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Jacqui Sydney 📚
@jacquisydney.bsky.social
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Ex KS2 teacher, children’s book blogger and lover of undunked biscuits and Lego. Currently reading all the books. Autistic. She/her.
Blog: https://worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/
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Jacqui Sydney 📚 @jacquisydney.bsky.social · Jan 2
My bookish New Year’s Resolution for 2025 is to read or reread at least one book that I already owned on January 1st each month this year. I’m kicking off with this one from one of my favourite authors which has been waiting patiently on the shelf forever.
Copy of Mo, Lottie and the Junkers by Jennifer Killick, held in front of a Christmas tree. The book’s cover shows a white boy with ginger hair opening a box, with a girl with light brown skin and plaited brown hair just behind him. On the left is a cross-looking man leaning out of the serving window of an ice cream van and on the right, a frowning woman leaning out of a first floor house window.
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It’s my turn on the #BlogTour for SuperQuesters Mission: Rainforest Magic written by @pauliancross.bsky.social & illustrated by #KatarinaGasko
My review is linked below & do checkout the other excellent posts on the schedule.
#UkKidLit

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Blog Tour – Super Questers Mission: Rainforest Magic by Paul Ian Cross, illustrator Katarina Gasko
Front cover artwork by Katarina Gasko, published by QuestFriendz, 6 November 2025, ISBN: 978-9083294377 I am so thrilled to be invited to join the blog tour for the second SuperQuesters adventure, …
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November 11, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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#BookReview up for I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I’m Trapped in a Rom-Com ★★★★★plus stars! Definitely one of my favourite books this year, a fun romp with romance, aliens, dinosaurs, and more!

#BookBloggers #Blogging #Romance #Humour #BookSky📚💙

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Pink Promo Banner for Twirling Book Princess reviews featuring the Cover for I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I’m Trapped in a Rom-Com by Kimberly Lemming featuring a girl in the hands of an alien with a lion and a pink t-rex behind her in the jungle
November 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Out now for middle grade readers, Ella Jones vs the Battle Noise by Lucy Edwards with Katy Birchall, illustrated by Luna Valentine sees our heroine once again uniquely placed to save the world from an evil god.

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Ella Jones vs the Battle Noise by Lucy Edwards with Katy Birchall, illustrated by Luna Valentine
Cover illustration by Lukas Thewlin It’s not often I find myself in a reading slump but suffering from a bout of high anxiety, my poor old brain has been struggling to read anything in the la…
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November 10, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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🚨FIVE DAYS TO GO!🚨
I'm supporting @childreninread.bsky.social again, this year. I have both Magster books in the auction- signed and dedicated for the winning bidder.
All proceeds to Children In Need. #Ukkidlit #kidlituk #edusky
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November 10, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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Happy Sunday everyone! On my blog now I am sharing my TBR for the week in a new sparkly Sunday's TBR Updates! It is a big one but I am planning on taking it easy this week (thanks to flu/cold).

#BookBloggers #Blogging #Books #Reading #TBR #BookSky📚💙

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Sunday’s TBR Updates ~ 9-11-2025
Happy Sunday!
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November 9, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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It's my 40th birthday today and I'm aiming to raise £750 towards my London Marathon target by the end of the day, raising funds for BookTrust.

Just £24 to go to hit my £750 milestone!

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Helen in Wonderland's London Marathon for BookTrust
Help Helen Tamblyn-Saville raise money to support BookTrust
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November 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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#ARC #BookReview up for Light of My Life ★★★★1/2 stars.
A very sweet adorable M/M romance manga with consent, good talks, and lots of swoony moments!

#BookBloggers #Blogging #LGBT #Romance #Manga #BookSky📚💙

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Pink Promo Banner for Twirling Book Princess reviews featuring the Cover for Light of my Life by Takiba and Fuuko Minami featuring two guys one in the lap of the other
November 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Today I am part of the fabulous and wonderful @hyggebooktours.bsky.social #BlogTour for The Thread Ruby by VK Leon! I am shining a spotlight on this tale of romance and obsession!

#BookBloggers #Blogging #Romance #BookPromo #BookSky📚💙

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Blog Tour image for The Thread Ruby by VK Leon Book Tour featuring the tour dates + usernames of the host/author + there is the cover with a gorgeous broch/jewelry piece on it
November 8, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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#ARC #BookReview up for A Little Step, Vol.1 ★★★★ stars. A gorgeous #Manwha about music, art, friendship, and more! Recommended!

#BookBloggers #Blogging #Music #BookSky📚💙

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Pink Promo Banner for Twirling Book Princess reviews featuring the Cover for A Little Step, Vol.1 by Mimi Szeto featuring two high school students in school outfits with one of them holding a book and extending a hand and the other playing guitar
November 8, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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I adore @juditheagle.bsky.social's writing and cannot wait to pick up #TheBlitzSisters. Out 26/02 for middle grade readers, the most enormous thanks go to Sarah @faberchildrens.bsky.social 🥰

#KidlitUK #UKKidlit
November 8, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Very excited to have received a copy of The Experiment by Rebecca Stead. Out 01/01 for 9+ readers, huge thanks go to Jade @andersenpress.bsky.social

#KidlitUK #UKKidlit
The book and its press release. The cover shows the backs of 2 teenagers, one of whom has a long stripy tail, sitting on the edge of a tall building gazing over a city at night.
November 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Enormous thanks to Kirsten @edpr.bsky.social #TJBooks for sending Lionborn by Sharique Zea. Out now for 8-12 readers 🦁

#KidlitUK #UKKidlit
The book and its press release. The cover shows a boy with outstretched left arm surrounded by golden swirls, with the head of a young lion behind him.
November 8, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Me: I really should pick up a book, I’ve hardly read anything this week.

Also me: Ooh! Star Wars is on this afternoon!
November 8, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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The conclusion to what has been a brilliant middle grade science fiction trilogy, SCRAP: Escape from Somewhere 513 by Guy Bass, illustrated by @alessiatrunfio.bsky.social is out now 🤖

@littletigeruk.bsky.social

#KidlitUK #UKKidlit

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SCRAP: Escape From Somewhere 513 (SCRAP 3) by Guy Bass, illustrated by Alessia Trunfio
Cover illustration copyright © Alessia Trunfio, 2025 Having grown up at a time when robots on TV and in films were, with the exception of R2-D2 and K9, quite clearly men dressed up and intelligent …
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November 8, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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100% agree that it’s a golden age of children’s nonfiction. I recommended a big bunch of factual books (twice!) back when I was BookTrust Writer-in-Residence. Sharing the links again in this thread! 📚 #NonfictionNovember #KidLitUK #KidsBooksFriday
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I genuinely think we live in a golden age of kids non-fiction, so I’m very excited for us to celebrate #NonFictionNovember with this week’s #KidsBooksFriday.

What brilliant non-fiction would you recommend? This is another week where I can’t possibly stop at four.

#UKKidLit #KidLitUK #KidLit
The Dictionary of Difficult Words by Jane Solomon and Louise Lockhart Book cover for Wonderfully Wired Brain’s by Louise Gooding and Ruth Burrows Book cover for The Hidden Heroes of Science by Peter Gallivan and Robbie Cathro Book cover for Britannica’s All New Children’s Encyclopaedia edited by Christopher Lloyd
November 7, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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SAVE SCRIPT HAVEN!

Please donate/share our crowdfunder to keep this vital independent bookshop in Worcester open!!! ❤️

Save Script Haven crowdfunder: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-scrip...
November 7, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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I genuinely think we live in a golden age of kids non-fiction, so I’m very excited for us to celebrate #NonFictionNovember with this week’s #KidsBooksFriday.

What brilliant non-fiction would you recommend? This is another week where I can’t possibly stop at four.

#UKKidLit #KidLitUK #KidLit
The Dictionary of Difficult Words by Jane Solomon and Louise Lockhart Book cover for Wonderfully Wired Brain’s by Louise Gooding and Ruth Burrows Book cover for The Hidden Heroes of Science by Peter Gallivan and Robbie Cathro Book cover for Britannica’s All New Children’s Encyclopaedia edited by Christopher Lloyd
November 7, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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The reviewoftheday comes from thepagewalker1 and she loved ‘Scarlet Morning’ by ND Stevenson ‘It’s brilliant. And everything between that and a masterpiece.’

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Book Review | SCARLET MORNING by N.D. Stevenson
Book Review | SCARLET MORNING by N.D. Stevenson
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November 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Today Me is hugely grateful for all that the NHS is doing for me, including Yesterday Me receiving part one of the shingles vaccine but is really hoping that Tomorrow Me feels considerably better than it does right now.
November 7, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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#BookReview up for My Supercharged ADHD Brain ★★★★1/2 stars! This gets my ADHD-stamp of approval! This was such a fun and colourful book, loved it!

#BookBloggers #Blogging #ChildrensBooks #ADHD #MentalHealth #PictureBook #BookSky📚💙

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November 6, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Today it is party time! I am celebrating the #ReleaseDay for Every Silent Lie by Jodi Ellen Malpas!! Whoo! Come celebrate with me on my blog~😍✨

#BookBloggers #Blogging #BookPromo #Party #BookSky📚💙

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Release Day Available now banner for Every Silent Lie by Jodi Ellen Malpas featuring the cover in three forms + also feathers everywhere set on a gray sky
November 6, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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I’m beyond excited to have been sent a copy of the children's edition of Tina: The Dog Who Changed the World by the incredible human being who is @niallharbison.bsky.social Out today for 8+ readers, the most enormous thanks go to Hannah and @sarahreadsandruns.bsky.social @farshorebooks.bsky.social 🐾
The book and its press release. The cover shows smiling golden retriever Tina, wearing a rainbow bandana around her neck.
November 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Wishing a very happy book birthday to delightful chapter book Fujiko and the Fox by Ewa Jozefkowicz, illustrated by Gillian Flint 🦊

Out today for 6+ readers from @zephyrbooks.bsky.social
@edpr.bsky.social

#KidlitUK #UKKidlit

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Fujiko and the Fox (Woodland Explorers Club 4) by Ewa Jozefkowicz, illustrated by Gillian Flint
Cover artwork copyright © Gillian Flint, 2025 One of the advantages of living where I do is that we are blessed with a small wood just five minutes’ walk away – one that was planted alm…
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November 6, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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My 20-minute 1-2-1 ASK ME ANYTHING slots are now live. Trialling two dates for now: 1-2pm and 7-8pm GMT on 13th and 20th Nov.

These aren’t critique/feedback sessions. They’re to help marginalised writers navigate UK children’s publishing.

UK only. Link to book in my bio. 💛📖 #KidLitUK
ASK ME ANYTHING graphic that says “Demystifying UK children’s publishing for marginalised writers”
November 6, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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This is a wonderful series from @barefootbooks.bsky.social covering an ever-increasing and globe spanning introduction by authors with roots in countries in Europe, South America, Africa, Asia, and Oceana
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Huge thanks to @antswilkinson.bsky.social @barefootbooks.bsky.social for these lovely nonfiction board books for younger readers.

#KidlitUK #UKKidlit
The three books. Top: Canada, bottom left: Iceland and bottom right: Vietnam.
November 6, 2025 at 8:27 AM