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Jacqui Sydney 📚
@jacquisydney.bsky.social
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Ex KS2 teacher, children’s book blogger and lover of undunked biscuits and Lego. Currently reading all the books. Autistic. She/her.
Blog: https://worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/
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I adore @juditheagle.bsky.social's writing and cannot wait to pick up #TheBlitzSisters. Out 26/02 for middle grade readers, the most enormous thanks go to Sarah @faberchildrens.bsky.social 🥰

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November 8, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Very excited to have received a copy of The Experiment by Rebecca Stead. Out 01/01 for 9+ readers, huge thanks go to Jade @andersenpress.bsky.social

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The book and its press release. The cover shows the backs of 2 teenagers, one of whom has a long stripy tail, sitting on the edge of a tall building gazing over a city at night.
November 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Enormous thanks to Kirsten @edpr.bsky.social #TJBooks for sending Lionborn by Sharique Zea. Out now for 8-12 readers 🦁

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The book and its press release. The cover shows a boy with outstretched left arm surrounded by golden swirls, with the head of a young lion behind him.
November 8, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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I’m beyond excited to have been sent a copy of the children's edition of Tina: The Dog Who Changed the World by the incredible human being who is @niallharbison.bsky.social Out today for 8+ readers, the most enormous thanks go to Hannah and @sarahreadsandruns.bsky.social @farshorebooks.bsky.social 🐾
The book and its press release. The cover shows smiling golden retriever Tina, wearing a rainbow bandana around her neck.
November 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Love the Anisha Accidental Detective stories and am thrilled to have received the latest festive read, Christmas Chaos, by @serenakpatel.bsky.social & Emma McCann. Out 06/11 for 7+ readers, enormous thanks go to Georgia #UsborneBooks 🎄

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The book, the cover of which shows Anisha and friend Milo wrapped up in warm clothing and standing either side of a snowman. A small dog has tied them up with a string of fairy lights and both children look worried.
November 5, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Huge thanks to @antswilkinson.bsky.social @barefootbooks.bsky.social for these lovely nonfiction board books for younger readers.

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The three books. Top: Canada, bottom left: Iceland and bottom right: Vietnam.
November 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Ashamed to say I’ve not read any of Oscar Wilde's stories for children so am delighted to have received this collection, illustrated by Lauren O'Hara. Out now for 8+ readers, huge thanks to @thelifeofdivia.bsky.social @littleislandbooks.bsky.social 🥰

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The book, the cover of which shows lots of young children playing beneath some trees.
November 5, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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I adored Rowan Foxwood's Heartseer so am thrilled to have received a copy of Magpie Girl to read. Out 01/01 for 9+ readers, enormous thanks go to @frithal.bsky.social #UsborneBooks 🥰

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The book and its press release. The cover shows a girl with a long cloak that sweeps around her standing with outstretched arms while a Phoenix swoops overhead and a magpie flies close to her left hand.
November 5, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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Very excited to receive a proof of The Golden Monkey Mystery by @piudg.bsky.social, having loved Secrets of the Snakestone. Out 15/01 for 9+ readers, huge thanks go to @hannahprutton.bsky.social @nosycrow.bsky.social 🐒

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The proof and its press release tied up with string. The unwrapped proof and press release. The cover shows a smiling golden monkey holding a green gem in its front paws.
November 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Out now for 7+ readers, Werelock and Scratch: Mystery Most Puzzling by @katethompson.bsky.social, illustrated by Binny Talib, looks like the most enormous fun! Huge thanks to Katie @hachettechildrens.bsky.social for sending the book and accompanying detective must-haves 🔎

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Book wrapped in ‘Crime Scene: Do not enter’ tape. The book with a magnifying glass, tiny notebook and pencil. The cover shows a werewolf in Sherlock Holmes-style dress with a matching raven sitting on his arm.
November 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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October brought rereads of 2 old favourites as well as lots of new titles and included some wonderful nonfiction and poetry. Reviews still to come for a few of these but they are coming!
Another huge pile of children’s books. Cover of Wildspark by Vashti Hardy.
November 1, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Thank you to @barefootbooks.bsky.social for sending board books The Dinosaur Shoes and The Clean-Up Monster by Eleni Tassopoulos Wehner and Danamarie Hosler.

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The 2 board books. The first (on the right) shows the lower parts of a child’s legs with shoes on that look like triceratopses and the second the face of a stripy purple monster.
October 31, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Enormous thanks to Poppy @barringtonstoke.bsky.social for today's gorgeous book post. Looking forward to reading The Winter Snow Goose by @gill-lewis.bsky.social, illustrated by Irina Avgustinovich. Out 06/11 for 7+ readers ❄️

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The book and its press release. The cover shows a young girl wrapped up against the cold together with a big shaggy dog above the title with a goose flying with wings outstretched below.
October 29, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Enormous thanks to @farshorebooks.bsky.social for sending me a copy of Bobland by @realmattlucas.bsky.social, illustrated by Begoña Fernández Corbalán. Out 06/11 for 8+ readers 🎢

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The book and its press release. The cover shows the title in fairground-style capitals below a roller coaster car travelling at speed with a boy and a dog riding in it.
October 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Concentration levels are currently in my boots so am rereading this old favourite, set very appropriately at Ghastly Night 🎃
Shadowghast by Thomas Taylor. The cover shows Herbie and Vi caught in the light from a projector as they run across a theatre stage. Inexplicably, their shadows are joined by that of a horned man who is chasing after them.
October 28, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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Enormous thanks to @thelifeofdivia.bsky.social @littleislandbooks.bsky.social for this beautiful copy of The Cloud Kingdom by Maire Zepf, illustrated by Andrew Whitson. Out now for 7+ readers ☁️

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The book and its press release. The cover shows a girl with long blonde hair riding a dragon over the roofs of some buildings close to a river that leads out to sea.
October 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Huge thanks to @frithal.bsky.social #UsborneBooks for sending this fabulous proof of #TheNotSoGreatEscape by Emma Green. Out 01/01 for 9+ readers, I cannot wait to read it 🦙

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The book and its press release. The cover shows the heads of two children, one of whom is wearing a bobble hat, and an alpaca alongside the words: Two friends on the run. One angry alpaca. Zero plan.
October 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Huge thanks to @foxandinkbooks.bsky.social for sending middle grade adventure Flipped! by Philip Caveney which is set in Dickensian times against the backdrop of Covid. Out 06/11.

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The book and its press release. The cover shows the silhouettes of 2 boys - one modern and one wearing a top hat - facing away from one another above the title and reflected below it.
October 24, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Publishing January 26, be sure to keep an eye out for hilarious and heartbreaking middle grade road trip story #TheNotSoGreatEscape by #EmmaGreenAuthor.

Cover by Jack Noel #UsborneBooks

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October 23, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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I love the #WoodlandExplorersClub series by Ewa Jozefkowicz, illustrated by Gillian Flint, and am delighted to have been sent a copy of Fujiko and the Fox. Out 06/11 for 6+ readers, huge thanks go to @zephyrbooks.bsky.social and Katey @edpr.bsky.social 🦊

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The book, the cover of which shows Fujiko crouching down to look at a fox that is asleep between the roots of a tree in a snowy woodland, and its press release.
October 23, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Doubly blessed to have also received a paperback of Lockett & Wilde's Dreadfully Haunting Mysteries: The Ghosts of the Manor by Lucy Strange & Pam Smy. Link to my review for this below 👻

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The book, the cover of which shows the figure of a young person heading towards a grand house by the light of a full moon, accompanied by a ghost.
October 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Huge thanks to the lovely folks @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social for sending a finished copy of fabulous middle grade adventure Small Wonder by @mossmontmomery.bsky.social, giving me the opportunity to reshare my review 😊

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The book, the cover of which shows a boy on the back of a large grey horse with autumn leaves blowing about them both.
October 23, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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I couldn’t put middle grade thriller Avalanche by Simon Fox down when I read it on NetGalley. Huge thanks to @hannahprutton.bsky.social @nosycrow.bsky.social for this physical copy - I’m celebrating by resharing the link to my review below.

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The book, the cover of which shows a boy in skiing gear running away from snowy mountains towards the reader, and its press release.
October 22, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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I love a murder mystery and Murder at the Ivy Hotel by Emily Hourican, illustrated by Paola Escobar, sounds right up my street. Out 12/02 for 9+ readers, huge thanks go to @kirankhanom.bsky.social @scholasticuk.bsky.social for this gorgeous proof 🔎

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The book, the cover of which shows the title in large capital letters surrounded by ivy, and its press release.
October 20, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Huge thanks to @thewritereads.bsky.social @tinytreebooks.bsky.social for sending Kittiwake Stormhaven and the Pirate's Portolano by Victoria Williamson, illustrated by James Brown, and assorted goodies. I'm looking forward to sharing my thoughts in the upcoming blog tour enormously 🏴‍☠️

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The book, the cover of which shows 2 children walking along a wooden walkway towards a pirate ship, and various pirate-themed bits and pieces.
October 20, 2025 at 12:16 PM