Marianne Doherty
@mariannedoherty.bsky.social
Digital Project Manager for Scottish Book Trust. Children’s books and comics enthusiast. Dyslexic. ME/CSF. Here for the kids book chat. All views my own. #KidsBooksFriday 📚🏴
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Earlier this week, @alomshaha.bsky.social was chatting about how the message of loving each other should inform more public discourse (beyond religion).
So, for #KidsBooksFriday this week what kids books help kids to understand the importance of love in all its forms?
#KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit
So, for #KidsBooksFriday this week what kids books help kids to understand the importance of love in all its forms?
#KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit
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I think most of my options have been shared already.
I'll add a couple more that I haven't seen shared - love of friendship, family and more
#kidsbooksfriday
I'll add a couple more that I haven't seen shared - love of friendship, family and more
#kidsbooksfriday
February 13, 2026 at 11:12 PM
I think most of my options have been shared already.
I'll add a couple more that I haven't seen shared - love of friendship, family and more
#kidsbooksfriday
I'll add a couple more that I haven't seen shared - love of friendship, family and more
#kidsbooksfriday
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I’m going to try and post every day until I get a World Book Day booking, let’s see if it works!
I am a children’s author with ADHD who LOVES doing super energetic events. If you haven’t got a writer for World Book Day for you school, please get in touch as I’m happy to travel all over for events.
I am a children’s author with ADHD who LOVES doing super energetic events. If you haven’t got a writer for World Book Day for you school, please get in touch as I’m happy to travel all over for events.
February 13, 2026 at 12:47 PM
I’m going to try and post every day until I get a World Book Day booking, let’s see if it works!
I am a children’s author with ADHD who LOVES doing super energetic events. If you haven’t got a writer for World Book Day for you school, please get in touch as I’m happy to travel all over for events.
I am a children’s author with ADHD who LOVES doing super energetic events. If you haven’t got a writer for World Book Day for you school, please get in touch as I’m happy to travel all over for events.
The Blue Book of Nebo is a wonderful book for exploring sibling love and loss. The Silver Blood Witches books by Sally Doherty look at the love a young carer has for those they care for. The Brooklyn Witches graphic novels have fantastic LGBTQ+ love representation and multi generational families.
February 13, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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Cross that I forgot this! #KidsBooksFriday
February 13, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Cross that I forgot this! #KidsBooksFriday
Great theme. Another Kind is such a wonderful graphic novel.
Here are mine.
Love.
Friendship.
Humanity x 2
Here are mine.
Love.
Friendship.
Humanity x 2
February 13, 2026 at 6:13 PM
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Anything written by @ianeagletonauthor.bsky.social 🫂😍 I've loved Nen and the lonely fisherman since it was released and my copies are well worn now by many kids reading them. I'd also really recommend "In every house, on every street" by Jess Hitchman and Lili La Baleine #KidsBooksFriday
February 13, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Anything written by @ianeagletonauthor.bsky.social 🫂😍 I've loved Nen and the lonely fisherman since it was released and my copies are well worn now by many kids reading them. I'd also really recommend "In every house, on every street" by Jess Hitchman and Lili La Baleine #KidsBooksFriday
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Aalfred & Aalbert is such a joy! Four others showing different kinds of love:
Mary Murphy's I Love You
Sophie Beer (tr. Shanna Ní Rabhartaigh, Gillian Nic Ionmhain) Croí an Teaghlaigh an Grá
Eoin McLoughlin & Polly Dunbar's The Kiss
Robin Boyden's Raindrops
#kidlit #KidsBooksFriday
Mary Murphy's I Love You
Sophie Beer (tr. Shanna Ní Rabhartaigh, Gillian Nic Ionmhain) Croí an Teaghlaigh an Grá
Eoin McLoughlin & Polly Dunbar's The Kiss
Robin Boyden's Raindrops
#kidlit #KidsBooksFriday
February 13, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Aalfred & Aalbert is such a joy! Four others showing different kinds of love:
Mary Murphy's I Love You
Sophie Beer (tr. Shanna Ní Rabhartaigh, Gillian Nic Ionmhain) Croí an Teaghlaigh an Grá
Eoin McLoughlin & Polly Dunbar's The Kiss
Robin Boyden's Raindrops
#kidlit #KidsBooksFriday
Mary Murphy's I Love You
Sophie Beer (tr. Shanna Ní Rabhartaigh, Gillian Nic Ionmhain) Croí an Teaghlaigh an Grá
Eoin McLoughlin & Polly Dunbar's The Kiss
Robin Boyden's Raindrops
#kidlit #KidsBooksFriday
This book tackles difficult relationship issues - ones usually avoided in children's literature e.g. blended families, pregnancy loss, childhood illness/death. Particularly striking was the parental love theme and how one character's experience of abuse had left him feeling unworthy of love #KidLit
February 13, 2026 at 10:45 AM
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Not on BlueSky, but have to share contact details for my local indie bookshop. They are amazing!!!
David’s Bookshop in Letchworth.
David’s Bookshop in Letchworth.
February 13, 2026 at 10:24 AM
Not on BlueSky, but have to share contact details for my local indie bookshop. They are amazing!!!
David’s Bookshop in Letchworth.
David’s Bookshop in Letchworth.
As there’s been some chat this morning about using alternatives to Amazon and Waterstones to buy books - here’s a reminder that I’ve done a list of and the UK and Ireland indie bookshops that I’ve found so far on BlueSky. I can make it into a starter pack if easier?
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February 13, 2026 at 10:06 AM
As there’s been some chat this morning about using alternatives to Amazon and Waterstones to buy books - here’s a reminder that I’ve done a list of and the UK and Ireland indie bookshops that I’ve found so far on BlueSky. I can make it into a starter pack if easier?
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I think there are a lot of books about love but you might not think of that when you read them as other themes might be more obvious. The Last Bear by Hannah Gold - father and daughter love, lost love, ove of animals and nature.
An Island of Our Own - Sally Nicholls. Sibling love.
#KidLitFriday
An Island of Our Own - Sally Nicholls. Sibling love.
#KidLitFriday
February 13, 2026 at 9:41 AM
I think there are a lot of books about love but you might not think of that when you read them as other themes might be more obvious. The Last Bear by Hannah Gold - father and daughter love, lost love, ove of animals and nature.
An Island of Our Own - Sally Nicholls. Sibling love.
#KidLitFriday
An Island of Our Own - Sally Nicholls. Sibling love.
#KidLitFriday
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Picture books that capture different kinds of love #KidsBooksFriday #KidLitUk #UKKidLit #Picturebooks
February 13, 2026 at 9:51 AM
Picture books that capture different kinds of love #KidsBooksFriday #KidLitUk #UKKidLit #Picturebooks
I’ll Always Love You by Paeony Lewis is a classic from my children’s childhood
February 13, 2026 at 9:55 AM
I love this book. It’s partly about love for family, friends, etc. But it’s also about love for humanity, each other, the planet, about focusing on the right things and trying to have a kinder world.
February 13, 2026 at 9:01 AM
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The importance of love - teenage edition #KidsBooksFriday More information in the ALT text.
February 13, 2026 at 8:51 AM
The importance of love - teenage edition #KidsBooksFriday More information in the ALT text.
The Boy I Love would have been one of my top picks too! Here are some others for teenagers.
February 13, 2026 at 8:53 AM
These books are all gorgeous and full of love in all its forms …even Miserable Aunt Bertha 💕
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February 13, 2026 at 8:46 AM
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My immediate thought is The Boy Who Loved Everyone by Jane Porter and Maisie Paradise Shearring #KidsBooksFriday #KidLitUK
February 13, 2026 at 8:37 AM
My immediate thought is The Boy Who Loved Everyone by Jane Porter and Maisie Paradise Shearring #KidsBooksFriday #KidLitUK
Anna Woltz’s books always have love front and center I think. My Especially Weird Week With Tess comes to mind. Also Talking to Alaska. Love isn’t the main theme in these books, but it’s what helps them in the end.
February 13, 2026 at 8:31 AM
Probably a random take but my first thoughts are The Suitcase and It’s A No-Money Day: stories about the power of community/mutual aid (both of which always make me cry!)
#KidLitUK #KidsBooksFriday
#KidLitUK #KidsBooksFriday
February 13, 2026 at 8:28 AM
I love @simonjamesgreen.bsky.social for this -- exploring the breadth and depth of feelings in friendships and family (and the people we have crushes on). Likewise @ianeagletonauthor.bsky.social and @ldlapinski.bsky.social. So many kinds of love. 💖
February 13, 2026 at 8:20 AM
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It's friday! That means it's time for the weekly good news thread. What's your good news from the week? What's made you smile?
a man and a woman are standing next to each other and the man is saying surprise
Alt: Gif from the live action version of Lower Decks with Mariner and Boimler saying SURPRISE!
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February 13, 2026 at 7:43 AM
It's friday! That means it's time for the weekly good news thread. What's your good news from the week? What's made you smile?
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#KidsBooksFriday
I'll keep hunting for more books featuring love, in many guises.
Storytime books about self esteem: storytimesolidarity.com/i-love-me/
I'll keep hunting for more books featuring love, in many guises.
Storytime books about self esteem: storytimesolidarity.com/i-love-me/
February 13, 2026 at 7:55 AM
#KidsBooksFriday
I'll keep hunting for more books featuring love, in many guises.
Storytime books about self esteem: storytimesolidarity.com/i-love-me/
I'll keep hunting for more books featuring love, in many guises.
Storytime books about self esteem: storytimesolidarity.com/i-love-me/
My own picture book, "How to Find a Rainbow" is very much about love, especially the love between siblings. alomshaha.com/portfolio/ho...
February 13, 2026 at 7:56 AM
oh that's a fun question. I think Ashley Thorpe's books do this really well - embodying the importance of community, denying the solitary hero. So it's less about individual love, more general fellow-feeling and interconnectedness. Esp in The Boy to Beat the Gods but also Spirit Warriors.
February 13, 2026 at 7:53 AM