
Boosting! #KidLitUK
jacquisydney.bsky.social Jacqui Sydney 📚 @jacquisydney.bsky.social · 4d
The lovely folk at #UsborneBooks have given me a copy of the brilliant #TheHouseWithChickenLegs by Sophie Anderson to #Giveaway to celebrate publishing its upcoming sequel.

To enter:
Share & like this post here or on Insta/Twitter
Tag a friend
Follow me

Ends 5pm 06/02, UK only

#KidlitUK #UKKidlit
The book, the cover of which shows the titular house above its title and a girl standing beneath in a gap in a fence topped with human skulls.
February 6, 2026 at 2:12 PM
cazapr1.bsky.social
#KidLitUK
empathylabuk.bsky.social EmpathyLabUK @empathylabuk.bsky.social · 1d
🎉 The 2026 #ReadForEmpathy collection is here!
Celebrating 10 years with 65 diverse, brilliant books for ages 3–16+, curated to reflect our world and spark meaningful conversations during the National Year of Reading.

📖 Download our free guides (link in bio)
🗓️ Join our FREE webinar: 12 Feb, 4pm
February 5, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Reposted by Caroline Fielding
booksforkeeps.bsky.social
The 2026 Read for Empathy collection of 65 books for 3–16-year-olds has been revealed. Find out more about @empathylabuk.bsky.social, download the free reading guides and register for the 2026 Empathy Day Festival. #KidLitUK #BookSky
#ReadForEmpathy

booksforkeeps.co.uk/2026-read-fo...
The Read for Empathy Collection logo highlighting its 10th year. Graphic with covers of the 65 books in this year's Read for Empathy Collection.
February 5, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Reposted by Caroline Fielding
mariannedoherty.bsky.social
I thought I should try and tidy up the #KidsBooksFriday tag list whilst I’m recuperating.

So do let me know if I currently tag you and you’d rather I didn’t, or if I don’t normally tag you but you’d like me to.

Do join us if you enjoy a chatting about kids books.

#KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit
Image of a bookcase filled with children’s books with the hashtag #KidsBooksFriday written in yellow on a purple background in front of it.
February 5, 2026 at 11:32 AM
cazapr1.bsky.social
Very pleased with my new badge
Green coat with 'Maybe I'm trans' badge on
February 5, 2026 at 12:02 PM
cazapr1.bsky.social
The first books from the new imprint at @sweetcherrypub.bsky.social are really cute. Salaam Cherry has been created to "celebrate joyful, meaningful and faith-filled stories for young Muslim readers, with books that reflect everyday experiences". #KidLitUK
Too Soon for the Moon! & My Super Fun Niqabi Mum!
February 4, 2026 at 10:30 PM
cazapr1.bsky.social
The Diverse Book Awards include non-fiction categories for the 1st time this year, I'm helping longlist, so if you're involved in inclusive information books (for any age) then be sure you're nominated by your publisher! #KidLitUK #TheDBAwards #BookSky www.thediversebookawards.co.uk/enter-the-db...
Enter The Diverse Book Awards| The Diverse Book Awards
The Diverse Book Awards was established in November 2019. There are many book awards but very few that are just for diversity and we believe diversity is something to celebrate! ​We are open to anyone...
www.thediversebookawards.co.uk
February 3, 2026 at 6:37 PM
cazapr1.bsky.social
#KidLitUK
janpam65.bsky.social JanPam @janpam65.bsky.social · 3d
Running a stall for Inclusive Books for Children on Saturday from 9 - 4 if you want to pop in and say hello!
February 3, 2026 at 8:42 AM
cazapr1.bsky.social
I got a copy of @joshuaseigal.bsky.social's latest books in the post today (thanks @bloomsburyed.bsky.social), it really is a lovely mixture of thoughtful & funny poetry #KidLitUK
I Tell Myself I'm Awesome: Poems for your mind by Joshua Seigal. Illustrations by Chris Piascik
February 2, 2026 at 8:27 PM
cazapr1.bsky.social
Book 1 is a fave of mine! #KidLitUK
jacquisydney.bsky.social Jacqui Sydney 📚 @jacquisydney.bsky.social · 4d
As if you needed another reason to preorder this brilliant new read, #UsborneBooks are offering some extra goodies to go with it! And if you need a copy of Book 1 to read, check out the giveaway in my pinned post.
Promotional image from the publisher offering branded goodies for The House With Chicken Legs Runs Away by emailing proof of a preorder to marketing@usborne.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Reposted by Caroline Fielding
goodlawproject.org
There's an astonishing cruelty in trying to make the world even more hostile for trans kids by suing schools that want to include them. But that's where 'gender critical' Britain is.

We're acting for a school that is being sued - and we could really use your help with funding.
Defend trans kids in school | Good Law Project
goodlaw.social
February 2, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Reposted by Caroline Fielding
mxfrankduffy.bsky.social
✨HELLO HELLO I am having a big sale on my website for the month of February - 15% off all original limited-edition linoprints!

very grateful for any sharing!

#art #artsky #printmaking #witchsky shop.frankduffy.co.uk
"transgender goddexx destroys fascism" linoprint - a strange angelic creature astride London Cernunnos linoprint - green background linoprint of two birds of prey battling over a pomegranate Frank, a white nonbinary person, holding a linoprint of a golden stag
February 2, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Reposted by Caroline Fielding
transsolidarity.bsky.social
It’s time 👀

The EHRC wants a bathroom ban policed by appearances and guessing who’s trans ⁉️

Wear a badge and help confuse the gender cops:

www.zeffy.com/en-GB/ticket...
January 31, 2026 at 10:55 AM
cazapr1.bsky.social
This will be a great day!
ylglondon.bsky.social ylglondon.bsky.social @ylglondon.bsky.social · 9d
YLG London Unconference

Theme: The National Year of Reading: Hints

Sunday 22nd March 2026

10am to 4pm

Balham Library
16 Ramsden Rd
London SW12 8QY

Book your FREE place now at www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...

Don’t Forget The Great Annual Unconference Book Swap!
January 31, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Reposted by Caroline Fielding
runwithskizzers.bsky.social
Or! We can have a collective watch of something by a good creator that won’t tell Amazon we’re watching this 😭 — hate watches are still good metrics unfortunately

(Sorry I know I am being a party pooper but I know too many people with good work that doesn’t get seen 😭😭😭)
donmoyn.bsky.social Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 6d
I think this site should do a collective Melania watch party when it streams to Amazon
hunterw.bsky.social Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 6d
I reviewed "Melania" and the experience of watching "Melania" in our horrifying authoritarian moment. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/triumph...
January 31, 2026 at 4:35 PM
cazapr1.bsky.social
JUST OVER 2 MONTHS, PEOPLE #KidLitUK
January 30, 2026 at 3:47 PM
cazapr1.bsky.social
This is one of my favourite books to share with classes, always part of Numbers Day celebrations at my school (which just happens to be next week)!
vivschwarz.bsky.social Viv Schwarz @vivschwarz.bsky.social · 7d
Remembering the time I improvised a picture book on stage while delivering some primary teacher training and it ended up published and the New York Times went existential over it
COUNTING WITH TINY CAT by Viviane Schwarz. On the cover, a small cat is juggling red balls. Looks like a board book, very simple. "A study in counting, and even more the record of a cat's futile pursuit of personal fulfillment and identity through the acquisition of little red balls of yarn ... it works beautifully" The New York Times Simple drawing of a disappointed cat and the word NONE, in a scrappy handmade booklet The same cast drawn holding a teetering pile of red balls, smiling widely, and the words AS MANY AS YOU CAN GET.
January 30, 2026 at 12:25 PM
cazapr1.bsky.social
I've started a 2nd job as a bookseller! Or, well, for the #NationalYearOfReading YLG have started a bookshop.org store as a good looking and simple way to share up-to-date booklists 🤓 Starting with @ylglondon.bsky.social sharing their favourite local books #KidLitUK
www.cilip.org.uk/blogpost/163...
YLG has a new bookshop.org page - CILIP: the library and information association
www.cilip.org.uk
January 29, 2026 at 8:13 AM
cazapr1.bsky.social
Finished this #UKYA thriller from @littletigeruk.bsky.social on the train home. Helen Price has written a page turner with so many twists I couldn't tell if my suspicions were correct until the very end. #KidLitUK.
Cover strapline: It's Murder in the Sixth Form. School golden boy Riley North had it all - talent, charm and a stellar future. Now he's dead. Guy Reaper Mortimer, the funeral director's son, stands accused of his murder. Keen to clear his name, Reaper teams up with cute new girl, Samira; sweet but naive Betty; and Riley's two best mates, Bunsen and Snake. Together, they unravel the twisted layers of school, where secrets hide and deception is rife. But what starts as a search for answers soon becomes a fight for survival. Because the killer knows the truth and is determined to expose it - one deadly sin at a time.
January 28, 2026 at 9:43 PM
cazapr1.bsky.social
Had a great evening at the launch of @puffinbooksuk.bsky.social's new imprint: Puffin Press. Dedicated to feeding voracious middle grade readers, the first few titles announced for this year & next sound great! #KidLitUK
Welcome to Puffin Press: a unique middle-grade list at Puffin
January 28, 2026 at 9:36 PM
cazapr1.bsky.social
@russellmlfranklin.bsky.social Hello! Hopefully you'll start up with Bluesky proper when you're ready to promote The House of Dusk, there are a few librarians here that might be interested 😊
January 28, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Reposted by Caroline Fielding
letterboxlibrary.bsky.social
1/2 The Past, Present and Future of Children’s Books & Antiracist Education.

⭐️Jan 28th⭐️
5-6.30pm
See you there!

@darrenchetty.bsky.social
@engmediacentre.bsky.social
@theclpe.bsky.social

Registering essential- see link in post below:
Image of an event flyer. Text reads: “THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS € ANTIRACIST EDUCATION Wednesday, Jan 28th | 5-6:30pm GMT EMC & CLPE, Webber Street, London, SE1 8QW, FREE. All welcome, registration essential. Join us for a facilitated community discussion exploring the antiracist archives (ILEA & EMC) - bringing educators & creators together. A chance to browse archival items relating to antiracism, education, and children's literature and participate in a community conversation about lessons from the past and plans for the future!” Against a background of 2 shades of blue. 3 red framed circles down the right side with head & shoulder photos of the contributors. 4 book cover images along the bottom: Teaching & Racism; Dragon’s Teeth; The Story of Britain’s Black Nurses; The Story of the Windrush.
January 13, 2026 at 1:16 PM
cazapr1.bsky.social
Yourself, but as a cartoon.
(I am a lot more enthusiastic about kids books than I ever was about anything else)
January 28, 2026 at 7:29 AM
cazapr1.bsky.social
#KidLitUK
branfordboaseaward.bsky.social Branford Boase Award @branfordboaseaward.bsky.social · 16d
We are pleased to announce the longlist for the 2026 #BranfordBoase Award, recognising the year's outstanding debut writers for children AND their editors 👏#kidlit #booksky

Thank you to @alcs.co.uk & @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social for their support.

branfordboaseaward.org.uk/2026-longlist/
Graphic showing the longlist for the 2026 Branford Boase Award. Odd Girl Out by Tasneem Abdur-Rashid, edited by Rosie Fickling (David Fickling Books) Letty and the Mystery of the Golden Thread by Penny Boxall, edited by Katie Sinfield (Puffin) Shadow Thieves by Peter Burns, edited by Lucy Courtenay (Farshore) The Book of Heartbreak by Ova Ceren, edited by Ruth Bennett and Ella Whiddett (Hot Key Books) Tart by Becki Jayne Crossley, edited by Cathy Liney (Bloomsbury) How to Roller Skate with One Leg by Ella Dove, illus by Jennifer Jamieson, edited by Anne Marie Ryan (Orchard Books) The Wicked Lies of Habren Faire by Anna Fiteni, edited by Asmaa Isse (Electric Monkey) Grumpfort by Jamie Hammond, ed Sarah Stewart (Usborne) The Girl Who Raced the World by Nat Harrison, edited by Ruth Bennett (Bonnier) Evie and Maryam's Family Tree by Janeen Hayat, ed by Bella Pearson (Guppy Books) The Misadventures of Mina Mahmood by Farhana Islam, e by Asmaa Isse (Farshore) Love on Sight by Asli Jensen, ed Shalini Vallepur (Chicken House) Inkbound by Philippa Leathley, ed Natalie Doherty (HarperCollins Children’s Books) Gloam by Jack Mackay, ed Katie Jennings (Rock the Boat) A Beautiful Terrible Thing by Miranda Moore, ed Meggie Degurney & Liz Cross (David Fickling Books) Wildlands by Brogen Murphy, ed Linas Alsenas (Puffin) Rock Band Music and Misfits by Leah Osakwe, ed by Mattie Whitehead & Karelle Tobias (Little Tiger) Marty Moose: First Class by Claire Powell,ed Gráinne Clear (Walker Books) The Doughnut Club by Kristina Rahim, edited Zoë Griffiths (Nosy Crow) The Girl with Gills by Becca Rogers, edited by Fiona Kennedy (Zephyr) Run Away With Me by J.L. Simmonds, edited by Amina Parchment-Youssef (Penguin) The Romantic Tragedies of a Drama King by Harry Trevaldwyn, edited by Emma Jones and Charlie Castelletti (First Ink) Augmented by Kenechi Udogu, edited by Natasha Brown and Jenny Glencross (Faber) My Dog by Olivia Wakeford, edited by Megan Reid (HarperCollins Children’s Books)
January 21, 2026 at 5:07 PM
cazapr1.bsky.social
Exciting! Great to see a #BrandfordBoase account on bluesky #KidLitUK
branfordboaseaward.bsky.social Branford Boase Award @branfordboaseaward.bsky.social · 17d
The longlist for this year's #BranfordBoase Award will be announced tomorrow, 21 January. Discover the year's most exciting debut writers for children and young people. The award is shared with their talented editors. #KidLitUK #booksky

branfordboaseaward.org.uk
Graphic for the Branford Boase Award, presented annually to the author and editor of the year's outstanding debut novel for children and young people. Text reads: Alert! The longlist for the 2026 Branford Boase Award will be announced 21 January 2026. Also features logos for supporters Walker Books and ALCS.
January 20, 2026 at 12:31 PM