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Veronica Price
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Chartered librarian, MCLIP. NHS Knowledge &Evidence Specialist. Former School Librarian. Posts about library matters and books.
Blog: https://vsviewfromthebookshelves.home.blog/
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Day 1 of my children’s Christmas book recommendations, some newly published, some much-loved older titles.
#AStockingFullOfSpies by @redbreastedbird.bsky.social follows classic murder mystery tropes, for #MG readers.
#UkKidLit

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#MG Christmas Fiction: A Stocking Full of Spies by Robin Stevens
Published by Puffin Books, 11 September 2025, ISBN: 978-0241429952 A Stocking Full of Spies is the third middle grade novel in The Ministry of Unladylike Activity by Robin Stevens. It is set during…
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The best! The most impressive! The weirdest! Today on the blog I'm looking back at the year that was in children's literature. 100scopenotes.com/2025/12/08/2...
2025 Children’s Lit: The Year in Miscellanea
It’s time to take a look back at the year that was in children’s lit miscellanea.
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December 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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A gorgeous middle grade fairy tale, Magpie Girl by Rowan Foxwood publishes 01/01 and is one to save your Christmas book tokens for.

#UsborneBooks #KidlitUK #UKKidlit

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Magpie Girl by Rowan Foxwood
Cover illustration by Crystal Kung © Usborne Publishing, 2026 As we rapidly head towards the start of 2026, it’s exciting to see some brilliant reads are ahead of us and what better way to ce…
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December 7, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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Gorgeously illustrated by Lauren O’Hara, this new edition of 6 of Oscar Wilde’s Stories for Children is out now from @littleislandbooks.bsky.social and would make a beautiful Christmas gift.

#KidlitUK #UKKidlit

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Oscar Wilde’s Stories for Children illustrated by Lauren O’Hara
Cover illustration © Lauren O’Hara 2025 It’s not often that I review anything that hasn’t been written recently – I do occasionally record my thoughts on books published a f…
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December 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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December 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Thank you to Books for Keeps for the lovely review of The Feathered Book.

"Anyone who wants … to immerse themselves in a deceptively cosy world, will very much enjoy Nutbrown’s imagination."

booksforkeeps.co.uk/review/the-f....

#UKKidlit #childrensbooks #BookBloggers
December 2, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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🗓🎄#BookHaikus - Advent Quiz Guess a book a day @carnegiemedals.bsky.social #BookBloggers #Librarians #UKKidLit
December 1st

Pip and Hannah are

courageous palindrome friends

whom Jack will protect.📚

December 2nd

Stranded on a stac

desperately in need of

refuge and release. 📚
December 2, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Day 1 of my children’s Christmas book recommendations, some newly published, some much-loved older titles.
#AStockingFullOfSpies by @redbreastedbird.bsky.social follows classic murder mystery tropes, for #MG readers.
#UkKidLit

vsviewfromthebookshelves.home.blog/2025/12/01/m...
#MG Christmas Fiction: A Stocking Full of Spies by Robin Stevens
Published by Puffin Books, 11 September 2025, ISBN: 978-0241429952 A Stocking Full of Spies is the third middle grade novel in The Ministry of Unladylike Activity by Robin Stevens. It is set during…
vsviewfromthebookshelves.home.blog
December 1, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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Every Wednesday, I’m going to post a children’s book I’ve enjoyed.

If you’ve read it too, or you want to share another book, join in.

Picklewitch & Jack, by Claire Barker.

Why do I like it? Read the alt text!

#ukkidlit #kidlituk
November 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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I'm excited to be a Reading Champion for @booksfortopics.bsky.social’s #BookFriday campaign on Nov 28th!

This is a celebration of the best books in our schools & libraries. My recommendation is Ice Apprentices by Jacob North

There's a FREE resource kit for schools too! Link in the next post!
November 26, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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A helpful and really positive guide to writing stories for pleasure, Making It Up As You Go Along by Patricia Forde, illustrated by Mary Murphy, is out now for 8+ readers from @littleislandbooks.bsky.social

#KidlitUK #UKKidlit

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Making It Up as You Go Along: A Children’s Guide to Writing Stories by Patricia Forde, illustrated by Mary Murphy
Cover illustration © Mary Murphy 2025 Unlike writing nonfiction texts, crafting stories is something that even those less enthusiastic children that I’ve taught have often enjoyed. There is s…
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November 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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📚WWW meme- What I’ve just read, What I’m currently reading and what I am reading next. 📚#bookbloggers #librarians @carnegiemedals.bsky.social #UKKidLit #Libraries #New York #Historicalfiction #MG #animaladventures 🦁#fantasy
November 23, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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Ticklepenny and Pecksniff descend the library steps. An illustration by Ewa Beniak-Haremska from The Feathered Book

#illustrations #kidlit #kidlituk #UKKidlit #booksky #childrensbooks
November 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM