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October is the spookiest month, and we found some creepy books to read that certainly didn't disappoint! Check out what we we enjoyed last month in our recommendations post below.
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Monthly Book Recommendations: Oct 2025 | Libraries 4 Schools
Book Recommendations: October 2025 | Last month was a real treat or spooky and fascinating reads that are even now worth checking out!
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November 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
October is the spookiest month, and we found some creepy books to read that certainly didn't disappoint! Check out what we we enjoyed last month in our recommendations post below.
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Featuring the unnerving utterances and eerie etchings of...
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Featuring the unnerving utterances and eerie etchings of...
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I have a brand new and very exciting episode of #DrawWithRob Icons for you tomorrow, particularly if you're a fan of Studio #Ghibli. My #Totoro drawalong drops tomorrow at 10am...
November 7, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I have a brand new and very exciting episode of #DrawWithRob Icons for you tomorrow, particularly if you're a fan of Studio #Ghibli. My #Totoro drawalong drops tomorrow at 10am...
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"My Friend Billy Whiskers is a playful, heart-warming tale about the magic of imaginary friends, brimming with energy and adventure. Celebrate the fun, mischief, and comfort of friendship with award-winning author-illustrator David Litchfield." @theguardian.com
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November 7, 2025 at 8:17 AM
"My Friend Billy Whiskers is a playful, heart-warming tale about the magic of imaginary friends, brimming with energy and adventure. Celebrate the fun, mischief, and comfort of friendship with award-winning author-illustrator David Litchfield." @theguardian.com
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We got some delightfully spooky 👻 #BookPost during October, courtesy of @nosycrow.bsky.social! The picture books are absolutely charming (and not TOO scary!), and we're so pleased to be back with Mallory and Maggoty's hijinks 💀
#ChildrensBooks #KidLit #BooksForKids #PictureBooks
#ChildrensBooks #KidLit #BooksForKids #PictureBooks
November 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
We got some delightfully spooky 👻 #BookPost during October, courtesy of @nosycrow.bsky.social! The picture books are absolutely charming (and not TOO scary!), and we're so pleased to be back with Mallory and Maggoty's hijinks 💀
#ChildrensBooks #KidLit #BooksForKids #PictureBooks
#ChildrensBooks #KidLit #BooksForKids #PictureBooks
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It's #NonFictionNovember! @writerdavidlong.bsky.social and #StefanoTambellini bring our ancient civilisations to life in the 'What It Was Like to be' collection: "A top class series from a dynamic writing and illustration duo" - Lancashire Post. Check out the whole series at: bit.ly/4nAli56 #NFN
November 4, 2025 at 10:57 AM
It's #NonFictionNovember! @writerdavidlong.bsky.social and #StefanoTambellini bring our ancient civilisations to life in the 'What It Was Like to be' collection: "A top class series from a dynamic writing and illustration duo" - Lancashire Post. Check out the whole series at: bit.ly/4nAli56 #NFN
We love fantasy books, and it doesn't get more EPIC than ones based on #NorseMythology!
'My Cat is Called Odin' is the first in a new series by Francesco Bedini and Stefano Tambellini, translated from the original Italian by Sara Copeland Benjamin (pub. @fivequillsforkids.bsky.social).
'My Cat is Called Odin' is the first in a new series by Francesco Bedini and Stefano Tambellini, translated from the original Italian by Sara Copeland Benjamin (pub. @fivequillsforkids.bsky.social).
November 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
We love fantasy books, and it doesn't get more EPIC than ones based on #NorseMythology!
'My Cat is Called Odin' is the first in a new series by Francesco Bedini and Stefano Tambellini, translated from the original Italian by Sara Copeland Benjamin (pub. @fivequillsforkids.bsky.social).
'My Cat is Called Odin' is the first in a new series by Francesco Bedini and Stefano Tambellini, translated from the original Italian by Sara Copeland Benjamin (pub. @fivequillsforkids.bsky.social).
Ahhhh, thank you SO MUCH to Alex Atkinson for sending us through a copy of the newest entry to the #SpooksmithsInvestigate series, Circus of Shadows for us to read and donate onwards!
#BookPost #BookSky #KidLit #BooksForKids #ChildrensBooks
#SpookyReads
#BookPost #BookSky #KidLit #BooksForKids #ChildrensBooks
#SpookyReads
October 31, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Ahhhh, thank you SO MUCH to Alex Atkinson for sending us through a copy of the newest entry to the #SpooksmithsInvestigate series, Circus of Shadows for us to read and donate onwards!
#BookPost #BookSky #KidLit #BooksForKids #ChildrensBooks
#SpookyReads
#BookPost #BookSky #KidLit #BooksForKids #ChildrensBooks
#SpookyReads
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It's #Halloween! 🎃 The perfect day to celebrate our scariest books of 2025. Whether you're looking for horrible hauntings or murderous monsters, we've got you covered with our brand new horror books. Check out all three and read a sample in the thread below, if you dare ...
October 31, 2025 at 10:19 AM
It's #Halloween! 🎃 The perfect day to celebrate our scariest books of 2025. Whether you're looking for horrible hauntings or murderous monsters, we've got you covered with our brand new horror books. Check out all three and read a sample in the thread below, if you dare ...
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As a Halloween treat, BEHOLD THREE NEW COVERS! Brought to you by the pen of Matt Taylor and released on January 1, YOUR PUNY MINDS SHALL DRIBBLE OUT OF YOUR EARHOLES!!
October 31, 2025 at 10:59 AM
As a Halloween treat, BEHOLD THREE NEW COVERS! Brought to you by the pen of Matt Taylor and released on January 1, YOUR PUNY MINDS SHALL DRIBBLE OUT OF YOUR EARHOLES!!
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Prepare to be scared! It's three days until the start of our terrifying #Halloween blog tour to celebrate #PhilHickes's spine-tingling Barrington Stoke debut, #TheLastDayOfOctober! Follow these brilliant bloggers for reviews, sneak peeks and interviews every day next week 🎃
October 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Prepare to be scared! It's three days until the start of our terrifying #Halloween blog tour to celebrate #PhilHickes's spine-tingling Barrington Stoke debut, #TheLastDayOfOctober! Follow these brilliant bloggers for reviews, sneak peeks and interviews every day next week 🎃
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UK readers- here’s a quick and easy Halloween competition to maybe win some stuff! Sign up for the newsletter to be entered, or just enter if you’ve already signed up! Over 18s (because of data stuff!)
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October 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
UK readers- here’s a quick and easy Halloween competition to maybe win some stuff! Sign up for the newsletter to be entered, or just enter if you’ve already signed up! Over 18s (because of data stuff!)
gleam.io/TKXLu/win-th...
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Down in the mines, Evin discovers a mysterious key, and a note with a familiar name on it.
With her new friend Kodi and her mech-dog Jet, can Evin stay one step ahead of Cardinal Mavka and uncover the truth about the city of Lode before it's too late?
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With her new friend Kodi and her mech-dog Jet, can Evin stay one step ahead of Cardinal Mavka and uncover the truth about the city of Lode before it's too late?
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Underlings: The Spark Engine | Book Review | Libraries 4 Schools
Underlings: The Spark Engine book review | Something's not right in the city of Lode. Can Evin and Kodi work it out before they're caught?
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October 23, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Down in the mines, Evin discovers a mysterious key, and a note with a familiar name on it.
With her new friend Kodi and her mech-dog Jet, can Evin stay one step ahead of Cardinal Mavka and uncover the truth about the city of Lode before it's too late?
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With her new friend Kodi and her mech-dog Jet, can Evin stay one step ahead of Cardinal Mavka and uncover the truth about the city of Lode before it's too late?
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Cosy crime for kids? Count us in! 🕵🏻
Thank you to @scholasticuk.bsky.social for sending us a copy of Emily Hourican's children's debut 'Murder at the Ivy Hotel'. A murder mystery set in a Dublin hotel that hides secrets is our cup of tea ☕
It's out February 2026, so mark it in your calendars!
Thank you to @scholasticuk.bsky.social for sending us a copy of Emily Hourican's children's debut 'Murder at the Ivy Hotel'. A murder mystery set in a Dublin hotel that hides secrets is our cup of tea ☕
It's out February 2026, so mark it in your calendars!
October 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Cosy crime for kids? Count us in! 🕵🏻
Thank you to @scholasticuk.bsky.social for sending us a copy of Emily Hourican's children's debut 'Murder at the Ivy Hotel'. A murder mystery set in a Dublin hotel that hides secrets is our cup of tea ☕
It's out February 2026, so mark it in your calendars!
Thank you to @scholasticuk.bsky.social for sending us a copy of Emily Hourican's children's debut 'Murder at the Ivy Hotel'. A murder mystery set in a Dublin hotel that hides secrets is our cup of tea ☕
It's out February 2026, so mark it in your calendars!
Thank you to @nosycrow.bsky.social for this trio of fab books - Once I Was A Tree, Build Your Own Solar System, and The Strange Disappearance of Imogen Good. It gives us something fun, something smart, and something mysterious that's perfect for the season!
#BookSky #BookPost #ChildrensBooks
#BookSky #BookPost #ChildrensBooks
October 17, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Thank you to @nosycrow.bsky.social for this trio of fab books - Once I Was A Tree, Build Your Own Solar System, and The Strange Disappearance of Imogen Good. It gives us something fun, something smart, and something mysterious that's perfect for the season!
#BookSky #BookPost #ChildrensBooks
#BookSky #BookPost #ChildrensBooks
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Lots of up to date writing competitions open to children and teens in the UK. Great ideas for in school & at home. schoolreadinglist.co.uk/competitions... #ukedchat #amwriting
Children's Writing Competitions
A list of creative & non-fiction writing competitions for children in the UK, including contests for poetry, stories, handwriting & essays.
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October 15, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Lots of up to date writing competitions open to children and teens in the UK. Great ideas for in school & at home. schoolreadinglist.co.uk/competitions... #ukedchat #amwriting
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We are delighted to have Chris Judge @halfwayupbooks.bsky.social today fir an Evil Duck event. Signed copies available in store!
October 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
We are delighted to have Chris Judge @halfwayupbooks.bsky.social today fir an Evil Duck event. Signed copies available in store!
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OUT TODAY ❤️ My brand new author/illustrator book ‘My Friend Billy Whiskers’ is officially in shops TODAY. I hope that you all enjoy it
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October 9, 2025 at 3:15 PM
OUT TODAY ❤️ My brand new author/illustrator book ‘My Friend Billy Whiskers’ is officially in shops TODAY. I hope that you all enjoy it
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With the days getting greyer, we took the excuse to stay inside and do some reading over September - well, except for a cheeky jaunt to Norfolk to see some bookshops! 😉
Check out our website below to see what we read over the previous month!
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#BookSky
Check out our website below to see what we read over the previous month!
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Monthly Book Recommendations: Sep 2025 | Libraries 4 Schools
Book Recommendations: September 2025 | A host of fiction and non-fiction, and a couple of graphics/picture books - here's our September reads!
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October 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
With the days getting greyer, we took the excuse to stay inside and do some reading over September - well, except for a cheeky jaunt to Norfolk to see some bookshops! 😉
Check out our website below to see what we read over the previous month!
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#BookSky
Check out our website below to see what we read over the previous month!
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#BookSky
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They say the Hunter’s Moon, which rises tonight, brings secrets to light... so what better time to reveal the cover of The Last Wolf, the first book in my brand-new series The Moonhaven Chronicles. Out 5 Feb 2026 with Macmillan Kids – available to pre-order now via this link: tinyurl.com/4a6w4jfz 🌕🐺
October 7, 2025 at 8:06 AM
They say the Hunter’s Moon, which rises tonight, brings secrets to light... so what better time to reveal the cover of The Last Wolf, the first book in my brand-new series The Moonhaven Chronicles. Out 5 Feb 2026 with Macmillan Kids – available to pre-order now via this link: tinyurl.com/4a6w4jfz 🌕🐺
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To celebrate #WorldSpaceWeek, we're delighted to announce #NOVA, the new space adventure from #ChrisBradford!
When Max’s life-craft is pulled into a wormhole, he needs a whole galaxy of luck to return to safety …
Watch Chris introduce Nova here: bit.ly/4o1cMNa.
Out 02/26
When Max’s life-craft is pulled into a wormhole, he needs a whole galaxy of luck to return to safety …
Watch Chris introduce Nova here: bit.ly/4o1cMNa.
Out 02/26
Chris Bradford introduces Nova
Broadcasting live from the spaceship Helios, bestselling author Chris Bradford has a special announcement! Watch on to hear all about his thrilling new book, NOVA; before disaster strikes ...
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October 6, 2025 at 9:50 AM
To celebrate #WorldSpaceWeek, we're delighted to announce #NOVA, the new space adventure from #ChrisBradford!
When Max’s life-craft is pulled into a wormhole, he needs a whole galaxy of luck to return to safety …
Watch Chris introduce Nova here: bit.ly/4o1cMNa.
Out 02/26
When Max’s life-craft is pulled into a wormhole, he needs a whole galaxy of luck to return to safety …
Watch Chris introduce Nova here: bit.ly/4o1cMNa.
Out 02/26
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💖Saturday 12pm I’m doing a great big gig at Union Chapel and if you want to join in,wherever you are, YOU CAN GET TICKETS FOR THE LIVESTREAM HERE www.waterstones.com/events/onlin... It’s going to be an hour long show drawing the most ridiculous comic ever, together, with special guests on stage too!
October 6, 2025 at 8:43 AM
💖Saturday 12pm I’m doing a great big gig at Union Chapel and if you want to join in,wherever you are, YOU CAN GET TICKETS FOR THE LIVESTREAM HERE www.waterstones.com/events/onlin... It’s going to be an hour long show drawing the most ridiculous comic ever, together, with special guests on stage too!
Lynda took another lovely trip to Norfolk, and visited a couple of her favourite bookshops while out there!
The first treats of the holiday came from Diss Publishing Bookshop and are giving us some perfectly spooky reads for October - Dead Yard: Seeds of Doom, Tales of Ghosts & Hauntings...
The first treats of the holiday came from Diss Publishing Bookshop and are giving us some perfectly spooky reads for October - Dead Yard: Seeds of Doom, Tales of Ghosts & Hauntings...
October 2, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Lynda took another lovely trip to Norfolk, and visited a couple of her favourite bookshops while out there!
The first treats of the holiday came from Diss Publishing Bookshop and are giving us some perfectly spooky reads for October - Dead Yard: Seeds of Doom, Tales of Ghosts & Hauntings...
The first treats of the holiday came from Diss Publishing Bookshop and are giving us some perfectly spooky reads for October - Dead Yard: Seeds of Doom, Tales of Ghosts & Hauntings...
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Treat your classes to some wonderful poetry, along with resources designed by @barbarableiman.bsky.social for @poetrydayuk.bsky.social this Thursday! englishandmedia.co.uk/blog/resourc...
Resources for National Poetry Day 2025
Creative approaches to poetry for across all secondary ages, designed by EMC on behalf of Forward Arts Foundation for National Poetry Day 2025
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September 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Treat your classes to some wonderful poetry, along with resources designed by @barbarableiman.bsky.social for @poetrydayuk.bsky.social this Thursday! englishandmedia.co.uk/blog/resourc...
Pirate lessons, magical items, mysterious messages - it seems Digs has his work cut out for him at his new school! With so many secrets, it's only a matter of time that he and his friends get sent to Sin Bin Island. What will be waiting for them there...?
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Sin Bin Island book review |
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September 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Pirate lessons, magical items, mysterious messages - it seems Digs has his work cut out for him at his new school! With so many secrets, it's only a matter of time that he and his friends get sent to Sin Bin Island. What will be waiting for them there...?
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FEAR FILES: HIDE AND SEEK is OUT NOW!
"A perfect shot of horror." Jennifer Killick
"I ran out of fingernails to bite." Jonathan Stroud
"Gripping. Atmospheric. Claustrophobic." Louie Stowell
Find out more about the FEAR FILES here: linktr.ee/FearFiles
"A perfect shot of horror." Jennifer Killick
"I ran out of fingernails to bite." Jonathan Stroud
"Gripping. Atmospheric. Claustrophobic." Louie Stowell
Find out more about the FEAR FILES here: linktr.ee/FearFiles
September 25, 2025 at 9:32 AM
FEAR FILES: HIDE AND SEEK is OUT NOW!
"A perfect shot of horror." Jennifer Killick
"I ran out of fingernails to bite." Jonathan Stroud
"Gripping. Atmospheric. Claustrophobic." Louie Stowell
Find out more about the FEAR FILES here: linktr.ee/FearFiles
"A perfect shot of horror." Jennifer Killick
"I ran out of fingernails to bite." Jonathan Stroud
"Gripping. Atmospheric. Claustrophobic." Louie Stowell
Find out more about the FEAR FILES here: linktr.ee/FearFiles