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The Rocketship Bookshop
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Children’s Independent Bookshop in Salisbury. Open 9:30-4 Mon-Fri 9:30-5 Sat 11-3 Sun. Visit our website https://rocketshipbookshop.co.uk/online-shop/
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Today I’m painting a window for Wild Journey at @rshipbshop.bsky.social in Salisbury! Hiding inside from a very rainy day! ☔️☔️ @edpr.bsky.social @zephyrbooks.bsky.social @amdassu.bsky.social updates to come as I go 🐦
November 10, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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It’s time for another Half Price Sale! A big range of new and bestselling books at half price until Bank Holiday Monday on the 5th of May. In store and online today rocketshipbookshop.co.uk/product-cate...
Photo of our logo with Half Price Sale text and 63 products text
April 29, 2025 at 6:49 AM
rshipbshop.bsky.social
It’s time for another Half Price Sale! A big range of new and bestselling books at half price until Bank Holiday Monday on the 5th of May. In store and online today rocketshipbookshop.co.uk/product-cate...
Photo of our logo with Half Price Sale text and 63 products text
April 29, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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A whole host of beautiful new books available from us, in store and online! rocketshipbookshop.co.uk/product-cate...
Four shelves of new titles, ranging from baby books, picture books, graphic novels and chapters books to MG, teen and YA
February 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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mariannedoherty.bsky.social
An absolutely fabulous haul from @rshipbshop.bsky.social arrived today. Almost all half price in their sale. ❤️📚
Books laid out in a pile, including; Earth’s Incredible Places: The Sahara; Cactus Kid; The Adventures of Invisible Boy; The Worst Ronin; Lunar Boy; Lunar New Year Love Story; Save Our Forest!; and The Baker and the Bard.
January 29, 2025 at 10:43 PM
rshipbshop.bsky.social
Our GIGANTIC 50% off MEGASALE is still in full flow BUT we also have lots of wonderful new titles arriving in time for the weekend. So we hope to see lots of visitors, and if you can’t come to us, our website is jam packed with all sale items and new stock! rocketshipbookshop.co.uk/online-shop/
A table of new and bestselling teen and YA titles The Great Unicorn Rescue and Unicorn Babies. Two new picture books A Valentines Display featuring Our Love, Love Grows Here, Ten-Word Tiny Tales of Love and the original Ten-Word Tiny Tales A table of new and bestselling Middle Grade titles
January 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM
rshipbshop.bsky.social
We have a MASSIVE 50% off sale on at the moment, online and in store. We’re preparing for a challenging year as we approach our 5th anniversary and we have some excellent bargains for you!

rocketshipbookshop.co.uk/product-cate...
Sale Archives - The Rocketship Bookshop
Coming up to our 5th anniversary, we are looking ahead at a challenging year for small businesses, so we are making every effort to try and keep The Rocketship in orbit. This means adjusting stock lev...
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January 27, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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No way, no chance, I won’t say I’m in love (with this absolutely stunning new book)!
Available online and in store today

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Front cover of Disney’s Hercules: The Art of Gerald Scarfe Double spread featuring original illustrations of Pain and Panic Death of the Minotaur Original illustrations and character development of Philoctetes (Phil)
January 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
rshipbshop.bsky.social
This weekend…
📚 Jo Clarke will be here on Sat 11-12 to sign copies of the latest & final book in the Travelling School Mysteries series, Libby and the Egyptian Escapade!
📚 We have a big sale on with many books at half price or less
📚 lots of excellent new titles to help chase away the January blues
A table of brand new books All four books in the Travelling School Mystery series by Jo Clarke, illustrated by Becka Moore
January 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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jamiesmart.bsky.social
I genuinely think AdventureMice will go down as children’s classics in years to come. They’re just so beautiful.
sarahmcintyre.bsky.social Sarah McIntyre @sarahmcintyre.bsky.social · Jan 16
Readers, reviewers, booksellers, I'd love it if you could order/pre-order/review these Adventuremice books if you enjoy them and would like to keep the series going!

They're the best books I've ever worked on, and we're hoping to create many, many more 🙂🙏
sarahmcintyre.bsky.social Sarah McIntyre @sarahmcintyre.bsky.social · Jan 16
Welcome to Hollybush! A peek at the sixth book in our series, 'Adventuremice: Mice, Camera, Action!'

Original watercolour paintings from the book will go on sale on launch date, 13 March, 9pm UK time in the online shop (mark it in your diary)! 🎨🐭

#Adventuremice @philipreeve.bsky.social
January 16, 2025 at 9:26 PM
rshipbshop.bsky.social
Another brilliant book for 2025 and it’s arriving 06/02. Preorder it with us right here rocketshipbookshop.co.uk/product/mart...
Marty Moose: First Class Mischief by Claire Powell is going to be a BIG hit here. A chapter book for younger readers, it’s lively, exciting and adorably absurd. Wonderful!
Marty Moose in his uniform on his first day as a Postmouse
January 16, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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Oooo! I spy @tigertalesbooks.bsky.social @florisbooks.bsky.social #CicadaBooks and more delights! Be right over!
rshipbshop.bsky.social The Rocketship Bookshop @rshipbshop.bsky.social · Jan 8
There are some lovely new picture books arriving this month, and they’re in excellent company with some of our most popular titles here. All available on our website and in store today!
January 10, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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Four customers today. At one stage, I really did think it was going to be the first day in 29 years with no one through the door. I know it's the cold weather etc etc, but it's hard to stay upbeat when it's quiet. Want to buy a book and keep me busy wrapping tomorrow?
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January 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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😔 Let’s try this again. AVAILABLE in store and via our website today!
rshipbshop.bsky.social The Rocketship Bookshop @rshipbshop.bsky.social · Jan 9
Hot damn! A tin store and via our website today 😍
January 9, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Hot damn! A tin store and via our website today 😍
January 9, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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I spy Dinosaur Hide-and-Seek by @alexlatimer.bsky.social and Kikaseya Keitaro here thank you! 🦕🦖🦕🦖🦕🦖
rshipbshop.bsky.social The Rocketship Bookshop @rshipbshop.bsky.social · Jan 8
There are some lovely new picture books arriving this month, and they’re in excellent company with some of our most popular titles here. All available on our website and in store today!
January 8, 2025 at 5:12 PM
rshipbshop.bsky.social
There are some lovely new picture books arriving this month, and they’re in excellent company with some of our most popular titles here. All available on our website and in store today!
January 8, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Bear gets introduced to the Great Bear constellation ✨️ 🐻 ✨️

#kidlitart #illustration #art #bear
Nighttime illustration of a boy wearing green, blue, and white striped pyjamas sitting on a desk and holding the head of teddy bear who is sat next to him. There is a book about space on the desk next to them, as well as a toy rocket and a cup filled with pens, brushes, and pencils. They are sitting in front of a large window, through which we can see the night sky and the Ursa Major constellation.
January 7, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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ryanjhamshaw.bsky.social
I stopped by The Rocketship Bookshop in Salisbury to sign a few copies of my book, The Dark Friars.

I may have indulged in a cider or two at lunch, so hopefully, my signature turned out okay! ✍️ 🥴

It still blows my mind to see my book on the shelves of a real bookshop 🤯

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December 15, 2024 at 9:23 AM
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fleurhitchcock.bsky.social
This article is so on the nail:
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
The invisible problem with children’s books
Julian Gough on bridging the gap between reading picture books and young fiction/chapter books
www.irishtimes.com
December 13, 2024 at 7:33 PM
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It's 5 weeks until #LibbyandtheEgyptianEscapade
illustrated by @beckamoor.bsky.social publishes.
Huge thank you to @rashmiwriting.bsky.social for this fabulous endorsement.
Signed and dedicated copies available exclusively via @rshipbshop.bsky.social
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December 12, 2024 at 9:40 PM
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Dear Customers, We are so grateful to everyone who has been shopping with us and placing orders. Normally, we are able to get your books for you for the next day, however our wholesaler is currently unable to provide this service due to what they describe as unprecedented level of orders. We haven't received any orders this week and it doesn't look like we will receive anything tomorrow. We are emailing and contacting customers who are expecting our normal level of excellent customer service to explain that this is a situation out of our control and we sincerely hope our wholesaler will be able to swiftly resolve their issues. We are confident that things will return to normal next week and we hope you will continue to place your orders with us. We are looking a little sparse for the weekend but we still have a lot of lovely books for you to choose from. Please accept our apologies and we would like to thank our customers for their patience, understanding and continuing support. Jo
December 6, 2024 at 3:08 PM
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A reminder that you can request free gift wrapping when you order online, and you can request it in person at the shop too!
A pile of wrapped books in red berry paper and Robin egg blue ribbon with coloured string and tags.
December 5, 2024 at 6:36 PM
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charliejane.bsky.social
Here's your daily reminder that bookstores keep the love of reading alive — but they also keep neighborhoods beautiful. They are places to gather, to celebrate stories, to find community.

Please do your holiday shopping at your local independent bookstore, if you are lucky enough to still have one.
December 3, 2024 at 7:40 PM
rshipbshop.bsky.social
Unsurprisingly a very popular picture book for us this year is Flip Flap Build Rockets! Written by Stuart Atkinson and Ben Newman. It looks amazing and it’s full with facts and fun, a great gift for curious minds this Christmas rocketshipbookshop.co.uk/product/flip...
The front cover of Flip Flap Build Rockets! Inside Flip Flap Build Rockets! The page is split into 3, giving children an interactive element to create lots of different rocket combinations The back cover: "We need a rocket that's FAST." "Big and powerful with boosters that BLAST!" Aspiring space explorers Bo and Mo want to enter the Great Space Race. Flip the pages to help them build their very own racing rocket and blast off for an outer space adventure - with over 180 different combinations of rockets and space rovers to create! With space facts for little explorers! Stimulates the imagination Encourages interactive play With tips for reading together
December 3, 2024 at 1:34 PM