If you're after a Christmas picturebook that will be adored from Reception to Year 6, you can't go wrong with How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney? by Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen. Funny, surreal and extremely entertaining.

📢 NEW research briefing on shared reading, bonding and attachment...

Growing evidence shows how shared reading strengthens interactions between caregiver and child.

Read the full report or watch the webinar to discover more insights👇

https://bit.ly/4oC9iAF

📢 One week to go for our #ReadingForPleasure webinar for primary schools!

We'll explore the power of book choice with special guests: our #WriterInResidence Matt Goodfellow and Debbie Thomas from @openuni-rfp.bsky.social 👇

https://bit.ly/3LTpBLx

The 8th Annual Reflecting Realities Report is out now, showing progress in ethnic representation in children’s books and urging publishers to keep inclusion as a standard practice. https://clpe.org.uk/research/clpe-reflecting-realities-survey-ethnic-representation-within-uk-childrens-literature-3

Important piece from @booktrust.org.uk and @openuni-rfp.bsky.social about the value of book choice for pupils and how to help promote it in the classroom. Do have a read! files.booktrust.org.uk/docs/documen... @teresacremin.bsky.social @richardruddick.bsky.social

🌟Peters Children's Book of the Year 2026 Longlist reveal!🌟

Awarded annually to celebrate the best children’s fiction and non-fiction published in the UK, longlists have been announced in four categories: Picture Books, Junior Fiction, Teen Fiction and Non-Fiction 📚

peters.co.uk/news-page/re...

We celebrated #StorySharerWeek this week - and it was a welcome reminder of what we can achieve when we work together across sectors.

Our #ReadingRights report with Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social shares our vision for a City of Stories:

https://bit.ly/494JSY3

Congratulations to the winners & all those highly commended in The HarperCollins Reading for Pleasure Awards 2025. Find out who has been crowned & how they have built a reading community in their school or library. 👏 #EduSky @openuni-rfp.bsky.social

booksforkeeps.co.uk/58089-2/

Your 2026 UKLA Book Awards Longlists are here - the only national children’s book awards judged by teachers!

This year they feature books in translation, past winners, exciting debuts and a huge range of genres and themes.

Click here to see the full Longlists: ukla.org/ukla-book-aw...

Here are all our latest book reviews this week. Thank you to all our reviewers:
justimagine.co.uk/childrens-bo...

This short paper about the decline in volitional reading is definitely worth ten minutes of your time.

"In an ecosystem which supports volitional reading, young people flourish and encourage each other as readers and learners."

@teresacremin.bsky.social

shorturl.at/PquEf

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Author in the Spotlight @nicolapenfold.bsky.social‬, Top Texts for summer, RfP research, ideas for reading-themed days out & more! 💙
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📅 Join us on Sat 18 Oct in MK for our Autumn #OURfPConf!
We'll explore how affective engagement in reading builds empathy, identity & motivation 📚💙
With workshops, keynotes, research & #RfP community.
🎟️ Details & booking: ourfp.org/2025/06/12/a...

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