Lucy Noguera
@lucynoguerawrites.bsky.social
Children’s author Swop 7+ chapter book series & Herman Needs a Home. Owner of Brilliant Monsters Books a London based empathy led indie children’s publishers. @bmonstersbooks.bsky.social Organises lots of school author visits. Ex Teacher of the Deaf.
Dropping off extra books yesterday to a local school in Ealing after an author visit before half term 🥰📚🐶
February 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Dropping off extra books yesterday to a local school in Ealing after an author visit before half term 🥰📚🐶
Stitch is being very helpful this morning, despite his age being well over retirement he’s still overseeing my postcard preparation! 🥰🐶🐾
February 20, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Stitch is being very helpful this morning, despite his age being well over retirement he’s still overseeing my postcard preparation! 🥰🐶🐾
These are the Swop postcards currently burning a hole in my desk… Teachers/librarians can I send your children one?? #readingforpleasure #readingschools
February 20, 2025 at 8:25 AM
These are the Swop postcards currently burning a hole in my desk… Teachers/librarians can I send your children one?? #readingforpleasure #readingschools
If any primary schools/classes would like an author notecard & mini book poster to start their new half term let me know! #readingforpleasure #readingschools
February 20, 2025 at 7:34 AM
If any primary schools/classes would like an author notecard & mini book poster to start their new half term let me know! #readingforpleasure #readingschools
@oakgrovepri.bsky.social if you would like a free mini book poster & author note let me know. I saw your school on another (old) social feed & admired your reading for pleasure work!
February 20, 2025 at 7:33 AM
@oakgrovepri.bsky.social if you would like a free mini book poster & author note let me know. I saw your school on another (old) social feed & admired your reading for pleasure work!
What a lovely afternoon at my children’s old school talking about dinosaurs and miniature dogs! #Authorvisits are one of the best parts of being an author ✍🏼🐶🦖📖🥰
February 4, 2025 at 9:31 PM
What a lovely afternoon at my children’s old school talking about dinosaurs and miniature dogs! #Authorvisits are one of the best parts of being an author ✍🏼🐶🦖📖🥰
Chatted with 8 classes in Bath and then 8 classes in Manchester all in one afternoon! Virtual visits when planned & all working well (good wifi, camera working etc) are such a valuable resource for schools, affordable and interactive & still promote reading for pleasure! @bmonstersbooks.bsky.social
January 28, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Chatted with 8 classes in Bath and then 8 classes in Manchester all in one afternoon! Virtual visits when planned & all working well (good wifi, camera working etc) are such a valuable resource for schools, affordable and interactive & still promote reading for pleasure! @bmonstersbooks.bsky.social
Lovely to sign a big box of books after my first Swop The Daring Dinosaur Detective Zoom Event! 📚🦖 @bmonstersbooks.bsky.social
January 25, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Lovely to sign a big box of books after my first Swop The Daring Dinosaur Detective Zoom Event! 📚🦖 @bmonstersbooks.bsky.social
Not quite sure how I managed to have a nap before my first zoom for Swop 2?! But managed to wake up and really enjoy talking to a school in Oxford!
#authorvisit @bmonstersbooks.bsky.social
#authorvisit @bmonstersbooks.bsky.social
January 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Not quite sure how I managed to have a nap before my first zoom for Swop 2?! But managed to wake up and really enjoy talking to a school in Oxford!
#authorvisit @bmonstersbooks.bsky.social
#authorvisit @bmonstersbooks.bsky.social
Can’t wait for my first author event on Swop 2 The Daring Dinosaur Detective tomorrow. I have plenty of dinosaur related pics to share! 📚💙 There are still some free slots available for author zooms for the launch events (KS2) if interested just get in touch with @bmonstersbooks.bsky.social
January 21, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Can’t wait for my first author event on Swop 2 The Daring Dinosaur Detective tomorrow. I have plenty of dinosaur related pics to share! 📚💙 There are still some free slots available for author zooms for the launch events (KS2) if interested just get in touch with @bmonstersbooks.bsky.social
I’m really hoping to do some zoom author visits outside of the UK in January as part of the launch of Swop 2 The Daring Dinosaur Detective 🐾🦖📚
If you are a school/or know one that loves books and would be interested let me know! #internationalschools #authorvisits @bmonstersbooks.bsky.social
If you are a school/or know one that loves books and would be interested let me know! #internationalschools #authorvisits @bmonstersbooks.bsky.social
December 8, 2024 at 10:26 AM
I’m really hoping to do some zoom author visits outside of the UK in January as part of the launch of Swop 2 The Daring Dinosaur Detective 🐾🦖📚
If you are a school/or know one that loves books and would be interested let me know! #internationalschools #authorvisits @bmonstersbooks.bsky.social
If you are a school/or know one that loves books and would be interested let me know! #internationalschools #authorvisits @bmonstersbooks.bsky.social
I didn’t realise this was #nationalgriefawarenessweek these are all great books to open conversations. I purposely included a family’s story after a bereavement in Swop, to show how a family member can be remembered/included positively in family life even after they have died.
December 4, 2024 at 9:35 AM
I didn’t realise this was #nationalgriefawarenessweek these are all great books to open conversations. I purposely included a family’s story after a bereavement in Swop, to show how a family member can be remembered/included positively in family life even after they have died.
These lovely cards from the reading ambassadors are cheering up my long journey home on a wet afternoon!
☺️📚 #authorvisit
☺️📚 #authorvisit
December 2, 2024 at 1:30 PM
These lovely cards from the reading ambassadors are cheering up my long journey home on a wet afternoon!
☺️📚 #authorvisit
☺️📚 #authorvisit
How lovely are these?? I’m on the train home from Stockport & I’m reading through all the ‘Thank You’ and ‘Welcome’ cards the Year 6 Reading Ambassadors have made for me. Such a lovely school & such a positive reading for pleasure environment. 🥰📚 #authorvisit #Stockport @bmonstersbooks.bsky.social
December 2, 2024 at 1:17 PM
How lovely are these?? I’m on the train home from Stockport & I’m reading through all the ‘Thank You’ and ‘Welcome’ cards the Year 6 Reading Ambassadors have made for me. Such a lovely school & such a positive reading for pleasure environment. 🥰📚 #authorvisit #Stockport @bmonstersbooks.bsky.social
Left home at 6.30 to head to Euston, now heading to Stockport. Very excited to visit St. George’s Primary! #authorvisit @bmonstersbooks.bsky.social
December 2, 2024 at 7:44 AM
Left home at 6.30 to head to Euston, now heading to Stockport. Very excited to visit St. George’s Primary! #authorvisit @bmonstersbooks.bsky.social
So lovely when schools share feedback like this. Especially after a zoom author visit! #virtualauthorvisits @bmonstersbooks.bsky.social
November 29, 2024 at 9:47 AM
So lovely when schools share feedback like this. Especially after a zoom author visit! #virtualauthorvisits @bmonstersbooks.bsky.social
“Are you Roald Dahl????” 🤔 Loved my author visit today to Finchley. Although this first question slightly threw me off…
I didn’t know whether to tell him that sadly he was was dead or that he was a man! So I just said “Sorry I’m not..” he was very disappointed… 😳
Authors can you beat my question? 🙋🏼😂
I didn’t know whether to tell him that sadly he was was dead or that he was a man! So I just said “Sorry I’m not..” he was very disappointed… 😳
Authors can you beat my question? 🙋🏼😂
November 27, 2024 at 5:34 PM
“Are you Roald Dahl????” 🤔 Loved my author visit today to Finchley. Although this first question slightly threw me off…
I didn’t know whether to tell him that sadly he was was dead or that he was a man! So I just said “Sorry I’m not..” he was very disappointed… 😳
Authors can you beat my question? 🙋🏼😂
I didn’t know whether to tell him that sadly he was was dead or that he was a man! So I just said “Sorry I’m not..” he was very disappointed… 😳
Authors can you beat my question? 🙋🏼😂
I love using calligrams, I like to try and add in as many clues to the meaning of the words! Squeeze is one of my favourite words in Herman Needs A Home to talk about. #authorvisits #readingforpleasure
November 27, 2024 at 9:25 AM
I love using calligrams, I like to try and add in as many clues to the meaning of the words! Squeeze is one of my favourite words in Herman Needs A Home to talk about. #authorvisits #readingforpleasure
Sending out signed books after last weeks zoom visits this morning. It is always fun to think they will be reading them soon at home. Virtual visits have a place too in schools and if planned carefully can be really regarding for the school and the author! 😊 📚 @bmonstersbooks.bsky.social
November 26, 2024 at 11:32 AM
Sending out signed books after last weeks zoom visits this morning. It is always fun to think they will be reading them soon at home. Virtual visits have a place too in schools and if planned carefully can be really regarding for the school and the author! 😊 📚 @bmonstersbooks.bsky.social
I have a ‘helper’ 🥰 He’s not interested in the rock cakes just the butter. He won’t try & touch it though he’s just staring hopefully at it!
November 22, 2024 at 6:14 PM
I have a ‘helper’ 🥰 He’s not interested in the rock cakes just the butter. He won’t try & touch it though he’s just staring hopefully at it!
I’ve never been called magnificent and fantastic before! Makes author visits feel so worthwhile when you get a letter from a child, and it really doesn’t need to be as positive as this one 🥰📚
November 21, 2024 at 11:23 PM
I’ve never been called magnificent and fantastic before! Makes author visits feel so worthwhile when you get a letter from a child, and it really doesn’t need to be as positive as this one 🥰📚
It was our second London Day tour of Ebbs & Flows with #SarahSurgey yesterday & we were in Richmond. Love a plan that comes together well! We visited 200 children, 2 schools & had a planning meeting. Such a fantastic day, so much positivity & love for books & reading 🥰📚
November 21, 2024 at 9:30 AM
It was our second London Day tour of Ebbs & Flows with #SarahSurgey yesterday & we were in Richmond. Love a plan that comes together well! We visited 200 children, 2 schools & had a planning meeting. Such a fantastic day, so much positivity & love for books & reading 🥰📚
Very excited to be spending the day visiting Richmond schools, so much so I have treated myself to banana cake for breakfast 😊📚 #authorvisits
November 20, 2024 at 9:46 AM
Very excited to be spending the day visiting Richmond schools, so much so I have treated myself to banana cake for breakfast 😊📚 #authorvisits
Getting books ready for school visits is one of my favourite things to do! These are for KS1 class in a Richmond school tomorrow morning with our author #SarahSurgey #EbbsandFlows It’s lovely to have my publisher hat on tomorrow too so I get to watch Sarah do her thing 😊
November 19, 2024 at 11:02 PM
Getting books ready for school visits is one of my favourite things to do! These are for KS1 class in a Richmond school tomorrow morning with our author #SarahSurgey #EbbsandFlows It’s lovely to have my publisher hat on tomorrow too so I get to watch Sarah do her thing 😊
Absolutely love meeting school dogs 🐶📖. This one was as amazing as he was enormous. Heard how he has connected with so many children. Even a boy whose parents would have to cross the road with him to avoid passing a dog in the street was now happily reading to him. 🥰 Any more school dogs out there?
November 19, 2024 at 6:43 AM
Absolutely love meeting school dogs 🐶📖. This one was as amazing as he was enormous. Heard how he has connected with so many children. Even a boy whose parents would have to cross the road with him to avoid passing a dog in the street was now happily reading to him. 🥰 Any more school dogs out there?