Faber Children's
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Tweets from the children's team on all our books from babies to teen!
Very excited to announce that 'There's a Tiger on the Train', by Mariesa Dulak and Rebecca Cobb, has been shortlisted for Children's Picture Book of the Year, in The Week Junior Book Awards 2025!🐯
June 3, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Very excited to announce that 'There's a Tiger on the Train', by Mariesa Dulak and Rebecca Cobb, has been shortlisted for Children's Picture Book of the Year, in The Week Junior Book Awards 2025!🐯
Margaret McDonald will be live with Scholastic Schools tomorrow morning, discussing her Carnegies shortlisted book, Glasgow Boys! Make sure to catch it at 10!🩵
shop.scholastic.co.uk/the-carnegie...
shop.scholastic.co.uk/the-carnegie...
April 30, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Margaret McDonald will be live with Scholastic Schools tomorrow morning, discussing her Carnegies shortlisted book, Glasgow Boys! Make sure to catch it at 10!🩵
shop.scholastic.co.uk/the-carnegie...
shop.scholastic.co.uk/the-carnegie...
Happy #InternationalDanceDay 💃
Do you have any favourite children's books about dancers? Our reading pick for today is The Great Theatre Rescue by Judith Eagle.
Do you have any favourite children's books about dancers? Our reading pick for today is The Great Theatre Rescue by Judith Eagle.
April 29, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Happy #InternationalDanceDay 💃
Do you have any favourite children's books about dancers? Our reading pick for today is The Great Theatre Rescue by Judith Eagle.
Do you have any favourite children's books about dancers? Our reading pick for today is The Great Theatre Rescue by Judith Eagle.
🛡️🌳Skin of bark, soul of a hero🌳🛡️
This #EarthDay, we're excited to reveal the new paperback cover of Jed Greenleaf, an astonishing standalone adventure from @kieranlarwood.bsky.social, illustrated by David Wyatt.
Available to pre-order now.
This #EarthDay, we're excited to reveal the new paperback cover of Jed Greenleaf, an astonishing standalone adventure from @kieranlarwood.bsky.social, illustrated by David Wyatt.
Available to pre-order now.
April 22, 2025 at 10:58 AM
🛡️🌳Skin of bark, soul of a hero🌳🛡️
This #EarthDay, we're excited to reveal the new paperback cover of Jed Greenleaf, an astonishing standalone adventure from @kieranlarwood.bsky.social, illustrated by David Wyatt.
Available to pre-order now.
This #EarthDay, we're excited to reveal the new paperback cover of Jed Greenleaf, an astonishing standalone adventure from @kieranlarwood.bsky.social, illustrated by David Wyatt.
Available to pre-order now.
Calling all aspiring authors and illustrators of colour... the FAB Prize 2025 is now open for entries ✒️🎨
To enter and find out more: faber.co.uk/journal/faber-launches-2025-fab-prize-with-a-publishing-deal-for-the-winner/
To enter and find out more: faber.co.uk/journal/faber-launches-2025-fab-prize-with-a-publishing-deal-for-the-winner/
April 17, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Calling all aspiring authors and illustrators of colour... the FAB Prize 2025 is now open for entries ✒️🎨
To enter and find out more: faber.co.uk/journal/faber-launches-2025-fab-prize-with-a-publishing-deal-for-the-winner/
To enter and find out more: faber.co.uk/journal/faber-launches-2025-fab-prize-with-a-publishing-deal-for-the-winner/
Wonderland is waiting for you. And it needs you. 🌿
Signed copies of Letters from Wonderland by Josie George are available to pre-order now from @biggreenbooks.bsky.social.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...
Signed copies of Letters from Wonderland by Josie George are available to pre-order now from @biggreenbooks.bsky.social.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...
April 9, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Wonderland is waiting for you. And it needs you. 🌿
Signed copies of Letters from Wonderland by Josie George are available to pre-order now from @biggreenbooks.bsky.social.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...
Signed copies of Letters from Wonderland by Josie George are available to pre-order now from @biggreenbooks.bsky.social.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...
Last night, we announced the winners of the Action! Prize on the Faber stand at Bologna. Congratulations to Theo Malings, who landed first place for her sensational YA sci-fi fantasy thriller, The Red Twilight 🏆
Read more here: www.faber.co.uk/journal/fabe...
Read more here: www.faber.co.uk/journal/fabe...
April 2, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Last night, we announced the winners of the Action! Prize on the Faber stand at Bologna. Congratulations to Theo Malings, who landed first place for her sensational YA sci-fi fantasy thriller, The Red Twilight 🏆
Read more here: www.faber.co.uk/journal/fabe...
Read more here: www.faber.co.uk/journal/fabe...
Introducing Letters from Wonderland by Josie George, with illustrations by Becky Thorns 🍃
See the world with new eyes and discover the confidence to forge your own path with this gorgeous book that’s part mystery, part guide, and part manifesto for hope.
Out 5 June 2025.
See the world with new eyes and discover the confidence to forge your own path with this gorgeous book that’s part mystery, part guide, and part manifesto for hope.
Out 5 June 2025.
March 26, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Introducing Letters from Wonderland by Josie George, with illustrations by Becky Thorns 🍃
See the world with new eyes and discover the confidence to forge your own path with this gorgeous book that’s part mystery, part guide, and part manifesto for hope.
Out 5 June 2025.
See the world with new eyes and discover the confidence to forge your own path with this gorgeous book that’s part mystery, part guide, and part manifesto for hope.
Out 5 June 2025.
Ahead of paperback publication of Podkin and the Tentacled Terror this week, join author Kieran Larwood on a tour of key locations in the the World of Podkin One-Ear series 👇
www.faber.co.uk/journal/watc...
www.faber.co.uk/journal/watc...
March 26, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Ahead of paperback publication of Podkin and the Tentacled Terror this week, join author Kieran Larwood on a tour of key locations in the the World of Podkin One-Ear series 👇
www.faber.co.uk/journal/watc...
www.faber.co.uk/journal/watc...
‘These poems were originally written as a loving ode to my mum, celebrating her wonderful, fearless and unapologetic nature.’
Read an extract from Laura Dockrill’s new introduction to her book of poems celebrating the wonder of mothers, My Mum:
www.faber.co.uk/journal/extr...
Read an extract from Laura Dockrill’s new introduction to her book of poems celebrating the wonder of mothers, My Mum:
www.faber.co.uk/journal/extr...
March 20, 2025 at 1:53 PM
‘These poems were originally written as a loving ode to my mum, celebrating her wonderful, fearless and unapologetic nature.’
Read an extract from Laura Dockrill’s new introduction to her book of poems celebrating the wonder of mothers, My Mum:
www.faber.co.uk/journal/extr...
Read an extract from Laura Dockrill’s new introduction to her book of poems celebrating the wonder of mothers, My Mum:
www.faber.co.uk/journal/extr...
'There are so many books about love and kindness in our market, but are there enough about violence?'
We are delighted to be publishing @juliangough.bsky.social and Ross Collins' hilarious picture book When Tad Kicked Vlad. Coming February 2026!
www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article...
We are delighted to be publishing @juliangough.bsky.social and Ross Collins' hilarious picture book When Tad Kicked Vlad. Coming February 2026!
www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article...
March 19, 2025 at 11:59 AM
'There are so many books about love and kindness in our market, but are there enough about violence?'
We are delighted to be publishing @juliangough.bsky.social and Ross Collins' hilarious picture book When Tad Kicked Vlad. Coming February 2026!
www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article...
We are delighted to be publishing @juliangough.bsky.social and Ross Collins' hilarious picture book When Tad Kicked Vlad. Coming February 2026!
www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article...
This September, prepare to sink your fangs into Dracula & Daughters, the first book in a gloriously gothic new adventure series from million-copy bestselling author Emma Carroll.
Cover Art by Alice Guidi.🦇
@emcarrollauthor.bsky.social
Cover Art by Alice Guidi.🦇
@emcarrollauthor.bsky.social
March 17, 2025 at 11:16 AM
This September, prepare to sink your fangs into Dracula & Daughters, the first book in a gloriously gothic new adventure series from million-copy bestselling author Emma Carroll.
Cover Art by Alice Guidi.🦇
@emcarrollauthor.bsky.social
Cover Art by Alice Guidi.🦇
@emcarrollauthor.bsky.social
Huge congratulations to @margaretmcdonald.bsky.social who has been shortlisted for the #Carnegies2025 for her brilliant debut novel, Glasgow Boys 💙 @carnegiemedals.bsky.social
March 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Huge congratulations to @margaretmcdonald.bsky.social who has been shortlisted for the #Carnegies2025 for her brilliant debut novel, Glasgow Boys 💙 @carnegiemedals.bsky.social
Are you ready to sink your fangs into something VERY exciting next Monday?
March 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Are you ready to sink your fangs into something VERY exciting next Monday?
And here's an exclusive preview of The Coming of the Iron Man by award-winning illustrator Mini Grey, the first picture book edition of this beloved story. Out 14 August.
February 26, 2025 at 1:06 PM
And here's an exclusive preview of The Coming of the Iron Man by award-winning illustrator Mini Grey, the first picture book edition of this beloved story. Out 14 August.
‘A visionary tale.’ Michael Morpurgo
The Iron Man came to the top of the cliff.
Where had he come from? Nobody knows.
How was he made? Nobody knows.
The Iron Man by Ted Hughes was first published #OnThisDay in 1968. Which edition is your favourite?
The Iron Man came to the top of the cliff.
Where had he come from? Nobody knows.
How was he made? Nobody knows.
The Iron Man by Ted Hughes was first published #OnThisDay in 1968. Which edition is your favourite?
February 26, 2025 at 1:06 PM
‘A visionary tale.’ Michael Morpurgo
The Iron Man came to the top of the cliff.
Where had he come from? Nobody knows.
How was he made? Nobody knows.
The Iron Man by Ted Hughes was first published #OnThisDay in 1968. Which edition is your favourite?
The Iron Man came to the top of the cliff.
Where had he come from? Nobody knows.
How was he made? Nobody knows.
The Iron Man by Ted Hughes was first published #OnThisDay in 1968. Which edition is your favourite?
You have just opened a book about boobies 👀
Witty and wide-ranging, this eye-opening picture book by Nancy Vo is a cheeky celebration of boobies that's fresh and funny, while serving up just the right amount of fact.
Boobies is out now!
Witty and wide-ranging, this eye-opening picture book by Nancy Vo is a cheeky celebration of boobies that's fresh and funny, while serving up just the right amount of fact.
Boobies is out now!
February 13, 2025 at 12:31 PM
You have just opened a book about boobies 👀
Witty and wide-ranging, this eye-opening picture book by Nancy Vo is a cheeky celebration of boobies that's fresh and funny, while serving up just the right amount of fact.
Boobies is out now!
Witty and wide-ranging, this eye-opening picture book by Nancy Vo is a cheeky celebration of boobies that's fresh and funny, while serving up just the right amount of fact.
Boobies is out now!
Escape to 1930s theatre land in a glorious new middle-grade adventure from Judith Eagle, author of The Accidental Stowaway 🎭
‘Judith Eagle is the absolute queen of cosy adventures.’ Emma Carroll
The Great Theatre Rescue is out now!
‘Judith Eagle is the absolute queen of cosy adventures.’ Emma Carroll
The Great Theatre Rescue is out now!
February 13, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Escape to 1930s theatre land in a glorious new middle-grade adventure from Judith Eagle, author of The Accidental Stowaway 🎭
‘Judith Eagle is the absolute queen of cosy adventures.’ Emma Carroll
The Great Theatre Rescue is out now!
‘Judith Eagle is the absolute queen of cosy adventures.’ Emma Carroll
The Great Theatre Rescue is out now!
We are so proud to be part of the #ReadForEmpathy collection 2025 with @margaretmcdonald.bsky.social's brilliant debut, Glasgow Boys. For more information and to download your free Read for Empathy guides, visit: www.empathylab.uk/RFE @empathylabuk.bsky.social
February 13, 2025 at 11:53 AM
We are so proud to be part of the #ReadForEmpathy collection 2025 with @margaretmcdonald.bsky.social's brilliant debut, Glasgow Boys. For more information and to download your free Read for Empathy guides, visit: www.empathylab.uk/RFE @empathylabuk.bsky.social
Huge congratulations to @margaretmcdonald.bsky.social and Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick who have both been longlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Writing for the brilliant #GlasgowBoys and #SistersOfTheMoon! #Carnegies25 @carnegiemedals.bsky.social
February 12, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Huge congratulations to @margaretmcdonald.bsky.social and Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick who have both been longlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Writing for the brilliant #GlasgowBoys and #SistersOfTheMoon! #Carnegies25 @carnegiemedals.bsky.social
We are thrilled to reveal the cover for Owning It: Our disabled childhoods in our own words. Out 24 April.
Edited by James and Lucy Catchpole and @jenvcampbell.bsky.social, and illustrated by Sophie Kamlish.
Read more via @the-bookseller.bsky.social: www.thebookseller.com/comment/insi....
Edited by James and Lucy Catchpole and @jenvcampbell.bsky.social, and illustrated by Sophie Kamlish.
Read more via @the-bookseller.bsky.social: www.thebookseller.com/comment/insi....
February 6, 2025 at 11:01 AM
We are thrilled to reveal the cover for Owning It: Our disabled childhoods in our own words. Out 24 April.
Edited by James and Lucy Catchpole and @jenvcampbell.bsky.social, and illustrated by Sophie Kamlish.
Read more via @the-bookseller.bsky.social: www.thebookseller.com/comment/insi....
Edited by James and Lucy Catchpole and @jenvcampbell.bsky.social, and illustrated by Sophie Kamlish.
Read more via @the-bookseller.bsky.social: www.thebookseller.com/comment/insi....
Read It Forward has begun! Buy any children’s and YA book via @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social this month and they’ll donate 10% of the sale to leading children’s reading charities @booktrust.org.uk and @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social 📚 We highly recommend any of the below to get you started!
February 3, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Read It Forward has begun! Buy any children’s and YA book via @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social this month and they’ll donate 10% of the sale to leading children’s reading charities @booktrust.org.uk and @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social 📚 We highly recommend any of the below to get you started!
Dare to be brilliant with The Magic in You by Mat Ricardo @matricardo.bsky.social 🪄
This entertaining guide will teach you an astonishing range of tricks and skills to discover your confidence and the magic in you! Out 31 July and available to pre-order now.
This entertaining guide will teach you an astonishing range of tricks and skills to discover your confidence and the magic in you! Out 31 July and available to pre-order now.
January 31, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Dare to be brilliant with The Magic in You by Mat Ricardo @matricardo.bsky.social 🪄
This entertaining guide will teach you an astonishing range of tricks and skills to discover your confidence and the magic in you! Out 31 July and available to pre-order now.
This entertaining guide will teach you an astonishing range of tricks and skills to discover your confidence and the magic in you! Out 31 July and available to pre-order now.
The deadline for the Action! Prize is tomorrow 💥 Last chance to submit your high octane, action-packed adventures! For more details, visit: faber.co.uk/journal/fabe...
January 29, 2025 at 11:48 AM
The deadline for the Action! Prize is tomorrow 💥 Last chance to submit your high octane, action-packed adventures! For more details, visit: faber.co.uk/journal/fabe...
Join Amara Sage and Cynthia So in-conversation with @anikahussainwrites.bsky.social this Saturday 1st February at Waterstones Bristol! Tickets available here: waterstones.com/events/an-ev... @waterstones.bsky.social @waterstoneskids.bsky.social
January 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Join Amara Sage and Cynthia So in-conversation with @anikahussainwrites.bsky.social this Saturday 1st February at Waterstones Bristol! Tickets available here: waterstones.com/events/an-ev... @waterstones.bsky.social @waterstoneskids.bsky.social